Author: Blake Toppmeyer, USA TODAY NETWORK

Although it trails Georgia and Alabama, this will mark Texas A&M’s fourth consecutive top-10 recruiting class, and it includes a top QB prospect.

Cincinnati brings variety to a College Football Playoff system that had grown stale, but this four-team playoff still needed Alabama, too.

Georgia might get another shot at Alabama, but the Bulldogs better hope this wasn’t their best punch after Alabama supplied an SEC whupping.

This is the 2021 Crimson Tide, a group that majors in drama — never more so than in Alabama’s 24-22 Iron Bowl victory over Auburn.

Georgia’s dominant defense and grind-it-out approach, on display again vs. Tennessee, has made it the team to beat in this wacky season.

ESPN’s Michael Wilbon is off base when he says that Lane Kiffin is “a clown” and “an embarrassment.” He’s one of the top coaches in the sport.

Steve Spurrier went 14-10 as a head coach against Tennessee, but the king of the quip and former Florida coach counts 15 victories over the Vols.

Even when Lane Kiffin is not in the building, he attracts a lot of attention. But a rout of Louisville was about what’s brewing in Ole Miss’ program.