In an interesting wrinkle, several Big Ten administrators are socializing a concept that would grant each power conference an equal number of automatic qualifiers into a field of as many as 24 teams.
Several players detailed verbal abuse and practicing without water breaks from the coach on and off the record in complaints to Wagner College officials.
Penn State lured Knowles away from Ohio State by making him the highest-paid assistant in college football. And it doesn't hurt that he's now coaching back in his home state at a school he always looked up at.
Texas Tech and Indiana dominate in impressive fashion. Oklahoma survives a big test against Auburn. Oklahoma State, Clemson & North Carolina continue to struggle. The American Conference put the country on notice.