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Rivalry week brings a slate of high-level football and storied history with nicknames that go deeper than the game itself.

Miami, as the committee's highest-ranked ACC team last week, was eliminated from reaching the league title game after SMU steamrolled Louisville and Duke toppled North Carolina. Now, Pat Narduzzi's Panthers have kickstarted a possible doomsday scenario for a conference that could be excluded from the playoff altogether in two weeks.

The college football playoff bracket is coming into focus ahead of Week 13, with the best teams emerging and setting themselves up for a run at the College Football Playoff National Championship.

The first College Football Playoff rankings come out in the first week of November, and the bowls will start to fill up fast just after Thanksgiving - assuming the bowls go by their conference tie-ins. For some, going bowling isn't enough. It's College ...

Ever noticed the somewhat silly names during college football rivalry week? We look into where they came from and why certain names have caught on more than others.

There are still two more sets of CFP Rankings to come: next Tuesday's release ahead of conference championship week, followed by the final Top 25 and official 12-team playoff bracket, which will be unveiled on Sunday, Dec. 7.