Projecting the Top 25: Alabama flexes, several elites on upset alert

1. Clemson def. Syracuse, 37-27.
2. Ohio State def. Illinois, 28-3.
3. Alabama def. No. 20 Mississippi State, 31-6.
4. Oklahoma State def. Iowa State, 35-31.
5. Notre Dame def. Wake Forest, 28-7.
6. Oklahoma def. Baylor, 44-34.
7. Iowa beat Minnesota, 40-35.
8. Utah vs. Arizona, LATE.
9. Florida def. South Carolina, 24-14.
10. TCU def. Kansas, 23-17.
11. Michigan State def. Maryland, 24-7.
12. Michigan def. Indiana, 48-41, 2OT.
13. Baylor lost to Oklahoma, 44-34.
14. Houston def. No. 21 Memphis, 35-34.
15. North Carolina def. Miami, 59-21.
16. UCLA vs. Washington State, LATE.
17. Stanford lost to Oregon, 38-36.
18. Florida State def. N.C. State, 34-17.
19. LSU lost Arkansas, 31-14.
20. Navy beat SMU, 55-14.
21. Wisconsin, BYE.
22. Northwestern beat Purdue, 21-14.
23. Oregon beat No. 7 Stanford, 38-36.
24. USC def. Colorado, 27-24 (Friday).
25. Toledo beat Central Michigan, 28-23.

Dropped out: No. 20 Mississippi State lost to No. 3 Alabama, 31-6; No. 22 Temple lost to South Florida, 44-23; No. 25 Memphis lost to No. 16 Houston 35-34.