The biggest gainer: No. 14 Oklahoma, up from No. 25. The Sooners recently added RB Jaydn Ott (Cal) and OG Jake Maikkula (Cal’s ACC archrival, Stanford) to their totally overhauled offense. Also making a big jump is No. 19 Texas Tech, which has probably signed like 38 more players since I started writing this newsletter.

This season's USC-Notre Dame battle is the last one on the schools' current contract, and the Trojans are reportedly reluctant to commit to a long-term extension. Sports Illustrated reported that USC is uncertain about the series' impact on its College Football Playoff hopes, considering the demands that come with playing a Big Ten schedule.

Under the previous agreement, only the four highest-ranked conference champions received automatic placement in the College Football Playoff quarterfinals.

As it stands, this will be the third different playoff system for college football in the span of three years. For the 10 years leading into last season’s inaugural 12-team playoff, the CFP was a four-team affair. The seeding change was first reported by ESPN, which last year signed a six-year, $7.8 billion deal to televise the expanded playoff.

Irish Breakdown answers subscriber-submitted questions about Notre Dame football and more on today's show. Some of today's topics include: * College football will somehow learn to incentivize playing good teams over winning against a bunch of subpar teams (making USC looking to drop the ND rivalry look absolutely insane). We In or We Out?

The revelation that the historic USC vs. Notre Dame football rivalry could be in peril after this year has aroused some pretty intense reactions, including amon

Notre Dame football made multiple offers to different classes on Wednesday. Find out all the information about the new scholarship here.

USC officials insist the school is not trying to kill its prestigious college football series with Notre Dame and instead is seeking shorter contracts.

The future of USC-Notre Dame is an open question, one of many pressing questions facing college football, but Lincoln Riley doesn't sound worried.