In its 2025 ranking, The Athletic named the Tennessee-Alabama rivalry the No. 11 best in all of college football. It is Tennessee's highest-profile rival, the ranking shows. (It's not Alabama's, however. That's reserved for the Iron Bowl, the annual in-state SEC rivalry game vs. Auburn.)

Those were just a handful of ways the Seahawks got to Lawrence. On the day overall, the Seahawks pressured Lawrence 26 times, tied for the highest mark in a game by any defense this season. That amounted to pressures on 51 percent of Lawrence’s dropbacks, the 13th-highest mark in a game all year, according to TruMedia.

The Sooners are out gaining South Carolina 223-109 and their average yards gained per play is nearly double that of the Gamecocks (6.1 to 3.4). Oklahoma came into the game averaging 122.3 rushing yards per game (No. 13 in the SEC) and already has 136 yards against South Carolina.

Pittsburg, Mitty, Menlo School, Santa Teresa, Clayton Valley, Live Oak, Moreau Catholic, Branham among this week’s winners.

A West Michigan native who follows high school football closely and analyzes playoff point data broke down the formula for us.

Galion went on the road to Harding Stadium in Week 9 and played Marion Harding in a Mid Ohio Athletic Conference football game Oct. 17.

UNC football showed progress at Cal, but the Tar Heels were hindered by a trio of hiccups, including a bizarre play in the fourth quarter.

Some coaches shy away from talking about the magnitude of a big football game. Not DePauw coach Brett Dietz. And not John Carroll coach Jeff Behrman. “We’re treating this like a playoff game,”

The top-ranked Eagles defeated No. 2 West Fargo Horace 16-6 to win the North Dakota Division 3A EDC crown. “To get that number on the board, especially last year when we couldn’t get it done, is one of the best feelings in the world,” said Davies running back Kane Mathiason.

The Michigan High School Athletics Association said a high school took "strong and decisive action" against a player who pancaked an opponent.

The head football coach at DuVal High School in Prince George's County, Darian McKinney, has been suspended for the rest of the school year.