The Miami Hurricanes dropped their first game of the season on Friday when they lost 24-21 to the Louisville Cardinals on Friday at Hard Rock Stadium. And they understandably dropped a bit in the latest AP top 25 poll as a result.

Alabama replaces Miami as a top-four seed in the College Football Playoff based on The Associated Press Top 25 released Sunday and Georgia Tech, Vanderbilt and BYU are on the mock bracket for the first time. Ohio State, Indiana, Texas A&M and Alabama would be the top four seeds as the Nos. 1-4 teams in the AP poll.

SOUTH BEND — Notre Dame football, fresh off a convincing home win over USC, moved up two spots in the US LBM Coaches poll when it was released Sunday afternoon. The Irish, now ranked 13 th by the coaches, are 5-2 heading into their final off week of the regular season. A trip to Boston College is up next on Nov. 1.

The Florida State Seminoles entered Saturday night on a 3-game losing streak but as 17.5-point favorites against the Stanford Cardinal. However, a sluggish start that lasted most of the game resulted in a fourth consecutive loss as the Noles remain winless in Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) play this season, in an upset loss 20-13.

The SMU Mustangs (4-2), unbeaten in Atlantic Coast Conference play, hit the road in the ACC for their first-ever regular-season game against the Clemson Tigers (3-3) in a rematch of last season’s conference championship game.

Florida State lost starting quarterback Tommy Castellanos in the closing minutes as FSU lost its fourth in a row overall and ninth in a row in the ACC.

The Florida Gators beat Mississippi State by two points at the Swamp on Saturday, but it wasn't enough to prevent head coach Billy Napier from being let go on Sunday.

With five regular-season games remaining, Virginia (6-1, 3-0) is one of three ACC teams unbeaten in conference play.

Pitt (5-2, 3-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) won its third straight with true freshman Heintschel, while the Orange (3-4, 1-3) dropped its third straight, all with LSU transfer Rickie Collins as the starting quarterback following a season-ending injury to Steve Angeli.

Stanford was fined $50,000 for violating the Atlantic Coast Conference's event security policy following Saturday night's 20-13 victory over Florida State, the conference announced Sunday. According to the ACC,