Each weekend during the regular season, USA TODAY Sports will be highlighting the race for the College Football Playoff. Here are three teams moving up and three teams moving down in the sprint for the four-team field after Week 4 of the regular season:
TEAMS THAT PLAYED THEIR WAY IN
Texas A&M. The Aggies lived on hype during much of the past two seasons, which began with matching 5-0 records before ending with matching 8-5 marks. Saturday’s win against Arkansas, a physical bunch that one might assume played to A&M’s Achilles heel, should help to change the Aggies’ reputation.