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First-quarter grades for college football headlined by Alabama, LSU and Southern California

USA TODAY Sports' Paul Myerberg on the biggest risers, fallers and surprises from Week 3 in the top 25 of the Amway Coaches Poll. USA TODAY Sports

A quarter of the college football season has already come and gone, as teams wind down through non-conference games and prepare for the official start of league play. A few things have gone as planned: Alabama and Clemson are still very good, Texas-El Paso is still very bad and the Southeastern Conference is still untouchable.

Then there are the unexpected. Take Kansas, which won two games in a row against Football Bowl Subdivision foes for the first time this decade.