The early and afternoon slate of college football action featured a bunch of upset scares and a few wild finishes. The rankings bent, but didn't break.

The first College Football Playoff rankings of the 2025 season were released this week, and the staff weighs in on their biggest surprise.

Here's a team we'll be talking about this week, the only three-loss squad potentially being inside the top 25. Why? The Fighting Illini's strength of schedule ranks No. 6 and their setbacks have come against Ohio State, Indiana and Washington. Wins over Duke and USC were impressive.

Ohio State remains No. 1 in the latest US LBM Coaches Poll after the events of Week 9 of the college football season, but the Top 25 did get new look.

The release of the first College Football Playoff rankings of 2025 will happen on Tuesday. We predict what they will look like including Ohio State.

North Carolina is up to No. 21 in Saturday morning's updated CBS Sports Top 25 And 1 daily college basketball rankings, where St. John's remains No. 1. Kansas is down to No. 22. Those developments caused both Tennessee and Auburn to be pushed down one spot each in these rankings, no fault of their own.

A couple of losses among teams near the top of the US LBM Coaches Poll in Week 11 means there will be changes in the new rankings.