Power Rankings: How did an action-packed Week 8 change the top 25?

CFB News: What Happened

ESPN reported on Monday, October 26, 2026. Here is how the report opens:

With another week of upsets comes another makeover of our list of college football's best teams.

Photos: ESPN

It is one of many College Football stories we are following today. Below are the key takeaways, how the story is being reported across the sport, background on College football and what to watch next.

Key Takeaways

• The story: Power Rankings: How did an action-packed Week 8 change the top 25?
• League: College Football
• First reported: Monday, October 26, 2026 by ESPN

Background: College football

College football (French: Football universitaire) is gridiron football that is played by teams of amateur student-athletes at universities and colleges. It was through collegiate competition that gridiron football first gained popularity in the United States.

Like gridiron football generally, college football is most popular in the United States and Canada. While no single governing body exists for college football in the United States, most schools, especially those at the highest levels of play, are members of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).

Text from Wikipedia’s College football article, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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