The Texas Longhorns have managed to keep their College Football Playoff ambitions within reach following their 45-38 overtime victory against the Mississippi State Bulldogs on Saturday. This win comes after their 16-13 overtime win against the Kentucky Wildcats in week 8.

There were big wins and difficult losses in Week 9 of the college football season. We break down the winners and losers from Saturday.

17. Louisville (19): The Cardinals found a tough test in a letdown spot after beating Miami with Boston College bringing four quarters of fight despite entering the game with a 1-6 record. Louisville thankfully could rise the steady hand of star running back Isaac Brown, who totaled 205 yards rushing in the win.

On a day when college football didn't have many marquee matchups on paper, the sport delivered with some wild moments, as always.

Saturday features three key SEC matchups and a few more important conference showdowns. Follow along as we track all the action.

Both the SEC and College Football Playoff races should gain plenty of clarity in Week 9 of the 2025 season. The Southeast's premier college football conference is home to three ranked matchups on Saturday, each with major implications on the national landscape.

The big winners were Vanderbilt and Ole Miss, who hung on for wins against Missouri and Oklahoma, respectively. As for the losers, well, USF fell in a barnburner at Memphis to throw the AAC (and CFP) picture into complete chaos, while ranked Illinois got blasted in a body clock game at Washington.

College football best bets for Week 9 early games, including UCLA vs. Indiana, Mississippi vs. Oklahoma, and Virginia vs. North Carolina.

A senior walk-on with just 131 total snaps played in his collegiate career coming into the season, Allen Jr. is in a situation that the new NCAA roster limits look to eliminate, making him a dying-bread of fringe Power-4 players not on scholarship filling out a premier programs' locker room, ultimately being unlikely to ever see the field.