The CBS Sports 136 is a comprehensive ranking of all 136 FBS teams, as determined by experts from CBS Sports and 247Sports. We begin the process in August with a preseason balloting and will continue to finalize the picture of college football for this season with another update next week and then a final one after the conclusion of the national championship game.

As Cal thwarted SMU’s late comeback and Duke took down Wake Forest, the 7-5 Blue Devils made the ACC title game against Virginia. Duke is just a three-point underdog to the Cavaliers and +115 to win the game outright. A Blue Devils win wouldn’t be all that surprising to oddsmakers.

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The UCLA Bruins are hiring James Madison head coach Bob Chesney to be their next football coach, according to various reports.

The Huskers (7-5, 4-5) are 14th in the Big Ten in rushing defense, allowing 171.3 yards per game overall and 183 in nine Big Ten games. They are 15th in the Big Ten and tied for 104th nationally with 19 sacks. They were outscored 77-26 by Penn State and Iowa in their last two games, gave up a combined 444 rushing yards and recorded one sack.

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