The Big 12’s top-ranked team, No. 16 Arizona State, was five spots behind Boise State in the rankings released Tuesday.

Boise State continues to climb in the College Football Playoff rankings.  After moving up one spot to No. 12 in last week’s rankings, the Broncos (10-1, 7-0 Mou

All five of USC ’s losses have been decided by seven points or fewer and only one came at home (in overtime against top-five Penn State ). The issue for Lincoln Riley hasn’t been defense. USC is allowing only 27.8 points per game in its losses, down from 41.6 a year ago.