College football takeaways: Notre Dame shows dominance, Big 12 gets more complicated

No. 13 SMU has shown that it needs to be taken seriously in its first year in the ACC .

Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman said he was unconcerned about how many potential playoff teams lost.

The Fighting Irish have won eight of their past nine games by double digits.

Billy Napier , Brent Venables and Hugh Freeze are not facing immediate pressure.

There's a 1 -in-1,270 chance that the Big 12 ends up with an eight -way tie for first place.

SMU has been on the outside looking in the past three weeks when the College Football Playoff selection committee has released its rankings.

No other Group of 5 team that has made the transition to the power level has been as successful as the Mustangs in their first year .

SMU coach Rhett Lashlee : "Everybody's a little uncomfortable because they don't know what to do with us" SMU has won 21 of its past 25 games and only lost to a top-25 Power 4 team.

USC beats UCLA 19-13 at the Rose Bowl to clinch a bowl berth in the Big Ten.

UCLA and USC were trying to salvage their disillusioned seasons with a rivalry win.