Notre Dame Upsets Miami and Utah Beats BYU in Week 10
On October 31, No. 11 Notre Dame defeated No. 1 Miami 31-24, and No. 3 Utah edged No. 9 BYU 28-20 in the Holy War rivalry, according to Yahoo Sports. The games were part of seven top-25 versus top-25 contests that had drawn extensive preview coverage.
CBS Sports highlighted the matchups as having playoff implications and offered betting picks. NCAA. com noted that the seven ranked-versus-ranked games were scheduled for and could reshape the College Football Playoff rankings. ESPN reported that the latest CFP rankings were influencing the outlook for the week’s contests. Yahoo Sports later confirmed that the matchups impacted conference titles and the CFP field.