Penn State has some company in a miserable category this week, as the Nittany Lions are no longer the only former top-10 team ranked in the Bottom 25. Florida State is in the same boat after a 20-13 loss at Stanford marked its fourth straight defeat.

College football is seeming to break with a tradition of same old, same old. Sure, Ohio State and Alabama are still hanging around the top of the national polls

The No. 3-ranked Texas A&M Aggies were hit with a major fine by the SEC after faking an injury against Arkansas last week.

Florida's Billy Napier and Colorado State's Jay Norvell were fired Sunday, and more changes could arrive before Halloween. There's noise at Auburn and Florida State after late-game collapses, and Wisconsin's brass is quietly evaluating Luke Fickell after back-to-back home shutouts.

It's hard to judge A&M's defense after watching Tennessee against the Razorbacks last weekend, while Georgia's 43-35 win over Ole Miss was also a defensive struggle, and might be the norm for some teams in the conference moving forward,