It took a while for college football to orient itself this season. Three of the top four teams in the preseason AP Top 25 poll started poorly, and only one really recovered. Nine of the preseason top 17 went 8-4 or worse. Meanwhile, some teams that were expected to be good -- preseason No. 20 Indiana, No. 21 Ole Miss and No. 23 Texas Tech -- turned out to be playoff-caliber dynamite.

Things were pretty messy for a while as the sport figured itself out, but once the hierarchy was established, it was established . Over the past three weeks, teams ranked 14th or higher in the AP poll have gone a combined 35-3, and all three losses were to opponents ranked 16th or higher.

The ACC and the coaching carousel did their best to ensure that there was always something messy and/or chaotic happeni

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