Political advertisement compares Lane Kiffin to state representative

College football at its worst can be a dirty match.

But never quite as filthy as politics.

>> Where’s Alabama in CFB 24/7’s Top 25 Power Rankings?

As Alabama travels to Tennessee this weekend, offensive coordinator Lane Kiffin is likely to make his first return to the Knoxville, Tenn., campus since unceremoniously bolting the Volunteers’ head coaching job after only one season for the same function at Southern Cal.

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Political advertisement compares Lane Kiffin to state representative

Watch Clemson"s Dabo Swinney lip-sync "Happy"

There’s nothing quite like seeing a successful college coach lip-syncing and dancing to Pharrell Williams’ "Happy."

>> Where is Clemson ranked in CFB 24/7’s Top 25 Power Rankings?

Clemson coach Dabo Swinney helped school officials publicize the Oct. 24-25 Homecoming weekend by doing just that. (And you also have to love Swinney referring to himself in the third person as "Dabo.")

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Watch Clemson"s Dabo Swinney lip-sync "Happy"

TCU, Mississippi State have most staying power among risers

Mayhem reigned supreme over the weekend in college football, as upsets shook up every poll and rankings as well as the outlook for the postseason.

Let’s start to pick up the pieces and begin by taking a look at which of the four teams that made the biggest jump this week in the CFB 24/7 Power Rankings has the most staying power.

» Massive shakeup in Top 25 Power Rankings

Each of the four teams — No. 3 Ole Miss, No. 4 Mississippi State, No. 11 TCU and No. 13 Arizona — will be presented with a daunting task this week to keep the momentum going. Ole Miss visits No. 14 Texas A&M, Mississippi State hosts No. 2 Auburn, TCU visits No. 5 Baylor and Arizona hosts unranked USC.

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TCU, Mississippi State have most staying power among risers

Washington State fires special-teams coach after loss

There are good college football weekends and there are bad college football weekends.

Then there’s what happened to Washington State.

The Cougars set a number of FBS and Pac-12 records behind quarterback Connor Halliday on Saturday but lost a heartbreaker to California 60-59 thanks to a missed field goal as time expired from point-blank range.

For that last reason and more, Mike Leach decided to make a change and let special-teams coach Eric Russell go on Monday. Russell’s duties will be divided up among the rest of the staff.

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Washington State fires special-teams coach after loss

Iowa OT Brandon Scherff makes beginning vs. Iowa State

Iowa star offensive tackle Brandon Scherff began Saturday’s match against Iowa State.

It was reported previously in the week that Scherff had had minor surgery and that he told an Iowa TV station he would not play again until the last weekend in September.

ESPN sideline reporter Todd McShay said throughout the match’s telecast that he was told with a source that Scherff’s medical procedure was Monday and that Scherff was back at training on Tuesday.

On the Big Ten teleconference Tuesday, Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz would say only, "Brandon injured his knee Saturday. Besides that, do not have much to tell you."

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Iowa OT Brandon Scherff makes beginning vs. Iowa State

#America: School football teams will get patriotic this weekend

Thursday marks the 13th anniversary of the terrible events of Sept. 11, 2001. To honor the anniversary, several school football teams are releasing patriotic alternative uniforms this weekend.

Some applications are going having an American flag-themed helmet symbol.

BYU and Houston play Thursday night. BYU’s helmet includes a sticker of New York’s World Trade Center.

BOOM!!! Helmets vs Houston! #9-11 #NeverForget pic.twitter.com/qTAFDDgBJH

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#America: School football teams will get patriotic this weekend