The Cover 3 crew talks Notre Dame, Florida State, Oklahoma and more. First, reviewing Marcus Freeman's explanation for how the Fighting Irish defense wound up with 10 men on the field for Ohio State's game-winning touchdown (1:00) and a huge recruiting win for Steve Sarkisian and Texas (9:35). Then it's on to takeaways from the new AP Top 25 college football rankings, starting with the debate for No. 1 as six different teams received first-place votes (14:41). Finally, Upon Further Review hits notes from Utah-UCLA (32:49), Florida State-Clemson (37:25), Oklahoma (45:30), Minnesota (52:25), Iowa (58:01) and USC (1:01:30).

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