Top 25 Takeaways: Clemson clears CFP path; 3 unbeatens fall NFL

Clemson is the only unbeaten team in college football. The Tigers beat Syracuse 27-21 on Saturday. No. 9 UCLA and No 10 Oregon lost to No 8 Mississippi and LSU. The Ducks have recovered from their opening-weekend humiliation against No 1 Georgia. Brian Kelly's Tigers are tied atop the Pac-12 West and preparing for a visit from No 6 Alabama on November 5. DJ Uiagalelei was benched against Syracuse. Dabo Swinney says DJ is still the starter. He has won all of the last five games. Clemson has knocked off its four toughest division foes in the past five weeks.

No. 1 Clemson is still undefeated. No. 8 TCU is unbeaten despite a double-digit deficit. Four of the remaining unbeaten teams play each other. Clemson will be a favorite in all its remaining games.

Oregon beat UCLA 46-0. Nix was 22 for 28 for 283 yards and five touchdowns. He also had 51 yards on the ground. The last time Oregon's offense was this explosive and efficient, Chip Kelly was leading the team. Kelly is now 0-4 against his old school.

Mario Cristobal's first season at Miami is officially a mess. The Hurricanes had eight turnovers in a loss to Duke. Miami went 7-5 last season under Manny Diaz. At Duke, first-year coach Mike Elko took over a team that went winless in the ACC last year and improved to 5-3.

No. 11 Oklahoma State beat Texas 14-0. Texas A&M lost to South Carolina for the first time ever. No. 2 Ohio State scored 54 points against Iowa. Liberty thumped BYU to move to 7-1. Tulane jumped out to a 35- 0 lead and then held on to beat Memphis. It was the Green Wave's first game as a ranked team since 1998. Behren Morton passed for 325 yards and two touchdowns for Texas Tech in a victory against West Virginia.