Another weekend of college football is in full swing. Here are some of the more notable winners and losers so far:

Alabama (winner)

Is there a grand, overarching theme of the No. 8 Crimson Tide’s 27-24 victory Saturday at No. 14 Missouri? Probably not. It was a pairing of well-regarded teams, neither led by more than 10, and both defenses performed ably.

Frankly, it didn’t stray too far from what anyone imagines as a standard-issue game between teams in the top half of the SEC.

Yet it was another significant step for Alabama (5-1, 3-0) – toward a league title, sure, but also toward preserving some flexibility for playoff positioning.

The Crimson Tide has spent the past three weeks dealing Georgia, Vanderbilt and Missouri (5-1, 1-1) their first losses of the season. Maybe all of those

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