falling at West Virginia on Saturday. In that span Duke has defeated then-No. 2 (now-No. 1) Auburn and raced out to an 8-0 start in ACC play – its best start in conference action since 2007-08.

Aman Hansberry (12 points) was the only other West Virginia player to finish with double-digit points. Iowa State's lone loss came against No. 1 Auburn in the opening round of November's Maui ...

Sure, the win at Kansas is really the only marquee victory Houston has so far this season, but a 13-game winning streak with 11 double-digit wins over that stretch earns Kelvin Sampson's team a place in the top tier of the sport.

From mounting pressure to coaching changes and roster shakeup, these college football teams cannot be ignored next season.

Houston, whose 18-game league winning streak dating to last season is the second longest in Big 12 history, is allowing 55.6 points per game, 2.4 points fewer than the next best defensive team, Drake. Opponents are shooting a national-worst 36% from the field against the Cougars.

L.J. Cryer scored 17 points and No. 6 Houston never trailed in beating West Virginia 63-49 for the Cougars’ 13th straight win.

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No. 6 Houston takes on the West Virginia Mountaineers after J'wan Roberts scored 24 points in the Cougars' 92-86 overtime victory against the Kansas Jayhawks.

St. John's at Georgetown, 6:30 p.m. Cent. Michigan at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Providence at Seton Hall, 7 p.m. Dayton at St. Bonaventure, 8 p.m. North Carolina at Pittsburgh, 9 p.m.

After another big victory against a highly ranked team, no team can match the season Auburn is having. It was also a big weekend for Houston.

Auburn's Tahaad Pettiford was sent to the line, but he only knocked down one, giving Tennessee the ball back with 12 seconds to play. The Vols pushed to their side of the court, and Rick Barnes called a timeout to set up the final play down 53-51.

The CFB National Championship game ended with an Ohio State win, their first title since 2014, but it is not too early to look ahead and see who the top teams in next year’s College Football season will be.