Vanderbilt and Indiana going into their games this week together in the top 10 of The Associated Press college football poll for the first time.

Compounding everything is that programs of all sizes have asked their boosters to fund rosters, and that brings new expectations. It's one thing to absorb a perceived bad loss when you've paid for a ticket to the game. It's another when you're helping to pay the quarterback. Rolled heads are demanded, ASAP.

A statement win for the Commodores and a tough loss for the Hurricanes lead our winners and losers from Week 9 of the college football season.

The transfer portal and NIL money have helped level the playing field across college football. The result is the type of parity that makes the NFL must-see TV with the competition tighter than ever, especially in the Power Four conferences.

Kalshi was hit by an outage right as the early slate of college football games reached their conclusion and mid-afternoon (Eastern time zone) games kicked off, typically one of the busiest points of the day.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/college/alabama as Kalen DeBoer Warns College Football World About Alabama's Potential. TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Simply put, Alabama is one of the hottest college football teams in America.