Welcome to the cliff, Crimson Tide. The seventh-ranked Tide lost 24-17 to the No. 11 Volunteers, Alabama’s second loss in Knoxville in the last three years. Coach Kalen DeBoer’s first Tide team has now lost two out of its last three since beating Georgia and rising to No. 1 in the AP poll.

Narrow losses have USC struggling to hit bowl eligibility, while the Hoosiers are emerging as a Big Ten threat