Rivalry Week shook up the Big Ten just as expected, bringing high stakes, intense finishes, and a few season-defining results. With unbeaten contenders still holding strong and several teams clawing for bowl security,

Chris 'The Bear' Fallica delivers his top 10 rankings ahead of conference championship weekend of the college football season.

Pat Fitzgerald made his debut Tuesday as Michigan State University's 27th head football coach in school history, describing himself as a Midwest guy, a Big 10 player who grew up on Big 10 football.

Bucky Irving returned in Week 13 and immediately looked like a weekly RB1. Coming off a goose egg in Week 12, Jameson Williams also rebounded in his latest outing. With Amon-Ra St. Brown banged up, Williams could be a WR1 to close the fantasy football regular season.

Kiffin and Co. have been in Baton Rouge for two full days, eyeing a flip from one of the nation's top signal-callers.

22. Navy (NR): The Midshipmen were 27th in voting points last week and proceeded to beat Memphis by double-digits to close out a 9-2 regular season. With North Texas and Tulane advancing to the title game in the American, Navy now turns its attention to America's Game and beating Army in Baltimore on Dec. 13.

Southington moved in at No. 10 after routing the previous tenth-ranked team Cheshire 31-0 in the Apple Valley Classic on Thursday. The Blue Knights have won five straight games heading into the Class LL tournament and edged Berlin (10-0) for the final spot by just eight points.

This place has it all: tradition, money, facilities, support and recent success. It’s a top-15 job in college football. Penn State is paying around $45 million to get rid of James Franklin coming off a CFP semifinal appearance. That signals how serious the Nittany Lions are about getting over the hump.