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Pat Fitzgerald spoke with eight schools about potentially coaching their football teams, looking for the best place to resume his career, before choosing Michigan State.

Ole Miss lost a coach and moved up a spot anyway. Notre Dame didn't lose a thing but the Irish fell.

Sitake is 83-44 since taking over at BYU in 2016. The Cougars have won 11 games in back-to-back seasons for the first time since 2006 and '07, and have won at least 10 games in four of his last six seasons at the helm.

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Athletic director Mitch Barnhart announced the hiring after Kentucky fired Mark Stoops, who had been the Southeastern Conference's longest-tenured coach with 13 seasons with the Wildcats.

UCLA finished 3-9 this season under interim coach Tim Skipper, who replaced DeShaun Foster three games into the year.

Michigan State plans to hire former Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald to lead its football program, according to a person familiar with the situation.

Michigan State has fired football coach Jonathan Smith less than two years after he was hired.

No. 1 Ohio State and No. 2 Indiana, the only remaining unbeatens, are the top two teams for a seventh straight poll heading into their Big Ten title game clash on Saturday.

The Longhorns are the only three-loss team with a shot at making the 12-team CFP. And they should be squarely on the bubble after their win over Texas A&M this weekend.