College football news and notes, Nov. 23 From Thanksgiving night through Saturday, the potential for mayhem and a major shakeup in the College Football Playoff race exists. [...] the Seminoles have lived in a constant state of high alert recently. No. 15 Auburn (8-3) at No. 2 Alabama (10-1): The Tigers are trending in the wrong direction, having lost three of five real games (Samford not included), and barely escaping in the two wins. The Iron Bowl winner has played for the national title each of the past five years. The Beavers need the win to get bowl eligible, but there are no signs to suggest Mike Riley’s crew can derail Marcus Mariota’s march to the Heisman Trophy and dash the Ducks’ playoff hopes. Does Ole Miss rally and ruin its rivals playoff hopes in just the third Egg Bowl with both teams ranked? The Longhorns didn’t put up much of a fight against Baylor and Kansas State, but this has trouble written all over it for the Horned Frogs.