The Times’ Super 16 college football rankings

The next two weeks will be Donald Trump “huge” (with a silent “h”) in determining playoff and bowl matchups. Meantime, Las Vegas is now taking over-under bets on how many more weeks Marshall can go undefeated without being ranked — by Rankman or the College Football Playoff selection committee. Welcome back to UCLA, which overcame a wardrobe malfunction to score a quality victory against Arizona.

1; Mississippi State 8-0; Comedy act nonleague schedule concludes this week versus Tennessee Martin & Lewis. (1)

2; Florida State 8-0; Players so used to legalese these days they’re asking Virginia to plead “no contest.” (2)

3; Oregon 8-1; Warning: Better not be peeking, or peaking, past Utah or the Wasatch Mountains. (3)

4; Alabama 7-1; Gov. Saban wins landslide reelection and names Lane Kiffin as lieutenant coordinator. (4)

5; Auburn 7-1; Malzahn wins SEC spin-machine award for saying Texas A&M was top 10 only a month ago. (6)

6; Michigan State 7-1; Spartans tell Michigan they’ll take over from here the rivalry with Ohio State. (9)

7: Kansas State 7-1 Coach Snyder was also once scolded for appearing in a political ad with Alf Landon. (10)

8; Notre Dame 7-1; Higher-ups choose “The Exorcist” as team movie to prepare for Sun Devils. (5)

9; Arizona State 7-1; Mississippi State thinks it’s funny someone would voluntarily play Notre Dame in November. (12)

10; Mississippi 7-2; Oxford hardware store says only tools for sale after Auburn loss are gut wrenches. (7)

11; Baylor 7-1; Scored on 11 consecutive possessions against Kansas but, then again, who hasn’t? (14)

12; Texas Christian 7-1; People for Ethical Treatment of Couches (PETC) praises Frogs’ victory at West Virginia. (15)

13; Louisiana State 7-2; Mike the Tiger says he’s rolling out the yellow carpet for visiting Alabama this weekend. (16)

14; Utah 6-2; Razor’s edge: Utes 3-2 in Pac-12 with five games decided by total of 15 points. (13)

15; UCLA 6-2; Nice Halloween costumes, but could you guys go back to the powder blue uniforms? (NR)

16; Arizona 6-2; Second loss turned Wildcats back into what they’ve always been: a basketball school. (11)

Dropped out: Georgia (8).

Moved in: UCLA.

First four out: Ohio State, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Clemson.