Saturday Night Five: Teams on the brink, two big escapes, much more

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Instant reaction to Week 5 developments on the field …Pushed to the brink. USC survived. So did BYU. And Notre Dame. And a handful of other zero- and one-loss teams that escaped close calls Saturday and remained on pace for bids to the College Football Playoff. This is October, after all. It’s no longer early, and the fork in the playoff path is becoming all too apparent. Teams with fewer than two losses should feel invigorated.