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Trump gives most explicit endorsement yet for doing away with income tax

President Donald Trump suggested Tuesday that Americans may “not even have income tax to pay” in the near future, saying tariff-driven revenue could allow for the historic elimination of the federal income tax under his tenure.

Trump told a press gaggle after his cabinet meeting that “at some point in the not too distant future you won’t even have income tax to pay,” arguing that revenue the government is collecting under his administration is now “so great… so enormous.”

“Whether you get rid of it or just keep it around for fun or have it really low, much lower than it is now, but you won’t be paying income tax,” Trump added.

If enacted, abolishing income tax would mark the most ambitious overhaul of the American tax system in more than a century. Trump’s repeated public support for replacing income tax with tariffs makes this the most explicit endorsement yet.

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Earlier in his second administration, the president floated a tax plan eliminating income tax for individuals earning under $150,000, with tariffs proposed as a replacement.

“It’s time for the United States to return to the system that made us richer and more powerful than ever before,” the president said back in January. “Instead of taxing our citizens to enrich foreign nations, we should be tariffing and taxing foreign nations to enrich our citizens.”

When asked if he was serious about eliminating personal income taxes by podcaster Joe Rogan, then-candidate Trump responded, “Yeah, sure, why not?” and said tariffs could fund the government instead of wage taxes.

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His views on the income tax have changed — as part of his prospective run for president in 1999 under the Reform Party, Trump considered a one-time “net worth” tax on those with wealth over $10M.

If serious, Trump’s proposal would require major tax-code changes and likely face legislative hurdles with a narrow House majority.

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Abolishing the income tax has long been a fringe idea, but with Trump pushing aggressive tariff revenue, the concept has moved closer to the mainstream debate stage.

The White House did not immediately respond to FOX Business’ request for comment.

Secretary of State Rubio drops major accusation against Maduro-led government

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio sharply criticized the regime of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in an interview with “Hannity”  Tuesday as President Donald Trump intensifies pressure on the leader to abdicate power.

“The Maduro regime is not a legitimate government,” Rubio told Fox News host Sean Hannity. “What it is is a transshipment organization. It allows cocaine and other drugs that are produced in Colombia to be trafficked through Venezuelan territory and – with the cooperation of elements of the regime – are allowed to… leave Venezuela on airplanes and ships headed towards the United States.”

The Trump administration has continued strikes on alleged drug boats near Venezuela and expanded its military presence in the region.

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“The president has authorized a counter-drug mission in the region,” Rubio said. “The fact that Maduro is upset about it tells you that drugs are coming out of Venezuela.

The administration is moving forward with plans to end temporary protected status for an estimated 600,000 Venezuelans living in the United States.

Rubio accused the Maduro regime of “openly” cooperating with drug dealers and said his leadership is fueling instability in South America.

“The Venezuelan regime is a source of instability in the entire region,” he claimed. “Over eight million Venezuelans have flooded into neighboring countries as a result of the regime’s activities within their own country, including into the United States.”

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The former Florida senator claimed the “problem” with Maduro is his habit of failing to honor agreements.

“If you wanted to make a deal with him [Maduro], I don’t know how you do. He’s broken every deal he’s ever made… Maduro has made five deals with different parties over the last 10 years and has broken every single one of them,” Rubio told Fox News.

The Secretary of State discussed a failed deal between former President Joe Biden and the Venezuelan leader that “no one talks about.”

“Maduro asked [Biden] that his nephews, convicted drug traffickers, be released from U.S. prisons,” Rubio explained. “He asked that his chief money launderer… be released from U.S. custody before he stood trial. In exchange, he promised to hold free and fair elections. He got the nephews back, the drug dealers, he got the bag man back, and he never did the free and fair elections.”

“They suckered Joe Biden. They’re not going to sucker Donald Trump,” he added.

President Trump recently revealed he had a phone call with Maduro. The Venezuelan leader has been warned by the president to step down from power or potentially face U.S. military action. 

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During a cabinet meeting Tuesday, Rubio praised President Trump’s foreign policy efforts, crediting him for one of the most “transformational” years in foreign policy since World War II.

Despite the difficulty of dealing with Maduro, Rubio said Trump will continue attempting to work it out.

“The president is a unique figure in modern American history. He’s prepared to sit down and meet and talk to anybody,” he said. “But at the end of the day, there has to be somebody that you can actually make a deal with. We’ve made a deal with the Chinese, but Maduro’s never kept a deal. That doesn’t mean the president won’t try.”

Trump drops surprise line on Elon Musk after ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ blowup

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President Donald Trump said Tuesday he still likes “Elon a lot,” despite their high-profile split earlier this year over the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

At the end of the administration’s monthly Cabinet meeting, FOX Business’ Edward Lawrence asked Trump whether Musk was “back in [his] circle of friends” after their falling-out.

Trump responded:Well, I really don’t know. I mean, I like Elon a lot.” He praised Musk’s endorsement during the 2024 campaign before noting their disagreement over electric-vehicle policy.

Musk was a fixture in the White House in the early days of the second Trump administration as he took on the role as the Department of Government Efficiency’s de facto leader. He served as a special government employee with the Trump administration to help lead DOGE, frequently attending Cabinet meetings and joining Trump during public events. Musk’s tenure with DOGE wrapped up at the end of May. 

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Musk had also championed Trump during the 2024 election cycle, criss-crossing battleground states that ultimately all voted for the Republican candidate over former Vice President Kamala Harris. 

Trump repeatedly celebrated Musk for his efforts at DOGE to remove potential federal overspending, fraud and mismanagement – an effort assailed by government employees and Democrats who protested both the Trump administration and Musk repeatedly earlier this year. 

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The cozy friendship fell to pieces in June, however, when Musk began publicly ridiculing the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” which was a massive piece of legislation Trump signed into law in July that advances his agenda on taxes, immigration, energy, defense and the national debt. 

Musk railed against the legislation, which Trump had been rallying Republican lawmakers to pass since the beginning of his second term, posting on X that it would be the “BIGGEST DEBT ceiling increase in HISTORY” and also claimed in a personal attack on Trump that “@RealDonaldTrump is in the Epstein files.” 

Trump previously told the media that his relationship with Musk changed when he began discussing plans to eliminate the electric vehicle mandate, which would affect Musk’s signature electric company, Tesla. Trump signed a trio of congressional resolutions in June ending California’s restrictive rules for diesel engines and mandates on electric vehicle sales, with Trump celebrating that his signature “will kill the California mandates forever.”

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The pair abruptly parted ways in June, with Musk weeks later offering some support to Trump’s presidential actions on social media, such as praising a ceasefire deal between Israel and Gaza in July.

Musk was seen physically back in Trump’s orbit in September during the memorial service for Charlie Kirk, Turning Point USA’s founder who was assassinated on Sept. 10. The pair was seen sitting next to each other and chatting during the ceremony. 

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Musk most recently attended a Trump event on Nov. 18 at the White House for a dinner with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia, as well as dozens of high-profile business leaders. 

Trump’s latest remarks on Musk unfolded during his Cabinet meeting, which marked his ninth such meeting since the start of his second administration and matched the total number of full Cabinet meetings former President Joe Biden held across his four-year tenure. 

Former NJ governor’s political comeback dreams crushed by 41-year-old progressive

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One month after former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was defeated in New York City’s mayoral election by democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani, another disgraced former governor seeking political redemption by running for mayor was also defeated by a younger, progressive contender.

Former New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey, who was running for mayor of Jersey City, the state’s second-largest city, came up short on Tuesday in a runoff election.

The 68-year-old McGreevey was defeated by 41-year-old Councilman James Solomon, according to the Associated Press.

The two candidates, both Democrats, were the top two vote-getters among seven contenders in last month’s nonpartisan general election in the left-leaning city. But since no candidate won a majority of the vote, McGreevey and Solomon faced off in the runoff election.

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Solomon will succeed Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop, whose 2025 bid for Garden State governor ended with defeat in June’s Democratic gubernatorial primary.

The mayor-elect was first elected to the council in 2017 after stints as an adjunct professor in Jersey City. He previously worked in the offices of longtime Boston Mayor Thomas Menino and then-Newark Mayor Cory Booker, now a U.S. senator.

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A one-time state lawmaker, McGreevey was elected governor in 2001. But he resigned in 2004 and came out as gay after saying he took part in an extramarital affair with a male staffer who he had named as New Jersey’s homeland security adviser. The adviser denied he had an affair with the governor and claimed he had been sexually harassed.

McGreevey, pointing to his work as executive director of a nonprofit that provides services to those adjusting to society after serving in prison, addiction treatment or combat duty, now describes himself as a “champion of second chances.”

McGreevey’s unsuccessful attempt at a political second chance follows Cuomo’s failed bid.

Cuomo, who resigned as governor in 2021 amid multiple scandals, ran this year for New York City mayor. But he lost June’s Democratic primary to Mamdani.

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The former governor, running as an independent in last month’s general election, lost to Mamdani a second time.

Pastor announces gender transition and asexual identity to congregation

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A Methodist pastor in New York revealed last week plans to transition into a woman and said the 51-year-old now identifies as asexual.

Rev. Phillip Phaneuf, of North Chili United Methodist Church in Rochester, made the announcement during a Nov. 23 Sunday service. The personal update was delivered from the pulpit while wearing a rainbow stole.

“So I get to announce with joy that I’m transitioning,” Phaneuf said. “I’m affirming to all of you that I am transgender. The best way to put this is that I’m not becoming a woman, I’m giving up pretending to be a man. This is a process, and it may be shocking for some as to what this all means.”

Phaneuf added that the pastor’s sexuality is now asexual, an orientation in which a person experiences little or no sexual attraction to others.

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“I’m in the category of what they call asexual,” Phaneuf said. “I’ve been that way since we’ve all been together, in that I am not living my life in a way that involves looking for romance.”

Phaneuf said the name will be changed to Phillippa, and the preferred pronouns are she/her. Hormone replacement therapy has been underway for the past three months, Phaneuf confirmed, and changes to appearance, voice and hair are expected.

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Phaneuf told Fox News Digital Tuesday that the details of the transition process are accurate and that the community has been extremely welcoming.

“Since coming out to my congregation, they have been overwhelmingly affirming!” Phaneuf said.

The pastor said the bishop, church and theology support the transition, noting that the bishop was consulted before the announcement and that any pastoral duties at the church will not be affected. “What will stay the same is my deepening love for all of you,” Phaneuf said.

The 51-year-old’s parents, however, do not support the decision. “They asked me to tell you all that they do not support me,” Phaneuf announced during the sermon. “They asked me to tell you this.”

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Last year, the United Methodist Church reversed rules that condemned LGBTQ+ identities in the community, according to its official website. The UMC now affirms human sexuality “as a sacred gift” and says this “applies to all persons, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity,” according to its official website. 

“The United Methodist Church commits to befriending and caring for all persons, including LGBTQ persons in our churches and communities,” it said.

Alleged dine-and-dash queen booted from luxury pad by former NY governor Spitzer

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Brooklyn’s alleged dine-and-dash influencer queen Pei Chung was evicted Tuesday from her luxury Williamsburg apartment by her landlord, former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer.

Chung — a self-styled, Prada-clad influencer who is currently in jail for allegedly skipping out on hefty restaurant bills — was chronically late with her rent and even remained in the unit even after her lease expired at 416 Kent Ave., according to court records.

Documents say Chung owed roughly $8,000 by the time her lease ended in August 2024. She stayed in the $3,350-a-month apartment after her lease lapsed, potentially racking up more than $50,000 in unpaid rent, the court papers show.

The office of City Marshal Robert Renzulli confirmed to Fox News Digital that an eviction warrant was executed Tuesday without incident. The New York Post reported that Renzulli spent about an hour changing the locks on Chung’s apartment.

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“The apartment was vacant,” Renzulli said. “The young lady was not there. The eviction is completed.”

He added that her belongings — including furniture, clothing and bedding — were still inside the unit, NYPost reported. According to city rules, the landlord must hold the items for 30 days before disposing of them.

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“The general rule is that the landlord can dispose of the belongings, but in this case, I’m sure they’ll be speaking to their attorneys before they do anything like that,” he added.

The influencer was reportedly a troublesome tenant, according to the NYPost, which cited neighbors claiming there were “repeated outbursts, visible signs of conflict, and disorder in the hallway.” Building manager Bob Jenny reportedly added that Chung would leave garbage in the hallway and make excessive noise.

“We are very aware of the situation and have a very active legal case against this Resident,” Jenny previously said, according to court documents, NYPost reported. “NYPD has been here multiple times . . . with little long term improvement.”

Chung — known for flaunting skimpy lingerie and high-end fashion from Cartier, Louis Vuitton and Burberry on social media — rose to notoriety after being arrested at least 10 times for allegedly skipping out on lavish gourmet meals at upscale restaurants, NYPost reported.

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According to the outlet, frustrated restaurant staff said Chung, always draped in designer labels, pretended to be a food influencer as she ran up pricey tabs she had no intention of paying, then posted the meals on Instagram as though they were sponsored.

Fox News Digital reached out to Eliot Spitzer for more information.  

Professor walks away from Texas Tech over new classroom speech restrictions

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Texas Tech University System Chancellor Brandon Creighton enacted new restrictions on topics of race, sex, gender identity and sexual orientation in classrooms, and instructors who fail to comply could face discipline.

Creighton said instructors may not promote the idea that “one race or sex is inherently superior to another; an individual, by virtue or race or sex, is inherently racist, sexist or oppressive, consciously or unconsciously; any person should be discriminated against or receive adverse treatment because of race or sex; moral character or worth is determined by race or sex; individuals bear responsibility or guilt for actions of others of the same race or sex; or meritocracy or a strong work ethic are racist, sexist or constructs of oppression,” according to a memo on Monday to university presidents.

“Promotion” was defined in the memo as “presenting these beliefs as correct or required and pressuring students to affirm them, rather than analyzing or critiquing them as one viewpoint among others.”

The memo includes a flowchart outlining a new approval process for any course content that includes the restricted topics. Faculty must submit the content to department chairs, university administrators and the Board of Regents for their review and approval.

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Instructors are told to first determine whether the material is relevant and necessary. Then, they will be asked if the material is required for professional licensure or certification or patient or client care, in which case the material may remain in the course, but the Board of Regents will be notified. If the material is not required for those purposes, instructors must seek approval to keep it by submitting it to their department chair, dean and provost, who will forward their recommendation and justification to the Board of Regents.

Creighton said in a news release that the new rules aim to offer “clarity, consistency and guardrails that protect academic excellence.”

A system representative said the memo sought to serve as a guide for faculty as they prepare for the spring semester and that the system hopes the new approval process will move quickly.

The memo states that “the integrity of this process depends on the earnest participation of every faculty member,” adding that noncompliance “may result in disciplinary action consistent with university policies and state law.”

Kelli Cargile Cook, a professor emeritus who founded Texas Tech’s Department of Professional Communication, said the memo led her to remove a class she planned to teach this spring, instead deciding to write a resignation letter.

“I’ve been teaching since 1981 and this was going to be my last class. I was so looking forward to working with the seniors in our major, but I can’t stomach what’s going on at Texas Tech,” she told The Associated Press. “I think the memo is cunning in that the beliefs that it lists are at face value, something you could agree with. But when you think about how this would be put into practice, where a Board of Regents approves a curriculum — people who are politically appointed, not educated, not researchers — that move is a slippery slope.”

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She said she was shocked by the memo’s characterization of certain race and sex concepts as “one viewpoint among many,” saying it treats settled facts “as if George Wallace being a racist is a viewpoint,” referring to the former Alabama governor who defended segregation.

Creighton’s memo said the new requirements are the “first step” in the Board of Regents’ implementation of Senate Bill 37, which he authored before he resigned from the Texas Senate to head the Texas Tech System. The law requires regents to conduct a comprehensive review of the classes all undergraduates must take to graduate to ensure they prepare students for civic and professional life and reflect Texas’ workforce needs, with the first review due in 2027.

System leaders imposed limitations on how faculty can discuss gender identity in classrooms in September after a viral video of a Texas A&M professor teaching about gender identity led to public criticism from conservatives, the professor’s firing and the university president’s resignation.

Angelo State University, one of Texas Tech University System’s five institutions, was the first to adopt changes, quietly directing faculty in September to halt discussions of transgender identities in class.

Texas Tech’s then-Chancellor Tedd L. Mitchell later issued a systemwide directive that faculty must comply with an executive order from President Donald Trump, a letter from Gov. Greg Abbott and House Bill 229, which only recognizes the sexes of male and female.

Professors told The Texas Tribune at the time that Mitchell’s guidance forced them to delay lessons, scrap terms like “transgender” and self-censor.

Creighton took over as chancellor last month after Mitchell’s retirement.

The new policies at the Texas Tech University System come after the Texas A&M University System approved a new policy last month following the controversial video that requires each campus president to sign off on any course that could be considered as advocating for “race and gender ideology or topics related to sexual orientation or gender identity,” although Texas Tech’s new rules appear to go further since it requires a formal approval process that ends with the Board of Regents.

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Other universities that announced course reviews after the Texas A&M viral video controversy or in response to SB 37 have also sent new instructions to faculty.

Andrew Martin, the president of the Texas Tech chapter of the American Association of University Professors, criticized Monday’s memo as a “profound disappointment.”

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“We had hoped that our new chancellor’s time visiting the campuses of the system and getting to know students, faculty and staff would encourage finding common ground and a recognition that academic freedom is a freedom we all share, one that is foundational to a free society,” he said.

Martin argued that the new rules and process violate the First Amendment and harm transgender students and colleagues while continuing to misstate law.

State Supreme Court blocks religious vaccine exemptions for public schools

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The West Virginia Board of Education reinstated its school vaccination policy after the state Supreme Court paused a lower court’s ruling that allowed parents to cite religious beliefs to opt out of vaccines needed for children to attend school.

The state Supreme Court issued a stay on Tuesday following last week’s ruling by Raleigh County Circuit Judge Michael Froble in a class-action lawsuit. Froble said in his injunction that children whose parents refused the state’s vaccination requirement on religious grounds would be allowed to attend school and participate in extracurricular sports.

Froble’s ruling was blocked pending resolution of appeals in the case.

The board said in a statement that it “is reinstating its directive to county boards of education not to accept religious exemptions to compulsory vaccination laws. This directive will be in effect until the Supreme Court issues further guidance.”

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Additionally, the board said its priority is to ensure compliance with the state vaccine law “and safeguard the health and well-being of all students across West Virginia.”

The vaccine mandate was suspended by the board last week after Froble’s ruling, which stated that the state policy prohibiting parents from seeking religious exemptions violated the Equal Protection for Religion Act signed into law in 2023 by then-Republican Gov. Jim Justice.

West Virginia was among a handful of states to offer only medical exemptions from school vaccinations when Gov. Patrick Morrisey, also a Republican, issued an executive order earlier this year allowing religious exemptions.

But the board voted in June to instruct public schools to ignore the governor’s order and follow long-standing school vaccine requirements outlined in state law.

Two groups had sued to stop Morrisey’s order, arguing that the legislature, not the governor, has the authority to make these decisions.

Legislation that would have allowed the religious exemptions was approved by the state Senate and rejected by the House of Delegates earlier this year.

Froble said in his ruling that the failure to pass the legislation did not determine the application of the 2023 law. He rejected the defendants’ argument that religious exemptions can only be established by legislative moves.

“Legislative intent is not absolute nor controlling in interpreting a statute or determining its application; at most, it is a factor,” Froble said.

A group of parents sued the state and local boards of education and the Raleigh County schools superintendent. One parent obtained a religious exemption to the vaccine mandate from the state health department and enrolled her child in elementary school for the current school year before receiving an email in June from the local school superintendent rescinding the certificate, according to the lawsuit.

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Last month, Froble certified the case as a class action involving 570 families who had received religious exemptions in other parts of the state. He said the class action also applies to parents who seek religious exemptions in the future.

Froble said the total number of exemptions so far involved a small portion of the statewide student population and “would not meaningfully reduce vaccination rates or increase health risks.”

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State law requires children to receive vaccines for chickenpox, hepatitis B, measles, meningitis, mumps, diphtheria, polio, rubella, tetanus and whooping cough before attending school.

At least 30 states have religious freedom laws. The laws are modeled after the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which was signed into law in 1993 by then-President Bill Clinton, allowing federal regulations that interfere with religious beliefs to be challenged.

College football playoff rankings set stage for final matchups and title contenders

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The penultimate College Football Playoff rankings are out, and things are starting to take shape for the playoffs later this month.

Ohio State and Indiana held their posts as the No. 1 and 2 teams, respectively. The Buckeyes got their four-year revenge over Michigan on Saturday, and Indiana manhandled Purdue to end their regular season. The 12-0 squads will face off in the Big Ten championship Saturday for the one-seed in the College Football Playoff.

Texas A&M lost its spot in the SEC title game with their loss to Texas and fell to seventh, but it is still likely to host a playoff game. That warranted Georgia, Texas Tech, Oregon, and Ole Miss (despite Lane Kiffin departing to LSU) to each move up one spot from their ranking last week. The Red Raiders now currently hold a bye-week spot.

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Steve Sarkisian and Arch Manning both made their cases for Texas to be in the College Football Playoff after their win over Texas A&M. While they moved up, they sit at No. 13 and out of the current bracket.

Each team in the top 10 would make the playoffs if the season ended today, with the 11th and 12th seeds currently reserved for two remaining conference winners. That currently leaves No. 11 BYU and No. 12 Miami out, but BYU does face Texas Tech in the Big 12 title game. Miami, however, will likely be out of the bracket, considering their conference championship will be between No. 17 Virginia and unranked Duke.

Here is the full top 25:

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1. Ohio State

2. Indiana

3. Georgia

4. Texas Tech

5. Oregon

6. Ole Miss

7. Texas A&M

8. Oklahoma

9. Alabama

10. Notre Dame

11. BYU

12. Miami

13. Texas

14. Vanderbilt

15. Utah

16. USC

17. Virginia

18. Arizona

19. Michigan

20. Tulane

21. Houston

22. Georgia Tech

23. Iowa

24. North Texas

25. James Madison

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The final rankings, and bracket, will be released Sunday at noon ET.