You think the SEC West has done a few things right this year? Six of the seven teams in this division are ranked, and now, we're going to see three matchups that are Top 25 battles between these teams. On a week where so many of the top teams in the land are either off or playing against lesser teams, all eyes are going to be on the best conference in America, but don't think for one second that these are the only potentially interesting games across the nation.
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Miami at Virginia Tech ( -4 )
Troy ( -8.5 ) at South Alabama
BYU at Boise State ( -7.5 )
South Florida ( -7 ) at Temple
Oregon at California ( OTB )
San Jose State at San Diego State ( -22 )
North Texas at Army ( -16.5 )
Eastern Michigan at Western Michigan ( -21.5 )
Syracuse at Boston College ( -4 )
Rutgers at Minnesota ( OTB )
East Carolina at Cincinnati ( OTB )
TCU at West Virginia ( -5 )
Indiana at Northwestern ( -4.5 )
Purdue at Nebraska ( -24.5 )
Oklahoma State ( -25 ) at Kansas
Wisconsin ( -3 ) at Iowa
North Carolina ( -10.5 ) at Virginia
N.C. State at Louisville ( -15.5 )
Central Michigan at Toledo ( -11 )
Akron at Ball State ( -2 )
Louisiana Tech ( -14.5 ) at Florida International
Hawaii at Air Force ( -16.5 )
Louisiana Lafayette ( -6 ) at Texas State
Idaho at Appalachian State ( -20 )
Massachusetts at South Carolina ( -21 )
Charlotte at Marshall ( -18.5 )
Louisiana Monroe at New Mexico ( -12.5 )
Buffalo at Northern Illinois ( -19.5 )
Central Florida ( -2 ) at Connecticut
Ohio ( -2.5 ) at Kent State
Washington State ( -7 ) at Arizona State
Oklahoma State ( -13.5 ) at Texas Tech
Illinois at Michigan ( -35 )
Houston ( -22 ) at SMU
Memphis ( -1.5 ) at Navy
Wyoming ( -3.5 ) at Nevada
Tulane at Tulsa ( -11.5 )
Oregon State at Washington ( -31.5 )
Miami ( OH ) at Bowling Green ( -3.5 )
Mississippi State ( -3.5 ) at Kentucky
UTEP at UTSA ( -9.5 )
Old Dominion at Western Kentucky ( -14 )
Texas at Kansas State ( -2.5 )
Colorado at Stanford ( -3.5 )
Michigan State at Maryland ( OTB )
Middle Tennessee State at Missouri ( -6 )
Georgia Southern ( -14 ) at New Mexico State
Utah at UCLA ( OTB )
Ole Miss at LSU ( -4 )
Arkansas at Auburn ( -8 )
Ohio State ( -18.5 ) at Penn State
Texas A&M at Alabama ( -16.5 )
Colorado State at UNLV ( -2 )
Fresno State at Utah State ( -14 )
Games of the Week
Texas A&M at Alabama – Saturday 3:30 p.m. ET
For the third straight week, the showcase game is the SEC Game of the Week at 3:30 p.m. ET on CBS. The Crimson Tide and Aggies are both Top 10 teams, and winner of this one will clearly have an inside track to the College Football Playoff. It's also a big game because the loser will probably have no chance to win the SEC West, thus won't have a shot to play for the SEC Championship and will have a really hard time getting into the College Football Playoff.
The Aggies are 4-0 in the SEC, but this is a big step up in class for sure. This defense is really quite good in spite of its 437.5 yards per game allowed. All eyes are going to be on Trevor Knight as well, but the rushing game for the Aggies is legit as well at 274.3 yards per game.
But Alabama has scored more defensive and special teams touchdowns than it has allowed in touchdowns this year, and this doesn't even include an offense that's averaging 504.7 yards per game.
There's a reason Alabama is set at -16.5, one of the biggest spreads we've ever seen in a Top 10 showdown in sports betting history.
TCU at West Virginia – Saturday 3:30 p.m. ET
A mighty interesting battle here for West Virginia. The Big XII is still very much so up in the air with Baylor, West Virginia and Oklahoma all sporting spotless conference records, but little ol' TCU has been forgotten just a bit. The Horned Frogs already have two losses this season, but just one of those defeats is here in the Big XII.
In fact, the Horned Frogs are essentially looked upon as the better of the two teams here at just +5. If this game were to be played in Fort Worth, TCU would be the favorite by a relatively comparable margin.
This is really the first major, major test at home for the Mountaineers after playing against a relatively easy schedule. But if they get after Kenny Hill the way they did to Patrick Mahomes last week, this could become an interesting game. TCU has to make this one a shootout. West Virginia can win any type of game for sure.
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