Five immediate thoughts on Saturday's early games
Through eight games, the Crimson Tide have looked virtually unbeatable. Here's five ways the Tigers can beat them.
On the day's most pivotal players, personalities, match-ups and schemes
After two months in cruise control, the start of a November run featuring USC, Stanford and Oregon State is the moment when Oregon kicks into a new gear, or begins to sputter
The weekly picks column is up at Football Outsiders, featuring Alabama-LSU as a dividing line in the college football culture wars. Plus advanced stats, analysis and picks for the weekend's top games
Virginia Tech has become the exact opposite of its platonic self, Pitt stands by its men and a USC All-American reveals his alter ego, all in today's roundup
Everybody knows the Crimson Tide are great on defense, but the emergence of a big-play passing game is just unfair.
At CBS, I look at Stanford's plan to diversify its suddenly anemic offense, which is badly in need of a little new blood
Who's No. 2? Let's wait and see.
Michigan gains a whole new appreciation of Denard Robinson's value, plus: Urban Meyer points, Maryland runs out of quarterbacks and injuries, injuries, injuries, all in today's roundup
At Football Outsiders, the weekend review is up, featuring Jarvis Jones' over-the-top afternoon in the Cocktail Party. Plus: Notes, a new top 25 and the weekly Lowsman Trophy watch.
Weekly notes from the undercard
Faced with the tallest hurdle of its would-be dream season, Notre Dame makes Oklahoma look like just another bump in the road
If a sloppy, turnover-marred upset over their undefeated rival didn't confirm the Bulldogs' return to the SEC's elite, it certainly gave them the right to prove it in Atlanta
Longhorns hold on for dear life, North Carolina wins in style, South Carolina invokes The Force, and more thoughts from Saturday's early slate
The best running back in college football was carted off the field with another apparent knee injury, with his future flashing before his eyes
Mississippi State's shutdown corner, TCU's new edge terror, Notre Dame's match-up nightmare and more of the day's most pivotal players, personalities, match-ups and schemes
At Football Outsiders, the weekly picks column is up, ruminating on the sad reality of the best game of the Big Ten season, plus analysis, advanced stats and picks for the weekend's biggest games
Even the optimists are wary of Notre Dame with high expectations. But make no mistake: If Notre Dame beats Oklahoma, at Oklahoma? There will be no holding back the hype.
Florida and Georgia arrive at the all-important Cocktail Party with the same stakes but exact opposite states of mind
Buyout math begins in earnest in Knoxville, Ohio State's defense tries to stop the bleeding and Charlie Weis doubles down on the youth movement at Kansas, all in today's roundup
Is there anything that could convince pollsters to move another undefeated team ahead of the Crimson Tide?
Weekly Notes From the Undercard