Ian Boyd's blog

Saturday's biggest game has Nick Fitzgerald and the Mississippi State Bulldogs squaring off against LSU. Other notable matchups include Michigan-Michigan State, Oklahoma-TCU, and Ohio State-Purdue.

It's a big week on the West Coast, where the eventual finalists in the Pac-12 Championship Game could be determined. USC will square off with Colorado in a battle for first place in the South, while Myles Gaskin and the Huskies batt Oregon for control of the north.

Big games this week include LSU-Florida, Florida State-Miami, Kentucky-Texas A&M, and of course the Red River Showdown between Kyler Murray's Oklahoma Sooners and the Texas Longhorns.

Conference play begins in earnest, with top matchups including West Virginia-Texas Tech, Ohio State-Penn State, and Oregon-California. All that plus Stanford traveling to Notre Dame to take on Ian Book and the Fighting Irish.

Big games this week include Notre Dame-Wake Forest, TCU-Texas, and Oregon (with top quarterback draft prospect Justin Herbert) taking on Stanford.

Top games this weekend include LSU-Auburn, USC-Texas, and Brett Rypien and the Murder Smurfs traveling to Stillwater to face Oklahoma State.

The premiere contest of Week 2 could be D'Andre Swift and the championship-caliber Georgia Bulldogs facing a stiff test against South Carolina.

College football kicks off in earnest this weekend, with high-profile contests featuring playoff contenders and Heisman hopefuls like Stanford running back Bryce Love.

Most expected Georgia to face Alabama in the SEC Championship Game. We're finally getting that matchup, but the stakes are even higher than anticipated.

The preliminaries are over, and now it's time for the main events of bowl season. The headliner: the College Football Playoff, where Baker Mayfield and Oklahoma face Georgia in the Rose Bowl, while Alabama faces Clemson in the Sugar Bowl.