Week 9 features five matchups between teams ranked in the AP Top 25.
It’s the most ranked matchups so far this season, which means we could be in store for another great Saturday of college football.
Here’s what we’re keeping an eye on later today. (Scroll down for live updates.)
No. 20 Illinois at No. 1 Oregon
Time: 3:30 p.m. | TV: CBS | Line: Oregon -21.5 | Total: 54.5
Oddsmakers clearly like Oregon as the Illini are the last remaining currently ranked team on Oregon’s schedule. Ducks quarterback Dillon Gabriel and running back Jordan James will contend with an Illinois defense that’s giving up just 18 points per game and has forced 13 turnovers.
No. 21 Missouri at No. 15 Alabama
Time: 3:30 p.m. | TV: ABC | Line: Alabama -16.5 | Total: 51.5
The Tigers’ chances of an upset could be tough with QB Brady Cook and leading rusher Nate Noel potentially missing the game with injuries. Former Arizona State and Notre Dame QB Drew Pyne appears in line to get the start against an Alabama team that’s desperate to bounce back from its second loss of the season last week to Tennessee.
No. 5 Texas at No. 25 Vanderbilt
Time: 4:15 p.m. | TV: SEC Network | Line: Texas -18.5 | Total: 53.5
The newly ranked Commodores get the Longhorns at home three weeks after pulling off a huge upset over Alabama. Can Vandy shock the world again? A lot will depend on the play of dual-threat QB Diego Pavia, who faces a Texas team coming off an ugly loss to Georgia a week ago.
No. 8 LSU at No. 14 Texas A&M
Time: 7:30 p.m. | TV: ABC | Line: Texas A&M -2.5 | Total: 53.5
These are the only teams without an SEC loss this season, so the winner will have an inside track to the conference title game. LSU’s Garrett Nussmeier has been one of the most productive QBs in the nation so far, and he’ll face an A&M defense that has defended the pass very well.
Live40 updates
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Touchdown Nebraska!
The Cornhuskers have the lead!
One play after Dylan Raiola gets them to the goal line on a short pass, Dante Dowdell leaps over the line and into the end zone for Nebraska. They go for 2 and get it. The Huskers are up 17-14.
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Touchdown Ole Miss!
The Rebels have finally found a rhythm as Jaxson Dart finds Jordan Watkins for a 35-yard gain and then Ole Miss runs it in from short for the score.
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Nebraska stopped again
The Buckeyes’ D is putting in some serious work today. They just stuffed the Cornhuskers on a short field yet again as time winds down in the third quarter.
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Notre Dame recovers fumble for TD
Blake Horvath’s day goes from bad to worse as he drops the ball in the backfield and Notre Dame pounces on it in the end zone for a score.
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Nebraska stuffed at goal line!
Now it’s Ohio State’s turn to make a huge play. The Buckeyes deny the Cornhuskers at the goal line on fourth-and-1 to keep it 14-9.
What a massive stop for the Buckeyes!
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Interception Nebraska!
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Touchdown Notre Dame!
Riley Leonard finds Bo Collins on a 36-yard shot.
It’s 38-14 and feels like it’s over in East Rutherford.
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Touchdown Navy!
We are back for the second half in East Rutherford and the Midshipmen have found the end zone on a short run by Eli Heidenreich that capped off a long Navy drive.
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Touchdown Washington
The Huskies take advantage of the turnover and trim the Hoosiers’ lead down to 3 points after a TD keeper from Demond Williams Jr.
Game on in Bloomington!
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INT Washington!
First play of the second half in Bloomington is a good one for Washington.
Watch this fluky interception:
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Touchdown Oklahoma
Jackson Arnold scrambled around long enough to buy his wide receiver some time and then hit Jacob Jordan for a 9-yard touchdown.
That gives Oklahoma a 14-10 lead heading into the break.
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Scoreboard update
Here’s where things stand as the first wave of games hits halftime:
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Halftime: Notre Dame 31, Navy 7
The Irish add a field goal just before the break in a game they’ve dominated thus far.
Navy didn’t have a fumble all season coming into this game. It has three in the first half in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
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Halftime: Ohio State 14, Nebraska 6
The Cornhuskers made it a one-score game as time expired in the first half with a long field goal by John Hohl.
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Navy misses FG
Now it’s the Midshipmen missing an easy field goal just before the halftime break. It’s been a weird and undisciplined game so far for Navy.
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Navy muffs punt, Notre Dame scores TD
After another uncharacteristic mistake by Navy, the Irish are in the end zone yet again. It’s Jeremiyah Love again, running it in from short for his second touchdown of the day.
It’s 28-7 Irish.
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Touchdown Ohio State!
Freshman phenom Jeremiah Smith has his first score of the game on a 60-yard deep ball from Will Howard.
Howard is a perfect 7-of-7 for 141 yards and 2 touchdowns as the Buckeyes go up 14-3.
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Touchdown Washington
The Huskies are on the board in Bloomington after a short TD run by Giles Jackson.
The undefeated Hoosiers are still up 14-
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Touchdown Notre Dame!
And now it’s Jeremiyah Love breaking one deep, sprinting through the middle for a 64-yard touchdown run to give Notre Dame a two-score lead again.
It’s 21-7 now.
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Touchdown Navy!
Blake Horvath bolts right through the Notre Dame defense for a 47-yard touchdown and the Midshipmen are right back in this thing!
