RANKING THE NON-BIG 12 GAMES
1. Miami at Florida State, 2:30 p.m., ESPN: Seminoles have won seven straight in the series, but the last three have been by a combined eight points.
2. Washington State at Oregon, 7 p.m., Fox: Cougars have won two straight against the Ducks, after Oregon had won eight in a row in the series.
3. Stanford at Utah, 9:15 p.m., Fox Sports1: Only 12 unbeatens remain among the Power 5. The Utes are in the club.
4. Georgia at Vanderbilt, 11 a.m., ESPN: Commodores won last season in Athens.
5. Wisconsin at Nebraska, 7 p.m., Big Ten Network: If the Badgers can thrive, why can’t the Cornhuskers?
6. LSU at Florida, 2:30 p.m., CBS: One of the SEC’s annual crossover games, along with Alabama-Tennessee, Auburn-Georgia, Arkansas-Missouri, Texas A&M-South Carolina, Mississippi State-Kentucky and Ole Miss-Vanderbilt.
7. Penn State at Northwestern, 11 a.m., ABC: Wildcats have won two straight from the Nittany Lions, though they didn’t play last season.
8. Alabama at Texas A&M, 6:15 p.m., ESPN: Fascinating histories, sharing Bear Bryant, Gene Stallings and Dennis Franchione.
9. Michigan State at Michigan, 6:30 p.m., ABC: Wolverines will be going with backup quarterback John O’Korn.
10 California at Washington, 9:45 p.m., ESPN: Huskies haven’t been tested and probably will remain that way.