Alabama-Texas, Ohio State-Notre Dame, Oklahoma-Texas, Oregon-Washington. USC-Notre Dame.
Marquee matchups haven't been on display every weekend of college football's first half of the 2023 season, but there have been some massive clashes with far-reaching College Football Playoff implications.
While perhaps a clearer picture of Football Bowls Subdivision's top teams is forming here just days past the middle of October, the sport this year seemingly possesses no great teams -- just quite a few very good ones.
So, it is two-time defending champ Georgia and everyone else? Michigan? What will we learn this weekend with Penn State traveling to Ohio State? Can Nick Saban find a path back to the CFP for Alabama? Can Steve Sarkisian take Texas to its first-ever playoff berth?
Can Brent Venables keep Oklahoma going with his program's massive leap from Year 1 to Year 2?
Would Michigan be viewed any differently if it didn't gorge itself on cupcakes in non-conference play and have head coach Jim Harbaugh suspended three games?
Team FootballScoop dives into all these scenarios, explores the sport's undefeated and one-loss teams and forecasts a bit down the season's back half.
Dive in, please. It's worth the listen. There wasn't even any talk --- gasp --- of Colorado and Deion Sanders, aka Coach Prime.
All ball, all the time.
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