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Everything we’ve seen so far during the young college football season was enough to stimulate our appetite, but the main courses really start next weekend as a near-full slate of conference matchups pepper the schedule.
Week 4 provides a heaping helping of six showdowns between teams that entered this week ranked, headlined by sixth-ranked Ohio State’s return trip to No. 9 Notre Dame in a marquee early-season matchup.
While the Fighting Irish have thrived with graduate transfer Sam Hartman under center, the Buckeyes are trying to find their way with Kyle McCord in the post-CJ Stroud era. This is a massive game to see which of these proud programs belong in the national picture.
The Pac-12 remains firmly in the spotlight as there are three games between ranked opponents. Deion Sanders’ upstart No. 18-ranked Colorado Buffaloes team makes their first difficult road trip of the season to Eugene to face No. 13 Oregon. No. 24 UCLA freshman quarterback Dante Moore will try to knock off a 12th-ranked Utah team on the road, as the Utes hope to return Cam Rising.
In the Battle of Those Left Behind, 2024’s only conference remainders following the realignment shuffle—No. 16 Oregon State and No. 12 Washington State—meet in Pullman.
Then there’s a huge tilt to determine ACC supremacy as third-ranked Florida State travels to Clemson.
Lane Kiffin gets another shot at his old boss, Nick Saban, as Ole Miss takes on Alabama in Tuscaloosa, and Iowa will head to Penn State to take on a Nittany Lions team that sneakily may be the best in the Big Ten.
There’s a lot to love about next Saturday’s slate.
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