COLLEGE FOOTBALL: What To Watch In Week 10

The College Football Playoff selection committee reminded us on Tuesday that everything we’ve watched so far this season is meaningless, reshuffling the top-25 in the way they deemed appropriate. 

Georgia and Alabama top the list, with Michigan State and Oregon rounding out the top four. Undefeated Cincinnati — ranked second in both the coaches poll and the Associated Press top-25 — comes in at No. 6 behind Ohio State. 

There is still quite a bit of football to be played, and in a year where more ranked teams have lost than ever before, you can rest assured that more chaos is on the way. 

The week 10 slate isn’t eye-popping, but we’ve said that before, only to have weekends with upsets galore. 

Let’s take a look at which games to watch in week 10 of the college football season. 

Nebraska vs No. 5 Ohio State – 12:00 p.m. ET, FOX

The Buckeyes are coming off a win over Penn State, but it was a closer game than many expected. The College Football Playoff selection committee has Ohio State ranked at No. 5, which allows Ryan Day’s squad to control their own destiny, but also means they have zero room for error. 

Since their loss to Oregon in week two, Ohio State has won six straight games and their offense is averaging 50.8 points per game. Quarterback C.J. Stroud has been lights-out since week two, throwing 16 touchdowns to just one interception and planting himself firmly in the Heisman race. 

Nebraska is 3-6 and has lost three straight, including a loss to Purdue last week in which quarterback Adrian Martinez threw four interceptions. But they’ve hung with some of the better teams in the Big 10 — losing to Michigan State and Michigan by a combined six points — and Day isn’t taking Scott Frost’s team lightly. 

“This is a very, very good Nebraska team that we have to be ready for,” Day said Tuesday. “I don’t care what the record says. I watched the film and they’re good.”

North Carolina vs No. 9 Wake Forest – 12:00 p.m. ET, ABC

The Demon Deacons have to be the least talked about team in the country, even while holding their highest rank in the history of the program. 

“The formulas out there, they always downgrade us,” head coach Dave Clawson said earlier in the year. “I don’t think it’s fair to our players that what we do is discounted, because of some recruiting rankings

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