Coach Nick Saban announced he is turning back to quarterback Jalen Milroe as his starter after he benched him last week in favor of Tyler Buchner and Ty Simpson. 13 Alabama dropped outside the Associated Press top 10 this week for the first time since September 2015, and it will face another test Saturday when the Crimson Tide hosts No.

22 UCLA on Saturday afternoon in another ranked-vs.-ranked Pac-12 game in the same time slot. … If all the Colorado talk is too much, No. 5 USC, the hype surrounding Deion Sanders’s squad will reach new heights. The Ducks are second in the country averaging 58 points per game, but if Colorado can find a way to slow them down and remain undefeated entering next week’s home game against No. Colorado needed late-game heroics to prevail in its intrastate rivalry game against Colorado State last week, and now it will play without two-way star Travis Hunter for a few weeks. …Ĭolorado, which has been far-and-away the biggest ratings draw during the first three weeks of the season, will face its biggest test yet when the No. Michigan has beaten Rutgers eight straight times since the Scarlet Knights pulled off a close win in their first meeting in Rutgers’ inaugural Big Ten season in 2014, but the Scarlet Knights stayed close in their previous trip to Ann Arbor in 2021 and pushed Michigan to triple-overtime the previous year. Michigan was hardly tested during its nonconference slate, winning by a combined margin of 96-16 and ranking first in the nation allowing 5.3 points per game. … Michigan welcomes Rutgers to Ann Arbor for a Big Ten clash, and the Wolverines also welcome Coach Jim Harbaugh back to the sideline after he served a three-game suspension to start the season amid an NCAA investigation. Clemson is fourth in the nation allowing just 3.85 yards per play, and it will try to make life difficult for Florida State quarterback Jordan Travis, who played through an injury last week in the Seminoles’ narrow victory at Boston College.

The unranked Tigers have won the seven meetings since then, and an eighth straight victory would put their season back on track after their opening loss to Duke on Labor Day. 4 Seminoles are the higher-ranked team in the matchup. Florida State visits Clemson in Death Valley, and for the first time since 2014, the No.

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