November has arrived, and college football enters its stretch drive. Usually, that means the schedule offers a menu of increasingly tempting games as the weather cools.
That actually might not be the case this year, and particularly this weekend with just one top-25 matchup on this Saturday’s slate.
Our mission here is to help you choose the best and most compelling games to watch. As such, you aren’t likely to see top-ranked Georgia featured in this space until the SEC championship game with the Bulldogs’ toughest regular-season games behind them. Similarly, you won’t find Alabama here for the next couple of weeks – even Saturday’s annual showdown with LSU doesn’t look terribly competitive. This sport always has the capacity to surprise, of course, so some results admittedly will catch us off guard.
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But with all that out of the way, we offer this sixpack of contests we think will prove most worthy of your attention in Week 10.
No. 14 Auburn at No. 12 Texas A&M
3:30 p.m. ET, CBS
Auburn Tigers running back Tank Bigsby rushed for 140 yards and a touchdown against Mississippi last weekend.
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Why watch: This is the lone contest matching ranked opponents this week, and it’s a big one in the SEC West. It’s essentially an eliminator. The Aggies have two conference losses but also have a win against Alabama in the bank, something no one else can claim. The Tigers, of course, will get their crack at the Crimson Tide at the end of the month but must win here in College Station to maximize that game’s importance. Auburn QB Bo Nix has continued his solid play since the near disaster against Georgia State, and RB Tank Bigsby lent plenty of support in last week’s important victory…
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