Your College Football Saturday Viewing Guide: October 14, 2017

Ok, serious question.

I’m not the world’s biggest college football fan, as evidenced by the fact that I regularly cheer for the most disastrous outcome for the sport week in and week out. As a result, I’m probably not that familiar with the ebb and flow of the season over the course of history.

Thus my question: Are there usually a lot of lackluster Saturdays in terms of overall super games to watch for neutral observers, or is it just this season? Or am I just thinking this because there are currently five non-Power Five teams ranked between 16 and 25 in the Associated Press poll, and thus it makes it feel like there aren’t a lot of headline grabbing games?

Would this seem like a much bigger weekend of football if Georgia Tech (visiting #11 Miami) were ranked #25 instead of Navy? Or if West Virginia (hosting #24 Texas Tech) were #19 instead of San Diego State? Is that what the issue is here? Rankings are just spread out further, and thus there’s less games between two ranked teams?

Maybe it’s just that #2 Clemson already played last night and #3 Penn State is off this week. I guess the good news is that the whole weekend can’t be a bummer because Syracuse already knocked off the Tigers, thus creating our anarchy for the week.

Anyway, here’s your slate for the day: