Your College Football Saturday Viewing Guide: October 28, 2017

I don’t know about you guys, but it seems like today is going to have the possibility to determine a lot of things about the rest of the college football season.

The first edition of the playoff rankings is coming out on Tuesday. In the very final game before that happens, #2, #3, #4, #5, and #8 in the Associated Press top 25 are all playing on the road. On top of that, #2 Penn State is visiting #6 Ohio State, and I dunno, that seems like that could have a lot of impact on who starts off the playoff rankings in one of the four semifinal spots.

Now, sure, three of the other tippy top ranked teams on the road are playing unranked teams (shoutout to TCU visiting #25 Iowa State), and sure, they’re largely speaking all big favorites. Stupider things have happened, though, and given that college football is a pretty stupid sport in the first place, that certainly primes the pump for all kinds of insanity today.

The underrated game of the day? NC State in South Bend to play Notre Dame. Both teams are ranked in the top 15 of the AP poll, and there is that bit about noted Louisville guy Mark Ennis saying he’ll eat a live animal if the Wolfpack make the playoff. WELLLLLLLL NC State is #14 in the country, and beating #9 Notre Dame would sure do them an awful lot of good towards making the playoff, now wouldn’t it?

Alrighty, enough of that. Here’s your schedule of events for the day....