College football schedule 2026: What to watch in Week 10, TV channels, streaming, Saturday kickoff times — SkimNews
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- Week 10 brings seven ranked matchups — the first-ever top-10 Holy War, No. 5 Alabama at No. 14 LSU, No. 1 Miami at No. 11 Notre Dame, plus four more including No. 6 Kentucky at No. 13 Tennessee — with the source tying the marquee games to College Football Playoff positioning.
- Utah is undefeated and has never lost at home to BYU as an AP-ranked team, while No. 9 BYU brings a three-game winning streak against its in-state rival to the noon ABC kickoff; the Utes are eyeing a first-round playoff bye.
- LSU was denied the night kickoff it wanted against Alabama, and the source says the loser will carry three losses with playoff hopes on life support, with Sam Leavitt and Alabama's Keelon Russell framed as the central quarterbacks.
- Notre Dame hosts No. 1 Miami at 7:30 p.m. on NBC despite Miami's absence of Malachi Toney; the guide still calls it a Heisman-stage duel between CJ Carr and Darian Mensah, a key College Football Playoff Selection Committee data point and a rare chance to impress, since neither team faces a murderer's row this season.
- Ohio State hosts No. 23 Oregon at 3:30 p.m. coming off a disappointing loss in its first game without Julian Sayin, with freshman quarterback Luke Fahey and receiver Jeremiah Smith flagged as the deciding factors.
- Georgia puts a defense the source calls "as nasty as ever" against Florida into a 7:30 p.m. test at No. 10 Ole Miss, where Georgia's passing offense is identified as its Achilles heel and Gunner Stockton's last two outings as shaky.
- Texas arrives at No. 18 Missouri with a Wednesday night availability report listing a litany of key players as questionable, handing Missouri its clearest path through Austin Simmons to Cayden Lee and Donovan Olugbode.
Why it matters: Seven ranked games carry playoff consequences on one Saturday. The stakes are explicit in the slate: the Alabama-LSU loser falls to three losses with playoff hopes on life support, and undefeated Utah is chasing a first-round College Football Playoff bye.
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