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- Georgia visits No. 6 Alabama in the SEC's marquee game, with Kirby Smart's Bulldogs holding a 114-16 record since 2017 but going just 2-7 against the Crimson Tide; the line has flipped to Bama -1.5, with Hurricane Isaias potentially affecting conditions.
- No. 1 Texas faces Oklahoma as a 7.5-point favorite, but Arch Manning ranks 124th nationally in sacks per pressure and the Longhorns are 120th in yards per carry, while Oklahoma leads the country in sack rate.
- No. 10 LSU heads to Kentucky as an 8.5-point road favorite, with Lane Kiffin's Tigers scoring at least 35 points in four of five games despite a rough trip to Ole Miss.
- No. 21 UCLA brings the nation's top yards-per-carry rushing attack to No. 13 Oregon, where the Bruins haven't won since 2004; Oregon is favored by 11.5.
- No. 7 Indiana visits 5-0 Nebraska, where the Cornhuskers haven't beaten an AP top-seven team since a 39-38 win over Michigan State in 2015.
- Penn State welcomes No. 19 USC for a White Out game with both teams desperate — the Nittany Lions have lost two straight and USC's defense ranks 113th in points allowed per possession despite facing only one top-50 offense.
Why it matters: The SEC enters Saturday with three unbeaten league teams and will have at most two afterward, immediately reshaping conference title and College Football Playoff seeding conversations. With Georgia-Alabama, Texas-Oklahoma, and three ranked Big Ten matchups on the same day, Week 6 produces the first batch of high-stakes results separating legitimate contenders from early-season overachievers.
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