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- Week 4 features six ranked-vs.-ranked matchups after just five in the first three weeks combined, with the SEC launching seven conference games — four of them ranked-vs.-ranked.
- No. 1 Texas visits No. 14 Tennessee (noon, ABC) as 4-point favorites, though SP+ projects only a 1.4-point edge for the Longhorns behind freshman QB Faizon Brandon's Tennessee offense that ranks 8th nationally in points per drive.
- No. 4 Ole Miss travels to No. 21 Florida (3:30 p.m., ABC), where the Gators rank first nationally in points per drive behind RB Jadan Baugh (on pace for 2,000 yards) and QB Aaron Philo (73% completion rate).
- No. 10 LSU hosts No. 23 Texas A&M (7:30 p.m., ABC) as 8.5-point favorites; A&M's passing game cratered after last week's Kentucky loss without KC Concepcion, with Marcel Reed averaging 9.1 yards per completion.
- No. 24 Mississippi State, which has overachieved preseason projections by 19.0 points per game (most of any power-conference team), hosts No. 19 Missouri (7:45 p.m., SECN) as 6.5-point favorites.
- No. 2 Georgia hosts Oklahoma (3:30 p.m., ESPN) as 14-point favorites, with the Sooners having scored just 24 combined points over their past two games and QB John Mateer throwing three interceptions with five sacks taken.
- No. 8 Alabama hosts South Carolina (7 p.m., ESPN), with the past two matchups between the teams following nearly identical scripts — the Tide build an early two-score lead, surrender a long Gamecocks run, then need late scores to escape.
Why it matters: Week 4 brings four SEC ranked-vs.-ranked matchups — after just five total in the prior three weeks. No. 1 Texas hits the road at Tennessee, No. 4 Ole Miss visits Florida (1st in points per drive), and No. 10 LSU — off an Ole Miss loss — hosts A&M without KC Concepcion. No. 24 Mississippi State has overachieved projections by 19.0 points per game — most of any power-conference team.
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