Alright, the second week of my deep dive into the best/worst matchups and games of the week. So let's start with...
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Best Matchups
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Home
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Away
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Home
Rating
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Away
Rating
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My
Spread
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Date
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Time
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TV
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Rating
Average
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LSU
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Alabama
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13.039
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31.891
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-13.387
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5-Nov
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19:00
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CBS
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22.465
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California
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Washington
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5.972
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22.85
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-13.577
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5-Nov
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21:30
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ESPN
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14.411
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Ohio State
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Nebraska
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16.434
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10.048
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12.095
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5-Nov
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19:00
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ABC
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13.241
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Arkansas
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Florida
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8.835
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13.205
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-0.129
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5-Nov
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14:00
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CBS
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11.02
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USC
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Oregon
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16.73
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5.286
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15.641
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5-Nov
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18:00
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ESPN
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11.008
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The best game of the week LSU-Alabama, and if I have to say anything other than the Coach O vs Coach Saban then well you don't really want this season to be great. If LSU-Bama weren't a thing Cal-Washington and Ohio State-Nebraska could carry a week so well. As for Arkansas-Florida and USC-Oregon were much better four weeks ago. But will probably be crazy because of what college football has always been.
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Worst Matchups
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Home
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Away
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Home
Rating
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Away
Rating
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My
Spread
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Date
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Time
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TV
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Rating
Average
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Northern Illinois
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Bowling Green
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-9.349
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-12.295
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4.555
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1-Nov
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19:00
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ESPNU
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-10.822
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ULM
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South Alabama
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-15.252
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-7.69
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-6.261
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5-Nov
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16:00
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ESPN3
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-11.471
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Ohio
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Buffalo
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-5.334
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-19.316
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16.684
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3-Nov
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17:00
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CBSSN
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-12.325
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Colorado State
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Fresno State
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-6,976
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-18.23
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13.59
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5-Nov
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14:30
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-
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-12.603
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Rice
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FAU
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-15.258
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-11.44
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-2.502
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5-Nov
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14:30
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ESPN3
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-13.349
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I'm oddly looking forward to Colorado State-Fresno State, NIU-Bowling Green, and Ohio-Buffalo, if only for Fresno State upside, the rebuilds at NIU/Bowling Green/Buffalo. But you can totally not watch ULM-South Alabama & Rice-FAU.
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Closest Gap
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Home
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Away
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Home
Rating
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Away
Rating
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My
Spread
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Date
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Time
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TV
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Rating
Difference
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Kansas State
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Oklahoma State
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2.393
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8.942
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-2.319
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5-Nov
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14:30
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ABC
ESPN2
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2.319
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Kentucky
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Georgia
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3.623
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9.649
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-1.955
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5-Nov
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18:30
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SECN
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1.955
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Louisiana
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Idaho
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-11.054
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-7.514
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-1.22
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5-Nov
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16:00
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ESPN3
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1.22
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Texas Tech
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Texas
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-0.712
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3.887
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-0.571
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5-Nov
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11:00
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FS1
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0.571
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Arkansas
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Florida
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8.835
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13.205
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-0.129
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5-Nov
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14:00
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CBS
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0.129
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None of these games are great, but all but Louisiana-Idaho is interesting to me, and Oklahoma State has to play a wizard this week.
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Biggest Gap
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Home
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Away
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Home
Rating
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Away
Rating
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My
Spread
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Date
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Time
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TV
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Rating
Difference
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Michigan
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Maryland
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19.669
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-1.74
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27.139
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5-Nov
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14:30
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ESPN
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27.139
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West Virginia
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Kansas
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9.1
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-12.794
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25.788
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5-Nov
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18:00
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ESPN2
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25.788
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WKU
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FIU
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5.402
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-17.556
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25.294
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5-Nov
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16:30
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-
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25.294
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Appalachian State
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Texas State
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4.789
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-17.204
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24.928
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5-Nov
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14:30
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ESPN3
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24.928
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Clemson
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Syracuse
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19.026
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0.517
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23.661
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5-Nov
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14:30
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ABC
ESPN2
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23.661
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Michigan gets a break after a rivalry. That break is against their former DC in year one at Maryland. So I still think that's a break, but... maybe not? West Virginia gets to lick their wounds against Kansas, technically WKU-FIU is important but WKU is so much more together, I don't have much to say about App State-Texas State, and lastly Clemson is going to have trouble with Syracuse just because Dino is getting that offense together more and more each week.
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