It’s Week 13 of the college football season … and AJ is deep into spreadsheets, if/then formulas, and opponent cumulative winning percentages. And that can mean only one thing: Either he’s got way too much time on his hands … or we’re getting close to the end of the season and conference title games. (Hint: It’s the latter. Mostly.)

Hi friends. Yes, believe it or not, there are just two weeks left in the regular season … and approximately 13,000 options and tiebreakers to determine conference championship participants.

Some of last week’s games helped ease confusion. Ohio State and Penn State picked up expected wins. Oregon escaped Wisconsin, while Indiana rested. So the Big Ten’s pretty straightforward. Same thing with the ACC. (Yes, really.) It’s a three-team race between Miami … and Clemson and SMU, which both found themselves in spicy games last weekend. (Sorry, Pitt fans.)

But the Big 12 is undoubtedly eating itself. (See: Kansas over BYU.) AJ walks us through this week’s buffet options, which, pre-Thanksgiving week, are plentiful, including No. 16 Colorado at Kansas (3:30 ET, FOX) and No. 14 BYU at No. 21 Arizona State (3:30 ET, ESPN).

The SEC? Well, that’s just a hot mess. Maybe even as much so as the Big 12. Georgia remembered how to play football last weekend, South Carolina is indeed peaking at the end of the season again, and Florida knocked off LSU in the Swamp (much to Ellie’s delight).

The one thing that is clear? There’s a Pac-12 title game this weekend, which AJ is all over: Washington State at Oregon State (7 ET, The CW).

Crappy also poses an interesting question: Which team would you absolutely not want to play right now?

On the #GroupOfFiveAfterDark slate this week, we have some dandies, which AJ is very excited to discuss: No. 24 UNLV at San José State (10 ET Friday, FS1), James Madison at Appalachian State (2:30 ET, ESPN+), Air Force at Nevada (10:30 ET, FS1), Colorado State at Fresno State (10:30 ET, CBSSN), East Carolina at North Texas (3:30 ET, ESPN+) a with good and proper Fun Index of 72.5, Sam Houston at Jacksonville State (Noon ET, CBSSN), and Western Kentucky at Liberty (Noon ET, ESPN+). (Carla’s not super excited about that last one.)

And then, the big boy slate:

No. 5 Indiana at No. 2 Ohio State (Big Nude, FOX): Crappy has all kinds of feels about this game. Can the Hoosiers prove themselves against a top-tier opponent?

No. 9 Ole Miss at Florida (Noon ET, ABC): Yes, the Gators are seemingly on a roll to end the season. But we’re fairly certain that roll stops this weekend. Ole Miss just has too much offense … and a good defense, too.

No. 4 Penn State at Minnesota (3:30 ET, CBS): More Tyler Warren, please. He may be the difference-maker for the Nits in this one.

No. 6 Notre Dame vs. No. 19 Army at Yankee Stadium (7 ET, NBC): Goodness, how much fun would it be for Army to knock the Irish out of the playoff? Do they have the physicality to keep up with Notre Dame?

While AJ continues to do math, Carla offers her honorable mention nods to Vanderbilt at LSU (7:45 ET, SECN) and the home finale for her Blue Raiders, New Mexico State at MTSU (2:30 ET, ESPN+). (Hi, Jake!) Crappy again sends his magical vibes to you regarding Ohio at Toledo on Wednesday evening (Spoiler alert: OU won, 24-7.), and offers a soliloquy to the upcoming playoffs.

Enjoy the football this weekend, kids. It’s been a super fun season (never mind the math thing), and it’s rapidly coming to an end. Cheers.

Have you ever tried to record a podcast while a MAC game is in full-on MACtion mode, resulting in an overtime contest with a combined 99 points?

Neither had we. Until this week.

Hi, friends. Welcome to Week 12 of the college football season. And if Tuesday night is any indication, we’re in for a wild ride. But that’s what usually happens when the slate appears to be a little lackluster. And guess what we have this week? Yeppers. Buckle up.

We begin, as always, with a look back. Carla recaps her super fun experience as the celebrity guest picker on Blue Raider Extra Point, then questions what the heck happened to Georgia. Crappy was pleased with his Buckeyes and the Army defense. Carnegie Mellon and Ohio picked up big wins as well. Robert Morris and MTSU? Sadly, not so much.

And, of course, of all weeks for AJ not to be joining us live … not only did we get a bunch of points on Tuesday night, but Miami finally FOed in spectacular fashion. He was, however, able to join us through the marvel of audio recording technology from somewhere on the road in the Midwest to offer us this week’s #GroupOfFiveAfterDark report.

Then, we’re on to this week’s big-boy games, including a healthy heaping from the Big 12 buffet.

No. 3 Texas at Arkansas (Noon ET, ABC): We keep calling the Hogs, and they keep letting us down. Is this the week they finally do it again? Or do the Horns keep rolling?

No. 20 Clemson at Pitt (Noon ET, ESPN): Which team do we believe? Based on our analysis of this game … it’s neither team.

Utah at No. 17 Colorado (Big Nude, FOX): The Utes are still miffed after last week’s Holding War loss to BYU. They’re solid defensively, but the lack of any semblance of offense causes us to give the edge to the Buffs.

No. 23 Missouri at No. 21 South Carolina (4:15 ET, SECN): Uh oh. South Carolina is peaking at the end of the season again. We’ve seen this film before. And we don’t think it’s going to end well for the Tigers.

Arizona St. at No. 16 Kansas St. (7 ET, ESPN): The main course on this week’s Big 12 menu is a doozy. Both of these teams still have a shot at the conference title game with a win here.

No. 7 Tennessee at No. 12 Georgia (7:30 ET, ABC): Insert shoulder shrug emoji here. We can’t get a read on either of these teams. Will Nico be ready to go? Which version of Georgia shows up for this one? If the Vols win, they’re sitting pretty for an SEC title game berth.

Kansas at No. 6 BYU (10:15 ET, ESPN): The Big 12 buffet has a late-night menu this week. The Jayhawks have looked good the last couple of weeks, but we still like the Cougs here.

Carla gives her honorable mentions to No. 4 Penn State at Purdue (3:30 ET, CBS) and No. 22 LSU at Florida (3:30 ET, ABC), with a shoutout to Robert Morris at Central Connecticut State (Noon ET, NEC Front Row) in a battle for second place in the NEC. Crappy, meanwhile, really, REALLY wishes he was going to be at Wrigley on Saturday afternoon for No. 2 Ohio State at Northwestern (Little Nude, BTN), and again sends telepathic signals for you to watch Wednesday night’s Eastern Michigan at Ohio game … which has already happened by the time you’re listening to this pod. And oh, just for AJ, North Texas at UTSA (8 ET Friday, ESPN2) and No. 18 Washington St. at New Mexico (9:30 ET, FS1) both have Fun Indexes of 72.5. So get your eyeballs on those games as well.

Enjoy this week’s college football action, and we’ll see you again next week. Cheers, yinz.

It’s Week 11 of the college football season … and nothing makes sense.

Sure, MACtion is back, and we’re as excited about it as ever. And yes, the Big 12 looks like it’s definitely going to enjoy a potential buffet this weekend.

So why, then, is Carla wearing a “Yay Feetball” sweatshirt during the week when she hates college football? What was Penn State’s fourth-quarter goal-line play calling all about? What happened to Clemson? And Texas A&M? And Pitt? And Wisconsin?

Well, friends, we don’t have answers for everything. But we can provide some hope.

And that is, in the midst of all the chaos, the Carla and Crappy Show has finally made the big time. Carla will be the “celebrity” guest picker on Blue Raider Extra Point this weekend, live from the Grove on MTSU’s campus in Murfreesboro prior to the Liberty game. (Right now, the stream is scheduled to begin at 9 ET Saturday morning and will be available on the True Blue TV app on your streaming device or the MTN Sports YouTube channel. We’ll update as we get more details.)

To celebrate, we break down the entirety of the CUSA slate (so that Carla has good notes to take with her), which includes Kennesaw State at UTEP (4 ET, ESPN+), Jacksonville State at Louisiana Tech (4:30 ET, CBSSN), Western Kentucky at New Mexico State (6 ET, ESPN+), and of course, Liberty at MTSU (1 ET, CBSSN).

But also? We now have Carla and Crappy Show merch. Carla needed something branded to wear on the show, which AJ was all about creating. This means that, yes, friends, very soon, you too will have the ability to have your very own Yay Feetball shirt (once we figure out how to get the shop set up). Stay tuned to carlacrappyshow.com (which is also a thing that works now!) for more details.

And then, oh yeah, right, we still have games to discuss. A lot of games.

After we break down the initial College Football Playoff rankings (because those, ahem, also happened on Tuesday), AJ gives us a slightly abbreviated #GroupOfFiveAfterDark report, which still includes some dandies: Arkansas State at Louisiana (5 ET, ESPN+), No. 25 Army at North Texas (3:30 ET, ESPN2), and UNLV at Hawaii (9 ET, CBSSN) to name a few.

The big boy slate is pretty stellar as well:

No. 3 Georgia at No. 16 Ole Miss (3:30 ET, ABC): No consensus here. This game is loaded with mystery and huge conference implications.

Michigan at No. 8 Indiana (3:30 ET, CBS): Ten Win-diana? Yeppers. And at least one of us thinks it will be a statement win, too.

South Carolina at Vanderbilt (4:15 ET, SECN): Uh oh. The Gamecocks letdown game is in Nashville. Diego, are you ready? (We think it’s possible.)

No. 11 Alabama at No. 15 LSU (7:30 ET, ABC): With Saban no longer on the sideline, can Bama keep its Bedlam-esque streak alive? In Death Valley? Or do we see a purple Brian Kelly?

Washington at No. 6 Penn State (8 ET, Peacock): The forecast calls for a whiteout in Happy Valley. Welcome to the Big Ten, Huskies? We’ll see.

We wrap things up with a quick edition of How Will the Big 12 Eat Itself This Week? (still not trademarked), which features some prime buffet options, including No. 20 Colorado at Texas Tech (4 ET, FOX) and No. 9 BYU at Utah (10:15 ET, ESPN). Also, Crappy has his eye on Purdue at No. 2 Ohio State (Big Nude, FOX), and AJ and Carla are extremely vested in Robert Morris at Duquesne (Noon ET, radio only).

So, there you have it. Nothing makes sense. But we’re hoping we can provide you a bit of levity and hope in the chaos, both in college football and … well, you know. Enjoy the games this weekend, watch Carla on Saturday morning, and we’ll see you back here next week. Cheers, yinz.

It’s Week 10 of the college football season and friends? For what we believe to be the first time in the 13-year history of The Carla and Crappy Show, there are no games that kick off after 8 p.m. ET Saturday. Yes, really.

No, AJ is not OK.

But when we reflect on last weekend’s action, AJ starts us off on a good note, as his week was bookended by two spectacular wins by Kennesaw State (on Tuesday) and Hawaii (technically on Sunday). Carla actually stayed awake for most of Boise at UNLV and was thoroughly impressed by Oregon. (Quack.) Crappy noted big wins by both Ohio and Carnegie Mellon.

Then, even without proper After Dark games, AJ walks us through his #GroupOfFiveAfterDark report, featuring Georgia State at UConn (7 ET Friday, CBSSN), Toledo at Eastern Michigan (Noon ET, ESPNU), MTSU at UTEP (3:30 ET, CBSSN), Georgia Southern at South Alabama (7:30 ET, ESPNU), and Colorado State at Nevada (8 ET, CBSSN). And in this week’s edition of How Will the Big 12 Eat Itself This Week? (not yet trademarked), we’re all super intrigued by Texas Tech at No. 11 Iowa State (3:30 ET, ESPN).

After that, we get to the Big Boy games. And we start with a doozy.

No. 4 Ohio State at No. 3 Penn State (Big Nude, FOX): Carla’s feeling better about her Nits entering this game than she has in recent memory. But Crappy’s Bucks have won 11 of the last 12 meetings between these two. One of these teams is going to escape with a win. And one of us is going to hate college football next week.

No. 19 Ole Miss at Arkansas (Noon ET, ESPN): All the stats say Ole Miss wins. So why do we think Wooo Pig might actually pull this off?

Air Force at No. 21 Army (Noon ET, CBS): Army is still nationally ranked, and we respect the troops. (Army wins this game easily.)

Minnesota at No. 24 Illinois (Noon ET, FS1): Bert’s bunch got throttled by Oregon last week. (Quack.) Can the Gophers row the boat in Chambagna?

Florida vs. No. 2 Georgia in Jacksonville (3:30 ET, ABC): The Dawgs looked every bit a national title contender in Austin. Which version of Georgia shows up for the Definitely Not a Cocktail Party?

No. 13 Indiana at Michigan State (3:30 ET, Peacock): Dig out your streaming password. They’re going to do it. We’re going to get Nine Win-diana.

No. 10 Texas A&M at South Carolina (7:30 ET, ABC): Is this really a trap game for the Aggies? We’re not sure we’re buying that argument.

No. 18 Pitt at No. 20 SMU (8 ET, ACCN): This game has major ACC title game implications. Yes, that’s also a real thing. And we don’t reach a consensus on the outcome.

And yes, there’s one final game that we absolutely must discuss.

Vanderbilt at Auburn (12:45 ET, SECN): Diego Pavia? It’s time. Darkness versus light. Goodness over evil. Go do the dang thing and send the Dores bowling. Do it.

While AJ desperately scours the DIII schedule in search of a true After Dark game (he does actually find two of them!), Carla notes two other games of interest: Louisville at No. 11 Clemson (7:30 ET, ESPN) and USC at Washington (7:30 ET, BTN). And Crappy closes things out with a public service announcement from all of us: Go vote.

Enjoy the football this weekend, boys and girls. And much to AJ’s chagrin, enjoy that extra sleep on Saturday night. Cheers.

It’s Week 9 of the college football season, and boy, was last weekend a lot of fun.

North Texas at Memphis was the fireworks factory that we expected. Georgia went full beast mode and dominated in Austin. And even the home radio announcers were incredulous about Indiana’s throttling of Nebraska.

Also, we now live in a world where Indiana and Vanderbilt are ranked, and The Team Up North isn’t. Everything is weird in 2024.

And now this week? We have some discomfort ahead, especially if you are fans of certain programs. Ahem.

AJ gets us started with his #GroupOfFiveAfterDark report, including our new favorite segment, How Will the Big 12 Eat Itself This Week? (Should we trademark that? We probably should.) Notable games include No. 17 Boise State at UNLV (10:30 ET Friday, CBSSN), Tulane at North Texas (Noon ET, ESPNU), and No. 11 BYU at UCF (3:30 ET, ESPN). Also, we regret to inform you that there is in fact a true Hawaii test this weekend, which means, yes, you will need to caffeinate both Friday and Saturday nights. Just be ready for that.

And then, on to a loaded slate of notable games:

No. 12 Notre Dame vs. No. 24 Navy at MetLife Stadium (Noon ET, ABC): Can the Middies knock off the Irish? Maybe? (We hope so.)

Washington at No. 13 Indiana (Noon ET, BTN): This game’s on the Big Ten Network because no one in their right mind would have predicted this game to be so big … or that the Hoosiers would be the ranked team in this matchup. Do we get to Eight Win-diana?

No. 20 Illinois at No. 1 Oregon (3:30 ET, CBS): The Ducks handled business in West Lafayette, and now Bert and crew are coming to town.

No. 21 Missouri at No. 15 Alabama (3:30 ET, ABC): Is this Bama’s get-right game? Or maybe a better question, is Bama going to have a get-right game this season? And will Brady Cook play for Mizzou?

No. 5 Texas at No. 25 Vanderbilt (4:15 ET, SECN): Yes, friends, Vandy is one win away from bowl eligibility. One thing we know for sure? There will be many cowboy boots on Nashville’s West End on Saturday afternoon.

No. 8 LSU at No. 14 Texas A&M (7:30 ET, ABC): The Tigers just keep finding ways to win football games. The Aggies have been scary at home. No consensus on this one.

No. 3 Penn State at Wisconsin (7:30 ET, NBC): Guess what? The Badgers are officially annoying again, just in time for the Nittany Lions to come to Madison. Can Wisconsin catch PSU looking ahead? (Carla certainly hopes not.)

Outside of that (if that’s not enough for you), AJ’s keeping an eye on North Carolina at Virginia (Noon ET, CW) and Florida State at No. 6 Miami (7 ET, ESPN), because what if this is the weekend that Miami FOs? (If you don’t get that reference, listen to our Week 8 episode.) Carla’s got her eye on a true Big Ten After Dark situation as Rutgers heads to USC (11 ET Friday, FOX). And, of course, Crappy’s got Nebraska at No. 4 Ohio State (Big Nude, FOX) and Buffalo at Ohio (Noon ET, CBSSN).

It’s going to be another great (albeit uncomfortable!) weekend of college football. But next weekend? Hoo boy. Buckle up. You’re not going to want to miss next week’s show. Cheers, friends.

Crappy may be ready to talk baseball, since his Buckeyes had a less-than-successful trip to Eugene last weekend, but Carla and AJ — with the help of an Aaron Judge homer — brought Crappy down to earth in time to go through another week of college football, when several teams seem destined to FAFO (if you don’t get the reference, our friends at Urban Dictionary can help you, uh, find out).

We always look back before we look forward, and Week Seven was a spectacular one, especially if you enjoy tight finishes — as seen by K State at Colorado, Penn State at USC, Bama at South Carolina, Ball State at Kent or the aforementioned Ohio State visit to Oregon, a painful thing for Crappy. But the best news from last weekend? Vandy getting yet another SEC win at Kentucky. Bowl eligibility for the ‘Dores is within reach.

And for Week Eight? AJ gives us his weekly accounting of how the Big 12 is going to eat itself and reasons why we should eschew the FBS ranked matchups Saturday evening for North Texas at Memphis (7:30 p.m., ESPNU) — and its 66.5-point AJ Fun Index — and the FCS Game of the Century: No. 1 South Dakota State at No. 2 North Dakota State (8 p.m., ESPN2). This is why you need multiple screens, boys and girls.

Editor’s note: The Carla and Crappy Show failed to notice this week’s New Mexico at Utah State game (4 p.m., truTV) and its AJ Fun Index of 77.5 points. The Carla and Crappy Show regrets the error.

And then — Week Eight’s Big Boy games, all on Saturday:

No. 6 Miami at Louisville (Noon, ABC) The Canes have done a lot of FAing this season. Is this the weekend they FO?

Nebraska at No. 16 Indiana (Big Nude, Fox) The Huskers are vastly improved this season, but are they ready for Curt Cignetti’s undefeated Hoosiers (and their newfound home-field advantage)?

East Carolina at No. 23 Army (Noon, ESPN2), Charlotte at No. 25 Navy (3:30 p.m. on CBSSN) We covered these games together, not as a slight of either program, but as a celebration that our service academies, together in the Top 25 for the first time since 1960, still have a place in the FBS world in 2024.

No. 7 Alabama at No. 11 Tennessee (3:30 p.m., ABC) The loser of this game will be facing a second conference loss — and a confirmed disaster of a season. Also: Hey, Kalen — maybe dress up a little?

No. 24 Michigan at No. 22 Illinois (3:30 p.m., CBS) The Team Up North is a three-point favorite in this game, and if you’ve watched any college football this year — and we’ve seen a bit — you know that this is a joke.

8 LSU at Arkansas (7 p.m., ESPN) Hoo Pig has been the SEC’s pain-in-the-ass team this year. Can they smoke the Tigahs at home?

5 Georgia at 1 Texas (7:30, ABC) As is the case with Alabama-Tennessee, one team will be walking off the field in Austin with a second SEC loss. And that’s not going to be the Longhorns.

But wait — there’s more! AJ advises us to keep an eye on Oregon’s visit to Purdue (8 p.m. Friday, Fox), where bizarre things happen after the sun goes down (just ask Crappy). With Penn State on a bye, Carla will be on upset watch with South Carolina at Oklahoma (12:45 p.m. Saturday, SEC Network) and No. 12 Notre Dame at Georgia Tech (3:30 p.m. Saturday, ESPN). Crappy doesn’t have an Ohio State game to watch this weekend, but that’s OK — his attention will be on the 100th Battle of the Bricks, as his Bobcats visit hated rival Miami (3:30 p.m., ESPN+) and hope to hold their spot atop the MAC.

Enjoy this week’s games, boys and girls — it’s sure to be a fun weekend.

During last week’s Week 6 edition, we low-key mentioned that it’s the “underwhelming” weeks on the college football schedule when chaos and weird stuff can happen.

And then … boy, did it ever. So the gang’s all here live this week as we break down the first “blood week” in college football since 2022.

It arguably started with SMU knocking off Louisville and continued with Texas A&M demolishing Mizzou. But it didn’t stop there. Tennessee … USC … Michigan. The brand names of college football all fell one by one.

And … of course, the absolute unthinkable happened as Vanderbilt toppled top-ranked Alabama. The Dores win was historic on many levels, including the 2.5-mile journey the goalposts took to the Cumberland River. So we invited bestselling author and special projects director at Vanderbilt Athletics Andrew Maraniss to join us to put Vandy’s win and the celebratory aftermath into perspective.

AJ goes through his #GroupOfFiveAfterDark slate, beginning with a couple of early dandies: Coastal Carolina at James Madison (7:30 ET Thursday, ESPN2) and No. 16 Utah at Arizona State (10:30 ET Friday, ESPN). He then introduces a new segment to the show, “How Will The Big 12 Eat Itself This Week?”

And then … the games we’ve been anticipating for a while now.

No. 1 Texas vs. No. 18 Oklahoma (3:30 ET, ABC): Red River is a rivalry in the truest sense. Throw away the records and rankings. The Horns should win … which means the Sooners are going to make this interesting.

No. 4 Penn State at USC (3:30 ET, CBS): USC’s loss at Minnesota (because that’s a thing that happened) makes this game more intriguing than Carla would like. The Nits’ defense–and the Trojans’ lack thereof–should be the difference here, though.

Cal at No. 22 Pitt (3:30 ET, ESPN): The Calgorithm ran out of gas last week against Miami. And now a cross-country trip to the nationally-ranked Panthers awaits.

No. 2 Ohio State at No. 3 Oregon (7:30 ET, NBC): Has Oregon shored up its run defense? The Bucks are certainly going to put it to the test. Welcome to the B1G, Ducks.

No. 9 Ole Miss at No. 13 LSU (7:30 ET, ABC): This game always gets real dumb. And with a fun index of 63.5, we expect nothing less than stupid here—points on points on points.

No. 11 Iowa State at West Virginia (8 ET, FOX): Night games in Morgantown are always an adventure. Hide your couches, Cyclones.

No. 18 Kansas State at Colorado (10:15 ET, ESPN): Can the Powercats slow down Shedeur and Travis and that Buffs offense in Boulder … after dark?

If that’s not enough for you, Carla also has Wisconsin at Rutgers (Noon ET, BTN) and Florida at No. 8 Tennessee (7 ET, ESPN) on her radar … as well as Robert Morris, which hosts Delaware State for homecoming (3 ET, no TV so listen to Chris Shovlin on the radio). Crappy has his eyes on two CMUs: Ohio at Central Michigan (4 ET, ESPNU) and DIII No. 14 Carnegie Mellon at No. 7 Grove City (2 ET, YouTube). And AJ? Well, he’s watching literally everything else on the schedule, because that's just what he does.

So, enjoy what should be another spectacular weekend of college football, friends. And if you’re in Nashville, watch out for random goalposts on Lower Broadway. Just sayin’. Cheers to the best sport on the planet, yinz.

It’s Week 6 of the college football season, and friends, it’s time to catch our breath. As expected, last weekend was a wild ride. And we’ll just go ahead and say it now: You’ll want to clear your schedule for next weekend.

But this week? While there is a bunch of intrigue on the slate, there aren’t a ton of marquee matchups.

As always, before we look ahead, we look back at last weekend and go lightning-round style in our recaps to avoid the two-hour recap we feared we might have last week. Some of our highlights: Penn State needs a kicker, Ohio State can block, and that little game down in Tuscaloosa lived up to our expectations. We also take a moment to break down the chaos that is the ACC and Big 12 just for fun, and Crappy updates us on Carnegie Mellon’s scare last weekend in Little Washington.

Next up? AJ goes in-depth with what’s shaping up to be a fantastically intriguing #GroupOfFiveAfterDark slate this weekend.

And then we turn to the games that have our attention:

Syracuse at No. 25 UNLV (9 ET Friday, FS1): Hajj-Malik Williams had himself a debut last weekend. Can he keep it up in a game where Kyle McCord is his counterpart?

No. 9 Missouri at No. 25 Texas A&M (Noon ET, ABC): Surprise! It’s Mizzou that enters this game with the more prolific offense. Can the Tigers win their first road test of the season?

SMU at No. 22 Louisville (Noon ET, ESPN): The Cards nearly finished last weekend's comeback at Notre Dame. Also, why isn’t SMU ranked? This should be a dandy.

Iowa at No. 3 Ohio State (3:30 ET, CBS): Hey, Iowa’s scoring points this year! But we’re not convinced that’s enough for a win in the Shoe.

No. 12 Ole Miss at South Carolina (3:30 ET, ESPN): This game has the potential of being real spicy. How does Ole Miss respond after being dragged down in a slugfest last weekend?

No. 10 Michigan at Washington (7:30 ET, NBC): While these teams are nowhere near the same ones that met in the natty last season, will the Huskies get their revenge? (We hope so.)

No. 8 Miami at Cal (10:30 ET, ESPN): It’s ACC After Dark! This game feels like a get-right game for the Canes, but a cross-country road trip and a pesky Cal team could alter those plans.

With MTSU off until Oct. 10 – welcome back, CUSAction! – Carla gives her honorable mentions to UCLA at No. 7 Penn State (Big Nude, FOX) and offers a friendly reminder to Nashvillians to avoid West End on Saturday as No. 1 Alabama comes to Vandy (4:15 ET, SECN). Crappy, meanwhile, has other interesting games on his radar: No. 15 Clemson at Florida State (7 ET, ESPN), No. 23 Indiana at Northwestern (3:30 ET, BTN), and No. 11 USC at Minnesota (7:30 ET, BTN).

Finally, we send our thoughts and prayers to those impacted by Hurricane Helene, especially in East Tennessee and Western North Carolina, including our friends at Appalachian State. If you’d like to contribute to recovery efforts, which will be extensive and ongoing, here are our suggestions:

• Appalachian State Disaster Relief Fund

• United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR)

• American Red Cross

We’ll be back here next week to get you ready for a slate of games we promise you won’t want to miss. Cheers, yinz.