November has arrived, and with it the stakes of almost every Power 5 game rise dramatically, whether teams are playing for College Football Playoff rankings positioning, conference title game berths, bowl eligibility or simply the job security of their head coach. The marquee game of Week 10 is the annual LSU-Alabama slugfest, this time in Baton Rouge, but the weekend is stacked with games that should create some separation within some of the year’s most interesting toss-ups.
Below, our writers and editors take turns defending their straight-up picks for the biggest games of the Week 10 slate.