The shift from October to November signals the beginning of a new stage of the college football season. As temperatures drop, stakes rise, postseason pictures begin to crystalize and losses become much more difficult to overcome.
Several teams with realistic hopes of a conference and/or national title face difficult tests with serious postseason implications this weekend. Survive their Week 10 crucibles, and teams will find themselves much closer to the ultimate goal; lose, and the outlook for the final month of the season gets much bleaker.
Any early look at the six colossal matchups that will define Week 10:
These teams are ranked inside the top five, sit one game apart in the SEC West and hate each other, so this matchup really didn’t need any additional hype.