The flip of the calendar to November brings increased intensity in the college football schedule. Some leagues, especially the Big XII, gerrymandered the schedule to ensure that the projected top teams in the league all play each other in November.
It works out that way for the rest of the Power 5 conferences, certainly in the ACC and SEC this week. Clemson hosts Florida State in what amounts to the de facto ACC Championship Game. LSU visits Alabama on Saturday night with the winner likely to represent the division in Atlanta next month.
This week's schedule is long on excitement.