The 2024 college football season has been a feast of upsets, plot twists and power struggles. Now we reach the main course: a Rivalry Week that gives us all of the reliable flavors -- traditional holiday games, conference title stakes -- plus some new notes. The jockeying for potential at-large bids in the expanded, 12-team College Football Playoff has been a welcome addition, as has the increased importance of conference titles themselves.
We've got all the usual huge games -- the Iron Bowl, The Game, the Egg Bowl, Farmageddon, you name it -- but the stakes are higher than ever.