Every week, SN’s Bill Bender will look at the national landscape in college football in Around the Bender. This week, he’ll look at Baylor and West Virginia’s defense, two rivalries that should be better, a Group of 5 school taking advantage of its new light, and more.
Baylor or West Virginia could remain undefeated. They could create a conversation better than the TCU-Baylor debate in 2014, mainly because the Bears and Mountaineers play in the regular-season finale on Dec. 3 in Morgantown, W. Va. They could get the Big 12 a team in the College Football Playoff.