A fall crisp is in the air and college football powerhouses are devouring one another just in time to begin the playoff conversation. The SEC, still in line to get three or four programs into the 12-team field, is full of good one-loss teams. The Big Ten may have just provided us with a title game preview. Realignment may have its detractors, but there’s no denying that the onslaught of high-profile games is constant—and that’s the case again in Week 8.
Apart from last week’s snoozer of a Red River Rivalry (thanks for playing Oklahoma), the watchability picks delivered, headlined by thrillers in Eugene, Baton Rouge and Los Angeles. Let’s hope for more of that college football magic as teams enter the back half of their 2024 regular-season schedules.
