There are certain weekends throughout the early stage of the college football season that deliver the sort of magic you just can’t get elsewhere—and Week 5 was one of those weekends. Of Sports Illustrated’s seven selections for the best games to watch, two went to double overtime, one was decided on a walk-off field goal and three others were within one score. We also had one of the most unhinged field stormings in recent memory—the type you can only get from the passion of college football.
All right, enough looking into the past and patting ourselves on the back: We have more games to watch. Who’s in the driver’s seat in the Big 12? Texas Tech, Houston and Iowa State all have a chance to make a case Saturday. Interested in trying to figure out who the third-best team in the ACC is? Virginia and Louisville will audition for the role. Can Vanderbilt do the improbable, storm into Tuscaloosa, Ala., and take down the Crimson Tide for a second straight season? We’ll find out.
