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Several SEC teams, including LSU and Georgia, face pivotal Week 8 games that could define their playoff chances.
USC coach Lincoln Riley is under pressure to prove his team can compete with top programs as they face Notre Dame.
BYU's undefeated record and freshman quarterback Bear Bachmeier face their toughest test yet in a rivalry game against Utah.
The similarities are hard to ignore.
Three weeks removed from a win against then-unbeaten Georgia, Alabama was 5-1 and ranked No. 7 in the US LBM Coaches Poll and Tennessee was 5-1 and ranked No. 11 when the two met on the third Saturday of last October.
Fast-forward a calendar year. Three weeks after beating the Bulldogs 24-21 , the red-hot No. 6 Crimson Tide host the No. 11 Volunteers looking to avoid a similar fa