Week 9 brings the final Saturday of October, as college football's regular season gets deeper into the second half with so much still at stake. The College Football Playoff picture features too many possible scenarios to count, and spots in every Power Four conference championship game remain squarely up for grabs.

On the surface, this doesn't appear to be a blockbuster week of games, but those weeks often tend to produce big surprises. A couple of the nation's hottest teams could be particularly vulnerable, as No. 4 Alabama and No. 3 Texas A&M face challenging SEC road trips. The Crimson Tide are taking their six-game winning streak to South Carolina , while unbeaten A&M is traveling for an always tough night game at No. 20 LSU .

Elsewhere, No. 2 Indiana will be looking to s

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