The three Week 9 games between teams in The Associated Press Top 25 are all in the Southeastern Conference. Plenty of other games will impact conference races and the College Football Playoff picture.
No. 3 Texas A&M, the unbeaten SEC co-leader, goes on the road to play a 20th-ranked, two-loss LSU team that could revive its playoff hopes with an upset of the Aggies and a win at Alabama on Nov. 8.
No. 8 Mississippi heads to No. 13 Oklahoma for a meeting of two of the six SEC teams that have one loss in conference play. No. 10 Vanderbilt, which entered the top 10 this week for the first time since 1947, hosts a 15th-ranked Missouri team that has won five straight meetings and 10 of 13 since the Tigers entered the SEC in 2012.
In the Big Ten, Minnesota visits Iowa for a matchup of unra