The primary 4 weeks of the season have been largely preseason for plenty of high faculty soccer groups, however Week 5 delivers some of the anticipated matchups of the season. Alabama hosts Georgia, and the Bulldogs began the week as a small favourite forward of the primetime showdown in Tuscaloosa.
It is a uncommon regular-season assembly for 2 of the premier packages within the sport. Six of the final eight occasions these groups have met, it has both been an SEC Championship Recreation or a nationwide title recreation. Alabama has received eight of the previous 9 video games on this collection. Georgia has been dominant towards everybody else in the previous few years, however the Bulldogs’ final two losses (and three of their final 4 courting again to the 2020 season) have come by the hands of the Crimson Tide.
There are three different top-25 matchups on the Week 5 schedule, though none are near the identical degree of hype as Georgia at Alabama. Maybe essentially the most intriguing of that group is No. 19 Illinois at No. 9 Penn State in a gathering of undefeated groups. Illinois was spectacular in an time beyond regulation win at Nebraska final Friday. Heading to Completely happy Valley is a giant step up in competitors for the Illini and the Nittany Lions are three-score favorites.
Elsewhere, No. 15 Louisville takes its undefeated report on the highway to tackle No. 16 Notre Dame. The Preventing Irish are probably in must-win mode after already shedding to Northern Illinois. Notre Dame is favored by lower than a landing.
The opposite high 25 matchup misplaced a number of luster from the way it appeared earlier than Saturday. No. 20 Oklahoma State heads to No. 23 Kansas State after each misplaced in convincing vogue final week. The Cowboys had been locked down by Utah’s protection in Stillwater, and the Wildcats had an evening to neglect at BYU. The Wildcats are favored at residence in what could possibly be an elimination recreation within the Large 12 race.
Listed below are the chances and schedule for each recreation that includes an AP Prime 25 staff, plus a couple of different notable video games in Week 5. Two top-25 groups are on bye this week: No. 5 Tennessee and No. 11 Missouri.
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Friday, Sept. 27
Virginia Tech at No. 7 Miami — 7:30 p.m. on ESPN
Washington at Rutgers — 8 p.m. on FOX
Saturday, Sept. 28
Kentucky at No. 6 Ole Miss — Midday on ABC
Minnesota at No. 12 Michigan — Midday on FOX
No. 20 Oklahoma State at No. 23 Kansas State — Midday on ESPN
No. 22 BYU at Baylor — Midday on FS1
Maryland at Indiana — Midday on Large Ten Community
Wisconsin at No. 13 USC — 3:30 p.m. on CBS
No. 15 Louisville at No. 16 Notre Dame — 3:30 p.m. on Peacock
Arkansas vs. No. 24 Texas A&M — 3:30 p.m. on ESPN
At AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Tex.
Colorado at UCF — 3:30 p.m. on FOX
Fresno State at UNLV — 3:30 p.m. on FS1
No. 21 Oklahoma at Auburn — 3:40 p.m. on ABC
North Carolina at Duke — 4 p.m. on ESPN2
Mississippi State at No. 1 Texas — 4:15 p.m. on SEC Community
No. 3 Ohio State at Michigan State — 7 p.m. on Peacock
Stanford at No. 17 Clemson — 7 p.m. on ESPN
No. 18 Iowa State at Houston — 7 p.m. on FS1
No. 2 Georgia at No. 4 Alabama — 7:30 p.m. on ABC
No. 19 Illinois at No. 9 Penn State — 7:30 p.m. on NBC
South Alabama at No. 14 LSU — 7:45 p.m. on SEC Community
Florida State at SMU — 8 p.m. on ACC Community
Washington State at No. 25 Boise State — 10 p.m. on FS1
Arizona at No. 10 Utah — 10:15 p.m. on ESPN
No. 8 Oregon at UCLA — 11 p.m. on FOX
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