The only top-10 battle in the country will take place in Lubbock where undefeated BYU takes on its biggest test of the season against Texas Tech. This game figures to be decided in the trenches, where both teams have had the advantage on most opponents all season.

This will be the first gridiron meeting between Auburn and the Fighting Irish; the two squads have met once before in both men's and women's basketball. In addition to the Tigers, Notre Dame has yet to play Kentucky and Mississippi State in football.

Year 2 of the expanded College Football Playoff was supposed to put a new emphasis on strength of schedule for the 12-team field, but one SEC coach has yet to see any evidence of that. After the Playoff selection committee released its first CFP rankings of 2025-26 on Tuesday night (made up of: