Overview
- No. 3 Texas and No. 1 Ohio State meet at DKR Texas Memorial Stadium tonight with a 7:30 p.m. ET kickoff in a game widely viewed as influential for College Football Playoff seeding.
- ESPN’s College GameDay panel and several national pundits lean toward Texas to win while sportsbooks have a very narrow line that reflects how evenly matched the teams appear.
- Both starting quarterbacks enter with strong opening games, with Arch Manning and Julian Sayin each throwing for more than 300 yards and multiple touchdowns in Week 1, turning the matchup into a high-profile QB duel.
- Missouri traveled to Kansas on Friday as about a 5.5-point favorite, and projection models disagreed on the scoring total with SportsLine favoring the Under 51.5 and some experts picking the Over.
- Local reporting highlights Kansas’ deep running-back room and shaky secondary, and notes the Jayhawks’ paid trip to London on Sept. 19 will leave them facing nine straight games without a bye, a schedule wrinkle that could strain depth.