Saturday features three key SEC matchups and a few more important conference showdowns. Follow along as we track all the action.

Projecting the AP Top 25 college football rankings after Week 9 in which Texas A&M dominated LSU, but the likes of Alabama, Texas and Ole Miss all had to survive, while Oregon certainly didn't look the part.

The Oklahoma State Cowboys face the No. 14 Texas Tech Red Raiders, led by quarterback Behren Morton, on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025 at Jones AT&T Stadium in Lubbock, Texas.

Oklahoma general manager Jim Nagy ranks in the top 10 of GM salaries amongst college programs across the country. USA Today assembled the salaries of football general managers across college football, and Nagy’s $750,000 salary in 2025 ranks eighth in the nation.

Now, he has turned his attention to the Week 9 college football odds and is sharing his top betting picks. If you parlay these college football betting picks, you could be looking at a return of nearly +600. Get his top college football picks at SportsLine.

The verdict: Fiction. Honestly, Illinois’ resume isn’t far too different from that of Notre Dame, which is being widely viewed as a Playoff team. USC is the best win for each of them. And their losses are against top-10 teams — No. 1 Ohio State and No. 2 Indiana for the Illini, and No. 3 Texas A&M and No. 9 Miami for the Fighting Irish.

Compounding everything is that programs of all sizes have asked their boosters to fund rosters, and that brings new expectations. It's one thing to absorb a perceived bad loss when you've paid for a ticket to the game. It's another when you're helping to pay the quarterback. Rolled heads are demanded, ASAP.

Where is Oklahoma in updated college football rankings? See where Sooners stand after Week 8 of the 2025 season.