COLLEGE PICKS: Louisville goes from main event to side stage
The Cardinals head to Marshall after jumping into the national title race by tearing up Florida State at home last week.
Louisville certainly isn't the first team to play a huge game and then hit the road to play a lesser opponent, but it is not too often you see a team in a Power Five conference go from hosting GameDay to playing at a Group of Five school a week later.
Jackson and the Cardinals are talented enough to avoid a letdown, but it should be interesting to see how they respond to being the hunted in Huntington, W.Va., where a salty crowd should be revved up for an 8 p.m. kickoff at Joan C. Edwards Stadium.
Marshall has just two victories against ranked teams since joining FBS in 1997, the last in 2003 when the Herd beat No. 6 Kansas State.
The Seminoles play unbeaten South Florida from the American Athletic Conference in Tampa.
The showcase games Saturday are mostly in the Southeastern Conference, with three matchups of ranked teams, and over in the Big Ten where No. 11 Wisconsin faces No. 8 Michigan State.
USC makes a quarterback change to freshman Sam Darnold.
Badgers are still trying to sort out starting quarterback and have banged up running backs ...
Aggies and Razorbacks have won four straight meetings since joining the SEC, the last two in overtime ...
The third ranked opponent already for the Rebels, but second straight road game for the Bulldogs ...
The Volunteers have lost 11 straight in the rivalry and the Gators' quarterback is hurt.
Injuries at linebacker make an already suspect Nittany Lions defense even more vulnerable ...
Cowboys WR James Washington is averaging 21 yards per catch ...
The Cougars have struggled to move the ball under new offensive coordinator Ty Detmer ...
Improved Buffaloes could be missing QB Sefo Liufau (ankle); Ducks lost LT Tyrell Crosby (foot) and WR Devon Allen (knee) for the season last week ...