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At least until the Big Ten and Pac-12 get going, Week 6 is arguably the best week of this college football season in terms of terrific matchups – assuming all go off without a hitch regarding COVID-19. A Wednesday game featuring Louisiana and Appalachian State, probably the two best teams in the Sun Belt, was postponed due to positive tests at App State.

The Big 12 Game of the Year is always the Red River Rivalry from the Cotton Bowl in Dallas and that’s renewed Saturday as No. 22 Texas takes on unranked Oklahoma at noon ET. Yes, unranked Oklahoma as the Sooners are a shocking 0-2 in the Big 12 and out of the AP Top 25 for the first time since September 2016.

The Sooners can already kiss their chances of a return trip to the College Football Playoff goodbye and ditto their chances of reaching a fourth straight Big 12 title game (OU won all three) with another loss. The Horns would seem to have a pretty clear path to one spot in that title game with a victory, although they also come off an upset loss. The Big 12 is a mess. Oklahoma is a 1.5-point favorite but 1-7 ATS in the past eight in this series.