There are some weekends you just know are going to be outstanding in college football. Week 1 nowadays usually has a handful of marquee matchups. The last weekend of the regular season is full of mega-rivalries like Michigan-Ohio State.

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The first Saturday of November also is annually very important because it’s when SEC West rivals LSU and Alabama face off, and they do this Saturday in Baton Rouge. The No. 1 Tide are 14.5-point favorites over the No. 4 Tigers. It’s the biggest that LSU has been a home underdog since 1997 – they won that game at +16.5 over No. 1 Florida.

Because LSU already has a loss, it has to win here to keep its College Football Playoff hopes alive. Alabama, which clinches the West Division with a victory, probably still gets in with a close loss here assuming it wins out. The Tide have won their past seven against LSU, by an average of 13 points.