June 15, 2026

College football Week 9 preview: ‘Dark Mode’ in Knoxville, Ohio State heads to Happy Valley

With eight weeks of the college football season in the books, Week 9 presents the last opportunity for teams to prove they belong in the College Football Playoff picture.  On Tuesday, the CFP committee will release its first playoffs rankings of the season that will no doubt set off arguments around the country.  Players run across the 2022 CFP National Championship logo on the field in the first quarter of a game between the Georgia Bulldogs and the Alabama Crimson Tide during the 2022 CFP National Championship Game at Lucas Oil Stadium Jan. 10, 2022, in Indianapolis.  (Dylan Buell/Getty Images) Inevitably, there will be shouts of an SEC bias, and at least one school will feel slighted by where it lands. ALABAMA’S JERMAINE BURTON BACK IN THE SPOTLIGHT AS NEW VIDEO OF TENNESSEE INCIDENT SURFACES But that’s not for another few days.  For now, we have three top-25 games on…

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