The Central Georgia Sports Report

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Saturday's Peach State college football preview

1 p.m., Central Arkansas at Kennesaw State, ESPN+

Central Arkansas game notes

Kennesaw State game notes


2 p.m., Morehouse at Fort Valley State
Wildcats set for senior day, Pink Out

          Morehouse’s Central Georgians: 14 DB Dadrian Lyman, Washington County, Sr.; 82 WR Nicholas Sartin, Mount de Sales, Fr.; RB Yasir Saleem, Tattnall, Fr.

 

3:30 p.m., Vanderbilt at Georgia, SECN
Bulldogs hope to strengthen hold on No. 1

Georgia-Vandy capsule

5 things to know

Preview

Vandy game notes

Georgia game notes

          Vandy’s Central Georgians: 87 WR Daveon Walker, Warner Robins, Fr.

 

4 p.m., East Tennessee State at Mercer, ESPN+

          The defending Southern Conference champ visits one of two ranked conference teams.

          Mercer is one of three FCS teams to not throw an interception this season, while the defense has 12.

          ETSU is off a 44-21 win over VMI, Jacob Saylors going for 183 yards and three touchdowns on 29 carries.

          Mercer and Samford are 3-0 and Chattanooga 2-0 in conference play. The Bears and Bulldogs are both 5-1 overall. ETSU is 1-3, in seventh place, and 3-3 overall.

          The Bucs are third in the conference in scoring offense and defense, while the Bears are first and second. They’re 1-2 in pass defense.

          ETSU leads the series 4-3, nipping the Bears 38-35 last year for the Southern Conference title.

Mercer game notes

ETSU game notes

4 p.m., James Madison at Georgia Southern, ESPN+

No. 25 James Madison tries to continue roll at GSU

James Madison-Georgia Southern capsule

James Madison game notes

Georgia Southern game notes

 

Around the Southeast

The ACC week

The SEC week

No. 3 at No. 6, old days of SEC

Alabama-Tennessee capsule

Tigers set for road test at FSU

Clemson-Florida State capsule

No. 9 Mississippi welcomes struggling Auburn

Mississippi-Auburn capsule

Kentucky will try to cool hot No. 16 MSU

Kentucky-Mississippi State capsule

LSU-Florida capsule

Miami-Virginia Tech capsule

North Carolina-Duke capsule

Syracuse-NC State capsule

Arkansas-BYU capsule

 

Around the nation

Predictions, I: Six big ranked matchups

Predictions, II

Title chances at stake throughout Power 5

The Pac-12 week              

The Big 12 week

The Big Ten week

National preview/notes

No. 5 Michigan finally gets a test with No. 10 Penn State

Penn State-Michigan capsule

TCU not talking about last year’s debacle

Oklahoma State-TCU capsule

No. 7 Southern Cal ready for raucous at Utah

Southern Cal-Utah capsule

No. 19 Kansas eyes bowl eligibility vs. reeling Sooners

Kansas-Oklahoma capsule

Iowa State D to test No. 22 Texas

Minnesota-Illinois capsule

Stanford-Notre Dame

Nebraska-Purdue capsule