Peach State college football preview: Mercer, Georgia, Georgia Tech, GSU, GSU, Kennesaw State, South, national, with Central Georgia alums

Peach State college football preview: Mercer, Georgia, Georgia Tech, GSU, GSU, Kennesaw State, South, national, with Central Georgia alums

1 p.m., Mercer at Samford, ESPN3

Mercer works to keep playoff hopes alive

Samford looks to strengthen playoff seed on senior day

Mercer game notes

Samford game notes

          Samford’s Central Georgians: QB David Coleman, Trinity Chrisian; QB Miles Morris, Tattnall; LB Josiah Cotton, Mount de Sales; OL Luke Byrne, Mary Persons; OL Jabari Brooks, Washington County.


2 p.m., Georgia State at James Madison, ESPN+

Georgia State game notes

James Madison game notes


3 p.m., Kennesaw State at Eastern Kentucky, ESPN+

KSU game notes

EKU game notes

          Eastern Kentucky’s Central Georgian: LB Willie Taylor III, Bleckley County

 

3:30 p.m., Georgia at Kentucky, CBS

Perfect SEC season on the line for UGA

Bennett a problem: ‘He’s seen so much’

Five keys for Georgia

Capsule

          Kentucky’s Central Georgian: LB D'Eryik Jackson, West Laurens

 

5:30 p.m., Georgia Tech at North Carolina, ESPN2

Heels eye 10-win season, Tech eyes upset and bowl

Capsule

The matchups, and a prediction


6 p.m., Marshall at Georgia Southern, ESPN+

Marshall game notes

GSU game notes

          Marshall’s Central Georgian: WR Zion Odoms, Northeast

 

Around the Southeast

LSU-UAB

Alabama-Austin Peay

It’ll be cold for Hogs and Rebels

Mississippi-Arkansas

Florida-Vanderbilt

Louisiana in the way of Norvell’s FSU progress

Florida State-ULL

Auburn-Western Kentucky

Virginia Tech-Liberty

UCF-Navy

Mississippi State-East Tennessee State

Duke-Pitt

 

Around the nation

Predictions

Ohio State-Maryland

Michigan, Illinois in Big Ten bruiser

Ohio State-Maryland

No. 4 TCU plenty to play for vs. Baylor

Playoffs hopes gone, No. 12 Oregon hosts No. 10

Penn State-Rutgers

Notre Dame-Boston College

Wisconsin mourns ex-teammate in prep for Nebraska

‘Bedlam’ winding down for Sooners, Cowboys

Oregon State-Arizona State

AAC title hopes in Cincinnati and Temple

Kansas State-West Virginia