Saturday's college football preview: Mercer, Georgia, Georgia Southern, Georgia State; SEC, ACC, top 25, national; Central Georgia alums (on opponents)

Saturday's college football preview: Mercer, Georgia, Georgia Southern, Georgia State; SEC, ACC, top 25, national; Central Georgia alums (on opponents)

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12 p.m.: Georgia at Vanderbilt, CBS

Top-ranked Georgia looking to stay perfect visiting struggling Vanderbilt

About Vandy and Georgia, predictions and more

How long can Vandy hang?

Georgia game notes

Vanderbilt game notes

            Vanderbilt’s Central Georgians: 16 WR/CB Daveon Walker, Warner Robins, So.

Georgia Southern at James Madison, ESPN2

JMU remembers last year in Statesboro

Undefeated vs. one-loss

A big Sun Belt battle

Georgia Southern game notes

James Madison game notes

          James Madison’s Central Georgians: None

4 p.m.: Chattanooga at Mercer

Bears eye a top-20 victim

Mocs looking to face their demons in bounce back opportunity at Mercer

Chattanooga on the rebound

Chattanooga game notes

Mercer game notes

            Chattanooga’s Central Georgians:  None

 

7 p.m.: Marshall at Georgia State, ESPN2

Herd, Panthers both want a return to win column

Homecoming and prime time for Georgia State

Marshall game notes

Georgia State game notes

          Marshall’s Central Georgians: None

 

Saturday’s FBS schedule

Saturday’s FCS schedule

 

Around the Southeast (SEC/ACC)

Dynamic Daniels leads No. 22 LSU against Auburn as SEC West race heats up

No. 4 Florida St. seeks 12th straight win against struggling Syracuse

No. 14 Louisville travels to struggling Pittsburgh looking for its first 7-0 start since 2012

No. 17 Duke returns from Notre Dame loss to host instate ACC foe NC State

Rested 19th-ranked Tennessee Vols start critical stretch hosting Texas A&M

No. 24 Kentucky and Missouri share goal of shaking off tough SEC losses in East Division matchup

No. 25 Miami aims to move past its shocking loss to Georgia Tech when it visits No. 12 UNC

Florida seeks rare road win under Napier

Milroe, SEC West leader No. 11 Alabama host sliding Arkansas team

Wake Forest, Virginia Tech to face off in battle that could have bowl eligibility implications

 

Around the Top 25

No. 2 Michigan building momentum and isn’t expected to get slowed down by Indiana at home

No. 3 Buckeyes visit Boilermakers looking for a clean sweep of its Hoosier State road trips

Fresh off bye week, No. 6 Penn State ready to resume against UMass

Historic clash and national spotlight await longtime rivals when No. 7 Washington hosts No. 8 Oregon

Williams expects tough matchup as No. 10 Trojans renew rivalry at No. 21 Notre Dame

No. 18 UCLA is bringing one of the nation’s top defenses to No. 15 Oregon State

No. 16 Utah plagued with injuries and inefficiency on offense

No. 19 Washington State looks to rebound against improved Arizona

No. 23 Kansas looks to add to strong start against Oklahoma State

 

Around the nation

Cincinnati looks to end 3-game slide against visiting Iowa State

Third different league for BYU and TCU together when they meet for only the 12th time

Rutgers will try to remain unbeaten at home when it plays host to Michigan State in a Big Ten game

Colorado looks to extend winning streak over Stanford to 4 in a row

Iowa-Wisconsin matchup could go a long way toward determining the Big Ten West Division race

UCLA hopes to build on momentum against Oregon State