Welcome to Week 11. Alex and Richard preview the most interesting games coming up this weekend and also discuss other big CFB developments:

* The initial playoff rankings release

* The ESPN-YouTube TV standoff and what people are getting wrong about Disney’s motivations

* The American race heats up, with UTSA-USF and Tulane-Memphis on tap before we even get to Saturday action

* Is this the end of Deion Sanders at Colorado? Good luck guessing

* Indiana-Penn State and Ohio State-Purdue won’t be close games, but they will be Heisman platform builders for Fernando Mendoza and Julian Sayin

* Oregon-Iowa has us very intrigued about the Hawkeyes, though we’re split on what’s going to happen at Kinnick Stadium

* Auburn-Vanderbilt: Be careful, Commodores

* Louisville has a major injury problem as it tries to win the ACC

* Dabo Swinney faces a crossroads at Clemson

* THE MAIN COURSE, presented by Modelo: CBS Sports national college football reporter Shehan Jeyarajah stops by to discuss BYU-Texas Tech. Read Shehan’s big feature on Tech’s roster build.

And much, much more. Producer: Anthony Vito

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