We can typically count on two things in the days following the release of the year's first College Football Playoff rankings. First, we will yell a lot about it. (Check!) Then, we can watch at least one top team fall soon after -- in seven years with the CFP, 11 top-10 teams have fallen in the first weekend after the rankings come out.
Of course, many of those top teams lost to other top teams. Week 10 isn't really built for that this year. In fact, the rest of the 2021 season has a particularly odd flow. Weeks 10 and 12 each feature only one game pitting currently ranked teams against each other, while Weeks 11 and 13 are loaded with five each.
That doesn't mean the stakes for this weekend are low. Cincinnati takes center stage with visits from both a hard-to-figure Tulsa team and College GameDay, Oregon faces a big rival, Auburn-Texas A&M pits two confusing and chaotic rivals, and odds suggest we could see at least one upset of a top-10 Big Ten team. Let's dive into what awaits.
All times below are Eastern. All games on Saturday unless otherwise noted.
