It is officially spooky season, but for college football fans we're living in seventh heaven. The week is absolutely loaded across the sport, and it affords us the opportunity to continue to learn about teams. That's what mid-October should be all about: getting to know why teams are real and which aren't.
The junk filters out as conference play gets going, and the buy games are a thing of the past. It's an important part of the calendar as the ramp-up to the first College Football Playoff rankings truly begins. And it's punctuated by weeks like this.
Outside of Ohio State vs. Indiana, perhaps there isn't truly a marquee matchup, but there are important things to be found across the schedule outside of that mammoth top-10 matchup. But this is also where a key part of the discourse is built for the playoff race itself.
The SEC teams you thought were really good because they were highly ranked in September? Well, they're about to start beating up on one another the deeper into conference play we get (Florida, Ole Miss, LSU on notice there). So what does one do with that information?
The SEC would like you to do what benefits them. Look carefully at how the narrative begins, and you'll surely see the parity throughout the next few weeks. Because their losses matter but yours don't.
And their parity below the best teams matters, while yours doesn't (mostly looking at you, Big Ten). Those questions will linger throughout the next few weeks. So what questions get answered across the nation in Week 7?
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