Don’t Lose Saturday: Big matchups assure change in rankings

FILE - In this Nov. 8, 2014, file photo, LSU running back Leonard Fournette (7) carries in the first half of an NCAA college football game against Alabama in Baton Rouge, La. One of the best fronts in the country takes on the nation's leading rusher and Heisman Trophy candidate when Alabama and LSU meet Saturday, Nov. 7, 2015. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File) FILE - In this Nov. 8, 2014, file photo, LSU running back Leonard Fournette (7) carries in the first half of an NCAA college football game against Alabama in Baton Rouge, La. One of the best fronts in the country takes on the nation's leading rusher and Heisman Trophy candidate when Alabama and LSU meet Saturday, Nov. 7, 2015. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

By Associated Press November 7, 2015 4 min read

The College Football Playoff committee has spoken. The players are ready to answer on the biggest day of the college football season.

When the games begin at noon on Saturday, the top four playoff teams are Clemson, LSU, Ohio State and Alabama. In the AP Top 25, the top four are Ohio State, Baylor, Clemson and LSU.

Agree or not, it all changes by the end of the day, and it’s conceivable that six of the AP’s top eight teams can lose. One will, when No. 4 LSU (8-0) visits No. 7 Alabama (7-1). No. 2 Baylor is safe: The Bears beat Kansas State 31-24 on Thursday night.

So away we go with what’s worth watching:

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