That pressure can bring some unlikely results. Some of the candidates for upsets are Ohio State, Arizona State, Texas and Notre Dame. Will those be the surprises that happen or will they happen somewhere else across the country on Saturday?

There’s a lot at stake for the College Football Playoff. Rivalry week only features two games between ranked teams, but don’t let that make you think it won’t be an entertaining weekend of football. Just look at what happened in Week 13 when three SEC teams in the hunt for the playoff all lost to unranked opponents on the road.

Notre Dame heads into its game at Southern California with an eye on payback against the Trojans and improving its College Football Playoff stock.