Week 9 is upon us, and Luke is back in the hosting chair—he and Diaz waste no time going after Hoppa for Notre Dame’s big win over USC. Then the guys rank their Top 5 teams with so many legit contenders in 2025, before closing on the best Week 9 games (including a big G5 clash in the American) and their best bets.

Week 9 — FBS vs FBS only (Times ET)

• #18 USF at Memphis — 12:00 pm (ESPN2)

• Ohio at Eastern Michigan — 12:00 pm (CBSSN)

• Northwestern at Nebraska — 12:00 pm (FS1)

• Rutgers at Purdue — 12:00 pm (BTN)

• UCLA at #2 Indiana — 12:00 pm (FOX)

• #8 Ole Miss at #13 Oklahoma — 12:00 pm (ABC/ESPN3)

• Syracuse at #7 Georgia Tech — 12:00 pm (ESPN)

• #16 Virginia at North Carolina — 12:00 pm (ACCN)

• SMU at Wake Forest — 12:00 pm (The CW)

• Kansas State at Kansas — 12:00 pm (TNT/HBO Max)

• Appalachian State at Old Dominion — 12:00 pm (ESPNU)

• Bowling Green at Kent State — 12:00 pm (ESPN+)

• Auburn at Arkansas — 12:45 pm (SECN)

• Akron at Buffalo — 1:00 pm (ESPN+)

• UConn at Rice — 3:00 pm (ESPN+)

• Utah State at New Mexico — 3:00 pm (ALT/MWN)

• San Diego State at Fresno State — 3:30 pm (FS1)

• Western Michigan at Miami (Ohio) — 3:30 pm (ESPN+)

• UMass at Central Michigan — 3:30 pm (ESPN+)

• Ball State at NIU — 3:30 pm (ESPN+)

• Temple at Tulsa — 3:30 pm (ESPN+)

• Florida Atlantic at Navy — 3:30 pm (CBSSN)

• ULM at Southern Miss — 3:30 pm (ESPN+)

• NC State at Pitt — 3:30 pm (ACCN)

• #11 BYU at Iowa State — 3:30 pm (FOX)

• #15 Missouri at #10 Vanderbilt — 3:30 pm (ESPN)

• #4 Alabama at South Carolina — 3:30 pm (ABC/ESPN3)

• Minnesota at Iowa — 3:30 pm (CBS/Paramount+)

• #23 Illinois at Washington — 3:30 pm (BTN)

• Toledo at Washington State — 3:30 pm (The CW)

• Baylor at #21 Cincinnati — 4:00 pm (ESPN2)

• Oklahoma State at #14 Texas Tech — 4:00 pm (ESPNU)

• #22 Texas at Mississippi State — 4:15 pm (SECN)

• TCU at West Virginia — 6:00 pm (ESPN+)

• Wisconsin at #6 Oregon — 7:00 pm (FS1)

• Stanford at #9 Miami (FL) — 7:00 pm (ESPN)

• Georgia Southern at Arkansas State — 7:00 pm (ESPN+)

• Louisiana at Troy — 7:00 pm (ESPN+)

• #25 Michigan at Michigan State — 7:30 pm (NBC/Peacock)

• #3 Texas A&M at #20 LSU — 7:30 pm (ABC/ESPN3)

• Boston College at #19 Louisville — 7:30 pm (ACCN)

• Colorado State at Wyoming — 7:30 pm (CBSSN)

• #17 Tennessee at Kentucky — 7:45 pm (SECN)

• Houston at #24 Arizona State — 8:00 pm (ESPN2)

• Colorado at Utah — 10:15 pm (ESPN)