Oklahoma-Texas is the main attraction in Week 6 of the college football season and one of three games matching teams in the AP Top 25.
The No. 12 Sooners and No. 3 Longhorns will meet for the 95th consecutive season in Dallas on Saturday but the last as members of the Big 12. Both move to the Southeastern Conference next year. It will be the first time since 2011 that both teams are undefeated entering the game.
No. 23 LSU visits No. 21 Missouri in only their second meeting since Mizzou entered the SEC in 2012. Missouri has played mostly light competition to open the season 5-0. LSU is coming off its worst defensive game in program history, giving up 706 yards in a 55-49 loss at Mississippi.
No. 10 Notre Dame visits No. 25 Louisville in what will be the Cardinals’ first major test following a 5-0 start.
Other intriguing games: Maryland at No. 4 Ohio State, No. 11 Alabama at Texas A&M and No. 13 Washington State at UCLA.
The Terrapins have won five straight to open a season for the first time since 2001, and they’ve won each by at least 18 points. They might be in for a reality check at the Horseshoe.
Alabama and the Aggies will battle for sole possession of first place in the SEC West. The Crimson Tide lost in College Station two years ago.
Washington State visits a UCLA team it hasn’t met since 2019, when the Bruins won 67-63 in Pullman in that season’s highest-scoring Bowl Subdivision game.
BEST GAME
No. 12 Oklahoma (5-0, 2-0 Big 12) vs. No. 3 Texas (5-0, 2-0), in Dallas, Saturday, noon ET (ABC)
Don’t expect a repeat of last year’s fiasco at the Cotton Bowl Stadium, where Quinn Ewers threw for four touchdowns in a 49-0 Texas victory that went down as the Sooners’ most lopsided shutout loss ever. OU will face Texas with a healthy Dillon Gabriel, who missed last year’s game because of a head injury. He ranks in the top 10 nationally in passing yardage, total offense, touchdown passes, completion percentage and passer efficiency rating.
The Longhorns are a 6 1/2-point favorite this time, according to FanDuel Sportsbook.
HEISMAN WATCH
Southern California QB Caleb Williams, with six touchdown passes at Colorado, took another step in his bid to become the first repeat Heisman Trophy winner since Archie Griffin in 1975.
Williams has thrown for a nation-leading 21 TDs against just one interception. He’s averaging 11.4 yards per attempt and 320.6 per game while completing 74.5% of his passes.
