Ohio State, Georgia among top-25 teams on upset alert in a Week 9 full of intrigue

These five college football games on Saturday offer plenty of upset potential No team is immune to college football's upset bug this season. Georgia caught the sickness earlier this month in the form of Auburn's walk-off win inside Sanford Stadium, squandering the Bulldogs' brief stay at No. 1. While they've had symptoms in the form of close calls, the FBS' remaining unbeatens — Miami, Utah and UCLA — just haven't experienced the bite yet. That could happen Saturday for the Utes, who travel to Cincinnati coming off the Bearcats' takedown of Texas Tech during the Big 12's multi-team CFP path hiccup last weekend. Utah's one of five teams on upset alert in Week 9 inside the top 25 ahead of Tuesday night's first College Football Playoff rankings reveal.

Those initial opinions from the selection committee will provide some detail on the conference valuations, record strength, and the impact of quality wins this fall. Several more could come this weekend. Ryan Day declined to name his starting quarterback for Saturday's bout with the Trojans, but the assumption is that true freshman Luke Fahey is getting the nod after relieving Julian Sayin two weeks ago against Indiana. How much does this offense change with a newcomer back there? Will the game plan be neutered a bit against a quality opponent on the