College Football Enters Spooky Season

Welcome to the Defector College Football Watch Guide, where Israel Daramola and Ray Ratto will tell you which of the weekend’s college football games are worth giving a crap about.

Ray: Saturday is Halloween, and the schedule is notably threadbare for showdown games; only two games this weekend are between nationally ranked teams, and a bunch more are showdowns involving 4-3 programs. So go ahead, dress up, go to a party, and absentmindedly house a bunch of Reese’s peanut butter cups in your host’s rec room while pretending not to watch Washington-Nebraska. There’s no need to let the costume be the most embarrassing part of your day.

As for the games: if you insist. Kentucky has the best record in the SEC for the first since … uhh, ever? (Since 1977, actually.) The Wildcats’ schedule down the stretch is unkind, but head coach Will Stein no doubt sent an aide to blow up a copy of the conference standings for display all over the campus, maybe covering all the basketball flyers. This is not likely to remain so, but a moment is still a moment.