Alabama is 1-1 against the spread this season, while the Badgers are 0-2. Alabama's Week 1 game against Western Kentucky went over the 59.5-point total before last week's Crimson Tide -South Florida game was under the 63.5 total. Both of the Badgers' games were below the total. ESPN's predictor model gives Alabama a 92.2% chance of winning.

The Big Ten on CBS will feature a top-20 matchup in Week 4 as the No. 18 Michigan Wolverines host the No. 11 USC Trojans on Saturday for a 3:30 p.m. ET kickoff. The defending national champions were blown out at home by Texas but could get themselves back into the College Football Playoff mix with a run to the Big Ten Championship Game.

The Week 5 showdown between Georgia and Alabama is one of the most-anticipated games of the 2024 college football season, so it's only fitting that

Smart's teams have overcome games like this in the past and there's no reason to believe they won't do the same thing this year as the opponents on their schedule get tougher. Meanwhile, Alabama looked like a College Football Playoff contender in a 42-10 thumping of Wisconsin in Madison.

Michigan highlight the weekend's Big Ten slate. Meanwhile, Tennessee-Oklahoma is a big game for the Vols' coach.