In Week 8, Penn State earned a shocking upset of second-ranked Ohio State and sent playoff projections into flux. In Week 9, we'll likely need another shocker to make things change at the top.

Top-ranked Alabama gets a week off from its midseason SEC slog, while Michigan should dominate an in-state matchup with Michigan State. The Spartans, a Top 25 team at the season's outset, have lost all four of their games in the Big Ten.

Mark Dantonio's team has only come close in one of those contests, a 24-21 road defeat at the hands of Indiana. The No. 17 team in the country at the time, that loss continued a monthlong descent for a team that wa...

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