Ranked Ole Miss-Texas and Houston-Utah Games Set for Saturday

Two ranked college football matchups headline Saturday’s Week 8 schedule, with No. 7 Ole Miss visiting No. 19 Texas in an SEC game and No. 14 Houston facing No. 10 Utah in Big 12 play. Ole Miss and Texas are scheduled to meet at 7:30 p.m. ET in Austin. Houston and Utah are set to play at 10:15 p.m. ET in Salt Lake City. Both games were listed as matchups between teams in the Associated Press Top 25, with rankings cited in previews of the day’s slate. The Ole Miss-Texas game carries different stakes for the teams, according to one preview. It said a loss could hurt Ole Miss’s ranking while leaving the Rebels in playoff contention, but described Texas as needing a win to preserve its playoff prospects. Those assessments are forecasts, not outcomes; the game had not yet been played in the reports. Texas was also described as seeking to avoid a third consecutive loss. Another preview said the Longhorns were trying to stay in the top 25. The matchup is an SEC contest, while the Houston-Utah game is a Big 12 meeting. Houston was ranked No. 14 and Utah No. 10 ahead of their late game. A preview characterized the winner as improving its position in the College Football Playoff race....