Since the college football preseason, it has been easy to circle Week 5 as sort of a rubber-meets-road weekend. It's finally here, and it's as big as we could have hoped.
Oregon and Penn State have beaten seven overwhelmed opponents by an average score of 48-8; their seasons begin in earnest in Happy Valley on Saturday night. Alabama's loss to Florida State in Week 1 made the Tide's first trip to Athens, Georgia, in a decade even bigger from a consequences perspective. Unbeaten LSU and Ole Miss face off for what could be their third straight down-to-the-wire affair.