It was easy to look at the logjam of teams in the AP poll last month and assume that everything would sort itself out over the second half of college football's regular season. But as the 2024 campaign enters the home stretch,

The slate during daylight hours appears modest, but a noticeable lull arrives in mid-afternoon. There’s only one matchup of ranked teams (Missouri-South Carolina) among the games that kick off between noon and 7 p.