The Pac-12 makes its arrival to the college football season fashionably late and with ground to make on the rest of the country if it hopes to get a team into the College Football Playoff. The two biggest contenders to make the field — Oregon and Southern California — face divisional rivals at home and have an opportunity to get off on the right foot. But there can’t be many missteps along the way with such little margin for error with a seven-game schedule. Four other playoff hopefuls in the top 10 square off in the two biggest games of the weekend. Clemson and Notre Dame meet in what could be the first of two matchups in the ACC. Georgia and Florida should decide the SEC East in their annual Jacksonville showdown. An intriguing Big Ten schedule for the third week is highlighted by Michigan looking to bounce back from a shocking loss. Brigham Young is hopeful of cementing its place in the New Year’s Six against Boise State, which has its own aspirations of being in a major bowl. Here are the five biggest questions for Week 10:Already late to the party, the Pac-12 could see its playoff hopes evaporate should the favorites for national contention stumble out of the gate. One is USC, which will be challenged by Arizona State. Given Utah’s loss of talent and UCLA’s unpredictability, beating the Sun Devils could set the Trojans on track for an unbeaten push to the conference championship game. Oregon gets started against rival Stanford with a new quarterback and without star left tackle Penei Sewell, who opted out of the season. While on the outside of the Top 25 in the Amway Coaches Poll, California and Washington meet as legitimate contenders for the Pac-12 title. The Golden Bears’ defense looks like the best in the conference. The Bulldogs have one of the best defenses in the country. They’ve also got a strong running game. What is holding back their offense, though, is the inconsistent play of their quarterback. Bennett was fine against Arkansas and Auburn. He struggled with critical mistakes against Alabama and Kentucky. That can’t happen this week. For as good as Georgia’s defense is, it can’t hold Kyle Trask and Florida down for 60 minutes. Bennett is going to have to be effective throwing to allow the Bulldogs to keep the ball and put points on the board. If not, it’ll be the end of the College Football Playoff hopes. The answer would’ve been easy if Trevor Lawrence wasn’t out after testing positive for COVID-19. The Tigers will again turn to true freshman D. J. Uiagalelei, who was outstanding in pulling off last week’s comeback win against Boston College. The future is blindingly bright for the five-star recruit. But where Uiagalelei has the physical tools to be an immediate success, his lack of experience is highlighted by the comparison to Notre Dame senior Ian Book.

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