With quarterback Nico Iamaleava’s status in question, the Volunteers’ defense may need to put on a show against the Bulldogs.

Thanksgiving will be here before you know it, and after that, it'll be championship weekend and the final College Football Playoff Rankings (the only ones you need to freak out about, even though so many of you freak out about the ones that don't matter).

Kansas has shaken off a 1-5 start and is now playing like the top 25 team many expected it to be in the preseason. A 42-14 win over Houston has aged well. There is no shame in losing 29-27 at Kansas State. And nobody has beaten Iowa State worse than KU did last week 45-36.