Connelly's Week 4 preview: The marquee games in SEC, Big Ten begin with Vols-Sooners and Trojans-Wolverines

Week 4 shows us what the new-look conferences will look like and new conference-mates meet in Norman, Ann Arbor and Stillwater.

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Act I of the 2024 college football season ends on Saturday. Act II, the Headliners portion, begins with Georgia-Alabama in Week 5 and countless huge games after that. But for now, we finish the information-gathering portion of the season.

And there's plenty of information left to gather. On Saturday we'll learn if Oklahoma is actually ready to compete with the SEC's elite, with the Sooners making their official league debut against maybe the hottest team in the country. We'll learn if Lincoln Riley's USC is actually ready to handle Big Burly Manball.



We'll learn who the Big 12 front-runner should be. We'll learn if Clemson and/or Louisville are ready to be ACC vice-front-runners. We'll learn if Notre Dame can avoid going 0-2 in MAC play.

As always, there's a lot to keep up with. Here's everything you need to know about Week 4. Jump to a topic: Tennessee-OU | Big-time Big Ten Big 12 roller coaster | ACC favorites Chaos picks | Week 4 playlist Small school showcase Continue reading this article and more from top writers, for only $10.

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