So of the 10 undefeated teams headed into Week 9, the Big Ten has three, the Big 12, ACC and AAC each have two and the SEC is nowhere to be found as those teams have been beating each other up all season.

Even for the winner, the road to the SEC title game remains unclear. Texas A&M will host Texas to end the regular season, while Alabama, currently in eighth place, visits LSU on Nov. 9. Eighth-place Alabama. That's how wild things are.

For some – mostly Notre Dame fans – it’s a little weird to truly call the series a rivalry, because of the lopsided record that the Irish hold over the Midshipmen: 82-13-1. The game is still played every year largely because of its symbolism and the history between the two schools.