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College football games, scores, how to watch: Alabama vs. Mississippi State, Ohio State vs. Iowa and more

The opening weekend of October delivers a slate featuring three showdowns between ranked college football programs. The action kicks off in the SEC as seventh-ranked Alabama travels to Starkville to face sixteenth-ranked Mississippi State in a quarterback duel between Keelon Russell and Kamario Taylor.

Later in the day, fifth-ranked Ohio State clashes with fifteenth-ranked Iowa, with the Hawkeyes relying on their top-tier scoring defense against Julian Sayin and Jeremiah Smith. Additional afternoon action includes eighth-ranked Florida visiting twenty-fifth-ranked Missouri.

The prime-time schedule highlights an ACC battle where fourth-ranked Miami takes on Clemson and quarterback Darian Mensah.

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