The Georgia Southern Eagles, led by quarterback JC French, will face the South Alabama Jaguars, led by quarterback Gio Lopez, on Saturday, November 2, 2024 (11/2/24) at Hancock Whitney Stadium in Mobile, Alabama.

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Here's what you need to know:

What: NCAA Football, Week 10

WHO: Georgia Southern vs. South Alabama

When: Saturday, November 2, 2024

Where: Hancock Whitney Stadium

Time: 7:30 p.m. ET

TV: ESPNU

Live stream: fuboTV (free trial), DirecTV stream (free trial)

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Here's a college football story from the Associated Press:

The general manager of the new 12-team College Football Playoff confirmed what many already knew – that while wins and the age-old “eye test” will play a role in deciding who makes the bracket, the strength of the schedule will be a deciding factor for some Factor could be about the deliberations of the selection committee.

Rich Clark held a phone call with reporters on Wednesday to discuss the details of how the 12-team round will be decided. The committee's first list of weekly top 25 rankings will be released on Tuesday, with brackets determined using the list released on December 8th.

“Records are important, but we're not trying to pick the teams that deserve it the most, we're trying to pick the best teams,” Clark said, a statement that will likely be analyzed for weeks. “This committee needs to look at all of their work. Of course you'll think about taking it. … But they're going to look at the strength of the schedule, they're going to look at the head-to-head competition, how the teams perform against each other” and a handful of other factors.

Last year, when the group had just four teams, there was an uproar over the committee's decision to give Alabama a loss to undefeated Florida State. Even with an expanded group that automatically awards spots to the top five conference champions, it's hard to imagine the committee's decisions not being criticized in some way.

A new complication this year is that the SEC, Big Ten and Big 12 have all eliminated divisions — a byproduct of conference realignment designed to ensure that teams play all conference opponents within a few years.

Due to the 16- and 18-team conferences, it is also not certain whether the top contenders will compete against each other this year. For example, surprising No. 13 Indiana (8-0) has no regular-season games against the other two Big Ten teams that are currently undefeated – No. 1 Oregon and No. 3 Penn State. And No. 9 BYU (8-0) is not expected to face two of its closest rivals, No. 11 Iowa State and No. 23 Colorado, in the Big 12.

Clark called the strength of the schedule – the details of which are calculated by an analytics firm called SportSource Analytics – one of the best ways for the 13-member selection committee to figure out which teams are better than others, especially when it comes to choosing between them teams that are close together.

“It helps us look at teams more fairly,” Clark said. “When a team is going through a schedule that is very easy, it is difficult to compare them to a team that has lost two games but has a really tough schedule.”

A refresher on the 12-team round

– The selection committee will rank the top 25 teams each week starting Tuesday. The final list will be released the day after the conference title games on Dec. 7 and will determine what the rankings will look like.

– The top four ranked conference winners will all receive a first-round bye, regardless of where they are ranked. The next best conference winner will receive a spot in the rankings, even if they are outside the top 12.

– The opening round of the playoffs, featuring teams 5-12, will be held on campus Dec. 20-21. The title game takes place on January 20th in Atlanta.

What the standings would look like based on this week's AP Top 25

The selection committee will not base its rankings on the AP or other polls. But just for fun, here's what the standings would look like if it were based on the AP Top 25 released Sunday and if the higher-ranked teams won all of their conference titles:

—5 vs. 12: Boise State at Penn State (Boise State of the Mountain West would qualify as the fifth-best conference champion despite being ranked 15th)

—6 vs. 11: Clemson at Ohio State (Buckeyes defeated Tigers 49-28 in 2021 semifinals)

—7 vs. 10: Texas A&M at Texas (The teams meet in the regular season on November 30, but bracket rules would not prevent a rematch)

– 8-on-9: Notre Dame at Tennessee (The Irish are coming off a bad loss to Northern Illinois in the AP poll; will the committee be as lenient?)

Bye:

1 – Oregon (would play quarterfinal game in Rose Bowl)

2 – Georgia (would play quarterfinals in the Sugar Bowl)

3 – Miami (Peach Bowl)

4 – BYU (Fiesta Bowl)

(The Associated Press contributed to this report)

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