Those three top-10 showdowns are in between with two coming on Saturday. No. 1 Texas meets No. 3 Ohio State at 12 p.m. ET at Ohio Stadium in the Big Noon Kickoff game. No. 9 LSU travels to No. 4 Clemson at 7:30 p.m. on the ABC prime-time game. Then, on Sunday, No. 6 Notre Dame meets No. 10 Miami at 7:30 p.m. ET on ABC.

Until this year, there had never been three top-10 matchups so early in a college football season. The excitement for No. 1 Texas at No. 3 Ohio State on Saturday has been building since the teams met in a College Football Playoff semifinal at the Cotton Bowl.

It's never too early to dive into the College Football Playoff conversation with Week 1 of the 2025 season offering plenty of postseason implications at the top of the national rankings for perceived contenders and national title frontrunners.