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College football's Week 9 slate for the 2020 season features 43 games, and our NCAA experts are ready with their predictions and picks. The Week 9 action begins on Thursday, Oct. 29 with South Alabama taking on Georgia Southern and Colorado State visiting Fresno State. Three matchups - Minnesota at Maryland, East Carolina at Tulsa and Hawaii at Wyoming - take place on Friday. Saturday's slate begins with a handful of games in the Noon ET window.

College football's 2020 season is underway, and action is set to continue into Week 9 with a busy slate of matchups. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Week 9 slate is lighter than usual. However, the schedule is deeper than it was at the start of the year, as the Big Ten and Mountain West have joined the weekly slate. Week 9 features 43 matchups, and the action begins on Thursday night with South Alabama visiting Georgia Southern and Colorado State travel to Fresno State.

College football's 2020 bowl season is less than two months away, and with eight weeks in the books, it’s never too early to take a peek at the potential matchups this postseason. Clemson, Alabama, Ohio State and Georgia are projected to compete in the CFB Playoff, with the New Year's Six matchups headlined by Notre Dame-Florida in the Orange Bowl and BYU-Oregon in the Fiesta Bowl. 

With the eighth weekend of the 2020 season in the books, it’s time to take a look at the best of the best and honor some of the top performances. Each week, Athlon Sports will highlight some of the top performers in college football with its weekly awards section. Here’s a look at Athlon Sports’ picks for the offensive, defensive, coordinator, team, and freshman from Week 8:

College Football Week 8 Awards

Offensive Player of the Week: Desmond Ridder, QB, Cincinnati

College football's Week 8 slate for the 2020 season features 47 games, and our NCAA experts are ready with their predictions and picks. The Week 8 action begins on Thursday, Oct. 22 with Arkansas State visiting Appalachian State. Four matchups - Jacksonville State at FIU, Tulsa at USF, Illinois at Wisconsin and Louisiana at UAB - take place on Friday. Saturday's slate begins with a handful of games in the Noon ET window.