Two weeks ago, the talk in college football was about all the blowouts. Let's write those off to early season mismatches. The discussion has turned to parity, close games and upsets. The average winning margin in the Football Bowl Subdivision in Week 5 was ...

Boston College at No. 19 Louisville (-24.5) (7:30 p.m. ET, ACC Network) Vanderbilt thrived as the plucky underdog over the last two seasons, but now the Commodores are front and center as one of the major talking points of Week 9.

The craziest part of it all to me is that there are four games guaranteed to be picked in this column every week. There are the two Games of the Week, the Lock of the Week and the Upset of the Week. Those four games have gone a combined 8-16 on the season.