Week 5 preview: Georgia-Alabama, key conference matchups, plus quarterbacks to know

One of the astir anticipated weekends connected the 2025 assemblage shot calendar is upon us.

The headliner comes Saturday nighttime erstwhile No. 6 Oregon visits No. 3 Penn State. A perchance season-defining occasion, the clash of Big Ten powers, volition trial quarterbacks Drew Allar (Penn State) and Dante Moore (Oregon), Nittany Lions manager James Franklin and the Ducks' backbone arsenic they measurement into the hostile confines of Beaver Stadium successful Week 5.

Elsewhere, eyes volition autumn connected a trio of juicy SEC matchups: Alabama-Georgia, Auburn-Texas A&M and Ole Miss-LSU, each of which could clasp important implications for the league rubric contention and the College Football Playoff field.

Ahead of a bid of high-level games, our assemblage shot reporters present their insights connected keys to the weekend's biggest matchups, 5 quarterbacks putting themselves connected the representation this autumn and the champion quotes truthful acold from Week 5. -- Eli Lederman

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What does each squad request to capitalize connected to win?

Georgia: If the Bulldogs are going to decision the Crimson Tide for lone the 2nd clip successful the past 11 meetings, they'll person to debar getting themselves successful different large spread -- and instrumentality vantage of playing Alabama astatine location for the archetypal clip successful astir 10 years.

In past season's 41-34 nonaccomplishment in Tuscaloosa, the Bulldogs trailed by 3 touchdowns earlier the extremity of the archetypal 4th and by 28 points little than 18 minutes into the game. Georgia enactment unneurotic a furious rally successful the 4th quarter, scoring 3 consecutive touchdowns to drawback a 34-33 lead.

The Crimson Tide won connected Jalen Milroe's 75-yard scoring walk to Ryan Williams with 2:18 to go.

Georgia had a akin dilatory commencement successful its 44-41 triumph successful overtime astatine Tennessee connected Sept. 13. The Volunteers scored touchdowns connected their archetypal 3 possessions to instrumentality a 21-7 lead, and the Bulldogs had to travel from down connected the road. They were fortunate that Tennessee...