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Three conference games matching ranked teams are the most important contests on the college football schedule for week three and no game will be more intense and emotional than the return of Lane Kiffin to the school he spurned last November for the money and the resources that LSU offers. Kiffin brings an absolutely loaded team into Oxford for Saturday night's contest.

LSU has been the center of the college football for the last few weeks after recruiting and signing at least two UDFA from the 2026 NFL Draft class after their NFL team released them recently - TE Dae'Quan Wright (Browns) and IDL Zxavian Harris (Saints) - and all the drama that has followed. Whether or not these players are added to LSU's roster prior to Saturday's game is TBD but from a talent stand point, their talent is not needed for the Tigers to win the national champio

The top potential 2027 RBs do not appear to offer any prospects in the class of Jeremiyah Love (Cardinals) but the class offers another half dozen or so backs who could earn Top 100 draft grades next spring.

SNS' number one QB prospect for the 2026 NFL Draft, Fernando Mendoza (Indiana), was barely on the draft radar when the season began. The quality of the 2025 QB class will be determined after Dante Moore (Oregon) and Ty Simpson (Alabama) decide to declare or to return for another season of college football. If Moore and Simpson return to college, the 2026 NFL Draft QB class could be one for the ages - Moore, Simpson, Manning, Julian Sayin (Ohio State), Marcel Reed (Texas Q&M)