College football Week 6 - TCU-Kansas, Texas A&M-Alabama highlight the biggest games

With the Red River Rivalry and No. 1 Alabama hosting Texas A&M both taking place this weekend, naturally College GameDay is heading to Lawrence, Kansas, on Saturday.

In what would have seemed like a misprint just a few weeks ago, the No. 19 Jayhawks welcome in not only GameDay but the freshly ranked TCU Horned Frogs. The game features two of the most exciting stories of the season to date, and while many eyes will be on Oklahoma-Texas in Dallas, the matchup gives the Big 12 a second marquee game in early October.

Texas A&M's Jimbo Fisher and Alabama's Nick Saban will finally meet after a long offseason of trading words — both nice and not-so-nice — but only Alabama comes into the game ranked. Tennessee travels to LSU in its latest SEC test, while out west UCLA faces Pac-12 defending champion Utah in a litmus test of its own.

This week's slate is loaded with important games as conference play kicks into high gear. Here are the key storylines for the weekend ahead.

No. 17 TCU Horned Frogs at No. 19 Kansas Jayhawks (Saturday, noon ET, FS1)

TCU was picked to finish seventh in the Big 12 preseason media poll; Kansas was picked to finish 10th. So it makes perfect sense that both teams are undefeated headed into their matchup Saturday — with College GameDay headed to Lawrence, Kansas, for the first time.

It is stories like this that remind us all why we love college football so much.

«There's probably a moment you've got to pinch yourself a little bit,» Kansas coach Lance Leipold said at his weekly news conference. «It says something about TCU as well — to get this type of matchup is probably surprising to a lot of people around the country, but it should be a great game.»

This is the first top-20 matchup in Lawrence since Oct.