College football’s 10 season-defining games for 2019 – 247Sports

What games are you looking forward to most this fall in college football?

In less than 100 days, America’s greatest game is back on your television as fall weekend schedules will be centered around your favorite team’s slate. And if you pull for a squad inside the preseason Top 25, chances are you’ve circled a handful of matchups designated as season-definers, contests that could decide your team’s championship fate.

Ask any coach and they’ll tell you they all count the same and while that may be accurate, it’s foolish to think players aren’t aware of the games with considerably high stakes in front of millions of viewers.

Now heading into the sixth year of the current four-team playoff system, non-conference heavyweight bouts have become barometers used by the selection committee to judge a team’s overall value at the end of the season. For the elite few in national title contention coming down the stretch, outcomes of these games are paramount toward receiving a bid.

Here are 10 of the most important matchups in college football this season, all garnering potential Playoff implications: