It’s Red River Rivalry week, the annual battle between Oklahoma and Texas that most years is one of the nation’s most anticipated games. This isn’t one of those years.

The game has lost some of its luster with preseason No. 1 Texas falling all the way out of The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll , the unclear health status of Oklahoma quarterback John Mateer and the struggles of Texas QB Arch Manning.

OU-Texas isn’t even the best game in the Southeastern Conference this week. That would be No. 8 Alabama at No. 14 Missouri in one of the nation’s three Top 25 matchups. The other two are in the Big Ten, where No. 7 Indiana visits No. 3 Oregon and No. 1 Ohio State goes to No. 17 Illinois, which will face a team that has given up just two touchdowns in five games and hasn’t lo

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