Any Given Sunday. That's pro football's mantra about how even the league's worst team is capable of beating its best.

The NFL's average margin of victory this season: 10.8 points.

The average margin of victory in Southeastern Conference games this season? Try 10.03.

Parity -- at least a measure of it -- has come to college football. It's a byproduct of the transfer portal, NIL and direct revenue-sharing. Anybody can be good these days ... or at least good enough for one game.

Any Given Saturday.

Ancient Heismans in a trophy case and conference championship banners on the wall won't hurt a program's recruiting, but they sure don't matter as much as they used to. This is about transactions, not tradition. The talent has spread.

In the top 10, the Associated Press poll features Indiana

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