By JOHN LINDSAY, Scripps Howard News Service

Capsule previews of Saturday's top college games. All times Eastern and all rankings Scripps-Legends Poll.

No. 3 OKLAHOMA (4-0) vs. No. 10 TEXAS (4-0), in Dallas, Noon, ABC.

Favorite: Oklahoma by 9.

Coaches: Bob Stoops (133-31 in 13th year at Oklahoma) and Mack Brown (137-34 in 14th year at Texas).

Capsule previews of Thursday and Friday's top college games. All times Eastern and all rankings Scripps-Legends Poll.

THURSDAY:

CALIFORNIA (3-1) at No. 9 OREGON (3-1), 9, ESPN.

Favorite: Oregon by 23.

Coaches: Jeff Tedford (75-43 in 10th year at Cal) and Chip Kelly (25-5 in third year at Oregon).

Last Week: Both schools were off.

As much as any sport, college football is about waiting.

Fans wait all summer for the season. Then they wait for the showdowns and rivalry games. Then they wait for the final BCS standings and accompanying bowl invitations.

Capsule previews of Saturday's top college games. All times EDT and all rankings from Scripps Legends Poll.

AIR FORCE (2-1) at NAVY (2-1), Noon, CBS.

Favorite: Navy by 3.

Coaches: Troy Calhoun (36-19 in fifth year at Air Force) and Ken Niumatalolo (29-15 in fourth year at Navy).

Last Week: Air Force beat Tennessee State, 63-24. Navy was off.

Capsule previews of Thursday and Friday's top college games. All times Eastern and all rankings Scripps Legends Poll.

THURSDAY:

No. 16 SOUTH FLORIDA (4-0) at PITTSBURGH (2-2), 8, ESPN.

Favorite: South Florida by 2.

Coaches: Skip Holtz (12-5 in second year at South Florida) and Todd Graham (first year at Pitt).

The way too many tell it, college football is on the verge of Armageddon. Conference realignment threatens the sport so much that we might as well get ready for a Canadian rules -- three downs, 150-yard fields, the one-point rouge, etc.

NCAA president Mark Emmert, always a fan of any incendiary topic, did his best to fan the flames.

Capsule previews of Saturday's top college games. All times Eastern and all rankings Associated Press.

NORTH CAROLINA (3-0) at No. 25 GEORGIA TECH (3-0), Noon, ESPN.

Favorite: Georgia Tech by 6.

Coaches: Everett Withers (first year at UNC) and Paul Johnson (29-14 in fourth year at Ga. Tech).

Through this column's 17 years, we've been called many things. Idiot. Blockhead. Propagandist. You get the drift.

But we're proud to have never been labeled a corporate shill. Today, we're going to walk that fine line.

Capsule previews for Saturday's top college games. All times Eastern and all rankings Associated Press.

No,. 21 AUBURN (2-0) at CLEMSON (2-0), Noon, ABC.

Favorite: Clemson by 3-1/2.

Coaches: Gene Chizik (24-5 in third year at Auburn) and Dabo Swinney (21-15 in fourth year at Clemson).

Last Week: Auburn beat Mississippi State, 41-34. Clemson beat Wofford, 35-27.

Capsule previews for Thursday and Friday's top college games. All times Eastern and all rankings Associated Press.

THURSDAY:

No. 3 LSU (2-0) at MISSISSIPPI STATE (1-1), 8, ESPN.

Favorite: LSU by 3-1/2.

Coaches: Les Miles (64-17 in 7th year at LSU) and Dan Mullen (15-12 in third year at Miss. State).