The first round of the College Football Playoff provides two potential blowouts and two matchups between top programs that should deliver must-watch action.

College football award season is well underway, and Friday features a host of honors being handed out.

The finalists for the Davey O'Brien Award -- awarded to the nation's top quarterback -- are Texas A&M's Marcel Reed, Ohio State's Julian Sayin and Indiana's Fernando Mendoza.

The 16th-ranked Texas Tech Red Raiders (7-2) take on the No. 17 Arkansas Razorbacks (7-2) on Saturday morning in the Revocruit Rematch at the American Airlines Center in Dallas after Tech wrecked the Hogs’ season with an overtime win in the Sweet Sixteen last spring.

For the third time in seven seasons, Ohio State will head to the northeastern portion of Ohio to play West Virginia.

The third-seeded Badgers subdued second-seeded Stanford in four sets (25-17, 21-25, 25-23, 25-22) to advance to the NCAA regional final in Austin, Texas.