The first official CFP committee rankings of 2025 are out, and Memphis didn’t make the top 25. But neither did any other Group of Five team, and Memphis is projected as the G5 representative, slotting into the playoff’s 12 seed.
Let’s have a look at games of interest this week…
Thursday
- UTSA at South Florida, 6:30 PM, ESPN
Friday
- Tulane at Memphis, 8:00 PM, ESPN
Saturday
- 5 Georgia at Mississippi State, 11:00 AM, ESPN
- 7 BYU at 8 Texas Tech, 11:00 AM, ABC
- James Madison at Marshall, 11:00 AM, ESPN2
- Southern Miss at Arkansas State, 11:00 AM, ESPNU
- The Citadel at 6 Ole Miss, noon, SEC Network
- 3 Texas A&M at 22 Missouri, 2:30 PM, ABC
- 9 Oregon at 20 Iowa, 2:30 PM, CBS
- Auburn at 16 Vanderbilt, 3:00 PM, SEC Network
- LSU at 4 Alabama, 6:30 PM, ABC
- Navy at 10 Notre Dame, 6:30 PM, NBC/Peacock
The exteriors of the Orpheum and the Halloran Centre are getting a makeover.
Congratulations to Downtown’s Felicia Suzanne Restaurant and The Lobbyist, both of which were recently recommended in Michelin’s guide to the American South.
The government shutdown is now the longest in U.S. history.
It’s Civic Engagement Night as the Grizzlies host the Houston Rockets tonight at 7. TV: FanDuel Sports
The Grizzlies seek a systems administrator to join their IT team.
Hollywood Feed seeks a social media coordinator.
Automatic Slim’s is hiring bartenders, servers, and a front-of-house manager.
Back tomorrow with more news.
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