Pick Six: Critical games dot the schedule as 2022 commences


              FILE - North Carolina State players, right, run on to the field after they defeated Clemson in double overtime at an NCAA college football game in Raleigh, N.C., on Sept. 25, 2021. The two schools will face off again on Oct. 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Karl B DeBlaker, File)
            
              FILE - Oklahoma quarterback Dillon Gabriel throws during an NCAA college football practice on Aug. 8, 2022, in Norman, Okla. Gabriel threw 32 touchdown passes and ranked second among all FBS players with 373.9 yards of total offense per game for UCF in 2020, but he played just three games in 2021 before a broken clavicle knocked him out for the remainder of the season. Gabriel now takes over at Oklahoma, which has playing time available at quarterback. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)
            
              FILE - Texas A&M students celebrate with Texas A&M defensive lineman Isaiah Raikes (34) as they packed Kyle Field after upsetting Alabama 38-41 in an NCAA college football game on Oct. 9, 2021, in College Station, Texas. The “Beef Bowl,” which draws from comments Aggies coach Jimbo Fisher and Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban made about each other over concerns about NIL after Fisher brought in one of the top recruiting classes in history. (AP Photo/Sam Craft, File)
            
              FILE - Utah quarterback Cameron Rising (7) runs against Southern California during the first half of an NCAA college football game on Oct. 9, 2021, in Los Angeles. USC plays at Utah on Oct. 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)
            
              FILE - Georgia quarterback Stetson Bennett (13) looks to pass in the first half of Georgia's spring NCAA college football game on April 16, 2022, in Athens, Ga. The Bulldogs lost five first-round NFL draft choices from last year's team on defense, but they get Bennett back, potentially adding to his remarkable story as a former walk-on who was the offensive MVP of the national semifinals and national championship victory against the Crimson Tide. (AP Photo/Brett Davis, File)
            
              FILE - Ohio State running back Jalin Marshall (7) is pressured by Notre Dame defensive lineman Doug Randolph (44) during the first half of the Fiesta Bowl NCAA College football game on Jan. 1, 2016, in Glendale, Ariz. Notre Dame plays at Ohio State on Sept. 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri, File)
Pick Six: Critical games dot the schedule as 2022 commences