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The fifth week of the college football season offers arguably the best lineup of games since the opening weekend. With so many top 10 teams facing each other, this week could provide some clues on which teams have legitimate College Football Playoff aspirations.BEST GAMENo. 3 Louisville at No. 5 Clemson.This weekend features two other matchups of top 10 teams as No. 7 Stanford visits No. 10 Washington on Friday night and No. 8 Wisconsin plays at No. 4 Michigan on Saturday.But the Atlantic Coast Conference showdown offers the most intrigue. The winner takes command of a loaded Atlantic Division that also features No. 12 Florida State, which already got blown out at Louisville two weeks ago.Louisville is averaging 63.5 points to lead all Football Bowl Subdivision programs.Clemson allows just 11 points per game and is tied for fifth nationally in scoring defense. The Tigers also have won 18 straight regular-season games and a school-record 18 straight home games.HEISMAN WATCHThat Louisville-Clemson showdown also could have major Heisman Trophy implications.Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson entered the season as one of the Heisman favorites, but his thunder has been stolen a bit by Louisville quarterback Lamar Jacksons sensational September. Watson could reassert himself as a Heisman front-runner by outplaying Jackson in a Clemson victory.I know (Watsons) the best player in the country, Clemson receiver Ray-Ray McCloud said. For him to go out there against someone who supposedly is the best player in the country as well is just going to get him to a whole other level.NUMBERS TO KNOW7 -- Stanford has won seven consecutive Pac-12 regular-season road games heading into Fridays trip to Washington. No Stanford team ever has won eight straight regular-season conference road games.4 -- The number of wins for undefeated Wake Forest heading into Saturdays game at North Carolina State. The Demon Deacons havent won more than four games in a season since going 5-7 in 2012.8-4-2: Wisconsin won 30-6 last week over No. 17 Michigan State, which was ranked eighth at the time of their meeting. The Badgers visit No. 4 Michigan this week. After taking next week off, they host No. 2 Ohio State on Oct. 15.12-1 -- No. 11 Tennessee has 12 fumbles this season but has lost only one of them.35 -- Oklahoma has won 35 consecutive regular-season games following a regular-season loss. The Sooners havent lost consecutive regular-season games since October 1999. The Sooners try to continue that streak Saturday when they visit No. 21 TCU after losing to Ohio State in their last game.OFF THE RADARMemphis had to replace its coach and quarterback as Virginia Tech hired away Justin Fuente and the Denver Broncos drafted Paxton Lynch in the first round. But the new-look Tigers have done just fine so far, as they have outscored opponents 155-27 in the first three games of Mike Norvells coaching tenure.The Tigers face a much tougher test this week at No. 16 Mississippi. The Rebels are seeking to avenge the 37-24 loss at Memphis last season.We went up there and got embarrassed last year, Ole Miss defensive lineman John Youngblood said. I dont think we prepared well, and we didnt have our mindset good enough going into the game.COACH IN NEED OF A WINNotre Dame coach Brian Kellys decision to bring back Brian VanGorder as defensive coordinator this season backfired when the Fighting Irish staggered to a 1/3 start while allowing 33.5 points per game.Kelly fired VanGorder on Sunday, the day after a 38-35 home loss to Duke. Greg Hudson is taking over the defense on an interim basis.Notre Dame opened the season ranked 10th and has a quarterback (DeShone Kizer) being mentioned as a potential No. 1 overall draft pick, but the Irish will struggle to finish above .500 if they dont fix their defense.Kelly and the team try to turn things around Saturday when Notre Dame faces Syracuses up-tempo attack at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.---Online: The APs college football page: http://collegfootball.ap.org Earl Campbell Titans Jersey .S District Court against Major League Baseball, the Office of the Commissioner and his own union, the MLBPA. Marcus Mariota Womens Jersey . A big centre with all the tools to be an elite player, Johansen paced the Blue Jackets with a standout game Saturday night. He had a goal and two assists for a career-high three points as Columbus beat the New York Islanders 5-2 to snap a five-game losing streak. http://www.authentictitanspro.com/Aj-brown-titans-jersey/ . 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The Scot was only troubled by the weather in a rain-interrupted match and sealed a comfortable 6-2 6-1 win over Pouille in under an hour and he will again face world No 1 Novak Djokovic in Sundays final.Murray had never previously played against Pouille, who qualified as a lucky loser and then benefitted from Juan Monacos withdrawal in the quarter-finals, but the Frenchmans good fortune would end there. Murray was beaten by Novak Djokovic in last Sundays Madrid Open final After rain had delayed the start, Murray broke for a 3-1 lead with a fizzing forehand, before a further downpour sent the players back to the changing rooms at 4-2.Murray did not want to risk another interruption when the match resumed and quickly broke Pouille again to claim the first set.Pouille was showing glimpses of his talent, in particular with his cleverly disguised drop shot, but was only briefly delaying Murray, who broke again for a 3-1 lead. Andy Murray says Lucas Pouille is improving all the time after he defeated the 21-year-old to reach the final of the Rome Masters for the first time The world No 52 could not fend off his opponent for much longer and conceded his serve once more, allowing Murray to book his appearance on Sunday with a thumping ace.dddddddddddd Djokovic defeated the British No 1 in last weekends Madrid Open final, and he overcame an early injury scare in a tough 2-6 6-4 7-6 win over Kei Nishikori in the later semi-final. He made quite a few mistakes and I served well today and made it easy for myself. Andy Murray Murray is expecting a far tougher test against Djokovic as he told Sky Sports: I didnt feel that comfortable coming out on the court, obviously the break as well at 4-2 was tricky too. He made quite a few mistakes and I served well today and made it easy for myself. Any time you get the chance to play the best players, especially right before a slam, its great preparation.The few matches I have played here have been fairly quick matches and regardless of who I play tomorrow, I know Ill be pushed extremely hard and be put in difficult situations, difficult moments. Thats what you want. Djokovic needed an injury time-out early in his clash with the Japanese star, appearing to suffer a ankle injury in the first game of a set he went on to lose and look very uncomfortable in.But his form returned in the second set and a tense decider ended in a tie-break that Djokovic was able to win 7-5, with Nishikori wasting a number of good chances.And on his injury, an embarrassed Djokovic said: A message to all the kids out there: dont hit your own ankle when youre cleaning your shoes.It was an awkward situation in the first game, I hit myself pretty hard on the ankle and bruised the bone. It hurt for a while, and though the pain faded it returned towards the end of the match.Watch Andy Murray v Novak Djokovic from 4pm, live on Sky Sports 4. Also See: As it happened Djokovic beats Nadal in Rome ATP schedule Tennis on Sky ' ' '