The last weekend before College Football Playoff selection committee starts releasing its rankings has potential for a serious shake-up in the postseason race.All seven of the nine remaining undefeated teams in FBS that are playing Saturday are on the road, including No. 3 Clemson at No. 12 Florida State and No. 7 Nebraska at No. 11 Wisconsin.The rankings that come out Tuesday night will be the first of six, and as always it is important to remember not to read too much into them. They could provide a few hints as to the way this plays out in the long run, but ultimately the ones that come out on Dec. 4 are the only ones that really matter.Week nine of the college football season will set the stage for the committee and here are some things you need know about it.BEST GAMENo. 3 Clemson at No. 12 Florida State.It has become one of the most significant rivalries in the nation. The winner of this game has won the last five Atlantic Coast Conference championships and reached the postseason with a chance to win the national championship each of the last three seasons.The Seminoles (5-2, 2-2) need a lot of help to win the ACC this season, but beating the Tigers is a big step toward possibly landing in a major bowl game. Clemson can probably afford one slip along the way and still make the College Football Playoff, but this is their biggest remaining hurdle before a potential ACC championship game.HEISMAN WATCHFlorida State running back Dalvin Cook and Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson have the potential to make a move in a nationally televised night game, but the pressure is really on Washington quarterback Jake Browning.The sophomore entered the Heisman conversation a few weeks ago after the Huskies had back-to-back blowouts of Stanford and Oregon. That competition doesnt look quite as daunting in retrospect.Browning and Washington get a serious test Saturday at No. 17 Utah. The Utes lead the nation in takeaways, are tied for first in interceptions and they have one of the better pass rushes in the Pac-12. If Browning falters, expect a lot of the Heisman buzz to dissipate.NUMBERS TO KNOW1971 -- The year of the last victory by Northwestern at Ohio State. The Wildcats bring a three-game winning streak into Columbus to face the sixth-ranked Buckeyes on Saturday. Ohio State is 29-1 against Northwestern since 1971.5-23 -- Nebraskas record against ranked opponents on the road since 1998, as reported this week by the Omaha World-Herald. The seventh-ranked Cornhuskers will be looking for their second road victory against a ranked team since joining the Big Ten in 2011 when they face No. 11 Wisconsin.6-1 -- Michigan States record against Michigan in the last seven meetings, the best stretch in the rivalry for the Spartans since the 1950-69, when Michigan State went 14-4-2. The second-ranked Wolverines are 24+-point favorites against the Spartans, who have lost five straight games.OFF THE RADAREastern Michigan has been one of the least successful football programs in FBS for decades. The Eagles have one bowl appearance in their history and since that 1987 victory against San Jose State in the California Bowl, EMU has never won more than six games in a season. And it reached that number only twice.The Eagles (5-3) and third-year coach Chris Creighton can become bowl eligible with a victory against Miami, Ohio, at home on Saturday. 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Or he has been known to be like a robot. But pressure sometimes gets to him. You have to be able to dive as well as him to put pressure on him. Because if you dont put pressure on him, hes not going to buckle.The British divers comment mightve seemed superfluous at the time, but it turned out to be almost prophetic. After all, Qiu Bo was slated as the favorite 10-meter platform diver coming into the 2012 Olympics. In the months leading up to the London Games, Qiu bested American David Boudia by more than 40 points at the FINA Diving World Cup, a big margin in a sport in which scores usually whittle down to the tenths and hundredths.However, those small margins can have a big impact, though, as Qiu learned the hard way in the final round of the mens 10-meter in London.Every four years, China is expected to sweep the diving competition at the Olympics. Every four years, the team fails in spectacular fashion. In 2008, it was Zhou Luxin who choked on his final dive and handed the gold medal to Matthew Mitcham. In 2012, it was Qiu Bo who gifted his gold to Boudia.But unlike Zhou, Qiu didnt choke. He was leading the competition. He was ahead of the game. Ahead of his competitors.He was just outshined because David Boudia was putting pressure on him. Will it happen again in Rio?The X factorNever mind naysayers calling the judges scores into question (yes, the crowd in London mightve been on Boudias side, but Qiu Bo had every opportunity to win). Against the precise divers of China, no one couldve predicted Boudias excellence. It was almost momentous, as he invoked Greg Louganis in his final dive with a perfect take-off, kiting the apex of his spin and ripping through the water.Ripping it means exactly what it sounds like. Its when a diver rips through the water, opening a vacuum and entering the blue without so much of a splash. Its the prestige or the finale; in a sport in which you have only seconds to make an impression, ripping it is the kind of thing that can turn sevens into eights and nines on the scoreboard.Boudia and Qiu performed the same dive: a back two-and-a-half somersault with two-and-a-half twists. Its a dive with a high degree of difficulty, but something Qiu didnt normally miss. Boudias dive just turned out better -- much better -- and it reflected on the scoreboard.After London, Boudia failed to reach the top again, always falling short of gold at iinternational competitions.ddddddddddddOn the FINA world stage, he seemed to take a backseat. If Qiu was the picture consistency and first-place wins, Boudia mirrored that in second and third.But at the most recent Olympic trials last month, he invoked?a part of his performance from London in his final dive: a back two-and-a-half somersault with two-and-a-half twists. It was the same dive that secured him the gold medal in 2012 and the dive that sent him to the 2016 Olympics in Rio.Maybe it was a taste of whats to come. Boudia might not hold a candle to Qius consistency, but he brings something new to the table: an elusive X factor.Rehearsal and redemptionTheres a mechanical balance to Qius step. Hes technically gifted, the king of fundamentals and consistency, a diver who didnt simply master his technique but constantly innovated. Although he might not always be the first to bring a new dive to the platform (hello, Mark Lenzi), hes the first to hone it to perfection.One more flip. One more twist. Piking instead of tucking. Always upping the ante and degree of difficulty when it comes to filling in the 2.5-second free-fall window down from the platform.Its easy to find a diver with work ethic or a diver with talent. But Qiu Bo has been a once-in-a-generation kind of diver. He was tumbling?before other kids learned how to crawl. He was the favorite to take the competition that had eluded China since the 2004 Olympics in Athens.Although his performance almost exemplified consistent and mechanical diving, it wasnt enough. The silver medal from London was a blemish on Qius otherwise perfect record. While Boudia took a victory lap around the Aquatics Center, while Daley celebrated by diving into the water with his teammates, Qiu stood quietly at the poolside.Morbid. Calculating. Contemplating. Waiting for the next one.This year, yet again, China is slated to sweep the diving competition. Based off the most recent results from the FINA World Cup, its likely to happen.No, Boudia isnt the favorite, but he wasnt the favorite coming into the 2012 Olympics, either. Dont be surprised if Boudia brings something new to the table again.Qiu might not have the X factor, but because of his consistency, he might not need it. Maybe theres some validity to Daleys robot claims. After all, this is the diver who stands in the same spot?every time he competes on a new platform. ' ' '