As usual, all times Eastern and all predictions wrong.

Noon:

• Mississippi @ Florida (ABC): Gators, do your part to try to prevent the SEC from getting four teams in. Please.
• Indiana @ Ohio State (FOX): Sigh. I love what Indiana, one of the most woebegone programs in n major college football, has the chance to do here. The problem is, I don’t really think they can.
• Wake Forest @ Miami (ESPN): The Canes got got once, they’ll be fine herem
• Southern Methodist @ Virginia (ESPN2): I guess SMU is actually good? What a weird first year in the conference for them, but it seems like it’s working out.
• North Carolina @ Boston College (The CW): I had a UNC grad tell me this week their defense is better this year. I mean, I understand the bar is low, but still. I like BC here.
• Iowa @ Maryland (BTN): Iowa. I otherwise don’t wanna think about this.
• Yale @ Harvard (ESPNU)
• Connecticut @ Syracuse (ACCN): UConn is bowl eligible, but the Orange are gonna… bowl over them.
• Sam Houston State @ Jacksonville State (CBSS): Jax State?
• Illinois @ Rutgers (Peacock)

12:45: Massachusetts @ Georgia (SEC): Presumably UGA won’t get caught looking ahead to next week here.

1:00:

• Texas-El Paso @ Tennessee (ESPN+)
• Western Kentucky @ Liberty (ESPN+)

1:30: Charleston Southern @ Florida State (ACCNX)

2:00:

• Bowling Green @ Ball State (ESPN+)
• Rice @ Alabama-Birmingham (ESPN+)
• Montana @ Montana State (“The Brawl of the Wild”; ESPN+)

2:30:

• James Madison @ Appalachian State (ESPN+)
• New Mexico State @ Middle Tennessee State (ESPN+)

3:00:

• Florida International @ Kennesaw State (ESPN+)
• Arizona @ Texas Christian (ESPN+)
• Charlotte @ Florida Atlantic (ESPN+)
• Louisiana-Monroe @ Arkansas State (ESPN+)
• South Alabama @ Southern Mississippi (ESPN+)

3:30:

• Kentucky @ Texas (ABC): Hey, name Texas’s best win. It’s cool, I can wait. It would be hilarious if Kentucky wins, but I’m still not holding my breath.
• Pennsylvania State @ Minnesota (CBS): I think the Gophers can win, but it remains the position of this website that James Franklin will be the first head coach to lose home playoff game.
• Colorado @ Kansas (@Kansas City, MO; FOX): Kansas is fully back, but I’ve learned my lesson about picking against Colorado.
• Brigham Young @ Arizona State (ESPN): Arizona State is better than you think. This seems like the Big 12 upset of the day.
• Northwestern @ Michigan (FS1): Wolverines. Next!
• The Citadel @ Clemson (The CW)
• Wisconsin @ Nebraska (BTN): Nebraska, please win this so I don’t have to hear about you losing 7 in a row.
• Central Florida @ West Virginia (ESPNU): WVU?
• Stanford @ California (“The Big Game”; ACCN): The cognitive dissonance of seeing this game on the ACC Network is still strong. As for the game itself, it’ll be wet but this should be Cal all the way.
• San Diego State @ Utah State (CBSS): Aztecs?
• Georgia Southern @ Coastal Carolina (ESPN+)
• East Carolina @ North Texas (ESPN+)
• Tulsa @ South Florida (ESPN+)
• Texas Tech @ Oklahoma State (ESPN+)

4:00:

• Pittsburgh @ Louisville (ESPN2): I assume Louisville won’t completely botch the end of a game two weeks in a row, right? Right?
• Louisiana Tech @ Arkansas (ESPN+)
• Wofford @ South Carolina (ESPN+)

4:15: Missouri @ Mississippi State (SEC): Mizzou. Next!

5:00: Troy @ Louisiana (ESPN+)

7:00:

• Army vs. Notre Dame (@New York City, NY; NBC): This is probably the most important Army-Notre Dame game since 1946. Unfortunately, I’m not sure Army has much of a chance, but we’ll find out.
• Baylor @ Houston (FS1): Bears all the way here.
• Washington State @ Oregon State (The CW): It’s the Pac-12 championship game. It’ll be worth a peek, but the Beavers are just too inept offensively to keep up with Wazzu.
• Boise State @ Wyoming (CBSS): Wyoming’s rush defense versus the best running back in college football. Next!
• Georgia State @ Texas State (ESPN+)

7:30:

• Alabama @ Oklahoma (ABC): Bama. Next!
• Iowa State @ Utah (FOX): Clones?
• Texas A&M @ Auburn (ESPN): Aggies.
• Marshall @ Old Dominion (ESPNU): Herd.

7:45: Vanderbilt @ Louisiana State (SEC): Vandy winning this one might be even funnier than when they beat Bama. Not saying it’ll happen, but…

8:00:

• Cincinnati @ Kansas State (ESPN2): Cincy is getting better, but still going with K-State.
• Virginia Tech @ Duke (ACCN): VPI. Next!

10:15: Southern California @ California-Los Angeles (NBC): Neither of the teams is good, but the colors will be pretty and USC will win easily.

10:30:

• Air Force @ Nevada (FS1): Wolf pack. Next!
• Colorado State @ Fresno State (CBSS): Here’s your fantastic late night game. The Rams are better than anyone thought, and Fresno is one of the measuring sticks in this league. I like the Rams but I like the chances of this being a good game better.