As usual, all times Eastern and all predictions wrong.
Noon:
- Alabama @ Missouri (ABC): Hey y’all, it’s 10:30 local time here and I just watched the most stressful 15 innings of baseball ever that didn’t involve my team. So you know what means: LIGHTNING ROUND! Bama!
- Ohio State @ Illinois (FOX): Buckeyes!!
- Pittsburgh @ Florida State (ESPN): I won’t discount the return of the Pitt superweapon, but: FSU.
- Louisiana @ James Madison (ESPN2): JMU.
- Stanford @ Southern Methodist (The CW): SMU.
- Central Florida @ Cincinnati (FS1): Cincy?
- Houston @ Oklahoma State (TNT): Houston.
- California-Los Angeles @ Michigan State (BTN): Sparty.
- Toledo @ Bowling Green (ESPNU): Toledo.
- Charlotte @ Army (CBSS): Army.
- Miami @ Akron (ESPN+)
12:45: Washington State @ Mississippi (SECN): Miss.
1:00: Northern Illinois @ Eastern Michigan (ESPN+)
2:30: Massachusetts @ Kent State (ESPN+)
3:30:
- Oklahoma vs. Texas (“Red River Shootout” @ Dallas, TX; ABC): Texas? This is truly a random number generator rivalry.
- Indiana @ Oregon (CBS): Ducks.
- Texas Christian @ Kansas State (FOX): TCU?
- Iowa State @ Colorado (ESPN): Clones.
- Wake Forest @ Oregon State (The CW): Wake!
- Northwestern @ Pennsylvania State (FS1): Penn St.
- Nebraska @ Maryland (BTN): Terps?
- Air Force @ Nevada-Las Vegas (CBSS): UNLV?
- Virginia Tech @ Georgia Tech (“Techmo Bowl”; ACCN): Okay so once again let’s talk about expectations. VPI got the fired coach dead cat bounce last week, so this is not a team to take lightly. Brent Key’s record with unranked ACC oppenents is well known. I hope that we can figure this out.
- North Carolina State @ Notre Dame (Peacock)
- Appalachian State @ Georgia State (ESPN+)
- Old Dominion @ Marshall (ESPN+)
- Ball State @ Western Michigan (ESPN+)
4:00: Navy @ Temple (ESPN2): Navy!
4:15: Arkansas @ Tennessee (SECN): Bawls!
6:00: Alabama-Birmingham @ Florida Atlantic (ESPN+)
7:00:
- Florida @ Texas A&M (ESPN): Aggies!
- Iowa @ Wisconsin (FS1): Hawkeyes?
- San Jose State @ Wyoming (CBSS): Spartans?
- Louisiana-Monroe @ Coastal Carolina (ESPN+)
7:30:
- Georgia @ Auburn (“The Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry”; ABC): Ugh, UGA?
- Kansas @ Texas Tech (FOX): Red Raiders!
- Michigan @ Southern California (NBC): USC?
- Purdue @ Minnesota (BTN): Gophers.
- Rice @ Texas-San Antonio (ESPNU): Rice?
- Clemson @ Boston College (ACCN): Tigers.
7:45: South Carolina @ Louisiana State (SECN): LSU.
8:00:
- Brigham Young @ Arizona (ESPN2): Stormin’ Mormons.
- Troy @ Texas State (ESPN+)
9:45: New Mexico @ Boise State (FS1): Boise?
10:15: Arizona State @ Utah (ESPN): Utah.
10:30: San Diego State @ Nevada (CBSS): Aztecs.
11:59: Utah State @ Hawaii (Spectrum)