As usual, all times Eastern and all predictions wrong.

Noon:

• Brigham Young @ Texas Tech (ABC): This is the game of the year in the Big 12, so naturally it kicks off at 11am local time. Expect these two to meet again, though.  For now, I like the Red Raiders at home.
• Indiana @ Pennsylvania State (FOX): I expect Indiana to continue to do Indiana things here.
• Georgia @ Mississippi State (ESPN): I expect Georgia to continue to do Georgia things here.
• James Madison @ Marshall (ESPN2): JMU.
• Colorado @ West Virginia (TNT): WVU.
• Southern Mississippi @ Arkansas State (ESPNU): Southern Miss is… back apparently? I like them here at least.
• Southern Methodist @ Boston College (ACCN): Ponies.
• Temple @ Army (CBSS): Army?

1:00:

• Ohio State @ Purdue (BTN): Purdue is better than anyone expected… but they’re probably still going to go 0-fer in the Big Ten. C’est la vie.
• The Citadel @ Mississippi (SECN+)
• Bowling Green @ Eastern Michigan (ESPN+)
• Missouri State @ Liberty (ESPN+)

2:30: Maryland @ Rutgers (FS1): Maryland’s slow-moving collapse figures to continue.

3:00:

• Florida International @ Middle Tennessee State (ESPN+)
• Jacksonville State @ Texas-El Paso (ESPN+)
• Tulsa @ Florida Atlantic (ESPN+)
• Charlotte @ East Carolina (ESPN+)
• Louisiana Tech @ Delaware (ESPN+)

3:30:

• Texas A&M @ Missouri (ABC): Mizzou is good, but clearly a step below the SEC elite this season. Which means I isn’t like their chances here.
• Oregon @ Iowa (CBS): Iowa will do everything they can to drag the Ducks into the mud. I think they’ll be able to figure it out but I won’t be surprised if the Hawkeyes notch their best B1G win in a while here.
• Iowa State @ Texas Christian (FOX): TCU?
• Syracuse @ Miami (ESPN): I don’t even know what to say about the Canes at this point, well, other than I don’t think they’ll lose here.
• Kansas @ Arizona (ESPN2): Zona?
• Duke @ Connecticut (CBSS): [insert basketball season joke here] Duke all the way here.

4:00:

• Auburn @ Vanderbilt (SECN): Hugh Freeze won’t lose to Diego Pavia for the fourth year in a row because he got fired on Sunday.
• Georgia State @ Coastal Carolina (ESPN+)
• Kennesaw State @ New Mexico State (ESPN+)

4:30:

• Stanford @ North Carolina (The CW): Bill figures to get his second ACC win.
• Washington @ Wisconsin (BTN): It’s so dire in Camp Randall right now, and they announced this week that they’ll retain Luke Fickell. UDub should win easily in front of this dis-spirited team and crowd.
• Texas State @ Louisiana (ESPN+)

6:00: Air Force @ San Jose State (FS1): Spartans.

7:00:

• Wake Forest @ Virginia (ESPN): Now that we finally got got, UVA is now the ACC’s most “getting away with it team”. Wake is good enough to get them, and I think they will.
• California @ Louisville (ESPN2): Louisville, ACC standard bearer? It’s more likely than you think.
• Florida State @ Clemson (ACCN): It’s insult to injury that the two most dominant ACC teams from like 2014 to 2022 are afterthoughts on the ACC Network. Both of these teams need to really do some deep introspection in the off-season. As for this game, Clemson I guess?

7:30:

• Louisiana State @ Alabama (ABC): Bama all the way here.
• Navy @ Notre Dame (NBC): It’s a classic rivalry, but Navy doesn’t stand a chance.
• Florida @ Kentucky (SECN): This game, oh my god. Florida will win. Outside of that, literally anything could happen.
• Nevada @ Utah State (CBSS):. Aggies.

9:00: Nebraska @ California-Los Angeles (FOX): Huskers?

9:30: Nevada-Las Vegas @ Colorado State (FS1): UNLV.

10:00: Sam Houston State @ Oregon State (The CW): I think the Beavers have this one.

11:00: San Diego State @ Hawaii (Spectrum)

The conventional wisdom right now is that that SMU will get in and Bama won’t, so that’s what I went with. I’m not sure how much I actually agree with that, but we’ll find out soon. For now, here’s the latest, and we’ll see how things fall.

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.

As usual, all times Eastern and all predictions wrong.

Noon:

• Notre Dame @ Clemson (ABC): I’m on the road and so this may be short. But yeah, Clemson got an all-time call-in show performance by Dabo Swinney earlier this week. Generally speaking,  I view that as a reason to go with Notre Dame.
• Kansas State @ Texas (FOX): I think Texas has enough firepower to win this one, which is good, because they really need to take care of business.
• Ohio State @ Rutgers (CBS): Buckeyes all the way here.
• Texas A&M @ Mississippi (ESPN): Are to the point of the season yet where Ole Miss drops a game because Lane is too busy trying to get another job? Not yet? Okay.
• Arkansas @ Florida (ESPN2): The Hogs are still limited by their lack of offense, and even with a coordinator change I don’t see things going much better against the Gators.
• Nebraska @ Michigan State (FS1): I’m actually going to pick Nebraska? Man that feels weird.
• Wisconsin @ Indiana (BTN): Wisky all the way here.
• Jacksonville State @ South Carolina (ESPNU): Jax State is having a first great season in FBS. But the Gamecocks are still going to win.
• Connecticut @ Tennessee (SEC): Vols.
• Campbell @ North Carolina (ACCN)

2:00:

• Georgia Tech @ Virginia (The CW): Okay, so at this point we’re going to keep the every other week thing right? (Looks at remaining schedule.) Right?
• Arizona State @ Utah (Pac12): Utah is good but I think they’re more or less out of bodies. I’ll take the Sun Devils.
• Navy @ Temple (ESPN+)

2:30: Army vs. Air Force (@Denver, CO; CBSSN): Army just doesn’t have the juice this year, which should allow the Falcons to cruise to the Commander-in-Chief’s trophy.

3:00:

• Florida Atlantic @ Alabama-Birmingham (ESPN+)
• South Florida @ Memphis (ESPN+)
• Texas-San Antonio @ North Texas (ESPN+)
• Louisiana @ Arkansas State (ESPN+)

3:30:

• Missouri @ Georgia (CBS): Like many Georgia games this year, a seemingly gettable UGA squad will make one of their better opponents look silly.
• Oklahoma @ Oklahoma State (“Bedlam”; ABC): Provided I don’t become the God-Emporer of College Football in the near future, this is the last Bedlam for a while. The joke, of course, is that “anything can happen in Bedlam: Oklahoma can win by a little, a lot, or a medium amount”. And the overall series record for this game reflects that. (91-17-7 OU, btw.) And, yet, despite the joke, I think after OU’s stumble in Lawrence last weekend anything can happen. And you know that as the jilted partner her, Stillwater is going to be up for it. So what the hell, let’s take the Pokes.
• Pennsylvania State @ Maryland (FOX): Presumably Earth, Wind, and Fire is playing on loop in the Maryland football building.
• Florida State @ Pittsburgh (ESPN): The Superweapon is presumably too depleted to knock off FSU here.
• James Madison @ Georgia State (ESPN2): JMU all the way.
• Central Florida @ Cincinnati (FS1): Well, I guess UCF will finally get a Big 12 win.
• Illinois @ Minnesota (BTN): The Illni defense is going to just stuff the Gophers into a locker.
• Tulane @ East Carolina (ESPNU): The Green Wave will take care of business here.
• Virginia Tech @ Louisville (ACCN): I didn’t expect to even give the Hokies a chance, but here we are. I think the toothéd birds can get back in track here though.
• Iowa vs. Northwestern (@Chicago, IL; Peacock)
• Merrimack @ Massachusetts (ESPN+)
• Houston @ Baylor (ESPN+)
• Coastal Carolina @ Old Dominion (ESPN+)

4:00:

• Auburn @ Vanderbilt (SEC): LIGHTNING ROUND. Tigers!
• Louisiana-Monroe @ Southern Mississippi (ESPN+)
• Charlotte @ Tulsa (ESPN+)

5:00: Georgia Southern @ Texas State (ESPN+)

5:30: California @ Oregon (Pac12): Ducks!

6:00:

• Marshall @ Appalachian State (NFLN): Herd.
• Louisiana Tech @ Liberty (CBSSN): Flames.
• Nevada-Las Vegas @ New Mexico (MWN)
• Middle Tennessee State @ New Mexico State (ESPN+)

7:00:

• Brigham Young @ West Virginia (FOX): ‘Neers.
• Kansas @ Iowa State (ESPN): Jayhawks?
• Utah State @ San Diego State (FS1): Aztecs?

7:30:

• Washington @ Southern California (ABC): Oh my goodness this game. Will UDub get enough stops? Becuase they might put up 80, but they’ll need to stop Caleb Williams and company at least once. I like the Huskies.
• Purdue @ Michigan (NBC): Wolverines.
• Southern Methodist @ Rice (ESPNU): Ponies.
• Kentucky @ Mississippi State (SEC): Wildcats.

7:45: Louisiana State @ Alabama (CBS): Tide.

8:00: Miami @ North Carolina State (ACCN): Cane’s?

9:00:

• Stanford @ Washington State (Pac12): Cougs!
• Western Kentucky @ Texas-El Paso (ESPN+)

10:00:

• Oregon State @ Colorado (ESPN): Beavers!
• Boise State @ Fresno State (CBSS): Fresno.

10:30: California-Los Angeles @ Arizona (FS1): Bruins?