College Football - Week 3 (Sept. 19)

[Andy]

Top 25 games

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Northern Illinois at (1) Ohio State (3:30 pm, ABC/ESPN2)

(15) Ole Miss at (2) Alabama (9:15 pm, ESPN)

SMU at (3) TCU (8 pm, FSN)

Air Force at (4) Michigan State (12 pm, ABC)

Stanford at (6) USC (8 pm, ABC)

South Carolina at (7) Georgia (6 pm, ESPN)

(14) Georgia Tech at (8) Notre Dame (3:30 pm, NBC)

(9) Florida State at Boston College (8 pm Friday, ESPN)

(19) BYU at (10) UCLA (10:30 pm, FS1)

(11) Clemson at Louisville (7:30 pm Thursday, ESPN)

Georgia State at (12) Oregon (2 pm, Pac-12 Network)

(18) Auburn at (13) LSU (3:30 pm, CBS)

Tulsa at (16) Oklahoma (12 pm, FS1)

Nevada at (17) Texas A&M (12 pm, SEC Network)

Northern Arizona at (20) Arizona (11 pm, Pac-12 Network - Regional)

(21) Utah at Fresno State (10:30 pm, CBSSN)

UConn at (22) Missouri (12 pm, ESPN)

(23) Northwestern at Duke (12:30 pm, ACC Network/ESPN3)

Troy at (24) Wisconsin (3:30 pm, BTN)

UTSA at (25) Oklahoma State (3:30 pm, FS1)

 

Other nationally available games

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Idaho State at Boise State (9 pm Friday, CBSSN)

New Mexico at Arizona State (10 pm Friday, Pac-12 Network)

 

Illinois at North Carolina (12 pm, ESPN2)

Kent State at Minnesota (12 pm, BTN - Regional)

UNLV at Michigan (12 pm, BTN - Regional)

South Florida at Maryland (12 pm, ESPNU)

Wake Forest at Army (12 pm, CBSSN)

Savannah State at Akron (12 pm, ESPN3)

Central Michigan at Syracuse (12:30 pm, FSN/ESPN3)

SE Louisiana at Ohio (2 pm, ESPN3)

Louisiana Tech at Kansas State (3 pm, FSN)

Ball State at Eastern Michigan (3 pm, ESPN3)

Memphis at Bowling Green (3 pm, ESPN3)

Temple at UMass (3 pm, ESPN3)

Nebraska at Miami (3:30 pm, ABC/ESPN2)

Virginia Tech at Purdue (3:30 pm, ESPNU)

East Carolina at Navy (3:30 pm, CBSSN)

Cincinnati at Miami (OH) (3:30 pm, ESPN3)

William & Mary at Virginia (3:30 pm, ESPN3)

Northwestern State at Mississippi State (4 pm, SEC Network)

Austin Peay at Vanderbilt (4 pm, SEC Network - Alternate)

Western Kentucky at Indiana (4 pm, ESPNEWS)

Utah State at Washington (5 pm, Pac-12 Network)

Wofford at Idaho (5 pm, ESPN3)

The Citadel at Georgia Southern (6 pm, ESPN3)

Furman at UCF (6 pm, ESPN3)

Colorado vs Colorado State - in Denver (7 pm, CBSSN)

Texas Tech at Arkansas (7 pm, ESPN2)

Western Carolina at Tennessee (7 pm, ESPNU)

Missouri State at Arkansas State (7 pm, ESPN3)

Murray State at Western Michigan (7 pm, ESPN3)

Southern Miss at Texas State (7 pm, ESPN3)

California at Texas (7:30 pm, FOX)

Florida at Kentucky (7:30 pm, SEC Network)

Rutgers at Penn State (8 pm, BTN)

Pittsburgh at Iowa (8 pm, BTN - Alternate)

Iowa State at Toledo (8 pm, ESPNEWS)

San Jose State at Oregon State (8 pm, Pac-12 Network - Regional)

Maine at Tulane (8 pm, ESPN3)

Wyoming at Washington State (8:30 pm, Pac-12 Network - Regional)

[CubInOK]

And just as I was getting ready to call Auburn the most overrated team in the nation, they tumble in the rankings. Pretty rare, but totally justified.

[SouthSideRyan]

They shouldn't be ranked at all

[NewUserName]

Props to BYU on their schedule.

[OleMissCub]

They shouldn't be ranked at all

 

Agree.

[Andy]

ND is probably going down, but the more I think about it the less worried I am about DeShone Kizer at QB (the guy has a lot of talent - offers from Alabama and several other elite programs - and has only 3 fewer starts than Malik Zaire). ND will lose this week because of the defense I think. I'll be at the game so I hope I'm wrong.

[OleMissCub]

Ole Miss will once again be without Laremy Tunsil at LT. It looks as if he is getting a self-imposed 4-6 game suspension for an "impermissible benefit." The NCAA hasn't made a ruling yet, but Ole Miss doesn't want to play a possibly ineligible player for obvious reasons. Just sucks. I really wish we could have 100% Bama vs. 100% Ole Miss on Saturday.

 

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/13673398/ole-miss-rebels-expect-offensive-tackle-laremy-tunsil-several-more-games-ncaa-investigation-potential-rules-violations

 

Tunsil, a 6-foot-5, 305-pound junior, did not play in the Rebels' first two games. Sources told ESPN.com that the sticking point is a loaner vehicle Tunsil received from Cannon Motors in Oxford, Mississippi, while his car was in the repair shop. Tunsil allegedly kept that loaner vehicle for an extended period of time before returning it to the dealership, and the NCAA has deemed it an extra benefit.

 

All that said, even without Tunsil, I think it's gonna be a great game on Saturday. It'll be fascinating to see how Chad Kelly handles stiff opposition. So far he has led 15 drives at QB and Ole Miss has scored touchdowns on 13 of them. That was against greatly inferior opponents, but still, he is ridiculously sharp. I haven't seen an Ole Miss QB make those types of throws since Eli was there. Kelly may even have a stronger arm.

[Smack]

I'm really looking forward to Ole Miss and Alabama. It would be nice to see Alabama lose one at home.

[Old Style]

Several great matchups.

[Andy]

Several great matchups.

The remote is going to get a workout Saturday night.

[Old Style]

Thank god my team gets to dispense with their tomato can opponent early so I can focus on the good games later in the day.

[ConstableRabbit]

[expletive] the ACC and their network.

[SouthSideRyan]

[expletive] the ACC and their network.

 

Illinois @ UNC is just a more marquee matchup.

[Derwood]

Probably won't watch this week....have a design deadline coming up. Probably won't miss much in the PSU game

[SRQCub]

They shouldn't be ranked at all

 

No one should. Preseason rankings are stupid.

 

Television contracts will be the reason that it never happens, but I'd love to see no polls released until Week 3 has been completed, at the earliest.

[CubInOK]

Oklahoma and Tulsa are both going to score 50 points today.

[Derwood]

They shouldn't be ranked at all

 

No one should. Preseason rankings are stupid.

 

Television contracts will be the reason that it never happens, but I'd love to see no polls released until Week 3 has been completed, at the earliest.

 

Week 6 is the earliest it makes sense

[OleMissCub]

That was pathetic, UCONN

[Old Style]

Texas A&M very unimpressive today. Not happy at all. We better get our [expletive] together before Arkansas next week.

[OleMissCub]

Lol Jeremy Johnson is HORRIBLE

[SRQCub]

Texas A&M very unimpressive today. Not happy at all. We better get our [expletive] together before Arkansas next week.

 

Arkansas seems to suck. Don't think I'd be very worried there.

 

Auburn getting throat punched today. They're just not good, and Johnson is an absolute dumpster fire.

[SRQCub]

They shouldn't be ranked at all

 

No one should. Preseason rankings are stupid.

 

Television contracts will be the reason that it never happens, but I'd love to see no polls released until Week 3 has been completed, at the earliest.

 

Week 6 is the earliest it makes sense

 

Ideally, I'd wait until first week of October. I do think networks like having those rankings for marketing, and I don't have a problem with teams having 4 weeks to tell us at least something about their teams.

[SRQCub]

I really think Lincoln Riley will have a big time job in the Big 12 or Pac 12 sooner than later.

[SpongeWorthy]

Will anyone stop fuller from cheating

[SpongeWorthy]

Fournette is insane

 

The guschamp brain trust not working out like I would've predicted