College Football - Week 7 (Oct. 11)

[Andy]

Top 25 games

(1) Ohio State at (17) Illinois (12 pm, FOX)

(7) Indiana at (3) Oregon (3:30 pm, CBS)

Washington State at (4) Ole Miss (12:45 pm, SEC Network)

Florida at (5) Texas A&M (7 pm, ESPN) 

(6) Oklahoma vs Texas - in Dallas (3:30 pm, ABC)

(8) Alabama at (14) Missouri (12 pm, ABC) 

Kansas at (9) Texas Tech (7:30 pm, FOX)

(10) Georgia at Auburn (7:30 pm, ABC)

South Carolina at (11) LSU (7:45 pm, SEC Network)

Arkansas at (12) Tennessee (4:15 pm, SEC Network) 

Virginia Tech at (13) Georgia Tech (3:30 pm, ACC Network)

(15) Michigan at USC (7:30 pm, NBC) 

NC State at (16) Notre Dame (3:30 pm, Peacock) 

(18) BYU at Arizona (8 pm, ESPN2) 

(21) Arizona State at Utah (10:15 pm, ESPN) 

(22) Iowa State at Colorado (3:30 pm, ESPN)

(24) South Florida at North Texas (7:30 pm Friday, ESPN) 

Pittsburgh at (25) Florida State (12 pm, ESPN)

 

Other nationally available games
Wednesday

Missouri State at Middle Tennessee (7:30 pm, ESPN2)

Liberty at UTEP (8 pm, CBSSN)

Thursday

Louisiana Tech at Kennesaw State (7 pm, ESPNU)

East Carolina at Tulane (7:30 pm, ESPN)

Southern Miss at Georgia Southern (8 pm, ESPN2)

Jacksonville State at Sam Houston (8 pm, CBSSN)

 

Friday

Rutgers at Washington (9 pm, FS1)

Fresno State at Colorado State (9 pm, CBSSN)

 

Saturday TV

Stanford at SMU (12 pm, CW)

UL Lafayette at James Madison (12 pm, ESPN2)

Houston at Oklahoma State (12 pm, TNT)

UCF at Cincinnati (12 pm, FS1)

UCLA at Michigan State (12 pm, BTN)

Toledo at Bowling Green (12 pm, ESPNU)

Charlotte at Army (12 pm, CBSSN)

TCU at Kansas State (3:30 pm, FOX)

Wake Forest at Oregon State (3:30 pm, CW)

Northwestern at Penn State (3:30 pm, FS1) 

Nebraska at Maryland (3:30 pm, BTN)

Air Force at UNLV (3:30 pm, CBSSN)

Navy at Temple (4 pm, ESPN2)

Iowa at Wisconsin (7 pm, FS1)

Rice at UTSA (7 pm, ESPNU)

San Jose State at Wyoming (7 pm, CBSSN)

Purdue at Minnesota (7:30 pm, BTN)

Clemson at Boston College (7:30 pm, ACC Network)

New Mexico at Boise State (9:45 pm, FS1)

San Diego State at Nevada (10:30 pm, CBSSN)

 

Saturday Streaming (all ESPN+)

Miami (OH) at Akron (12 pm)

Northern Illinois at Eastern Michigan (1 pm)

UMass at Kent State (2:30 pm)

Appalachian State at Georgia State (3:30 pm)

Ball State at Western Michigan (3:30 pm)

Old Dominion at Marshall (3:30 pm)

UAB at Florida Atlantic (6 pm)

UL Monroe at Coastal Carolina (7 pm)

Troy at Texas State (8 pm)

[Soul]

Fire Fickell

boom boom boom boom boom

Fire Fickell

boom boom boom boom boom

Im so looking forward to attending another Badgers home game!!!  Not.  This one is homecoming so if Fick thought the students were angry at the Maryland loss he’s got no idea.

[cwood218]

1 hour ago, Andy said:

Top 25 games

 

(7) Indiana at (3) Oregon (3:30 pm, CBS)

 

I don't drink, so I'm not crazy enough to think win.

But could IU somehow not get totally blasted. Is that really to much to hope for? 

[Tryptamine]

I just want Illinois to keep it within 14, anything more than that is a victory.

[cwood218]

Yeah, I have a feeling where both going to be disappointed.

[gflore34]

10 minutes ago, Tryptamine said:

I just want Illinois to keep it within 14, anything more than that is a victory.

I'd take them scoring a TD and not suffering any injuries.

[gflore34]

6 minutes ago, cwood218 said:

Yeah, I have a feeling where both going to be disappointed.

You're probably correct, I've low bar, just want a TD from the Illini.  The Hoosiers?  They're in for a big dose of reality.

[cwood218]

Yup, I can easily see Oregon winning by 30 or more.

[bukie]

 

[gflore34]

19 hours ago, cwood218 said:

Yup, I can easily see Oregon winning by 30 or more.

I'm seriously thinking there a greater chance the Illini do not score a TD.

[Derwood]

I am so sour on Franklin now that I hope they go full Florida State 2024 and lose out and clean house

[gflore34]

22 minutes ago, Derwood said:

I am so sour on Franklin now that I hope they go full Florida State 2024 and lose out and clean house

Appears he can recruit, they've got some NFL type talent in several places, that's most of the battle in college football.  Just that, last Saturday notwithstanding, has trouble beating other teams with NFL types.

[Derwood]

18 minutes ago, gflore34 said:

Appears he can recruit, they've got some NFL type talent in several places, that's most of the battle in college football.  Just that, last Saturday notwithstanding, has trouble beating other teams with NFL types.

NFL caliber players who he doesn't maximize. Rides guys like Abdul Carter and Saquon Barkley who were going to succeed anyways, vs. fostering players to be better.

[gflore34]

5 minutes ago, Derwood said:

NFL caliber players who he doesn't maximize. Rides guys like Abdul Carter and Saquon Barkley who were going to succeed anyways, vs. fostering players to be better.

It'd be cool to see what Brett Bielema could do with that type of talent.  If Illinois could ever recruit at a higher level we might see a real threat in Champaign.

[Rex Buckingham]

Franklin's biggest issue has been a lack of difference makers at QB.

[gflore34]

19 hours ago, Rex Buckingham said:

Franklin's biggest issue has been a lack of difference makers at QB.

That may be correct, Allar has never struck one, looked or played like a difference maker.  Heck, one could argue, a putz. such as Luke Altmyer is better and more of a difference maker than Allar.

Edited October 7, 2025 by gflore34

[Derwood]

19 hours ago, Rex Buckingham said:

Franklin's biggest issue has been a lack of difference makers at QB.

His starting QB's have been:

Christian Hackenberg (#1 QB in his class, whoopsy)
Trace McSorely
Sean Clifford
Drew Allar

All four started for multiple seasons an none really got much better as they went along

[Bobson Dugnutt]

1 hour ago, gflore34 said:

That may be correct, Allar has never struck one, looked or played like a difference maker.  Heck, one could argue, a putz. such as Luke Altmyer is better and more of a difference maker than Allar.

Huh?

[gflore34]

1 minute ago, Bobson Dugnutt said:

Huh?

It's my Illini can't possibly be good at football bias creeping in.  

[Bobson Dugnutt]

13 minutes ago, gflore34 said:

It's my Illini can't possibly be good at football bias creeping in.  

lol, fair enough. I encourage you to let it go and enjoy what Altmyer’s been doing.

[gflore34]

5 minutes ago, Bobson Dugnutt said:

lol, fair enough. I encourage you to let it go and enjoy what Altmyer’s been doing.

Saturday is not going to be pretty, my hope is the Illini manage to score a TD and no one gets hurt.  The big game for them is the following week in Seattle.

[Rex Buckingham]

46 minutes ago, Derwood said:

His starting QB's have been:

Christian Hackenberg (#1 QB in his class, whoopsy)
Trace McSorely
Sean Clifford
Drew Allar

All four started for multiple seasons an none really got much better as they went along

Yep. A more accurate statement from me probably would be that he hasn't developed a QB into a difference maker. Either way, that's the biggest differentiator in CFB. College QB is the position that can either make or break your season more than any other.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

FWIW, Allar's backup the last 2 years moved to Mizzou and I've been pretty surprised at how good he looks given his reputation and lack of playing time.

[Wilson A2000]

[I owned a Suzuki]

On 10/6/2025 at 5:08 PM, gflore34 said:

It'd be cool to see what Brett Bielema could do with that type of talent.  If Illinois could ever recruit at a higher level we might see a real threat in Champaign.

I think Beilema has a way with 3 star players. He was never a great recruiter at Wisconsin either. Not everyone gets good results out of 5 stars