College Football - Week 7 (Oct. 17)

[Andy]

Top 25 games

Auburn at (1) Georgia (3:30 pm, ESPN)

(2) Notre Dame at (8) BYU (7:30 pm, ABC)

Florida State at (3) Miami (7 pm, ESPN)

(4) Ohio State at (5) Indiana (12 pm, FOX)

(6) Alabama at (14) Tennessee (3:30 pm, ABC)

Florida at (7) Texas (12 pm, ABC)

(13) Missouri at (9) Ole Miss (3:30 pm, SEC Network)

Arizona State at (10) Texas Tech (3:30 pm, FOX)

(11) Utah at Colorado (10:15 pm, ESPN)

Wisconsin at (12) UCLA (7:30 pm, NBC) 

(15) Kentucky at Oklahoma (7:30 pm, SEC Network)

(16) Mississippi State at (22) LSU (12 pm, ESPN)

(18) Oklahoma State at (20) Houston (7:30 pm, FOX)

(21) Wake Forest at California (10:30 pm, ESPN2)

Virginia at (24) SMU (12 pm, CW)

(25) Northwestern at Michigan State (12 pm, Peacock)

 

Other nationally available games
Tuesday

Delaware at Middle Tennessee (7 pm, CBSSN)

FIU at Jacksonville State (8 pm, ESPNU)

 

Wednesday

Kennesaw State at Missouri State (7:30 pm, CBSSN)

Western Kentucky at Sam Houston (8 pm, ESPN2)

Thursday

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

Georgia Southern at Old Dominion (7:30 pm, ESPN2)

Colorado State at Texas State (8 pm, CBSSN)

 

Friday

Memphis at Tulane (7:30 pm, ESPN)

Washington at Purdue (8 pm, FOX)

Appalachian State at Coastal Carolina (8 pm, ESPN2)

 

Saturday TV

Cincinnati at West Virginia (12 pm, TNT)

Pittsburgh at Boston College (12 pm, ESPN2)

Kansas at Kansas State (12 pm, FS1)

Georgia State at James Madison (12 pm, ESPNU)

Charleston Southern at Clemson (12 pm, ACC Network)

Florida Atlantic at Army (12 pm, CBSSN)

Rutgers at Maryland (12:30 pm, BTN)

Penn State at Michigan (3:30 pm, CBS)

Northern Illinois at Wyoming (3:30 pm, CW)

North Carolina at Duke (3:30 pm, ESPN2)

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

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

Washington State at Oregon State (6 pm, USA)

Arkansas at Vanderbilt (7 pm, ESPN2)

TCU at Baylor (7 pm, FS1)

Nevada at North Dakota State (7 pm, CBSSN)

Louisville at Syracuse (7:30 pm, ACC Network)

Navy at UTSA (8 pm, ESPNU)

New Mexico at Hawaii (10:30 pm, FS1)

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

Nebraska at Oregon (11 pm, FOX)

 

Saturday Streaming (all ESPN+)

Ball State at Bowling Green (12 pm)

The Citadel at Texas A&M (1 pm)

Charlotte at Temple (1 pm)

UMass at Buffalo (1 pm)

Western Michigan at Central Michigan (1:30 pm)

Toledo at Eastern Michigan (3:30 pm)

Akron at Miami (OH) (3:30 pm)

Tulsa at Rice (4:30 pm)

Troy at UL Lafayette (5 pm)

Kent State at South Florida (7 pm)

Arkansas State at Southern Miss (7 pm)

Elon at Stanford (7:30 pm)

Louisiana Tech at UL Monroe (8 pm)

Ohio at Sacramento State (10 pm)

Edited Sunday at 10:12 PM by Andy

[soccer10k]

I approve of this slate of games. Hopefully the games deliver.

[cwood218]

Terrified of this upcoming Ohio State game. I have a sneaky feeling that the fourth quarter in the OSU - Texas game was an early season mirage and that OSU might actually be the best team in the country.

[gflore34]

27 minutes ago, cwood218 said:

Terrified of this upcoming Ohio State game. I have a sneaky feeling that the fourth quarter in the OSU - Texas game was an early season mirage and that OSU might actually be the best team in the country.

I think OSU's defense is pedestrian by their standards, the Illini rolled up big yards on them 460+ and only scored 19 points because they couldn't get out of their way.  Wouldn't expect Indiana to be as mistake prone.  On the other hand Indiana won't have the benefit of playing against an incompetent QB, Sayin is actually good.  Unlike the Huskers' QB who, despite some nice scrambles, is a substandard passer.

Edited Monday at 05:42 PM by gflore34

[Andy]

UCLA QB Iamaleava is out for the season, could make their game vs Wisconsin a bit more interesting

[Andy]

1 hour ago, soccer10k said:

I approve of this slate of games. Hopefully the games deliver.

No guarantees on the game, but the atmosphere in Provo is going to be absolutely bananas. Apparently it is the first game there ever where both teams are in the top 10.

[Andy]

Realignment news: James Madison is jumping to the American from the Sun Belt no later than 2028.

[UMFan83]

Sounds like they are likely to approve the 24 team playoff.  I HATE the 12 team playoff, and I'd still prefer less teams.  I've honestly watched a fraction of college football compared to the 4 team era.  Like literally as I'm typing this, I just realized that Georgia/Bama played last weekend and I had no idea who won.  In previous years I would have been glued to my TV to see who wins.  But both teams will probably make the playoffs so meh.

Anyways, I actually think a 24 team playoff might be better than 12 team though (but not 4 team).  I think it basically makes it so the first round is like those 2nd tier bowl games and they now have stakes instead of meaningless with half the players sitting out (not sure if they'd be played as bowl games or on campus).  It keeps more teams invested in the season.  Like right now I'm completely checked out on Michigan's season.  I've watched preseason UM basketball games and don't plan to watch whoever the football team is playing next weekend.  In a 24 team playoff there would still be some interest in seeing if they could get their horsefeathers together.

Regardless, it's never going to be like when I'd check my phone and see an unranked Texas A&M is winning vs. undefeated Alabama late and racing to the TV to see if the entire college season will be upended.  Those days are sadly over forever.

[cwood218]

Looks up ... That was an excellent post. However, it still doesn't makeup for your unwillingness to answer for all things Michigan football. 😀 

Edited 4 hours ago by cwood218

[UMFan83]

18 minutes ago, cwood218 said:

Looks up ... That was an excellent post. However, it still doesn't makeup for unwillingness to answer for all things Michigan football. 😀 

*visits the College Football thread*

[Andy]

1 hour ago, UMFan83 said:

Sounds like they are likely to approve the 24 team playoff.  I HATE the 12 team playoff, and I'd still prefer less teams.  I've honestly watched a fraction of college football compared to the 4 team era.  Like literally as I'm typing this, I just realized that Georgia/Bama played last weekend and I had no idea who won.  In previous years I would have been glued to my TV to see who wins.  But both teams will probably make the playoffs so meh.

I didn't mind 12 as originally proposed, but everyone involved moved at warp speed to kill everything good about it.

I can't imagine ever watching another college football game not involving my teams prior to November anymore, nor any playoff game prior to the quarterfinals. I basically already don't. I catch snippets of games when I'm home.