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Ok, serious question.
I’m not the world’s biggest college football fan, as evidenced by the fact that I regularly cheer for the most disastrous outcome for the sport week in and week out. As a result, I’m probably not that familiar with the ebb and flow of the season over the course of history.
Thus my question: Are there usually a lot of lackluster Saturdays in terms of overall super games to watch for neutral observers, or is it just this season? Or am I just thinking this because there are currently five non-Power Five teams ranked between 16 and 25 in the Associated Press poll, and thus it makes it feel like there aren’t a lot of headline grabbing games?
Would this seem like a much bigger weekend of football if Georgia Tech (visiting #11 Miami) were ranked #25 instead of Navy? Or if West Virginia (hosting #24 Texas Tech) were #19 instead of San Diego State? Is that what the issue is here? Rankings are just spread out further, and thus there’s less games between two ranked teams?
Maybe it’s just that #2 Clemson already played last night and #3 Penn State is off this week. I guess the good news is that the whole weekend can’t be a bummer because Syracuse already knocked off the Tigers, thus creating our anarchy for the week.
Anyway, here’s your slate for the day:
College Football Saturday Viewing Guide: 10/14/17
Time (CT) | Game | TV Network |
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Time (CT) | Game | TV Network |
11:00 AM | #6 TCU at Kansas State | FS1 |
11:00 AM | #17 Michigan at Indiana | ABC |
11:00 AM | #24 Texas Tech at West Virginia | ESPNU |
11:00 AM | Florida State at Duke | ESPN2 |
11:00 AM | Rutgers at Illinois | Big Ten Network |
11:00 AM | Eastern Michigan at Army | CBS Sports Network |
11:00 AM | BYU at Mississippi State | SEC Network |
11:00 AM | South Carolina at Tennessee | ESPN |
11:00 AM | Connecticut at Temple | ESPN News |
2:30 PM | Purdue at #7 Wisconsin | Big Ten Network |
2:30 PM | #10 Auburn at LSU | CBS |
2:30 PM | Georgia Tech at #11 Miami | ABC |
2:30 PM | #12 Oklahoma vs Texas | ESPN |
2:30 PM | Baylor at #14 Oklahoma State | FS1 |
2:30 PM | Northwestern at Maryland | ESPN2 |
2:30 PM | Vanderbilt at Mississippi | SEC Network |
2:30 PM | Akron at Western Michigan | CBS Sports Network |
2:45 PM | #25 Navy at Memphis | ESPNU |
3:00 PM | Houston at Tulsa | ESPN News |
6:00 PM | East Carolina at #22 UCF | CBS Sports Network |
6:00 PM | Texas A&M at Florida | ESPN2 |
6:15 PM | Arkansas at #1 Alabama | ESPN |
6:30 PM | Missouri at #4 Georgia | SEC Network |
6:30 PM | #9 Ohio State at Nebraska | FS1 |
6:30 PM | Cincinnati at #18 South Florida | ESPNU |
7:00 PM | Utah at #13 USC | ABC |
7:00 PM | #21 Michigan State at Minnesota | Big Ten Network |
9:15 PM | Nevada at Colorado State | ESPN2 |
9:30 PM | Boise State at #19 San Diego State | CBS Sports Network |
9:45 PM | #5 Washington at Arizona State | ESPN |