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After a slow day in the action last weekend, things pick back up on the national level Saturday, with several matchups of major consequence on deck.
The two biggest games take place in the state of Mississippi, both with SEC West and national title implications. At 3:30 ET, Alabama will take on Ole Miss in Oxford. Both teams are unbeaten. The Rebels have their most talented team in several years and have looked good against overmatched opponents. The visit from Alabama represents an opportunity for Ole Miss to take the next step as a program. Across state, Texas A&M will visit Mississippi St., which already has one program-defining win on the year after beating LSU in Baton Rouge a couple of weeks ago. Can the Bulldogs take another step towards their first SEC West title in over a decade?
If these two games weren't enough to have you excited, there are four more matchups of ranked teams: Notre Dame-Stanford, Nebraska-Michigan St., Oklahoma-TCU, and Auburn-LSU.
Thursday, Oct 2, 2014 | Time (ET) | TV |
UCF @ Houston | 7:00 PM | ESPN |
Florida Atlantic @ FIU | 7:00 PM | FSN |
Arizona @ (2) Oregon | 10:30 PM | ESPN |
Friday, Oct 3, 2014 | Time (ET) | TV |
Louisville @ Syracuse | 7:00 PM | ESPN |
San Diego State @ Fresno State | 10:00 PM | CBSS |
Utah State @ (18) Brigham Young | 10:15 PM | ESPN |
Saturday, Oct 4, 2014 | Time (ET) | TV |
Ball State @ Army | 12:00 PM | |
(20) Ohio State @ Maryland | 12:00 PM | ABC |
Florida @ Tennessee | 12:00 PM | SECN |
Purdue @ Illinois | 12:00 PM | ESPN2 |
(6) Texas A&M @ (12) Mississippi State | 12:00 PM | ESPN |
Iowa State @ (21) Oklahoma State | 12:00 PM | FS1 |
Marshall @ Old Dominion | 12:00 PM | FSN |
Southern Miss @ Middle Tennessee | 12:00 PM | AMSN |
Southern Methodist @ (22) East Carolina | 12:00 PM | ESPNU |
Virginia Tech @ North Carolina | 12:30 PM | ESPN3/ACCN |
Eastern Michigan @ Akron | 2:00 PM | ESPN3 |
North Texas @ Indiana | 2:30 PM | BTN/BTN2 |
Massachusetts @ Miami (OH) | 2:30 PM | ESPN3 |
Tulsa @ Colorado State | 3:00 PM | |
North Carolina State @ Clemson | 3:30 PM | ESPNU |
Wake Forest @ (1) Florida State | 3:30 PM | ABC/ESPN3 |
(14) Stanford @ (9) Notre Dame | 3:30 PM | NBC |
(17) Wisconsin @ Northwestern | 3:30 PM | ESPN2 |
(3) Alabama @ (11) Mississippi | 3:30 PM | CBS |
(4) Oklahoma @ (25) TCU | 3:30 PM | FOX |
(7) Baylor @ Texas | 3:30 PM | ABC |
Navy @ Air Force | 3:30 PM | CBSS |
New Mexico @ Texas-San Antonio | 3:30 PM | AMSN |
Buffalo @ Bowling Green | 3:30 PM | ESPN3 |
Ohio @ Central Michigan | 3:30 PM | ESPN3 |
Vanderbilt @ (13) Georgia | 4:00 PM | SECN |
Kansas @ West Virginia | 4:00 PM | FSN |
Oregon State @ Colorado | 4:00 PM | PAC12 |
Kent State @ Northern Illinois | 5:00 PM | ESPN3 |
South Alabama @ Appalachian State | 6:00 PM | ESPN3 |
Michigan @ Rutgers | 7:00 PM | BTN |
(15) LSU @ (5) Auburn | 7:00 PM | ESPN |
Texas Tech @ (23) Kansas State | 7:00 PM | ESPNU |
UTEP @ Louisiana Tech | 7:00 PM | FCS |
UAB @ Western Kentucky | 7:00 PM | |
Hawaii @ Rice | 7:00 PM | AMSN |
Toledo @ Western Michigan | 7:00 PM | ESPN3 |
Louisiana-Monroe @ Arkansas State | 7:00 PM | ESPN3 |
Georgia State @ Louisiana-Lafayette | 7:00 PM | ESPN3 |
Idaho @ Texas State | 7:00 PM | ESPN3 |
Memphis @ Cincinnati | 7:00 PM | CBSS |
Miami (FL) @ Georgia Tech | 7:30 PM | ESPN2 |
South Carolina @ Kentucky | 7:30 PM | SECN |
Pittsburgh @ Virginia | 7:30 PM | ESPN3 |
Arizona State @ (16) USC | 7:30 PM | FOX |
(19) Nebraska @ (10) Michigan State | 8:00 PM | ABC |
UNLV @ San Jose State | 8:00 PM | ESNN |
Georgia Southern @ New Mexico State | 8:00 PM | ESPN3 |
Utah @ (8) UCLA | 10:30 PM | ESPN |
California @ Washington State | 10:30 PM | PAC12 |
Boise State @ Nevada | 10:30 PM | CBSS |