Games ranked on a scale of what you must do to watch it
1* - Games that really shouldn't be televised. Likely some sort of grizzly blowout or a low quality game that is only on basically because it can be. Hard even for people like me to stomach for the entire game.
2* - Casual fans should only watch if its their team or they are watching with hardcore fans. Hardcore fans, you know you will watch, but if other plans get in the way then so be it.
3* - A solid matchup that has the potential to have an impact. The hardcore college football fan will watch no matter and the casual fan will find quite a bit of enjoyment out of this game.
4* - Well worth building a day around and if you are a fan of a specific team these can trump a five-star game. Most weeks have at least one of these if not two or three, sometimes more depending on the circumstances.
5* - Everything possible. If this means watching on your phone at a wedding, you do it. If this means working all night on either a work or school project on Friday and/or Saturday, you do it. There aren't too many of these in any given year. Last season included all of four regular season games that fit (Boise St.-Virginia Tech, Oregon-Stanford, Auburn-LSU, Auburn-Alabama). These are rare indeed.
All games are Saturday unless otherwise noted
5* Games
None
4* Games
Arizona St. vs Missouri, ESPN Friday 10:30 ET, 7:30 PT; Joe Tessitore, Rod Gilmore
Penn St. vs Alabama, ABC 3:30 ET, 12:30 PT; Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge
Georgia vs South Carolina, ESPN 4:30 ET, 1:30 PT; Sean McDonough, Matt Millen
Auburn vs Mississippi St., SEC Network 12:30 ET, 9:30AM PT; Dave Neal, Andre Ware
3* Games
Tennessee vs Cincinnati, ESPN2 3:30 ET, 12:30 PT; Mike Patrick, Craig James
Air Force vs TCU, Versus 3:30 ET, 12:30 PT; Paul Burmeister, Shaun King
Michigan vs Notre Dame, ESPN 8 ET, 5 PT; Brent Musberger, Kirk Herbstreit
Texas vs BYU. ESPN2 7ET, 4PT; Mark Jones, Ed Cunningham
USC vs Utah, Versus 7:30 ET, 4:30 PT; Ted Robinson, Glenn Parker
2* Games
Louisville vs Florida International, ESPN Friday 7 ET, 4 PT; Bob Wischusen, Bob Davie
Wisconsin vs Oregon St., ESPN Noon ET, 9AM PT; Dave Pasch, Chris Spielman, Urban Meyer
Oregon vs Nevada, FX 3:30 ET, 12:30 PT; Gus Johnson, Charles Davis
Iowa St. vs Iowa, FSN Noon ET, 9AM PT; Joel Meyers, Joe Klatt
East Carolina vs Virginia Tech, FSN 3:30 ET, 12:30 PT; Ron Thulin, J.C. Pearson
Army vs San Diego St., CBS Sports Noon ET, 9 AM PT; Gary Thorne, Randy Cross
Nebraska vs Fresno St., BTN 7ET, 4PT; Eric Collins, Chris Martin
Indiana vs Virginia, 7 ET, 4PT; Tom Werme, Jon Jansen
1* Games
Michigan St. vs Florida Atlantic, ESPN2 Noon ET, 9AM PT; Beth Mowins, Mike Belotti
Kentucky vs Central Michigan, ESPNU Noon ET, 9AM PT; Pam Ward, Dan Hawkins
Duke vs Stanford, ESPNU 3:30 ET, 12:30 PT; Clay Matvick, Brian Griese
Rice vs Purdue, CBS Sports, 3:30 ET, 12:30 PT; Dave Ryan, Rich Rodriguez
Arkansas vs New Mexico, 7 ET, 4PT; Rob Stone, Danny Kanell
SMU vs UTEP, FSN 7 ET, 4 PT; Bill Land, Gary Reasons
Everything on the Big Ten Network during the day
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