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 though LSU had the ability to play offense competently or not turn the other side of the ball into a street fight, their game against West Virginia would be close.
4* Games
Texas A&M vs Oklahoma St., ABC/ESPN2 3:30 ET, 12:30 PT; Sean McDonough, Matt Millen
Clemson vs Florida St., ESPN 3:30 ET, 12:30 PT; Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge
Alabama vs Arkansas, CBS 3:30 ET, 12:30 PT; Verne Lundquist, Gary Danielson
West Virginia vs LSU, ABC 8 ET, 5 PT; Brent Musberger, Kirk Herbstreit
Arizona St. vs USC, ESPN 10 ET, 7PT; Joe Tessitore, Rod Gilmore
3* Games
Georgia Tech vs North Carolina, ESPN Noon ET, 9AM PT; Bob Wischusen, Bob Davie
Washington vs Cal, FSN 3:30 ET, 12:30 PT; Craig Bolerjack, Joel Klatt
Michigan vs San Diego St., BTN Noon ET, 9AM PT; Eric Collins, Chris Martin
South Carolina vs Vanderbilt, ESPN2 7 ET, 4 PT; Mark Neely, Ray Bentley
Oklahoma vs Missouri, FX 8 ET, 5 PT; Gus Johnson, Charles Davis
2* Games
Cincinnati vs NC State, ESPN Thur 8 ET, 5PT; Rece Davis, Craig James, Jesse Palmer
BYU vs Central Florida, ESPN Fri 8 ET, 5PT; Joe Tessitore, Rod Gilmore
Pittsburgh vs Notre Dame, ABC Noon ET, 9AM PT; Dave Pasch, Chris Spielman, Urban Meyer
Ohio St. vs Colorado, ABC/ESPN2 3:30 ET, 12:30 PT; Mike Patrick, Craig James
Miami vs Kansas St., ESPNU 3:30 ET, 12:30 PT; Clay Matvick, Brian Griese
Ole Miss vs Georgia, SEC Network 12:30 ET, 9:30AM PT; Dave Neal, Andre Ware
Maryland vs Temple, ACC Network 12:30 ET, 9:30AM PT; Steve Martin, Dave Archer
Kentucky vs Florida, ESPN 7 ET, 4 PT; Mark Jones, Ed Cunningham
Arizona vs Oregon, ESPN2 10 ET, 7 PT; Carter Blackburn, Brock Huard
Boise St. vs Tulsa, CBS Sports 8 ET, 5 PT; James Bates, Aaron Taylor
1* Games
Penn St. vs Eastern Michigan, ESPN2 Noon ET, 9AM PT; Beth Mowins, Mike Belotti (sorry to this crew for drawing the short end of the stick this week)
Michigan St. vs Central Michigan, ESPNU Noon ET, 9AM PT; Pam Ward, Dan Hawkins
Marshall vs Virginia Tech, CBS Sports 3:30 ET, 12:30 PT; Dave Ryan, Rich Rodriguez
Memphis vs SMU, FSN Noon ET, 9AM PT; Ron Thulin, JC Pearson
Mississippi St. vs Louisiana Tech, ESPNU 7 ET, 4 PT; Rob Stone, Danny Kanell
Wyoming vs Nebraska (why is Nebraska playing at Wyoming?), Versus 7:30 ET, 4:30 PT
Most of the Big Ten Network Schedule
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