Games ranked on a scale of what you must do to watch it
0* - Truly insufferable games that will be blowouts. The only way you do watch is if you go to the game in person (even this can be a stretch) or if something is going horribly awfully wrong for the favored team. Also can be used to play some sort of demented drinking game.
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, next possibility Nov. 5 (Alabama vs LSU)
4* Games
Oklahoma vs Texas (in Dallas), ABC Noon ET/9AM PT; Brent Musberger, Kirk Herbstreit
Arkansas vs Auburn, ESPN 7ET/4PT; Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge
3* Games
Penn St. vs Iowa, ABC/ESPN 3:30ET/12:30PT; Dave Pasch, Chris Spielman, Urban Meyer
Virginia Tech vs Miami, ESPN/ABC 3:30ET/12:30PT; Mike Patrick, Craig James (must we be subjected to him twice a week?)
Kansas St. vs Missouri, ABC Regional/ESPN-GP 3:30ET/12:30PT; Carter Blackburn, Brock Huard
Notre Dame vs Air Force, NBC 3:30ET/12:30PT; Tom Hammond, Mike Mayock
LSU vs Florida, CBS 3:30ET/12:30PT; Verne Lundquist, Gary Danielson
Utah vs Arizona St., FSN 3:30ET/12:30PT; Craig Bolerjack, Joel Klatt
Tennessee vs Georgia, ESPN2 7ET/4PT; Mark Jones, Ed Cunningham
Texas Tech vs Texas A&M, FX 7ET/4PT; Gus Johnson, Charles Davis
Baylor vs Iowa St., FSN 7ET/4PT; Bill Land, Dave Lapham
Northwestern vs Michigan, BTN 7ET/4PT; Tom Hart, Derek Rackley
2* Games
Oregon vs Cal, ESPN Thur 9ET/6PT; Rece Davis, Craig James (there has to be someone better right?) and Jesse Palmer
Fresno St. vs Boise St., ESPN Fri 9ET/6PT; Joe Tessitore, Rod Gilmore
North Carolina vs Louisville, ESPN2 Noon ET/9AM PT; Bob Wischusen, Bob Davie
Georgia Tech vs Maryland, ESPNU Noon ET/9AM PT; Rob Stone, Danny Kanell
Rutgers vs Pittsburgh, ESPNU 3:30ET/12:30PT; Pam Ward, Dan Hawkins
Navy vs Southern Miss, CBS Sports 3:30ET/12:30PT; Tim Brant, Randy Cross
South Carolina vs Kentucky, SEC Network Noon ET, 9AM PT; Dave Neal, Andre Ware
Wake Forest vs Florida St., ACC Network 12:30ET/9:30PT; Steve Martin, Dave Archer
Nebraska vs Ohio St., ABC 8ET/5PT; Sean McDonough, Matt Millen (before anyone argues with this, my question is if you watched Ohio St.'s games against Michigan St. or Miami. If so you can argue. If not, go watch them and good luck arguing)
Alabama vs Vanderbilt, ESPNU 7ET/4PT; Clay Matvick, Brian Griese
Houston vs East Carolina, CBS Sports 7ET/4PT; Dave Ryan, Rich Rodriguez
San Diego St. vs TCU, CBS Sports 10:30ET/7:30PT; James Bates, Aaron Taylor
UCLA vs Washington St., FSN 10:30ET/7:30PT; Joel Meyers, Brian Baldinger
1* Games
Middle Tennessee vs Western Kentucky, ESPNU Thur 7:30ET/4:30PT; Anish Shroff, Jay Walker
Purdue vs Minnesota, ESPN Noon ET/9AM PT; Beth Mowins, Mike Belotti
UAB vs Mississippi St., FSN Noon ET/9AM PT; Ron Thulin, JC Pearson
Indiana vs Illinois, BTN 2:30ET/11:30PT; Eric Collins, Chris Martin
BYU vs San Jose St., ESPNU 10ET/7PT, Adam Amin, David Diaz-Infante
Stanford vs Colorado, 7:30ET/4:30PT, Ted Robinson, Glenn Parker
0* Games
none (hopefully never to be used again)
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