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 (think Michigan against Appalachian St.).
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 and times are PACIFIC TIME
5* Games
None, we await next week's Game of the Century between LSU and Alabama to finally get another one of these.
4* Games
Nebraska vs Michigan St., ESPN 9AM; Dave Pasch, Chris Spielman, Urban Meyer
Kansas St. vs Oklahoma, ESPN 12:30PM; Sean McDonough, Matt Millen
USC vs Stanford, ABC Regional 5PM; Brent Musberger, Kirk Herbstreit
3* Games
TCU vs BYU, ESPN Friday 5PM; Joe Tessitore, Rod Gilmore
Penn St. vs Illinois, ABC/ESPN2 12:30PM; Carter Blackburn, Brock Huard
Oklahoma St. vs Baylor, ABC/ESPN2 12:30PM; Bob Wishchusen, Bob Davie
Rutgers vs West Virginia, ABC Regional 12:30PM; Mark Neely, Ray Bentley
Michigan vs Purdue, ESPN2 9AM; Beth Mowins, Mike Belotti
North Carolina vs Wake Forest, ESPNU 12:30PM; Pam Ward, Dan Hawkins
Georgia vs Florida, CBS 12:30PM; Verne Lundquist, Gary Danielson
Georgia Tech vs Clemson, ABC Regional 5PM; Mike Patrick, Craig James (3* even with James because Clemson seems incapable of playing a football game that doesn't entertain in some way)
Ohio St. vs Wisconsin, ESPN 5PM; Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge
2* Games
Florida St. vs NC State, ESPNU 9AM; Rob Stone, Danny Kanell
Notre Dame vs Navy, NBC 12:30PM; Tom Hammond, Mike Mayock
Texas A&M vs Missouri, FX 9AM; Gus Johnson, Charles Davis
Oregon vs Washington St., FSN Noon; Joel Meyers, Brian Baldinger
Tulsa vs SMU, FSN 12:30PM; Ron Thulin, J.C. Pearson
Vanderbilt vs Arkansas, SEC Network 9AM; Dave Neal, Andre Ware
Tennessee vs South Carolina, ESPN2 4PM; Mark Jones, Ed Cunningham
Auburn vs Ole Miss, ESPNU 4PM; Clay Matvick, Brian Griese
Texas Tech vs Iowa St., FSN 4PM; Bill Land, Gary Reasons
Washington vs Arizona, FSN 7:30PM; Craig Bolerjack, Joel Klatt
1* Games
Indiana vs Northwestern, BTN 9AM; Tom Hart, Derek Rackley
Minnesota vs Iowa, BTN 12:30PM; Eric Collins, Chris Martin
Duke vs Virginia Tech, ACC Network 9:30AM; Tim Brant, Dave Archer
UTEP vs Southern Miss, CBS Sports 5PM; James Bates, Aaron Taylor
0* Games
Army vs Fordham, CBS Sports 12:30PM; Gary Thorne, Randy Cross
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