It's game day again, and I don't think I'll be able to feel anything, and let met tell ya, that's a great feeling. Wait a minute. Eh, you know what I mean.
NC State's next scheduled insult is set to begin at about 12:30 ET on the ACC Network. Affiliates are listed here, and the game will also be available on ESPN3. East Carolina opened as a six-point favorite and that line hasn't moved much this week, which is surprising. Vegas knows all, so I guess we can all count on more fourth quarter almost-but-not-quite situations.
Save for a few matchups between top 25 teams this week, there ain't much to like about the national schedule. Schools have gotten into the annoying habit of scheduling non-conference patsies in November as a buffer ahead of what are anticipated to be difficult non-conference games. Florida State, which has Florida next week, is hosting Idaho. The Seminoles opened as eight-score favorites. Florida is playing Georgia Southern. Georgia Tech has Alabama A&M ahead of its game against UGA. Clemson is playing The Citadel before heading to Columbia, and the Gamecocks have Coastal Carolina lined up this week. What fun!
Hey, if you don't have a bye week, just manufacture one, right?
The schedule for Saturday...
TIME | ROAD TEAM | HOME TEAM | NETWORK | |
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11 a.m. ET | Liberty, 7-4 | Charleston Southern, 9-2 | ||
Noon ET | No. 20 Oklahoma, 8-2 | Kansas State, 6-4 | ||
Noon ET | No. 13 Michigan State, 9-1 | Northwestern, 4-6 | ||
Noon ET | The Citadel, 5-6 | No. 7 Clemson, 9-1 | ||
Noon ET | Cincinnati, 8-2 | Houston, 7-3 | ||
Noon ET | Duke, 8-2 | Wake Forest, 4-6 | ||
Noon ET | Harvard, 8-1 | Yale, 5-4 | ||
Noon ET | Illinois, 3-7 | Purdue, 1-9 | ||
Noon ET | Maine, 10-1 | New Hampshire, 6-4 | ||
Noon ET | Memphis, 3-6 | No. 21 Louisville, 9-1 | ||
Noon ET | Michigan, 7-3 | Iowa, 6-4 | ||
Noon ET | Old Dominion, 8-3 | North Carolina, 5-5 | ||
Noon ET | Virginia, 2-8 | Miami, 7-3 | ||
12:21 ET | Mississippi State, 4-6 | Arkansas, 3-7 | ||
12:30 ET | East Carolina, 8-2 | NC State, 3-7 | ||
12:30 ET | Pittsburgh, 5-5 | Syracuse, 5-5 | ||
12:30 ET | Lafayette, 4-6 | Lehigh, 8-2 | MASN2 | |
1 ET | Coastal Carolina, 10-1 | No. 11 South Carolina, 8-2 | PPV | |
1 ET | UMass, 1-9 | Central Michigan, 4-6 | ||
1 ET | Bowling Green, 7-3 | Eastern Michigan, 2-8 | ||
1:30 ET | Alabama A&M, 4-7 | Georgia Tech, 6-4 | ||
1:30 ET | Brown, 5-4 | Columbia, 0-9 | ||
2 ET | Chattanooga, 8-3 | No. 1 Alabama, 10-0 | PPV | |
2 ET | Georgia Southern, 6-4 | Florida, 4-6 | PPV | |
2 ET | Florida A&M, 3-8 | Bethune-Cookman, 9-2 | ||
2 ET | Eastern Illinois, 10-1 | UT-Martin, 7-4 | ||
2:05 ET | Hawaii, 0-10 | Wyoming, 4-6 | Oceanic PPV | |
2:05 ET | Montana, 9-2 | Montana State, 7-4 | ||
3 ET | Georgia State, 0-10 | Arkansas State, 6-4 | ||
3 ET | New Mexico State, 1-9 | FAU, 4-6 | FAUSports.com | |
3:30 ET | No. 5 Oregon, 9-1 | Arizona, 6-4 | ||
3:30 ET | Idaho, 1-9 | No. 2 Florida State, 10-0 | ||
3:30 ET | No. 12 Texas A&M, 8-2 | No. 22 LSU, 7-3 | ||
3:30 ET | No. 19 Wisconsin, 8-2 | No. 25 Minnesota, 8-2 | ||
3:30 ET | Indiana, 4-6 | No. 3 Ohio State, 10-0 | ||
3:30 ET | Boston College, 6-4 | Maryland, 6-4 | ||
3:30 ET | BYU, 7-3 | Notre Dame, 7-3 | ||
3:30 ET | Colorado State, 6-5 | Utah State, 6-4 | ||
3:30 ET | Middle Tennessee, 6-4 | Southern Miss, 0-10 | ||
3:30 ET | Nebraska, 7-3 | Penn State, 6-4 | ||
3:30 ET | Utah, 4-6 | Washington State, 5-5 | ||
3:30 ET | UTEP, 2-8 | Tulane, 6-4 | CST | |
3:30 ET | UTSA, 5-5 | North Texas, 7-3 | ||
3:30 ET | South Dakota, 4-7 | North Dakota State, 10-0 | ||
3:30 ET | James Madison, 6-5 | Towson, 9-2 | ||
4 ET | New Mexico, 3-7 | No. 15 Fresno State, 9-0 | ||
4 ET | California, 1-10 | No. 9 Stanford, 8-2 | ||
4 ET | Sam Houston State, 8-3 | Central Arkansas, 6-5 | ||
4 ET | Southeast Missouri State, 3-8 | Jacksonville State, 8-3 | TV24 | |
5:45 ET | Portland State, 6-5 | Eastern Washington, 9-2 | ||
6 ET | Marshall, 7-3 | FIU, 1-9 | ||
6:30 ET | UC Davis, 4-7 | Sacramento State, 5-6 | ||
7 ET | No. 17 Arizona State, 8-2 | No. 14 UCLA, 8-2 | ||
7 ET | Kentucky, 2-8 | Georgia, 6-4 | ||
7 ET | SMU, 4-5 | USF, 2-7 | ||
7 ET | Tulsa, 2-8 | Louisiana Tech, 4-6 | ||
7 ET | UConn, 0-9 | Temple, 1-9 | ||
7 ET | ULM, 5-5 | South Alabama, 3-6 | ||
7 ET | Vanderbilt, 6-4 | Tennessee, 4-6 | ||
7 ET | WKU, 6-4 | Texas State, 6-4 | ||
7 ET | McNeese State, 9-2 | Lamar, 5-6 | ||
7:45 ET | No. 8 Missouri, 9-1 | No. 24 Ole Miss, 7-3 | ||
8 ET | Kansas, 3-7 | Iowa State, 1-9 | ||
8 ET | No. 4 Baylor, 9-0 | No. 10 Oklahoma State, 9-1 | ||
9:30 ET | No. 23 USC, 8-3 | Colorado, 4-6 | ||
10:30 ET | Washington, 6-4 | Oregon State, 6-4 | ||
10:30 ET | Boise State, 7-3 | San Diego State, 6-4 |