Week 4 Football: What to watch

Here’s what’s on the schedule this week around the ACC and the immediate region, plus keeping an eye on the Wolfpack’s 2018 opponents and other potentially intriguing national games.

It’s pretty slim pickings for your Thursday and Friday games this week, but football is football and college football is much better than the NFL. That late Friday night game between Washington State and Southern Cal could be entertaining, though.

Not really related to matchups this week, but it is interesting to see the differences between the F/+ rankings and the Sagarin rankings when you look at several teams, notably: Notre Dame, Iowa, Virginia Tech, Central Florida, and Louisville.

Also, nobody should watch that Charlotte-UMass game... actually, it looks like every broadcasting entity already teamed up to make sure that doesn’t happen.

(Note: F/+ (a combination of FEI and S&P+ rankings) and Sagarin rankings listed for each team. For D1-AA/FCS teams, only the Sagarin ranking is listed.)

Thursday

89/94 Tulsa @ 60/73 Temple - 7:30pm - ESPN

Friday

79/93 Florida Atlantic @ 18/32 Central Florida - 7:00pm - ESPN

10/4 Penn State @ 100/91 Illinois - 9:00pm - FS1

36/30 Washington State @ 26/36 Southern Cal - 10:30pm - ESPN

Saturday

3/7 Georgia @ 40/37 Missouri - 12:00pm - ESPN

12/26 Notre Dame @ 50/57 Wake Forest - 12:00pm - ABC

21/27 Boston College @ 61/79 Purdue - 12:00pm - ESPN2

69/72 Pittsburgh @ 81/77 North Carolina - 12:20pm - ACCNE

73/49 Louisville @ 66/63 Virginia - 12:30pm - ACCNE

94/96 Western Michigan @ 122/131 Georgia State - 2:00pm - ESPN+

17/18 Texas A&M @ 1/1 Alabama - 3:30pm - CBS

4/5 Clemson @ 54/52 Georgia Tech - 3:30pm - ABC

57/54 Kansas State @ 25/23 West Virginia - 3:30pm - ESPN

27/15 Virginia Tech @ 117/180 Old Dominion - 3:30pm - CBSSN

98/104 Florida International @ 19/19 Miami - 3:30pm - ESPNU

FCS/225 Gardner-Webb @ 34/41 Appalachian State - 3:30pm - ESPN+

123/178 Charlotte @ 121/152 UMass - 3:30pm - [no TV]

FCS/217 NC Central @ 23/20 Duke - 3:30pm - ACCNE

83/78 Northern Illinois @ 48/59 Florida State - 3:30pm - ESPNU

30/38 South Carolina @ 64/56 Vanderbilt - 4:00pm - SECN

129/161 UConn @ 74/42 Syracuse - 4:00pm - ESPNN

22/17 TCU @ 29/25 Texas - 4:30pm - FOX

35/24 NC State @ 62/88 Marshall - 7:00pm - CBSSN

108/119 Coastal Carolina @ 111/139 Louisiana-Lafayette - 7:00pm - ESPN+

114/99 East Carolina @ 49/48 South Florida - 8:00pm - ESPNN

16/16 Stanford @ 31/39 Oregon - 8:00pm - ABC

11/14 Wisconsin @ 24/13 Iowa - 8:30pm - FOX