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Maryland football opens up Big Ten play this Saturday against Purdue at 3:30 p.m. on BTN, and unfortunately for Maryland fans, that’s the same time as the conference’s best matchup.
Wisconsin and Michigan play on ESPN, also at 3:30 on Saturday. This is probably the Big Ten’s best conference game until Michigan plays Ohio State in late November, a game that will very possibly decide which of the teams gains entry into the College Football Playoff. Tennessee and Georgia also play in the 3:30 timeslot, so there should be plenty of actual good football to go around.
At 8 on ABC, Louisville at Clemson is the primetime, holy-crap matchup. Anyone with a vested Big Ten interest should probably keep Michigan State at Indiana on in the background, but Louisville-Clemson should be enough to keep you entertained. Unless Lamar Jackson does his thing and the Cardinals run away with it again. It could happen.
In the noon timeslot, Texas at Oklahoma State and Miami at Georgia Tech might be your two best bets.
Friday night’s Washington-Stanford matchup could end up being the weekend’s best game, with those two squads kicking off at 9 on ESPN.
| Friday, Sept. 30, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Matchup | Time (ET) | TV / Online |
| (7) Stanford at (10) Washington | 9:00 p.m. | ESPN / WatchESPN |
| Toledo at BYU | 10:15 p.m. | ESPN2 / WatchESPN |
| Saturday, Oct. 1, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Matchup | Time (ET) | TV / Online |
| (22) Texas at Oklahoma State | 12:00 p.m. | ABC / WatchESPN |
| (14) Miami (FL) at Georgia Tech | 12:00 p.m. | ESPN2 / WatchESPN |
| Rutgers at (2) Ohio State | 12:00 p.m. | BTN / BTN2Go |
| (23) Florida at Vanderbilt | 12:00 p.m. | SECN / WatchESPN |
| (13) Baylor at Iowa State | 12:00 p.m. | FS1 / FSGo |
| Alcorn State at (20) Arkansas | 12:00 p.m. | SECN Alt. / WatchESPN |
| Notre Dame vs. Syracuse (East Rutherford, NJ) | 12:00 p.m. | ESPN / WatchESPN |
| Northwestern at Iowa | 12:00 p.m. | ESPNU / WatchESPN |
| UCF at East Carolina | 12:00 p.m. | CBSSN / CBSSports.com |
| SMU at Temple | 12:00 p.m. | ESPNews / WatchESPN |
| Georgia State at Appalachian State | 12:00 p.m. | ASN / ESPN3 |
| Virginia at Duke | 12:30 p.m. | ACCN / WatchESPN |
| Buffalo at Boston College | 1:00 p.m. | WatchESPN |
| Oregon State at Colorado | 2:30 p.m. | Pac-12N / Pac-12.com |
| Ohio at Miami (OH) | 2:30 p.m. | BCSN/TWCS / ESPN3 |
| Eastern Michigan at Bowling Green | 3:00 p.m. | ESPN3 |
| (8) Wisconsin at (4) Michigan | 3:30 p.m. | ABC / WatchESPN |
| (11) Tennessee at (25) Georgia | 3:30 p.m. | CBS / CBSSports.com |
| North Carolina at (12) Florida State | 3:30 p.m. | ESPN / WatchESPN |
| Illinois at (15) Nebraska | 3:30 p.m. | ESPN2 / WatchESPN |
| Kansas State at West Virginia | 3:30 p.m. | ESPNU / WatchESPN |
| Louisiana-Monroe at Auburn | 3:30 p.m. | SECN Alt. / WatchESPN |
| Minnesota at Penn State | 3:30 p.m. | BTN / BTN2Go |
| Purdue at Maryland | 3:30 p.m. | BTN / BTN2Go |
| Wake Forest at NC State | 3:30 p.m. | RSN / WatchESPN |
| Navy at Air Force | 3:30 p.m. | CBSSN / CBSSports.com |
| Tulane at UMass | 3:30 p.m. | ASN/NESN / ESPN3 |
| Akron at Kent State | 3:30 p.m. | ESPN3 |
| Northern Illinois at Ball State | 3:30 p.m. | ASN / ESPN3 |
| (9) Texas A&M at South Carolina | 4:00 p.m. | SECN / WatchESPN |
| San Jose State at New Mexico | 4:00 p.m. | ROOT SPORTS / CampusInsiders |
| Oklahoma at (21) TCU | 5:00 p.m. | FOX / FSGo |
| Troy at Idaho | 5:00 p.m. | ESPN3 |
| (18) Utah at California | 6:00 p.m. | Pac-12N / Pac-12.com |
| Old Dominion at Charlotte | 6:00 p.m. | CUSA.TV |
| Kentucky at (1) Alabama | 7:00 p.m. | ESPN / WatchESPN |
| Memphis at (16) Ole Miss | 7:00 p.m. | SECN Alt. or ESPN2 / WatchESPN |
| USF at Cincinnati | 7:00 p.m. | ESPNU / WatchESPN |
| UTEP at Louisiana Tech | 7:00 p.m. | ASN |
| Western Michigan at Central Michigan | 7:00 p.m. | CBSSN / CBSSports.com |
| Florida Atlantic at FIU | 7:00 p.m. | beIN Sports / Stream |
| Middle Tennessee at North Texas | 7:00 p.m. | |
| Houston Baptist at WKU | 7:00 p.m. | CS Live |
| Incarnate Word at Texas State | 7:00 p.m. | TSSP/KEYE-TV / ESPN3 |
| Missouri at LSU | 7:30 p.m. | SECN / WatchESPN |
| Marshall at Pittsburgh | 7:30 p.m. | RSN / WatchESPN |
| (3) Louisville at (5) Clemson | 8:00 p.m. | ABC / WatchESPN |
| (17) Michigan State at Indiana | 8:00 p.m. | BTN / BTN2Go |
| (19) San Diego State at South Alabama | 8:00 p.m. | ESPNews / WatchESPN |
| UL Lafayette at New Mexico State | 8:00 p.m. | ESPN3 |
| Arizona State at USC | 8:30 p.m. | FOX / FS Go |
| Oregon at Washington State | 9:30 p.m. | Pac-12N / Pac-12.com |
| Utah State at (24) Boise State | 10:15 p.m. | ESPN2 / WatchESPN |
| Wyoming at Colorado State | 10:15 p.m. | ESPNU / WatchESPN |
| Arizona at UCLA | 10:30 p.m. | ESPN / WatchESPN |
| Fresno State at UNLV | 10:30 p.m. | CBSSN / CBSSports.com |
| Nevada at Hawaii | 12:00 a.m. | Oceanic PPV |