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Full Week 7 college football TV schedule guide: Red River Rivalry, Florida-LSU the highlights

Mack Brown's last stand, a big SEC rivalry, and Oregon's trip to Washington highlight college football's Week 7. Note: We've removed weeknight games that have already happened.

By Adam Jacobi Oct 10, 2013, 9:00am EDT

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12 p.m. ET	12 Oklahoma	vs.	Texas	ABC
12 p.m. ET	25 Missouri	at	7 Georgia	ESPN
12 p.m. ET	Iowa State	at	20 Texas Tech	FS1
12 p.m. ET	Pittsburgh	at	24 Virginia Tech	ESPNU
12 p.m. ET	Eastern Michigan	at	Army	CBSSN
12 p.m. ET	Lehigh	at	Columbia	NBCSN
12 p.m. ET	Memphis	vs.	Houston	ESPN News
12 p.m. ET	Indiana	at	Michigan State	ESPN2
12 p.m. ET	Nebraska	at	Purdue	Big Ten Network
12 p.m. ET	Kansas	at	TCU	FSN, MSG+, ROOT-PIT
12 p.m. ET	USF	at	UConn	SNY, Altitude
12:21 p.m. ET	14 South Carolina	at	Arkansas	SEC Network, MSG
12:30 p.m. ET	Navy	at	Duke	ACC Network
2 p.m. ET	Western Carolina	at	Auburn	Pay-per-view, ESPN3.com
2 p.m. ET	Central Michigan	at	Ohio	Time Warner Cable, ESPN3
2 p.m. ET	Buffalo	at	Western Michigan	ESPN3.com
2 p.m. ET	Missouri State	at	North Dakota State	NBC ND, ESPN3.com
3 p.m. ET	Kent State	at	Ball State	ESPN3.com
3 p.m. ET	Miami (Ohio)	at	UMass	ESPN3.com
3:30 p.m. ET	15 Baylor	at	Kansas State	FOX
3:30 p.m. ET	17 Florida	at	10 LSU	CBS
3:30 p.m. ET	19 Northwestern	at	Wisconsin	ABC or ESPN2
3:30 p.m. ET	Boston College	at	3 Clemson	ABC or ESPN2
3:30 p.m. ET	East Carolina	at	Tulane	WITN
3:30 p.m. ET	New Mexico	at	Wyoming	ROOT-NW, RM
3:30 p.m. ET	Rice	at	UTSA	TWC Sports
3:30 p.m. ET	Richmond	at	James Madison	NBCSN
3:30 p.m. ET	San Jose State	at	Colorado State	CBSSN
3:30 p.m. ET	Syracuse	at	NC State	ROOT-PIT, MSG+
3:30 p.m. ET	Troy	at	Georgia State	ESPN3, CSS, Sun Belt Net
3:30 p.m. ET	Virginia	at	Maryland	ESPNU
4 p.m. ET	2 Oregon	at	16 Washington	Fox Sports 1
4 p.m. ET	Eastern Washington	at	North Dakota	MidcoSN
4 p.m. ET	Tennessee State	at	Jacksonville State	TV24
5 p.m. ET	18 Michigan	at	Penn State	ESPN
5 p.m. ET	Akron	at	23 NIU	ESPN3.com
5 p.m. ET	Marshall	at	FAU	FOX College Sports
6 p.m. ET	5 Stanford	at	Utah	Pac-12 Network
7 p.m. ET	1 Alabama	at	Kentucky	ESPN2
7 p.m. ET	Georgia Tech	at	BYU	ESPNU
7 p.m. ET	Idaho	at	Arkansas State	ESPN3.com
7 p.m. ET	Middle Tennessee	at	North Texas	meangreensports.com
7 p.m. ET	ULM	at	Texas State	Longhorn Network
7 p.m. ET	Illinois State	at	Youngstown State	ESPN3.com, CSN-CHI
7 p.m. ET	Montana	at	UC Davis	Max Media
7 p.m. ET	Villanova	at	Towson	NBCSN
7:30 p.m. ET	UAB	at	FIU	CSS
7:30 p.m. ET	Bowling Green	at	Miss State	FSN
8 p.m. ET	Tulsa	at	UTEP	FS1
8 p.m. ET	Boise State	at	Utah State	CBSSN
8:05 p.m. ET	Hawaii	at	UNLV	MW Network Streaming
8:30 p.m. ET	9 Texas A&M	at	Ole Miss	ESPN
10 p.m. ET	Colorado	at	Arizona State	Pac-12 Network
10:30 p.m. ET	California	at	11 UCLA	ESPN2
10:30 p.m. ET	Oregon State	at	Washington State	ESPNU

Lunch shift

Best option: No. 12 Oklahoma vs. Texas in Dallas

Announcers: Sean McDonough, Chris Spielman and Quint Kessenich
Odds: Oklahoma -14
Weather: 80s, chance of storms

The annual Red River Shootout takes on a different feel in 2013. The Longhorns are trending in the wrong direction; after a rough start to the year, the UT faithful is calling for Mack Brown to be canned. While it seems his job is probably safe until the end of the year -- firing him mid-season wouldn't exactly accomplish much -- a blowout to the hated Sooners could force the athletic department to make a tough decision.

Plan B: No. 25 Missouri at No. 7 Georgia

Missouri is 5-0 for the fifth time since 2006, and its ranking is a nice reward for that start. On the other side, Georgia's wracked with injuries.

Keep it in mind: Indiana at Michigan State, Pittsburgh at No. 24 Virginia Tech, Nebraska at Purdue

Indiana is a full-on Chaos Team after lighting up Penn State in Bloomington last week. No matter how much fun its offense looks like, going up against Michigan State's top-ranked defense is a lesson in pain waiting to happen. Virginia Tech should be able to handle Pitt, and Nebraska would love to write Purdue's application to the MAC with a big win in West Lafayette.

In case of emergency: Iowa State at No. 20 Texas Tech

The Cyclones are hurting after having their upset bid against Texas go south in the dying minutes. Texas Tech would be more than happy to light up the ISU secondary in this letdown game waiting to happen. This could get ugly.

Afternoon

Best option: No. 17 Florida at No. 10 LSU

Announcers: Verne Lundquist, Gary Danielson and Tracy Wolfson
Odds: LSU -7
Weather: 80s, partly cloudy

A matchup of two of the SEC's best programs should provide the best game of the day. Neither program has finished with a losing record since 1999, and each has four SEC Championship berths since then — though never against each other, sadly.

Florida QB Tyler Murphy has been decent since assuming the starting QB role after a Jeff Driskel season-ending injury, but Murphy's entering into a mammoth part of the schedule, and this is his first true test.

The Tigers still have SEC title dreams, too, and a win here will catapult LSU straight back into that discussion. Zach Mettenberger has been a revelation in his senior season, nearly throwing LSU to victory in an instant classic at Georgia, but he'll be facing the country's best secondary this week. If Loucheiz Purifoy and company can shut down the LSU passing attack, they just may leave Baton Rouge with a win in hand.

Plan B: No. 2 Oregon at No. 16 Washington

Oregon's only a two-touchdown favorite here, and "only" isn't being used ironically.The Ducks have played four games against BCS conference competition already and won by an average of 43.5 points; only mercy on Oregon's part has kept that margin from being substantially larger. Washington did just take Stanford to the limit in Palo Alto, and Keith Price is the real deal at QB, so the Ducks could well be in for their first test of the season.

Keep it in mind: No. 18 Michigan at Penn State, No. 19 Northwestern at Wisconsin

Two clutch Big Ten battles will help set positioning for division title runs down the stretch. Michigan can keep a share of the Legends Division lead with a win in Happy Valley, but Penn State will be out for blood after getting rolled at Indiana last week.

Northwestern was heroic in its 40-30 loss to Ohio State (a game much closer than the score indicates), but gets absolutely no respite in going to Madison. Wisconsin will be eager to unleash its running attack after seeing what Ohio State RB Carlos Hyde did to the 'Cats last week (206 total yards, 3 TDs). A loss pushes Northwestern to 0-2 and almost certainly out of the Big Ten Championship hunt, so this is a must-win for the reeling Wildcats.

In case of emergency: No. 15 Baylor at Kansas State

This might get out of hand, fast. KSU is not good, and Baylor has been an unstoppable demon force on offense. If that's your thing, hey, tune on in.

Evening shift

Best option: No. 9 Texas A&M at Ole Miss

Announcers: Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge and Holly Rowe
Odds: Texas A&M -7
Weather: Upper 60s, partly cloudy

If y'all want to take off a Saturday night instead of watching college football, this might be the weekend to do it. That's no disrespect to Texas A&M and Johnny Manziel, who are creeping into appointment-viewing territory, but this is pretty much the only nationally relevant game of the evening.

Ole Miss is coming off an unexpected loss at Auburn and hoping to avoid an 0-3 start in SEC play. A strong showing here just might do it. Texas A&M is a beast on offense, but prone to giving up yards and points in bulk. That's the type of team Ole Miss QB Bo Wallace can thrive against. It should be another SEC shootout — god I can't believe I'm writing that — and, if fans are lucky, another game that comes down to the final few minutes.

Plan B: Georgia Tech at BYU

Nobody's going to mistake this game for the national championship, though BYU did win a national championship in the 80's and Georgia Tech were split champions in the early '90s. Any chance you get to watch Paul Johnson and Bronco Mendenhall coaching against each other is worth taking, especially with a matchup like BYU linebacker Kyle Van Noy taking on the Yellow Jacket option attack.

Keep it in mind: Boise State at Utah State

Utah State is still reeling from the loss of QB Chuckie Keeton to a knee injury, while Boise State is reeling from it not being 2010 anymore.

In case of emergency: No. 1 Alabama at Kentucky

Some people are sadists, and the more we give them games like this, the less they'll be out on our streets, maiming our good and decent people. You don't have to watch this or enjoy it; just know that it's important for public safety that others do.