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Folks, they're gonna do a college football weekend again, and you're gonna need a schedule to watch it all. Here's one!
Below, TV and streaming info for the entire FBS Week 9, with games ranked in each time slot by a subjective combo of stakes, quality, competitiveness, and what else is going on at the time. Let it guide you to only the most premium and rewarding matchups.
This week, goodness gracious, feels like the first ROAD TEST WEEKEND of the year. Fourteen AP-ranked teams are on the road, three of them against other ranked teams (Washington-Utah, Nebraska-Wisconsin, and Clemson-Florida State), and at least a couple are underdogs. This could be the first weekend of the year that wrecks our entire floral arrangement.
Thursday is good, Friday is fine, and Saturday is deep with decent games, if short on epic headliners. Saturday night itself looks a little light on madness potential, but have faith.
(Thursday and Friday games removed, for your convenience.)
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| Noon ET | #10 WVU - Oklahoma State Fox, Fox Sports Go |
#2 Michigan - Michigan State ESPN, WatchESPN |
#24 Penn State - Purdue ABC/ESPN2, WatchESPN |
| #5 Louisville - Virginia ABC/ESPN2, WatchESPN |
Kent State - CMU CBSSN |
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| UCF - Houston ESPNU, WatchESPN |
UConn - ECU ESPNews, WatchESPN |
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| Duke - Georgia Tech ACC Network, WatchESPN |
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| Minnesota - Illinois BTN, BTN 2 Go |
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| Kansas State - Iowa State FSN, Fox Sports Go |
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| Kentucky - Missouri SEC Network, WatchESPN |
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| Wagner - UMass WatchESPN |
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| 12:30 | Boston College - NC State ACC Network, WatchESPN |
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| 3:30 | #4 Washington - #17 Utah FS1, Fox Sports Go |
#8 Baylor - Texas ABC, WatchESPN |
Northwestern - #6 Ohio State ESPN, WatchESPN |
| #14 Florida - Georgia CBS, CBSSports.com |
Miami (OH) - EMU WatchESPN |
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| Miami - Notre Dame NBC, NBCSports.com |
WKU - FAU ASN |
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| Texas Tech - TCU ESPN2, WatchESPN |
Maryland - Indiana ESPNU, WatchESPN |
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| Samford - Miss. State SEC Network, WatchESPN |
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| Cincinnati - Temple CBSSN |
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| Army - Wake Forest ACC Network, WatchESPN |
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| 4 | SMU - Tulane ESPNews, WatchESPN |
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| 5 | Arizona State - Oregon Pac-12 Networks |
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| Georgia State - South Alabama WatchESPN |
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| 7 | #7 Nebraska - #11 Wisconsin ESPN, WatchESPN |
#13 Boise State - Wyoming CBSSN |
Kansas - #16 Oklahoma FS1, Fox Sports Go |
| ULM - Arkansas State WatchESPN |
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| MTSU - FIU WatchESPN |
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| Rice - LA Tech CampusInsiders.com |
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| Marshall - Southern Miss ASN |
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| North Texas - UTSA ConferenceUSA.com |
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| 7:15 | #15 Auburn - Ole Miss SEC Network, WatchESPN |
#18 Tennessee - South Carolina ESPN2, WatchESPN |
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| 7:30 | NMSU - #9 Texas A&M ESPNU, WatchESPN |
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| 8 | #3 Clemson - #12 FSU ABC, WatchESPN |
Tulsa - Memphis ESPNews, WatchESPN |
ODU - UTEP ConferenceUSA.com |
| 10:30 | UNLV - San Jose State CBSSN |
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| 10:45 | WSU - Oregon State ESPN2, WatchESPN |
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| 11 | Stanford - Arizona FS1, Fox Sports Go |
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| Midnight | New Mexico - Hawaii Oceanic PPV |
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| Watch THIS | Maybe watch this | This is a football game |
Notes on the WATCH THIS games:
- Hi, it's late October and West Virginia still has a straight path to the National Championship. Oklahoma State hasn't been anything special, but this is a long road trip and still one of WVU's toughest opponents yet. Per S&P+, WVU is one of the likeliest unbeatens to go down this weekend.
- Remember when we told you Stanford-Washington was the biggest Pac-12 game of the year? Turns out it might be this one! Either UW beats its first actually good opponent of the year, or the Utes are suddenly a Power 5 conference's top Playoff contender. The Huskies are two-score favorites in Salt Lake City.
- IMO, Nebraska-Wisconsin is the weekend's second most important game. Probably not the biggest (Clemson-FSU) and probably not the best (your team's game), but consider the stakes: If NU wins, the undefeated Huskers should rank in the top 10 (they already do, because voters like records with zeroes in them). If UW wins, the Badgers have a shot at becoming the first-ever two-loss Playoff team. This has more winner-take-all potential than even Washington-Utah, because
- Clemson-FSU will be big and great, but the stakes just aren't quite what we'd hoped for. The Tigers can afford a loss and still win the ACC Atlantic, and the Noles' highest goal is probably an Orange Bowl, with two teams ahead of them in the division. Still! Big environment, growing rivalry, and tons of talent.
- The late-night is a little underwhelming on paper, but one of these games will get dumb. Stanford-Arizona could be like 19-17, but that game-winning field goal clank will be really weird!