There are two kinds of big games in Week 8: ranked-on-ranked affairs and rivalry games. The Wisconsin Badgers take on the Michigan St. Spartans in the prime example of the former, while there's also a game between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and USC Trojans to ballyhoo.
In other BCS-altering action, the LSU Tigers take on the Auburn Tigers (who may need extra tigers!) and the Stanford Cardinal probably do something about that whole Washington Huskies-being-ranked thing. Your other big rivalry game that probably won't mean much though it boasts more charm than does the battle for the Jeweled Shillelagh: the Alabama Crimson Tide do lots of mean things to the Tennessee Volunteers.
Twelve ranked teams play road games this weekend, reminding us once again that every college football weekend is a weekend for road tests. Speaking of, College GameDay will be in East Lansing.
The complete TV schedule, along with spreads:
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Time |
Road |
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Home |
TV |
Spread |
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Tuesday, October 18 |
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8:00 PM ET |
FIU 4-2 |
at |
Arkansas State 4-2 |
ESPN 2 |
FIU -3.5 |
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Thursday, October 20 |
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8:00 PM ET |
UCF 3-3 |
at |
UAB 0-6 |
CSS |
UCF - 15.5 |
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9:00 PM ET |
UCLA 3-3 |
at |
Arizona 1-5 |
ESPN |
Arizona -3 |
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Friday, October 21 |
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8:00 PM ET |
Rutgers 5-1 |
at |
Louisville 2-4 |
ESPN 2 |
UL -1.5 |
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8:00 PM ET |
11 West Virginia 5-1 |
at |
Syracuse 4-2 |
ESPN |
WVU -14 |
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Saturday, October 22 |
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12:00 PM ET |
Northern Ill 4-3 |
at |
Buffalo 2-5 |
ESPN Game Plan, ESPN3.com |
NIU -14.5 |
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12:00 PM ET |
North Carolina 5-2 |
at |
8 Clemson 7-0 |
ESPN |
CU -10.5 |
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12:00 PM ET |
Indiana 1-6 |
at |
Iowa 4-2 |
Big Ten Network |
Iowa -23 |
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12:00 PM ET |
12 Kansas State 6-0 |
at |
Kansas 2-4 |
FSN |
K-State -12 |
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12:00 PM ET |
Jacksonville St 5-1 |
at |
Kentucky 2-4 |
ESPN U |
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12:00 PM ET |
6 Oklahoma State 6-0 |
at |
Missouri 3-3 |
FX |
OSU -7 |
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12:00 PM ET |
23 Illinois 6-1 |
at |
Purdue 3-3 |
ESPN 2 |
Illinois -5.5 |
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12:00 PM ET |
Cincinnati 5-1 |
at |
So Florida 4-2 |
Big East Network |
USF -3 |
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12:21 PM ET |
10 Arkansas 5-1 |
at |
Ole Miss 2-4 |
SEC Network |
UA -16.5 |
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12:30 PM ET |
Wake Forest 4-2 |
at |
Duke 3-3 |
ACC Network |
WF -3 |
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1:00 PM ET |
Western Mich 4-3 |
at |
Eastern Mich 4-3 |
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WMU -13.5 |
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2:00 PM ET |
Central Mich 2-5 |
at |
Ball State 4-3 |
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BSU -1.5 |
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2:00 PM ET |
New Mexico 0-6 |
at |
TCU 4-2 |
The Mountain |
TCU -40.5 |
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3:00 PM ET |
Idaho State 2-5 |
at |
BYU 5-2 |
BYU TV |
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3:00 PM ET |
Louisiana Tech 2-4 |
at |
Utah State 2-4 |
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USU -6.5 |
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3:00 PM ET |
Boston College 1-5 |
at |
16 Virginia Tech 6-1 |
Raycom Sports |
VT -20.5 |
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3:30 PM ET |
Ohio U 4-3 |
at |
Akron 1-5 |
STO, ESPN3.com |
Ohio -14.5 |
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3:30 PM ET |
Air Force 3-3 |
at |
5 Boise State 6-0 |
Versus |
Boise -31.5 |
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3:30 PM ET |
Temple 5-2 |
at |
Bowling Green 3-4 |
BCSN, ESPN3.com |
Temple -13 |
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3:30 PM ET |
9 Oregon 5-1 |
at |
Colorado 1-6 |
FSN, ROOT |
OU -32.5 |
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3:30 PM ET |
Maryland 2-4 |
at |
Florida State 3-3 |
ABC or ESPN 2 |
FSU -17 |
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3:30 PM ET |
17 Texas A&M 4-2 |
at |
Iowa State 3-3 |
ABC |
A&M -20.5 |
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3:30 PM ET |
19 Auburn 5-2 |
at |
1 LSU 7-0 |
CBS |
LSU -22.5 |
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3:30 PM ET |
20 Georgia Tech 6-1 |
at |
Miami-Florida 3-3 |
ESPN |
Miami -3 |
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3:30 PM ET |
13 Nebraska 5-1 |
at |
Minnesota 1-5 |
ABC |
NU -25 |
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3:30 PM ET |
East Carolina 2-4 |
at |
Navy 2-4 |
CBSCSN |
Navy -8.5 |
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3:30 PM ET |
Memphis 1-6 |
at |
Tulane 2-5 |
FCS |
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3:30 PM ET |
NC State 3-3 |
at |
Virginia 4-2 |
ESPN U |
UVa -6 |
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4:00 PM ET |
Louisiana 6-1 |
at |
Western Ky 2-4 |
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ULL -3 |
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4:05 PM ET |
Fresno State 3-4 |
at |
Nevada 3-3 |
WAC Sports Network |
Nevada -10 |
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4:30 PM ET |
Marshall 3-4 |
at |
21 Houston 6-0 |
CSS |
UH -20.5 |
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7:00 PM ET |
Utah 3-3 |
at |
California 3-3 |
KJZZ, CSN-BAY |
Cal -3 |
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7:00 PM ET |
ULM 2-4 |
at |
North Texas 2-5 |
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ULM -6 |
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7:00 PM ET |
Penn State 6-1 |
at |
Northwestern 2-4 |
Big Ten Network |
PSU -3.5 |
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7:00 PM ET |
Tulsa 3-3 |
at |
Rice 2-4 |
FSN |
Tulsa -11 |
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7:00 PM ET |
Miami-Ohio 2-4 |
at |
Toledo 4-3 |
BCSN, ESPN3.com |
Toledo -17 |
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7:00 PM ET |
Army 2-4 |
at |
Vanderbilt 3-3 |
ESPN U |
Vandy -8.5 |
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7:15 PM ET |
Tennessee 3-3 |
at |
2 Alabama 7-0 |
ESPN 2 |
Bama -28.5 |
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7:30 PM ET |
USC 5-1 |
at |
Notre Dame 4-2 |
NBC |
ND -8 |
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8:00 PM ET |
Middle Tennessee 1-4 |
at |
FAU 0-6 |
Sun Belt Network |
MTSU -4.5 |
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8:00 PM ET |
4 Wisconsin 6-0 |
at |
15 Michigan State 5-1 |
ESPN |
Wisc -9 |
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8:00 PM ET |
Texas Tech 4-2 |
at |
3 Oklahoma 6-0 |
ABC |
OU -28 |
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8:00 PM ET |
S-M-U 5-1 |
at |
Southern Miss 5-1 |
CBSSN |
So Miss -3 |
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8:00 PM ET |
22 Washington 5-1 |
at |
7 Stanford 6-0 |
ABC |
SU -20 |
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8:00 PM ET |
Colorado State 3-3 |
at |
UTEP 3-3 |
TW-El Paso |
UTEP -7.5 |
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10:30 PM ET |
Oregon State 1-5 |
CenturyLink Field |
Washington St 3-3 |
FSN, ROOT (NW) |
WSU -3 |
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11:59 PM ET |
New Mexico St 3-3 |
at |
Hawaii 3-3 |
Oceanic PPV |
Hawaii -21 |
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