After two weeks of picking and scratching for games of national interest, college football fans finally arrive at Week 3. Two games of universal interest on Saturday night, a huge conference Thursday nighter, and plenty going on in between. Kinda feels like the season starts this week.
While we'll all be watching the No. 17 Ohio St. Buckeyes play the Miami Hurricanes out of sheer morbid curiosity, the prime time game between the No. 1 Oklahoma Sooners and No. 5 Florida St. Seminoles could be a national championship disqualification match.
Elsewhere, the No. 3 LSU Tigers are sure to make it two straight heart-stopping weeks for the No. 25 Mississippi St. Bulldogs, the No. 21 Auburn Tigers and Clemson Tigers (tigers!) kick off Saturday festivities, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and No. 24 Texas Longhorns seek vengeance against the No. 15 Michigan St. Spartans and UCLA Bruins, respectively (respective vengeance!), an actual big-time rivalry game -- between the Tennessee Volunteers and No. 16 Florida Gators -- and so on.
Here's the Week 3 college football TV schedule, which you can also print out right here:
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Thursday, September 15 |
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8:00 PM ET |
No. 3 LSU 2-0 |
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No. 25 Mississippi State 1-1 |
ESPN |
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Friday, September 16 |
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8:00 PM ET |
Iowa State 2-0 |
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Connecticut 1-1 |
ESPN 2 |
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8:00 PM ET |
No. 4 Boise State 1-0 |
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Toledo 1-1 |
ESPN |
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Saturday, September 17 |
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12:00 PM ET |
Wyoming 2-0 |
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Bowling Green 2-0 |
BCSN |
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12:00 PM ET |
No. 21 Auburn 2-0 |
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Clemson 2-0 |
ABC |
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12:00 PM ET |
Pittsburgh 2-0 |
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Iowa 1-1 |
ESPN 2 |
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12:00 PM ET |
No. 18 West Virginia 2-0 |
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Maryland 1-0 |
ESPN U |
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12:00 PM ET |
Eastern Mich 2-0 |
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Michigan 2-0 |
Big Ten Network |
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12:00 PM ET |
SE Missouri St 0-1 |
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Purdue 1-1 |
Big Ten Network |
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12:00 PM ET |
Penn State 1-1 |
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Temple 2-0 |
ESPN |
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12:00 PM ET |
Central Mich 1-1 |
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Western Mich 1-1 |
ESPN Game Plan, ESPN3.com |
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12:21 PM ET |
Ole Miss 1-1 |
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Vanderbilt 2-0 |
SEC Network, ESPN3.com |
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12:30 PM ET |
Duke 0-2 |
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Boston College 0-2 |
ACC Network, ESPN3.com |
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12:30 PM ET |
Kansas 2-0 |
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Georgia Tech 2-0 |
Rayom Sports, FSN |
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1:00 PM ET |
Coastal Carolina 2-0 |
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Georgia 0-2 |
PPV, ESPN3.com |
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1:30 PM ET |
Colorado State 2-0 |
Invesco Field |
Colorado 0-2 |
FSN |
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2:00 PM ET |
ULM 1-1 |
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No. 23 TCU 1-1 |
The Mountain |
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3:30 PM ET |
Northwestern 2-0 |
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Army 0-2 |
CBSCSN |
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3:30 PM ET |
Akron 0-2 |
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Cincinnati 1-1 |
ESPN3.com |
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3:30 PM ET |
Tennessee 2-0 |
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No. 16 Florida 2-0 |
CBS |
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3:30 PM ET |
SC State 1-1 |
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Indiana 0-2 |
Big Ten Network |
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3:30 PM ET |
Miami-Ohio 0-1 |
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Minnesota 0-2 |
Big Ten Network |
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3:30 PM ET |
Washington 2-0 |
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No. 10 Nebraska 2-0 |
ABC (ESPN mirror) |
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3:30 PM ET |
Texas Tech 1-0 |
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New Mexico 0-2 |
Versus |
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3:30 PM ET |
Virginia 2-0 |
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North Carolina 2-0 |
ESPN U |
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3:30 PM ET |
No. 7 Wisconsin 2-0 |
Soldier Field |
Northern Ill 1-1 |
ESPN3.com |
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3:30 PM ET |
No. 15 Michigan State 2-0 |
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Notre Dame 0-2 |
NBC |
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3:30 PM ET |
Missouri State 0-2 |
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No. 12 Oregon 1-1 |
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3:30 PM ET |
No. 24 Texas 2-0 |
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UCLA 1-1 |
ABC |
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4:00 PM ET |
Nevada 0-1 |
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San Jose St 0-2 |
WAC Sports Network |
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4:00 PM ET |
Tulane 1-1 |
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UAB 0-1 |
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4:00 PM ET |
Arkansas State 1-1 |
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No. 13 Virginia Tech 2-0 |
Raycom Sports, FSN |
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5:30 PM ET |
Presbyterian 1-1 |
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California 2-0 |
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6:00 PM ET |
UCF 2-0 |
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FIU 2-0 |
ESPN3.com |
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6:00 PM ET |
South Alabama 2-0 |
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NC State 1-1 |
ESPN3.com |
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6:00 PM ET |
Navy 2-0 |
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No. 11 South Carolina 2-0 |
ESPN 2 |
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6:30 PM ET |
Washington St 2-0 |
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San Diego St 2-0 |
The Mountain |
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6:30 PM ET |
Gardner-Webb 1-1 |
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Wake Forest 1-1 |
ESPN3.com |
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7:00 PM ET |
Buffalo 1-1 |
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Ball State 1-1 |
None |
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7:00 PM ET |
Stephen F Austin 1-1 |
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No. 19 Baylor 1-0 |
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7:00 PM ET |
No. 22 Arizona State 2-0 |
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Illinois 2-0 |
Big Ten Network |
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7:00 PM ET |
Kent State 0-2 |
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Kansas State 1-0 |
FCS |
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7:00 PM ET |
Louisville 1-1 |
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Kentucky 2-0 |
ESPN U |
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7:00 PM ET |
Nicholls State 1-1 |
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Louisiana 1-1 |
Ragin Cajuns TV Network |
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7:00 PM ET |
Houston 2-0 |
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Louisiana Tech 1-1 |
ESPN3.com |
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7:00 PM ET |
Austin Peay 0-1 |
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Memphis 0-2 |
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7:00 PM ET |
Western Ill 1-1 |
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Missouri 1-1 |
FSN PPV |
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7:00 PM ET |
Marshall 1-1 |
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Ohio U 2-0 |
ESPN3.com |
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7:00 PM ET |
Florida A&M 1-1 |
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No. 20 USF 2-0 |
Bright House Sports Net |
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7:00 PM ET |
SE Louisiana 1-1 |
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Southern Miss 1-1 |
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7:00 PM ET |
Idaho 1-1 |
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No. 9 Texas A&M 1-0 |
PPV |
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7:00 PM ET |
Indiana State 1-1 |
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Western Ky 0-2 |
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7:30 PM ET |
North Texas 0-2 |
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No. 2 Alabama 2-0 |
FSN-S |
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7:30 PM ET |
Troy 0-1 |
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No. 14 Arkansas 2-0 |
CSS |
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7:30 PM ET |
No. 17 Ohio State 2-0 |
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Miami-Florida 0-1 |
ESPN |
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8:00 PM ET |
No. 1 Oklahoma 1-0 |
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No. 5 Florida State 2-0 |
ABC |
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8:00 PM ET |
Texas-El Paso 1-1 |
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New Mexico St 1-1 |
AggieVision |
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8:00 PM ET |
Northwestern St 1-1 |
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SMU 1-1 |
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8:00 PM ET |
Syracuse 2-0 |
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USC 2-0 |
FX |
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9:15 PM ET |
Utah 1-1 |
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BYU 1-1 |
ESPN 2 |
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10:00 PM ET |
North Dakota 1-1 |
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Fresno State 0-2 |
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10:00 PM ET |
No. 8 Oklahoma State 2-0 |
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Tulsa 1-1 |
FSN |
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10:00 PM ET |
Hawaii 1-1 |
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UNLV 0-2 |
The Mountain |
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10:45 PM ET |
No. 6 Stanford 2-0 |
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Arizona 1-1 |
ESPN |
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