Thursday Night
UCONN @ #6 Houston- 8:00 ESPN
Kansas @ Texas Tech- 8:30 FS1
The week in college football starts off on Thursday Night
as Houston tries to revenge its only loss from last season when they play
UCONN. Houston is clearly the
superior team, but UCONN beat Virginia earlier in the season. Kansas tries to win its first
conference game in almost two seasons as they take on Texas Tech. Tech plays shootouts, so look for a lot
of points to be scored in this one.
Friday Night
#7 Stanford @ #10 Washington- 9:00 ESPN
Arguable the best Friday Night game of the season takes
place this week when Stanford heads up the Pacific coast to Washington. Both teams eked out victories over
PAC-12 opponents last week, with Stanford scoring with under a minute left to
beat UCLA and Washington needing overtime to beat Arizona. The winner of this one is the clear
favorite to win the PAC-12 and will be a playoff contender.
Saturday Day
#22 Texas @ Oklahoma State- 12:00 ABC
#14 Miami @ Georgia Tech- 12:00ESPN2
Notre Dame VS Syracuse (East Rutherford, NJ)- 12:00 ESPN
With the rest of the Big 12 struggling, Texas and
Oklahoma State are dark horse candidates to win the conference. Oklahoma State lost last week to
Baylor, and another loss may knock them out of contention, while Texas’ opening
weekend win over Notre Dame is losing its shine. Elsewhere, Miami take on Georgia Tech. Miami is a favorite to win the ACC
coastal, and faces their first conference opponent in Georgia Tech. The Yellow Jackets are looking to
bounce back after getting dominated by Clemson last weekend. Notre Dame needs a victory over
Syracuse this weekend in Metliffe Stadium to avoid their season turning into a
disaster. The Irish have already
fired their Defensive Coordinator during their 1-3 start.
Saturday Afternoon
#8 Wisconsin @ #4 Michigan- 3:30 ABC
#11 Tennessee @ #25 Georgia- 3:30 CBS
#23 North Carolina @ #12 Florida State- 3:30 ESPN
Oklahoma @ #21 TCU- FOX
Wisconsin continues their tough stretch of games when
they head to Ann Arbor. Michigan
has yet to be challenged in a game this season, while Wisconsin blew out
Michigan State last weekend. The
winner of this one becomes the favorite to make the playoff out of the Big
10. In the SEC Tennessee tries to
build off of last week’s win over Florida as they take on Georgia. Georgia got blown out last week by Ole
Miss, but Tennessee was down 21-0 at one point. Georgia has the talent to put a scare into the Volunteers,
but need to play their best game of the season so far. UNC had a miraculous win over Pitt in which
they converter 3 fourth downs on their last drive and scored the game winning
touchdown with 1 second left. They
take on FSU who finally got Dalvin Cook going last week when the Seminoles beat
USF. If Cook is able to run like
that this week, FSU should have no problem. However, if Cook is slowed, the Tar
Heels could pull off the upset. In
a late afternoon start, the two preseason favorites out of the Big 12 face off
after both had disappointing non-conference losses. The Sooners are already pretty eliminated from the playoff,
but if they play up to their potential, they can easily win the
conference. TCU played 3 bad
quarters against Arkansas, but almost came back to win. They can jumpstart their season with a
victory.
Saturday Night
#18 Utah @ California- 6:00 PAC12 Network
Memphis @ #16 Ole Miss- 7:00 ESPN2 SEC Network Plus (TBA
on Friday)
#3 Louisville @ #5 Clemson- 8:00 ABC
Utah has survived some close game this years as it has
stayed undefeated. They take on a
tough Cal team, that can light up the scoreboard. This game will be a challenge to Utah’s offense as they will
need to keep pace with Cal. Cal
could pull the upset, but Utah will be the toughest team they have played yet.
In Oxford, Ole Miss takes on Memphis.
Memphis upset the Rebels last season, and are undefeated this
season. Ole Miss struggled in the
second half against Alabama, and Florida State, as they could not run the
ball. If they can’t run on
Saturday, Memphis may pull off the upset.
In the ABC nightcap, two top 5 ACC teams square off. Louisville dominated Florida State two
weeks ago, winning by 52.
Clemson’s offense has struggled so far, but its defense has been
excellent, including holding Georgia Tech to under 25 yards of offense in the
first half this week. This will
most likely be the best defense Lamar Jackson will face all year. The winner of this one will could be
the #1 team in the land on Sunday.
Saturday Late Night
Oregon @ Washington State- 9:30 PAC12
Arizona @ UCLA- 10:30 ESPN
2 PAC12 games cap off the weekend in college
football. Oregon and Washington
State are both struggling out of the gate this year. Both of these teams were dark horses to win the PAC 12 North
when the season began. Now the
loser may struggle to reach bowl eligibility. In Los Angeles, Arizona faces off against UCLA. Both of these teams lost heartbreakers
to top ten teams last weekend.
However, both need to bounce back quickly in order to take control of
the PAC 12 South.
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