The week is just about over, and that means it’s time to start planning your college football Saturday! While a lackluster Week 2 scheduled yielded a few entertaining results, viewers will have plenty of options this time around thanks to several games between ranked teams.
The Illinois Fighting Illini (1-1) will be looking to rebound from their first loss of the year as they welcome the Western Michigan Broncos (2-0) to Champaign. The game is scheduled for 3:00pm CT, and it’ll be aired on ESPNews.
Quickly, here are some highlights from the Week 3 schedule.
- No. 1 Alabama @ No. 19 Ole Miss
- No. 22 Oregon @ Nebraska
- No. 17 Texas A&M @ Auburn
- Mississippi State @ No. 20 LSU
- No. 3 Ohio State @ No. 14 Oklahoma
- No. 12 Michigan State @ No. 18 Notre Dame
- USC @ No. 7 Stanford
- No. 11 Texas @ California
ESPN’s College Gameday will be in Kentucky on Saturday to feature a big ACC conference game between No. 10 Louisville and No. 2 Florida State. Surprisingly, this is set to be the first matchup between Top 10 teams this season.
Which game(s) will you be watching this weekend? Let us know down in the comments!
| Thursday, Sept. 15, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Matchup | Time (CT) | TV / Streaming |
| (6) Houston at Cincinnati | 6:30 p.m. | ESPN / WatchESPN |
| Friday, Sept. 16, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Matchup | Time (CT) | TV / Streaming |
| (21) Baylor at Rice | 7:00 p.m. | ESPN / WatchESPN |
| Arkansas State at Utah State | 8:00 p.m. | CBSSN / CBSSports.com |
| Arizona State at UTSA | 8:30 p.m. | ESPN2 / WatchESPN |
| Saturday, Sept. 17, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Matchup | Time (CT) | TV / Streaming |
| (2) Florida State at (10) Louisville | 11:00 a.m. | ABC / WatchESPN |
| Georgia State at (9) Wisconsin | 11:00 a.m. | BTN / BTN2Go |
| Ohio at (15) Tennessee | 11:00 a.m. | SECN / WatchESPN |
| (25) Miami (FL) at Appalachian State | 11:00 a.m. | ESPN / WatchESPN |
| South Carolina State at (5) Clemson | 11:00 a.m. | RSN / WatchESPN |
| North Dakota State at (13) Iowa | 11:00 a.m. | ESPN2 / WatchESPN |
| Iowa State at TCU | 11:00 a.m. | FS1 / FS Go |
| Kansas at Memphis | 11:00 a.m. | ESPNU / WatchESPN |
| Temple at Penn State | 11:00 a.m. | BTN / BTN2Go |
| New Mexico at Rutgers | 11:00 a.m. | ESPNEWS / WatchESPN |
| Middle Tennessee at Bowling Green | 11:00 a.m. | ASN / ESPN3 |
| Akron at Marshall | 11:00 a.m. | CBSSN / CBSSports.com |
| Vanderbilt at Georgia Tech | 11:30 a.m. | ACCN / ACCNExtra |
| Virginia at UConn | 12:30 p.m. | SNY / ESPN3 |
| Idaho at Washington State | 1:00 p.m. | Pac-12N / Pac-12.com |
| North Carolina A&T at Tulsa | 1:00 p.m. | ESPN3 |
| Florida Atlantic at Kansas State | 1:30 p.m. | FSN / FS Go |
| UNLV at Central Michigan | 2:00 p.m. | ESPN3 |
| Fresno State at Toledo | 2:00 p.m. | ESPN Extra / ESPN3 |
| Eastern Kentucky at Ball State | 2:00 p.m. | ESPN3 |
| (1) Alabama at (19) Ole Miss | 2:30 p.m. | CBS / CBSSports.com |
| Colorado at (4) Michigan | 2:30 p.m. | BTN / BTN2Go |
| (22) Oregon at Nebraska | 2:30 p.m. | ABC / WatchESPN |
| Pittsburgh at Oklahoma State | 2:30 p.m. | ESPN / WatchESPN |
| Boston College at Virginia Tech | 2:30 p.m. | ESPNU / WatchESPN |
| USF at Syracuse | 2:30 p.m. | ACCNExtra |
| James Madison at North Carolina | 2:30 p.m. | RSN / WatchESPN |
| San Diego State at Northern Illinois | 2:30 p.m. | CBSSN / CBSSports.com |
| Western Kentucky at Miami (OH) | 2:30 p.m. | ESPN Extra/BCSN/TWC / ESPN3 |
| FIU at UMass | 2:30 p.m. | ASN / ESPN3 |
| Monmouth at Kent State | 2:30 p.m. | ESPN3 |
| East Carolina at South Carolina | 3:00 p.m. | SECN / WatchESPN |
| New Mexico State at Kentucky | 3:00 p.m. | SECN alternate / WatchESPN |
| Western Michigan at Illinois | 3:00 p.m. | ESPNEWS / WatchESPN |
| Northern Colorado at Colorado State | 3:00 p.m. | ROOT Sports / MWN |
| UC Davis at Wyoming | 3:00 p.m. | WyoVision / MWN |
| Idaho State at Oregon State | 4:00 p.m. | Pac-12N / Pac-12.com |
| Old Dominion at NC State | 5:00 p.m. | ACCNExtra / WatchESPN |
| ULM at Georgia Southern | 5:00 p.m. | ESPN3 |
| Eastern Michigan at Charlotte | 5:00 p.m. | CUSA.TV |
| Delaware at Wake Forest | 5:30 p.m. | ACCNExtra / WatchESPN |
| (17) Texas A&M at Auburn | 6:00 p.m. | ESPN / WatchESPN |
| Mississippi State at (20) LSU | 6:00 p.m. | ESPN2 / WatchESPN |
| Louisiana Tech at Texas Tech | 6:00 p.m. | FSN / FS Go |
| Maryland at UCF | 6:00 p.m. | CBSSN / CBSSports.com |
| Navy at Tulane | 6:00 p.m. | ASN/NESN / ESPN3 |
| Army at UTEP | 6:00 p.m. | ASN |
| South Alabama at UL Lafayette | 6:00 p.m. | ESPN3 |
| Troy at Southern Miss | 6:00 p.m. | beIN SPORTS |
| Liberty at SMU | 6:00 p.m. | ESPN3 |
| (3) Ohio State at (14) Oklahoma | 6:30 p.m. | FOX / FS Go |
| (12) Michigan State at (18) Notre Dame | 6:30 p.m. | NBC / NBCSports.com |
| (16) Georgia at Missouri | 6:30 p.m. | SECN / WatchESPN |
| North Texas at (23) Florida | 6:30 p.m. | ESPNU / WatchESPN |
| Texas State at (24) Arkansas | 6:30 p.m. | SECN alternate / WatchESPN |
| USC at (7) Stanford | 7:00 p.m. | ABC / WatchESPN |
| Portland State at (8) Washington | 7:00 p.m. | Pac-12N / Pac-12.com |
| Duke at Northwestern | 7:00 p.m. | BTN / BTN2Go |
| Buffalo at Nevada | 8:00 p.m. | MWN |
| UCLA at BYU | 9:15 p.m. | ESPN2 / WatchESPN |
| (11) Texas at California | 9:30 p.m. | ESPN / WatchESPN |
| Utah at San Jose State | 9:30 p.m. | CBSSN / CBSSports.com |
| Hawaii at Arizona | 9:45 p.m. | Pac-12N / Pac-12.com |