It’s been a long week in Champaign. The realization of the scale of Illinois’ rebuild has begun to set in, and to make matters worse, the first round of midterms are coming up on campus. Not ideal. But luckily we’ve got another fun weekend of College Football ahead and BIG TEN SEASON IS FINALLY HERE.
Lovie Smith and the Illinois Fighting Illini (1-2) are off this Saturday, which may or may not be a good thing given their most recent performance against Western Michigan. The Orange and Blue will be back in action on October 1 to open conference play against the Nebraska Cornhuskers.
Here are some highlights from the Week 4 schedule.
- No. 11 Wisconsin @ No. 8 Michigan State
- No. 12 Georgia @ No. 23 Ole Miss
- Penn State @ No. 4 Michigan
- No. 18 LSU @ Auburn
- Oklahoma State @ No. 16 Baylor
- No. 20 Nebraska @ Northwestern
- No. 7 Stanford @ UCLA
- No. 17 Arkansas vs. No. 10 Texas A&M (Arlington, TX)
Additionally, ESPN’s College Gameday will be in Knoxville on Saturday morning for No. 14 Tennessee’s big home game against No. 19 Florida.
Which game(s) will you be watching this weekend? Let us know down in the comments!
| Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Matchup | Time (ET) | TV / Streaming |
| (5) Clemson at Georgia Tech | 7:30 pm | ESPN / WatchESPN |
| Friday, Sept. 23, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Matchup | Time (ET) | TV / Streaming |
| Wyoming at Eastern Michigan | 7:30 pm | CBSSN / CBSSports.com |
| TCU at SMU | 8:00 pm | ESPN / WatchESPN |
| USC at (24) Utah | 9:00 pm | FS1 / ESPN3 |
| Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Matchup | Time (ET) | TV / Streaming |
| (11) Wisconsin at (8) Michigan State | Noon | BTN / BTN2Go |
| (12) Georgia at (23) Ole Miss | Noon | ESPN / WatchESPN |
| Kent State at (1) Alabama | Noon | SECN / WatchESPN |
| (13) Florida State at USF | Noon | ABC / WatchESPN |
| Iowa at Rutgers | Noon | ESPN2 / WatchESPN |
| Colorado State at Minnesota | Noon | ESPNU / WatchESPN |
| San Jose State at Iowa State | Noon | FSN / ESPN3 |
| Nevada at Purdue | Noon | ESPNEWS / WatchESPN |
| Charlotte at Temple | Noon | ASN / ESPN3 |
| East Carolina at Virginia Tech | 12:30 pm | ACCN / WatchESPN |
| Central Michigan at Virginia | 12:30 pm | RSN / WatchESPN |
| Syracuse at UConn | 1:00 pm | CBSSN / CBSSports.com |
| Wagner at Boston College | 1:00 pm | WatchESPN |
| Gardner-Webb at Ohio | 2:00 pm | ESPN3 |
| (19) Florida at (14) Tennessee | 3:30 pm | CBS / CBSSports.com |
| Penn State at (4) Michigan | 3:30 pm | ABC / WatchESPN |
| Pittsburgh at North Carolina | 3:30 pm | ESPNU / WatchESPN |
| BYU vs. West Virginia (Landover, MD) | 3:30 pm | ESPN2 / WatchESPN |
| Duke at Notre Dame | 3:30 pm | NBC / NBCSports.com |
| Boise State at Oregon State | 3:30 pm | FS1 / ESPN3 |
| Wake Forest at Indiana | 3:30 pm | BTN / BTN2Go |
| Appalachian State at Akron | 3:30 pm | ASN / ESPN3 |
| Miami (OH) at Cincinnati | 3:30 pm | ESPNEWS / WatchESPN |
| Mississippi State at UMass | 3:30 pm | ASN / ESPN3 |
| UTSA at Old Dominion | 3:30 pm | KMYS-CW 35 / CUSA.TV |
| Western Illinois at NIU | 3:30 pm | ESPN3 |
| Delaware State at Missouri | 4:00 pm | SECN / WatchESPN |
| Vanderbilt at Western Kentucky | 4:30 pm | CBSSN / CBSSports.com |
| Tulsa at Fresno State | 4:30 pm | MWN |
| Colorado at Oregon | 5:30 pm | Pac-12N / Pac-12.com |
| (18) LSU at Auburn | 6:00 pm | ESPN / WatchESPN |
| North Texas at Rice | 6:00 pm | CUSA.TV |
| Ball State at Florida Atlantic | 6:00 pm | CUSA.TV |
| (6) Houston at Texas State | 7:00 pm | ESPNU / WatchESPN |
| Missouri State at Kansas State | 7:00 pm | K-StateHD.tv |
| Georgia Southern at Western Michigan | 7:00 pm | ESPN3 |
| Army at Buffalo | 7:00 pm | ESPN3 |
| Louisiana Tech at Middle Tennessee | 7:00 pm | ASN / ASN.com |
| New Mexico State at Troy | 7:00 pm | ESPN3 |
| Nicholls State at South Alabama | 7:00 pm | ESPN3 |
| Central Arkansas at Arkansas State | 7:00 pm | ESPN3 |
| UCF at FIU | 7:00 pm | beIN Sports / beIN Sports Connect |
| Oklahoma State at (16) Baylor | 7:30 pm | FOX / ESPN3 |
| (20) Nebraska at Northwestern | 7:30 pm | BTN / BTN2Go |
| South Carolina at Kentucky | 7:30 pm | SECN / WatchESPN |
| (3) Louisville at Marshall | 8:00 pm | CBSSN / CBSSports.com |
| (7) Stanford at UCLA | 8:00 pm | ABC / WatchESPN |
| Bowling Green at Memphis | 8:00 pm | ESPNEWS / WatchESPN |
| Southern Miss at UTEP | 8:00 pm | Campus Insiders |
| UL Lafayette at Tulane | 8:00 pm | ESPN3 |
| (17) Arkansas vs. (10) Texas A&M (Arlington, TX) | 9:00 pm | ESPN / WatchESPN |
| Idaho at UNLV | 9:00 pm | MWN |
| California at Arizona State | 10:00 pm | ESPN2 / WatchESPN |
| Air Force at Utah State | 10:15 pm | ESPNU / WatchESPN |
| (9) Washington at Arizona | 10:30 pm | Pac-12N / Pac-12.com |