Three pretty exciting things about college football’s Week 10: it’s November now, we have Playoff rankings now, and one of the annual biggest games is Saturday night. And there are plenty of other good games, too, because there always are.
Your college football schedule Watchability Grid, Week 10: What to watch, when, and how
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Below, a weekend schedule guide with TV times and streaming info, sorted by watchability (as in, a subjective combo of stakes, quality, competitiveness, and what else is going on at the time).
This likely won’t be a c h a o s weekend, with only two games between two ranked teams (Alabama-LSU and Nebraska-Ohio State) and most other ranked teams favored by big spreads. Safe and secure all around! When you feel like that, that’s how you know when a chaos weekend is about to strike. So we’re well on course for fun.
(Weeknights removed, for your Saturday convenience.
| Watch THIS | Maybe watch this | This is a football game | |
| 11:30 a.m. ET | Navy vs. Notre Dame CBS, CBSSports.com | ||
| Noon ET | Texas - Texas Tech FS1, Fox Sports Go | #4 Texas A&M - Miss. State SEC Network, WatchESPN | Vanderbilt - #9 Auburn ESPN, WatchESPN |
| #7 Louisville - BC ESPN2, WatchESPN | Michigan State - Illinois ESPNews, WatchESPN | ||
| #8 Wisconsin - Northwestern ABC, WatchESPN | Indiana - Rutgers BTN, BTN2Go | ||
| Air Force - Army CBSSN | Georgia Southern - Ole Miss ESPNU, WatchESPN | ||
| 12:30 | Georgia Tech - #21 UNC ACC Network, WatchESPN | ||
| Pitt - Miami ACC Network, WatchESPN | |||
| 2:30 | UTSA - MTSU WatchESPN | ||
| 3 | Virginia - Wake Forest ACC Network, WatchESPN | ||
| Watch THIS | Maybe watch this | This is a football game | |
| 3:30 | #11 Florida - Arkansas CBS, CBSSports.com | Syracuse - #2 Clemson ABC/ESPN2, WatchESPN | Maryland - #3 Michigan ESPN, WatchESPN |
| TCU - #17 Baylor Fox, Fox Sports Go | Texas State - App State WatchESPN | ||
| #18 Oklahoma State - KSU ABC/ESPN2, WatchESPN | BYU - Cincinnati CBSSN | ||
| #19 Virginia Tech - Duke ESPNU, WatchESPN | Fresno State - Colorado State Root | ||
| Purdue - Minnesota BTN, BTN2Go | |||
| FAU - Rice WatchESPN | |||
| Charlotte - Southern Miss ASN | |||
| Oregon State - Stanford FS1, Fox Sports Go | |||
| UMass - Troy WatchESPN | |||
| 4 | Arizona - #25 Washington State Pac-12 Networks | Missouri - South Carolina SEC Network, WatchESPN | |
| Memphis - SMU ESPNews, WatchESPN | |||
| Tenn. Tech - Tennessee SEC Network, WatchESPN | |||
| 5 | Idaho - UL Lafayette WatchESPN | ||
| Tulane - UCF WatchESPN | |||
| South Alabama - ULM WatchESPN | |||
| 5:30 | LA Tech - North Texas WatchESPN | ||
| FIU - WKU beIN Sports | |||
| Watch THIS | Maybe watch this | This is a football game | |
| 7 | #22 FSU - NC State ESPNU, WatchESPN | Kansas - #20 West Virginia ESPN2, WatchESPN | |
| Hawaii - San Diego State CBSSN | Marshall - ODU ASN | ||
| Oregon - USC ESPN, WatchESPN | |||
| 7:30 | Iowa - #12 Penn State BTN, BTN2Go | Georgia - Kentucky SEC Network, WatchESPN | |
| 8 | #1 Alabama - #13 LSU CBS, CBSSports.com | #10 Nebraska - #6 Ohio State ABC, WatchESPN | ECU - Tulsa ESPNews, WatchESPN |
| Houston Baptist - UTEP ConferenceUSA.com | |||
| 10:15 | Utah State - Wyoming ESPN2, WatchESPN | Nevada - New Mexico ESPNU, WatchESPN | |
| 10:30 | #5 Washington - Cal ESPN, WatchESPN | ||
| Watch THIS | Maybe watch this | This is a football game |
Notes on the WATCH THIS games, at least two of which will be controversial choices.
- The early slate is loaded with pretty good games, but no clear standouts. I’ll recommend two Big 12 teams not playing defense to jolt you into your Saturday. Can Charlie Strong hang onto his job after all? Can he pass some hot-seat mojo along to Kliff Kingsbury?
- Yeah! A Florida game! Here we have Arkansas, which has tended over recent years to play wild games, hosting a largely untested No. 11 team. As was the case earlier, there are plenty of fine options, though.
- One of the year’s most-hyped games is the obvious evening pick. If Bama-LSU is a blowout, there’s another all-ranked game kicking off at the same time. If both are blowouts, we might be staring down a bad Saturday. Since it’s impossible to have a bad Saturday, that can’t happen. Reason.
- The late game is also easy: an undefeated conference leader with a newfound chip on its shoulder, thanks to the Playoff rankings, heading to play one of the nation’s premier chaos teams.
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