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Last Saturday, college football fans around the country tuned in for the opening week of the sports 2018 season, but we at Acme Packing Company were far more attuned to the roster cuts taking place around the NFL. However, the second Saturday of college ball comes without the distraction of roster cuts, meaning we are free to focus our attentions today on the NFL players of future years.
This week, there aren’t many particularly impressive games. Unlike opening week, which had a top-ten matchup and a few more top-25 clashes, there are just two games between ranked teams, with a single game featuring both teams in the top 20.
That game comes in the evening, as Stanford hosts USC for the start of Pac-12 play. This game is a rematch of the Pac-12 title game from last year, which USC won by a narrow 31-28 margin with future #3 overall pick Sam Darnold under center. The other ranked game comes in the SEC this afternoon, with South Carolina hosting number three Georgia.
Here’s your schedule for today’s games, so go forth and enjoy the day’s college football excitement!
Early Games
#18 Mississippi State Bulldogs at Kansas State Wildcats
Bill Snyder Memorial Stadium, Manhattan, KS
11:00 AM CT (12 Noon ET)
ESPN
Western Michigan Broncos at #21 Michigan Wolverines
Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, MI
12:00 Noon ET
FOX Sports 1
New Mexico Lobos at #5 Wisconsin Badgers
Camp Randall Stadium, Madison, WI
11:00 AM CT (12 Noon ET)
BTN
UCLA Bruins at #6 Oklahoma Sooners
Memorial Stadium, Norman, OK
12:00 Noon CT (1:00 PM ET)
FOX
Afternoon Games
Rutgers Scarlet Knights at #4 Ohio State Buckeyes
Ohio Stadium, Columbus, OH
3:30 PM ET
BTN
Arkansas State Red Wolves at #1 Alabama Crimson Tide
Bryant-Denny Stadium, Tuscaloosa, AL
2:30 PM CT (3:30 ET)
ESPN2
#3 Georgia Bulldogs at South Carolina Gamecocks
Williams-Brice Stadium, Columbia, SC
3:30 PM ET
CBS
Ball State Cardinals at #8 Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IN
3:30 PM ET
NBC
Iowa State Cyclones vs. Iowa Hawkeyes
Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, IA
4:00 PM CT (5:00 ET)
FOX
North Dakota Fighting Hawks at #9 Washington Huskies
Husky Stadium, Seattle, WA
2:00 PM PT (5:00 ET)
PAC-12 Network
Evening Kickoffs
#2 Clemson Tigers at Texas A&M Aggies
Kyle Field, College Station, TX
6:00 PM CT (7:00 ET)
ESPN
#13 Penn State Nittany Lions at Pittsburgh Panthers
Heinz Field, Pittsburgh, PA
8:00 PM ET
ABC
#17 USC Trojans at #10 Stanford Cardinal
Stanford Stadium, Stanford, CA
5:30 PM PT (8:30 ET)
FOX
Connecticut Huskies at #20 Boise State Broncos
Albertsons Stadium, Boise, ID
8:15 PM MT (10:15 ET)
ESPNU
#15 Michigan State Spartans at Arizona State Sun Devils
Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, AZ
8:45 PM MT (10:45 ET)
ESPN