:format(webp)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/65291981/883585204.jpg.0.jpg)
Finally, college football fans have a week with some great-looking matchups on the schedule! Two games this weekend pit top-15 teams against one another, with one featuring a pair of teams in the top seven.
In the early slate, there’s really one good option for fans of the sport, and it features the Wisconsin Badgers. Paul Chryst’s 13th-ranked team hosts the 11th-ranked Michigan Wolverines at Camp Randall Stadium, as the two teams play each other for the third straight year despite being in opposite divisions in the Big Ten. The home team has dominated the past two years, with Michigan winning 38-13 a year ago and Wisconsin earning a 24-10 victory in 2017.
In the evening, we get the premier matchup of the weekend, as #7 Notre Dame travels south to play the third-ranked Georgia Bulldogs. These two teams met two years ago in South Bend, when Georgia scored a late field goal to earn a 20-19 victory. Tune in this evening to see which of these teams takes a big hit to their playoff chances.
Here’s your schedule and open thread for today’s games.
College Football Week 8 Schedule
| Visiting Team | Home Team | Venue | City | Kickoff Time (ET) | TV Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visiting Team | Home Team | Venue | City | Kickoff Time (ET) | TV Network |
| #2 Clemson | Louisville | Cardinal Stadium | Louisville, KY | 12:00 PM | ABC |
| West Virginia | #5 Oklahoma | Memorial Stadium | Norman, OK | 12:00 PM | FOX |
| #9 Florida | South Carolina | Williams-Brice Stadium | Columbia, SC | 12:00 PM | ESPN |
| Purdue | #23 Iowa | Kinnick Stadium | Iowa City, IA | 12:00 PM | ESPN2 |
| #11 Auburn | Arkansas | Razorback Stadium | Fayetteville, AR | 12:00 PM | SEC Network |
| #6 Wisconsin | Illinois | Memorial Stadium | Champaign, IL | 12:00 PM | BTN |
| #12 Oregon | #25 Washington | Husky Stadium | Seattle, WA | 3:30 PM | ABC |
| #2 LSU | Mississippi State | Davis Wade Stadium | Starkville, MS | 3:30 PM | CBS |
| Temple | #19 SMU | Gerald J. Ford Field | Dallas, TX | 3:30 PM | ESPN2 |
| Tulsa | #21 Cincinnati | Nippert Stadium | Cincinnati, OH | 3:30 PM | ESPNU |
| #20 Minnesota | Rutgers | High Point Solutions Field | Piscataway, NJ | 3:30 PM | BTN |
| #18 Baylor | Oklahoma State | Boone Pickens Stadium | Stillwater, OK | 4:00 PM | FOX |
| #22 Missouri | Vanderbilt | Vanderbilt Stadium | Nashville, TN | 4:00 PM | SEC Network |
| Kentucky | #10 Georgia | Sanford Stadium | Athens, GA | 6:00 PM | ESPN |
| #17 Arizona State | #13 Utah | Rice-Eccles Stadium | Salt Lake City, UT | 6:00 PM | Pac-12 Network |
| Kansas | #15 Texas | Royal Memorial Stadium | Austin, TX | 7:00 PM | Longhorn Netwokrk |
| #16 Michigan | #7 Penn State | Beaver Stadium | University Park, PA | 7:30 PM | ABC |
| Tennessee | #1 Alabama | Bryant-Denny Stadium | Tuscaloosa, AL | 9:00 PM | ESPN |
| #14 Boise State | BYU | LaVell Edwards Stadium | Provo, UT | 10:15 PM | ESPN2 |