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The first week of the college football season was billed as perhaps the best weekend in college football history. And week one lived up to the hype! There were dramatic finishes, historic comebacks, and some spectacular true freshman quarterback play.
The second week of college football could be the least exciting weekend in college football history though (at least on paper). There are zero match-ups of top 25 ranked teams and to top it off Oregon State has a bye! But alas not all hope is lost. For starters, College Game Day is at Bristol Motor Speedway, where #14 Tennessee is taking on Virginia Tech. ‘The Battle of Bristol’ will be held at Richmond International Raceway and is expected to draw a crowd of more than 150,000 fans, which would be a college football record.
Also, the Utah Utes of the Pac-12 South will be taking on bitter rival BYU in the ‘holy war’. Tensions are high on both sides of the rivalry and it should be an exciting, emotion-driven game. There are also plenty of highly ranked teams playing ‘cupcake’ type games, which means I’m sure there will be a shocking upset or two.
Here’s the complete college football schedule:
| Friday, Sept. 9, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Matchup | Time (ET) | TV / Online |
| Maryland at FIU | 7:30 pm | CBSSN / CBSSports.com |
| (13) Louisville at Syracuse | 8:00 pm | ESPN2 / WatchESPN |
| Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Matchup | Time (ET) | TV / Online |
| Penn State at Pittsburgh | Noon | ESPN / WatchESPN |
| UCF at (5) Michigan | Noon | ABC / WatchESPN |
| Central Michigan at (22) Oklahoma State | Noon | FS1 / FS Go |
| Lamar at (6) Houston | Noon | ASN / WatchESPN |
| Nicholls State at (9) Georgia | Noon | SECN / WatchESPN |
| Prairie View A&M at (20) Texas A&M | Noon | SECN Alt. / WatchESPN |
| Wyoming at Nebraska | Noon | ESPN2 / WatchESPN |
| NC State at East Carolina | Noon | ESPNU / WatchESPN |
| Cincinnati at Purdue | Noon | BTN / BTN2Go |
| Boston College at UMass | Noon | ASN/SNY / WatchESPN |
| Rice at Army | Noon | CBSSN / CBSSports.com |
| Howard at Rutgers | Noon | BTN / BTN2Go |
| Indiana State at Minnesota | Noon | ESPNEWS / WatchESPN |
| Troy at (2) Clemson | 12:30 pm | ACCN / WatchESPN |
| Charleston Southern at (3) Florida State | 12:30 pm | FSN Affiliates / ACC-RSN / WatchESPN |
| Stony Brook at Temple | 1:00 pm | WatchESPN |
| Utah State at USC | 2:00 pm | Pac-12N / Pac-12.com |
| Youngstown State at West Virginia | 2:00 pm | ROOT SPORTS |
| Georgia State at Air Force | 2:00 pm | MWN |
| Ohio at Kansas | 2:30 pm | FSN / FS Go |
| Mercer at Georgia Tech | 3:00 pm | ACCNExtra / WatchESPN |
| Western Kentucky at (1) Alabama | 3:30 pm | ESPN2 / WatchESPN |
| Tulsa at (4) Ohio State | 3:30 pm | ABC / WatchESPN |
| Akron at (10) Wisconsin | 3:30 pm | BTN / BTN2Go |
| Nevada at (18) Notre Dame | 3:30 pm | NBC / NBCSports.com |
| SMU at (23) Baylor | 3:30 pm | FS1 / FS Go |
| Kentucky at Florida | 3:30 pm | CBS / CBSSports.com |
| Wake Forest at Duke | 3:30 pm | ESPNU / WatchESPN |
| UConn at Navy | 3:30 pm | CBSSN / CBSSports.com |
| Illinois State at Northwestern | 3:30 pm | BTN / BTN2Go |
| North Dakota at Bowling Green | 3:30 pm | ASN/ALT / WatchESPN |
| Eastern Illinois at Miami (OH) | 3:30 pm | WatchESPN |
| Old Dominion at Appalachian State | 3:30 pm | ASN / WatchESPN |
| Wofford at (19) Ole Miss | 4:00 pm | SECN / WatchESPN |
| Ball State at Indiana | 4:00 pm | ESPNEWS / WatchESPN |
| Middle Tennessee at Vanderbilt | 4:00 pm | SECN Alt. / WatchESPN |
| UTSA at Colorado State | 4:00 pm | MWN |
| Portland State at San Jose State | 4:30 pm | Not Televised |
| Idaho at (8) Washington | 5:00 pm | Pac-12N / Pac-12.com |
| Idaho State at Colorado | 5:30 pm | Pac-12N / Pac-12.com |
| Elon at Charlotte | 6:00 pm | C-USA.tv |
| Florida Atlantic at (25) Miami (FL) | 6:00 pm | ACCNExtra / WatchESPN |
| Morgan State at Marshall | 6:00 pm | beIN SPORTS / Stream |
| North Carolina A&T at Kent State | 6:00 pm | WatchESPN |
| Arkansas at (15) TCU | 7:00 pm | ESPN / WatchESPN |
| UTEP at (11) Texas | 7:00 pm | LHN / WatchESPN |
| ULM at (14) Oklahoma | 7:00 pm | PPV |
| South Carolina at Mississippi State | 7:00 pm | ESPN2 / WatchESPN |
| Northern Illinois at USF | 7:00 pm | CBSSN / CBSSports.com |
| Bethune Cookman at North Texas | 7:00 pm | C-USA.tv |
| Maine at Toledo | 7:00 pm | WatchESPN |
| Georgia Southern at South Alabama | 7:00 pm | ASN / WatchESPN |
| McNeese State at UL Lafayette | 7:00 pm | WatchESPN |
| NC Central at Western Michigan | 7:00 pm | WatchESPN |
| Savannah State at Southern Miss | 7:00 pm | TBA |
| SC State at Louisiana Tech | 7:00 pm | C-USA.tv |
| Iowa State at (16) Iowa | 7:30 pm | BTN / BTN2Go |
| Jacksonville State at (21) LSU | 7:30 pm | ESPNU / WatchESPN |
| Arkansas State at Auburn | 7:30 pm | SECN / WatchESPN |
| BYU at Utah | 7:30 pm | FOX / FS Go |
| Eastern Michigan at Missouri | 7:30 pm | SECN Alt. / WatchESPN |
| North Carolina at Illinois | 7:30 pm | BTN / BTN2Go |
| New Mexico at New Mexico State | 8:00 pm | AggieVision / WatchESPN |
| Southern at Tulane | 8:00 pm | WatchESPN |
| (17) Tennessee vs. Virginia Tech (at Bristol Motor Speedway) | 8:00 pm | ABC / WatchESPN |
| UNLV at UCLA | 8:00 pm | Pac-12N / Pac-12.com |
| Sacramento State at Fresno State | 10:00 pm | TBA |
| Texas Tech at Arizona State | 10:00 pm | FS1 / FS Go |
| Washington State at Boise State | 10:15 pm | ESPN2 / WatchESPN |
| Virginia at (24) Oregon | 10:30 pm | ESPN / WatchESPN |
| California at San Diego State | 10:30 pm | CBSSN / CBSSports.com |
| Grambling State at Arizona | 10:45 pm | Pac-12N / Pac-12.com |
| UT Martin at Hawaii | 12:00 a.m. | OceanicPPV |