Week 5 brings the kind of college football menu that keeps fans glued to the screen from noon into the night. The headline acts are hard to miss: No.
5 Ohio State heads to No. 14 Iowa in a Big Ten clash with real bite, while the SEC has unbeaten-on-unbeaten pressure points with No.
16 Mississippi State hosting No. 7 Alabama and No.
8 Florida visiting No. 25 Missouri.
And that’s before you get to the other road tests waiting for unbeaten teams. No.
3 Notre Dame goes to North Carolina, No. 10 BYU travels to TCU, No.
4 Miami heads to Clemson and No. 12 Texas Tech is at Colorado.
The weekend starts Friday night with Virginia Tech at Pitt at 7 p.m. on ESPN, Delaware at Liberty at 7 p.m. on CBSSN, Northwestern at Penn State at 8 p.m. on Fox and Idaho at Montana State at 10:30 p.m. on ESPN.
Saturday’s slate is stacked from the jump. North Carolina meets No.
3 Notre Dame at noon on ESPN, No. 16 Mississippi State faces No.
7 Alabama at noon on ABC, and No. 20 Houston takes on UCF at noon on ESPN2.
Also in the early window: No. 21 SMU at Boston College on The CW, Minnesota at Michigan on Fox, Wake Forest at Stanford on ACCN, Iowa State at West Virginia on TNT, Air Force at Navy on CBS, UConn at Syracuse on CBSSN and Kansas at Middle Tennessee on ESPNU.
The 12:30 p.m. slot has Wisconsin at Michigan State on BTN, followed by No. 2 Georgia at Vanderbilt at 12:45 p.m. on SECN. Buffalo at Western Michigan and Ball State at Toledo both stream on ESPN app in the early afternoon.
The 3:30 p.m. block is loaded with ranked games and conference matchups. No.
14 Iowa at No. 5 Ohio State airs on CBS, No.
25 Missouri at No. 8 Florida on ABC and No.
17 Tennessee at Auburn on ESPN. Florida State visits Virginia on ESPN2, NC State plays Louisville on ACCN, UNLV is at Cal on CBSSN and North Dakota State meets Wyoming on The CW.
The ESPN app also carries Charlotte at Memphis, UAB at Samford, Central Michigan at Akron, UMass at Eastern Michigan, Kent State at Ohio U., Miami (Ohio) at Bowling Green and Georgia State at Old Dominion.
James Madison visits Marshall at 3:45 p.m. on ESPNU. Nebraska and Maryland kick at 4 p.m. on FS1, while New Mexico at UTEP is set for 4 p.m. on MW+.
South Carolina visits No. 24 Kentucky at 4:15 p.m. on SECN, and Illinois meets Purdue at 4:15 p.m. on BTN.
Later on, Colorado State visits Oregon State at 6 p.m. on USA Network, and Florida Atlantic plays Texas Southern at 6 p.m. on ESPN app. At 7 p.m., TCU hosts No. 10 BYU on ESPN, Texas A&M meets Arkansas on ESPN2, Rice visits UTSA on ESPN app, Coastal Carolina plays Georgia Southern on ESPN app and South Alabama faces UL Monroe on ESPN app.
The night slate keeps rolling. Clemson hosts No.
4 Miami at 7:30 p.m. on ABC, Colorado visits No. 12 Texas Tech at 7:30 p.m. on Fox, No.
18 USC plays Washington at 7:30 p.m. on NBC and Peacock, and No. 22 Boise State meets Utah State at 7:30 p.m. on CBSSN.
South Florida at Temple is on ESPNU at 7:30 p.m., and Louisiana Tech at Army streams on ESPN app. No.
11 LSU hosts McNeese at 7:45 p.m. on SECN.
Rutgers visits No. 6 Indiana at 8 p.m. on BTN, Louisiana plays Arkansas State on ESPN app, Washington State visits Fresno State at 9:30 p.m. on USA Network, Arizona State travels to Baylor at 10:30 p.m. on ESPN, San Diego State meets Texas State at 10:30 p.m. on The CW and UC Davis visits Eastern Washington at 10:30 p.m. on ESPN2. Arizona closes out the Fox window at 11 p.m. against Cincinnati, and Hawaii at San Jose State is set for 11:59 p.m.
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