On the face of it this is a much better and more interesting week of games across the country than we were treated to a week ago. Other than watching the entire Michigan fan base self immolate over the continuing existence of the Dave Brandon/ Brady Hoke double act there was not much intrigue or action. There will be more happening this week.
Starting tonight when we will be treated to a delightful rematch of last years very weird Arizona-Oregon game. The rematch will be held in Egugene, which is awesome, but will take some of the luster off the game. There is an interesting Utah State-BYU game that will kickoff at 10:15 eastern time and presumably last until 4 AM because both teams are big fans of the four hour game as a concept.
On saturday things will get interesting at noon as Texas A&M; travels to Starkville to play the Bulldogs starting a 7 hour block of programing that could (but definitely won't) define the state of Mississippi as Ole Miss will host Alabama at 3:30. That will all be interesting, but what I want to see is Baylor and Texas because I always want to see Baylor in general, and I like seeing them battle their traditional nemesis. All of that happening between noon and about 7 PM, which is perfect, because you can ignore everything else that is happening once the Bearcats kickoff against Memphis.
| Thursday, Oct 2, 2025 | Time (ET) | TV |
| UCF @ Houston | 7:00 PM | ESPN |
| Florida Atlantic @ FIU | 7:00 PM | FSN |
| Arizona @ (2) Oregon | 10:30 PM | ESPN |
| Friday, Oct 3, 2025 | Time (ET) | TV |
| Louisville @ Syracuse | 7:00 PM | ESPN |
| San Diego State @ Fresno State | 10:00 PM | CBSS |
| Utah State @ (18) Brigham Young | 10:15 PM | ESPN |
| Saturday, Oct 4, 2025 | Time (ET) | TV |
| Ball State @ Army | 12:00 PM | |
| (20) Ohio State @ Maryland | 12:00 PM | ABC |
| Florida @ Tennessee | 12:00 PM | SECN |
| Purdue @ Illinois | 12:00 PM | ESPN2 |
| (6) Texas A&M; @ (12) Mississippi State | 12:00 PM | ESPN |
| Iowa State @ (21) Oklahoma State | 12:00 PM | FS1 |
| Marshall @ Old Dominion | 12:00 PM | FSN |
| Southern Miss @ Middle Tennessee | 12:00 PM | AMSN |
| Southern Methodist @ (22) East Carolina | 12:00 PM | ESPNU |
| Virginia Tech @ North Carolina | 12:30 PM | ESPN3/ACCN |
| Eastern Michigan @ Akron | 2:00 PM | ESPN3 |
| North Texas @ Indiana | 2:30 PM | BTN/BTN2 |
| Massachusetts @ Miami (OH) | 2:30 PM | ESPN3 |
| Tulsa @ Colorado State | 3:00 PM | |
| North Carolina State @ Clemson | 3:30 PM | ESPNU |
| Wake Forest @ (1) Florida State | 3:30 PM | ABC/ESPN3 |
| (14) Stanford @ (9) Notre Dame | 3:30 PM | NBC |
| (17) Wisconsin @ Northwestern | 3:30 PM | ESPN2 |
| (3) Alabama @ (11) Mississippi | 3:30 PM | CBS |
| (4) Oklahoma @ (25) TCU | 3:30 PM | FOX |
| (7) Baylor @ Texas | 3:30 PM | ABC |
| Navy @ Air Force | 3:30 PM | CBSS |
| New Mexico @ Texas-San Antonio | 3:30 PM | AMSN |
| Buffalo @ Bowling Green | 3:30 PM | ESPN3 |
| Ohio @ Central Michigan | 3:30 PM | ESPN3 |
| Vanderbilt @ (13) Georgia | 4:00 PM | SECN |
| Kansas @ West Virginia | 4:00 PM | FSN |
| Oregon State @ Colorado | 4:00 PM | PAC12 |
| Kent State @ Northern Illinois | 5:00 PM | ESPN3 |
| South Alabama @ Appalachian State | 6:00 PM | ESPN3 |
| Michigan @ Rutgers | 7:00 PM | BTN |
| (15) LSU @ (5) Auburn | 7:00 PM | ESPN |
| Texas Tech @ (23) Kansas State | 7:00 PM | ESPNU |
| UTEP @ Louisiana Tech | 7:00 PM | FCS |
| UAB @ Western Kentucky | 7:00 PM | |
| Hawaii @ Rice | 7:00 PM | AMSN |
| Toledo @ Western Michigan | 7:00 PM | ESPN3 |
| Louisiana-Monroe @ Arkansas State | 7:00 PM | ESPN3 |
| Georgia State @ Louisiana-Lafayette | 7:00 PM | ESPN3 |
| Idaho @ Texas State | 7:00 PM | ESPN3 |
| Memphis @ Cincinnati | 7:00 PM | CBSS |
| Miami (FL) @ Georgia Tech | 7:30 PM | ESPN2 |
| South Carolina @ Kentucky | 7:30 PM | SECN |
| Pittsburgh @ Virginia | 7:30 PM | ESPN3 |
| Arizona State @ (16) USC | 7:30 PM | FOX |
| (19) Nebraska @ (10) Michigan State | 8:00 PM | ABC |
| UNLV @ San Jose State | 8:00 PM | ESNN |
| Georgia Southern @ New Mexico State | 8:00 PM | ESPN3 |
| Utah @ (8) UCLA | 10:30 PM | ESPN |
| California @ Washington State | 10:30 PM | PAC12 |
| Boise State @ Nevada | 10:30 PM | CBSS |