Tuesday, November 17 Toledo Bowling Green 6:00 PM
(MACtion doesn't get better than this! BGSU has locked up the East and has already beaten Maryland and Purdue on the road. Toledo is in a three way tie in the West, and knocked off Arkansas in Little Rock - a team that looks like it may finish second in the vaunted SEC West. The winner will likely carry a top-25 ranking in to the Mac title game and a possible non P5 bid if Houston slips up)*
Ball State Ohio 7:00 PM
Wednesday, November 18
Central Michigan Kent State 8:00 PM
Western Michigan Northern Illinois 8:00 PM
(The second two thirds of the tie in the West)
Thursday, November 19
East Carolina UCF 7:30 PM
Louisiana Monroe Texas State 9:30 PM
Friday, November 20
Cincinnati South Florida 8:00 PM
Air Force Boise State 9:30 PM
Saturday, November 21
North Texas Middle Tennessee 12:00 PM
#21 Memphis #22 Temple 12:00 PM
(Probably a good time to point out that these rankings are out of date. A big game in the AAC nonethless. Memphis looks to recover from their collapse at Houston, while Temple is suddenly in danger of not making the AAC title game if they lose)
Florida Atlantic #11 Florida 12:00 PM
The Citadel South Carolina 12:00 PM
#23 North Carolina Virginia Tech 12:00 PM
(Despite a horrific resume which includes zero quality wins, UNC is now on the fringes of the playoff debate. They'll lock up a bid in the ACC title game with a win here, but VT is sitting at 5-5 and looking to send Frank Beamer bowling one last time. The Heels are a touchdown favorite, but something tells me the Hokies might rally one last time)
Rutgers Army 12:00 PM
West Virginia Kansas 12:00 PM
Iowa State Kansas State 12:00 PM
Purdue #5 Iowa 12:00 PM
(Iowa has a "big showdown" at Nebraska next week to finish off their undefeated season, but Purdue can do the entire CFB nation a favor and pull the shocker here. The Boilermakers did somehow manage to beat Nebraska, and only lost to Sparty, Nothwestern and BGSU by 1 score)
Indiana Maryland 12:00 PM
Illinois Minnesota 12:00 PM
#14 Michigan Penn State 12:00 PM
(You might presume from Penn State's 7-3 record that they've beaten at least one top-60 team this year, but you would be wrong. Still, they're 6-0 in Happy Valley, and Michigan hasn't exactly been dominating bad teams week in and week out.)
Georgia Tech Miami (FL) 12:30 PM
Syracuse NC State 12:30 PM
Miami (OH) Massachusetts 1:00 PM
South Alabama Georgia State 2:00 PM
Western Kentucky Florida Intl 2:30 PM
Chattanooga #16 Florida State 3:00 PM
Fresno State BYU 3:00 PM
Nevada Utah State 3:30 PM
Old Dominion Southern Mississippi 3:30 PM
Louisiana Tech UTEP 3:30 PM
#24 Houston Connecticut 3:30 PM
Buffalo Akron 3:30 PM
#9 LSU Ole Miss 3:30 PM
("I'll take, "Fat Bert's most recent meals not eaten at IHOP" for $600 please, Alex")
Wake Forest #1 Clemson 3:30 PM
(Clemson continues the pillow-fight weekend for the Top-5 as the nation waits to see if Oklahoma State and Oklahoma can break down the door)
Duke Virginia 3:30 PM
Arizona Arizona State 3:30 PM
(Both teams enter the Territorial Cup with 5 losses but coming off of strong wins over Utah and Washington respectively)
USC Oregon 3:30 PM
(Probably the two largest under-performers of their talent this year, Oregon (due to Vernon Adams' injury) and USC (due to SHATZ SHATZ SHATZ) both re-entered the rankings this week and can continue their year-end surge back to relevance)
#19 UCLA #10 Utah 3:30 PM
(Boy, did this game lose a lot of luster last weekend! Nonetheless, both teams control their Pac-12 destiny and a Rose Bowl berth may hang in the balance)
#18 Northwestern #25 Wisconsin 3:30 PM
(The official battle for "second banana in the half of the B1G with all the crappy teams and white guys")
#13 Michigan State #3 Ohio State 3:30 PM
(Game 1 of OSU's 3-game playoff march. Ironically struggling only at QB, the Buckeyes are still 13 point favorites here due to stout defense and dat runner game)
Louisville Pittsburgh 3:45 PM
Idaho Auburn 4:00 PM
Charleston Southern #2 Alabama 4:00 PM
New Mexico State Louisiana Lafayette 5:00 PM
Colorado State New Mexico 5:30 PM
Washington Oregon State 6:00 PM
#17 Mississippi State Arkansas 7:00 PM
(Yes, the team that lost to Toledo and Texas Tech is currently tearing up the SEC-West, with wins over LSU, Ole Miss and Auburn. They're narrowly favored to continue their roll here)
Georgia Southern Georgia 7:00 PM
(This is "Run GSU" for those interested. After getting blanked by West Virginia 44-0 in the opener, the Run GSU Runnin' Runners have gone 7-1, with all 7 victories coming by 20+. The Dawgs are only favored by 14 here at home)
#20 Navy Tulsa 7:00 PM
Rice Texas San Antonio 7:00 PM
Tennessee Missouri 7:15 PM
Texas A&M Vanderbilt 7:30 PM
Boston College #4 Notre Dame 7:30 PM
(The pillowfight continues in the Catholic Conflict 2k15. (You heard that phrase here first!))
Charlotte Kentucky 7:30 PM
#6 Baylor #8 Oklahoma State 7:30 PM
(Fittingly enough, the entire day builds to the massive pair of Big-12 showdowns. I suspect Cowboy State will be ahead of Notre Dame when the rankings come out tomorrow, but even if they're not, they certainly will be if they win here. Baylor's likely boned themselves with that awful noncon, but a win here keeps them orbiting the playoffs ready to swoop in in case of chaos)
#15 TCU #12 Oklahoma 8:00 PM
(Doctson and Boykin are both questionable, which does not bode well given what the Frogs looked like against woeful Kansas without their star power. Sagarin's #1 power rated team continues their late season surge towards a playoff berth)
Tulane SMU 8:00 PM
San Diego State UNLV 10:30 PM
California #7 Stanford 10:30 PM
(The Big Game! Cal started 5-0 then lost 4 straight before coming up for air against Oregon State to the tune of six JGTDs. A win at Stanford would make this season a pretty clear success. Stanford and Oregon continued their annual tradition of ruining each others' title hopes, and the Card must now recenter themselves on a Rose Bowl bid)
Colorado Washington State 10:45 PM
(Wazzu's ranked for the first time in 952 years! They look like they'll make it two consecutive weeks if they can beat the close-but-no-cigar Buffs. Mike Leach continues his strange Pirate ways, leading his men to victory on the road at Oregon and at UCLA and at Arizona and losing to Portland State at home seemingly just to remind us how little of a **** he gives about what you think)
San José State Hawaii 11:00 PM
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Last edited by GoldenBears; 11-16-2015 at 10:35 PM.
Cannot wait to be at The Horseshoe with my brother on Saturday to LOLSPARTY and see the final home games for Braxton, Bosa, and several others. Gonna be a blast.