4 with the winner advancing to the Celebration Bowl on Dec. The SWAC title game will air on ESPNU on Dec. The Alabama State Hornets go against the SEC’s Auburn Tigers while the Texas Southern Tigers will face the Big 12’s Baylor Bears. Included on the schedule are a pair of games between SWAC teams against Power Five teams on Sept. 16 when they face the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats on ESPNU. Reigning SWAC champion Alabama A&M Bulldogs will play their first of six games scheduled to be aired by ESPN and its networks on Sept. The next day will see the second conference game on the ESPN schedule when the Jackson State Tigers go up against the Florida A&M Rattlers in the returning Orange Blossom Classic on ESPN2 in what will be FAMU’s first SWAC conference game. 4 when the Prarie View A&M Panthers face the Texas Southern Tigers. The first game in the conference to be featured in the ESPN schedule will be on Sept. Georgia has allowed only 23 total points during its 5-0 start, which includes shutouts each of the past two weeks against Vanderbilt and Arkansas. Meanwhile, the Bulldogs seek another dominant defensive performance against the Tigers. Last week, Ole Miss lost at Alabama and Arkansas fell at Georgia. The Rebels and Razorbacks are each looking to bounce back from their respective first losses of the season. 2 Georgia is going on the road to face No. There are two other games featuring a pair of ranked teams on Saturday, both of which are in the SEC. College GameDay (branded as ESPN College GameDay built by the Home Depot for sponsorship reasons) is a pre-game show broadcast by ESPN as part of the networks coverage of college football, broadcast on Saturday mornings during the college football season, prior to the start of games with a 12:00 pm ET kickoff. "It's a feeling that not a lot of people get to experience, so enjoy the experience, but when we touch the field, it's time to lock in because we've got a job to do," Longhorns linebacker DeMarvion Overshown said, per Stephen Hawkins of the Associated Press.
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12 Oklahoma State the following Saturday.īefore that, Texas will play in one of the top rivalry series in college football this week. Mater Dei in Open Division championship game at Saddleback College. Not only that, the Longhorns have the potential to pick up big wins each of the next two weeks against Big 12 rivals, as they'll take on No. MaxPreps Top 25 football rankings - Zack PoffTop-ranked Monarchs face Serra on Dec. In the Big 12, Texas is still in the conference championship picture because its only loss so far came against an SEC opponent (a 40-21 defeat to Arkansas on Sept. It was Iowa's first win over Penn State since 2010. Penn State had won six straight games against Iowa before the Hawkeyes won 41-21 in State College, Pa., last year. And it's possible they could run into the Hawkeyes again in the Big 10 Championship Game, if they get there. After this game, they'll still have matchups against No. If the Nittany Lions are going to win the Big Ten title, they're going to have to run the gauntlet of the conference's top teams. "I think everybody knows that's the storyline in this game," Penn State head coach James Franklin said, per John Bohnenkamp of the Associated Press. The Nittany Lions are allowing 12 points per game and have nine takeaways. The Hawkeyes are allowing only 11.6 points per game and has 12 interceptions, the most in the nation. While Oklahoma-Texas will feature a lot of offense, Iowa-Penn State is going to be all about the defense. The Hawkeyes and Nittany Lions are both off to impressive 5-0 starts, and the winner of this game will become the clear front-runner to win the conference championship this season. Through four weeks of the 2018 season, the SECs elite teams have separated themselves from the rest of the conference. 4 Penn State in a huge Big 10 clash in Iowa City. But it isn't the only matchup featuring a pair of ranked teams, and it may not even be the one that has the biggest impact on the College Football Playoff picture.
Oklahoma-Texas should be among Saturday's best games. 14 Notre Dame at Virginia Tech, 7:30 p.m.
11 Michigan State at Rutgers, noon ET, Big Ten Network Here's everything you need to know heading into another packed weekend slate in Week 6. It's the first time the popular college football kickoff show will be at the Cotton Bowl Stadium since the 2018 Red River Showdown, which was also the last time Texas defeated Oklahoma. ESPN's College GameDay will be airing live from Dallas beginning at 9 a.m.