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After a week of almost entirely cupcake games, actual competitive football returns for Week 3.
| GAME | TIME/SCORE | TV |
| M. Tenn. St. at Bowling Green | 12:00 PM | ESP3 |
| S.C. State at Clemson | 12:00 PM | ESP3 |
| N. Dakota St. at Iowa | 12:00 PM | |
| Florida St. at Louisville | 12:00 PM | ABC |
| Kansas at Memphis | 12:00 PM | ESPU |
| Akron at Marshall | 12:00 PM | CBSSN |
| Temple at Penn St. | 12:00 PM | BTN |
| Iowa St. at TCU | 12:00 PM | FS1 |
| Ohio at Tennessee | 12:00 PM | SECN |
| Georgia State at Wisconsin | 12:00 PM | BTN |
| Miami (Fla.) at Appalachian St. | 12:00 PM | |
| New Mexico at Rutgers | 12:00 PM | ESNN |
| Vanderbilt at Georgia Tech | 12:30 PM | ESP3 |
| Virginia at Connecticut | 1:30 PM | ESP3 |
| Colgate at Yale | 1:30 PM | |
| NC A&T at Tulsa | 2:00 PM | ESP3 |
| Idaho at Washington St. | 2:00 PM | PACN |
| FAU at Kansas St. | 2:30 PM | |
| E. Kentucky at Ball St. | 3:00 PM | ESP3 |
| Fresno St. at Toledo | 3:00 PM | ESP3 |
| UNLV at C. Michigan | 3:00 PM | ESP3 |
| James Madison at North Carolina | 3:30 PM | ESP3 |
| Oregon at Nebraska | 3:30 PM | ABC |
| San Diego St. at Northern Illinois | 3:30 PM | CBSSN |
| Pittsburgh at Oklahoma St. | 3:30 PM | ESPN |
| South Florida at Syracuse | 3:30 PM | |
| FIU at Massachusetts | 3:30 PM | |
| W. Kentucky at Miami (Ohio) | 3:30 PM | ESP3 |
| Colorado at Michigan | 3:30 PM | BTN |
| Monmouth at Kent St. | 3:30 PM | ESP3 |
| Towson at Villanova | 3:30 PM | |
| Boston College at Virginia Tech | 3:30 PM | ESPU |
| Alabama at Ole Miss | 3:30 PM | CBS |
| N. Colorado at Colorado St. | 4:00 PM | |
| W. Michigan at Illinois | 4:00 PM | ESNN |
| New Mexico St. at Kentucky | 4:00 PM | SECN |
| East Carolina at South Carolina | 4:00 PM | SECN |
| Idaho State at Oregon St. | 5:00 PM | PACN |
| Old Dominion at NC State | 6:00 PM | |
| La.-Monroe at Ga. Southern | 6:00 PM | ESP3 |
| Delaware at Wake Forest | 6:30 PM | |
| Navy at Tulane | 7:00 PM | ESP3 |
| Northwestern St. at Cent. Arkansas | 7:00 PM | |
| Texas A&M at Auburn | 7:00 PM | |
| Maryland at UCF | 7:00 PM | CBSSN |
| Mississippi St. at LSU | 7:00 PM | |
| Troy at Southern Miss | 7:00 PM | |
| South Alabama at UL Lafayette | 7:00 PM | ESP3 |
| Army West Point at UTEP | 7:00 PM | |
| Louisiana Tech at Texas Tech | 7:00 PM | |
| Liberty at SMU | 7:00 PM | ESP3 |
| Georgia at Missouri | 7:30 PM | SECN |
| North Texas at Florida | 7:30 PM | ESPU |
| Texas State at Arkansas | 7:30 PM | SECN |
| Ohio St. at Oklahoma | 7:30 PM | FOX |
| Michigan St. at Notre Dame | 7:30 PM | NBC |
| Duke at Northwestern | 8:00 PM | BTN |
| USC at Stanford | 8:00 PM | ABC |
| Portland St. at Washington | 8:00 PM | PACN |
| Buffalo at Nevada | 9:00 PM | |
| UCLA at BYU | 10:15 PM | |
| Utah at San Jose St. | 10:30 PM | CBSSN |
| Texas at California | 10:30 PM | |
| Hawaii at Arizona | 10:45 PM | PACN |
There are some really good games today.
The headliner is an early one of top 10 teams:
#2 Florida State at #10 Louisville, 12pm, ABC
Any matchup of top 10 teams is a must watch, and this is no exception. Louisville is the highest scoring team in the nation at a whopping 66 points per game. And that's not with the benefit of mopping up an FCS team, they dropped 70 on UNC Charlotte and 62 on Syracuse, both of which are FBS teams. Florida State came back from a 28-6 deficit vs Ole Miss in Week 1, so this could be quite a game.
There are quite a few other games of note:
#1 Alabama at #19 Ole Miss, 3:30 CBS
Last season these teams met at this time of year in Tuscaloosa and Ole Miss prevailed 43-37.
#3 Ohio State at #14 Oklahoma, 7:30 on Fox
After being upset by Houston in the season opener, Oklahoma needs to bounce back against stiff competition. Ohio State is rolling though, averaging 62.5 points per game against FBS teams, the 2nd best rate in the nation, and sporting the third best defense so far with just 6.5 points per game. It could get ugly.
#12 Michigan State at #18 Notre Dame, 7:30 on NBC
These teams have a knack for playing it close. In 2013, Notre Dame won 17-13 in a game that came down to a fourth down play, and in 2010 Michigan State won in OT 34-31 in a game so tense that MSU head coach Mark Dantonio suffered a heart attack after the game.
#22 Oregon at Nebraska, Mississippi State at #20 LSU and #17 Texas A&M at Auburn are also of note.