What college football games are today? Texas-Michigan headlines Saturday's action
The 12-team playoff era of college football is underway and the first games of the 2024 season provided plenty of intriguing storylines and developments to digest. But Saturday's schedule, which features 75 Week 2 games involving at least one FBS team, offers up a little bit of everything now that what's happening on the field starts to carry more weight than the speculation of preseason polls.
There's a top-10 showdown between No. 3 Texas and No. 9 Michigan in the noon (ET) television window and then a top-25 showdown between No. 12 Tennessee and No. 23 North Carolina State in primetime Saturday night. There are conference games in the Big Ten, SEC, ACC and Big 12, and regional non-conference rivalry games (Iowa State at No. 21 Iowa and Colorado at Nebraska). There's even a familiar Group of Five conference playoff hopeful (Boise State) getting a chance at a marquee win against one of the Big Ten's newest arrivals (No. 6 Oregon) to wrap up the weekend.
We already saw a few unexpected results in Week 1, and there seem to be more opportunities for upsets this week as college football sorts itself out in this first month of the first season with a 12-team playoff.
Here's the full schedule for Saturday during Week 2 of the 2024 college football season, including game times and how to watch:
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College Football Week 2 schedule
Saturday, September 7
All times Eastern
No. 3 Texas at No. 9 Michigan: 12 p.m. on FOX
Bowling Green at No. 8 Penn State: 12 p.m. on Big Ten Network
Arkansas at No. 17 Oklahoma State: 12 p.m. on ABC and ESPN+
No. 16 Kansas State at Tulane: 12 p.m. on ESPN
No. 23 Georgia Tech at Syracuse: 12 p.m. on ACC Network
Pittsburgh at Cincinnati: 12 p.m. on ESPN2
Troy at Memphis: 12 p.m. on ESPNU
Akron at Rutgers: 12 p.m. on Big Ten Network
Army at Florida Atlantic: 12 p.m. on CBS Sports Network
Rhode Island at Minnesota: 12 p.m. on Peacock
Merrimack at UConn: 12 p.m. on WFSB (in Connecticut), UCONN+
McNeese State at Texas A&M: 12:45 p.m. on SEC Network
Tennessee Tech at No. 1 Georgia: 2 p.m. on ESPN+
Missouri State at Ball State: 2 p.m. on ESPN+
St. Francis at Kent State: 2:30 p.m. on ESPN+
Utah Tech at UNLV: 3 p.m. on MW Network
Northern Illinois at No. 7 Notre Dame: 3:30 p.m. on NBC and Peacock
Baylor at No. 11 Utah: 3:30 p.m. on FOX
Iowa State at No. 21 Iowa: 3:30 p.m. on CBS and Paramount+
South Carolina at Kentucky: 3:30 p.m. on ABC and ESPN+
California at Auburn: 3:30 p.m. on ESPN2
Michigan State at Maryland: 3:30 p.m. on Big Ten Network
Eastern Michigan at No. 25 Washington: 3:30 p.m. on Big Ten Network
South Dakota at Wisconsin: 3:30 p.m. on FS1
Charlotte at North Carolina: 3:30 p.m. on ACC Network
Temple at Navy: 3:30 p.m. on CBS Sports Network
Idaho at Wyoming: 3:30 p.m. on TruTV and Max
Jacksonville State at No. 24 Louisville: 3:30 on ESPN+
Duquesne at Boston College: 3:30 p.m. on ESPN+
UMass at Toledo: 3:30 p.m. on ESPN+
UTSA at Texas State: 4 p.m. on ESPNU
Middle Tennessee State at No. 5 Ole Miss: 4:15 p.m. on SEC Network
Marshall at Virginia Tech: 4:30 p.m. on The CW Network
Florida A&M at No. 15 Miami: 6 p.m. on ESPN+
Albany at West Virginia: 6 p.m. on ESPN+
Central Michigan at Florida International: 6 p.m. on ESPN+
Gardner-Webb at James Madison: 6 p.m. on ESPN+
East Carolina at Old Dominion: 6 p.m. on ESPN+
South Alabama at Ohio: 6 p.m. on ESPN+
Sam Houston at UCF: 6:30 p.m. on ESPN+
South Florida at No. 4 Alabama: 7 p.m. on ESPN
Virginia at Wake Forest: 7 p.m. on ESPN2
No. 20 Kansas at Illinois: 7 p.m. on FS1
San Jose State at Air Force: 7 p.m. on CBS Sports Network
Georgia Southern at Nevada: 7 p.m. on TruTV and Max
Buffalo at No. 10 Missouri: 7 p.m. on ESPN+
Samford at Florida: 7 p.m. on ESPN+
Cal Poly at Stanford: 7 p.m. on ESPN+
Tulsa at Arkansas State: 7 p.m. on ESPN+
UAB at UL-Monroe: 7 p.m. on ESPN+
Texas Southern at Rice: 7 p.m. on ESPN+
William & Mary at Coastal Carolina: 7 p.m. on ESPN+
Eastern Kentucky at Western Kentucky: 7 p.m. on ESPN+
Chattanooga at Georgia State: 7 p.m. on ESPN+
Louisiana at Kennesaw State: 7 p.m. on ESPN+
SE Louisiana at Southern Miss: 7 p.m. on ESPN+
Northern Colorado at Colorado State: 7 p.m. Altitude Sports (regional) and TheMW.com
No. 12 Tennessee vs. No. 23 North Carolina State (in Charlotte): 7:30 p.m. on ABC and ESPN+
Colorado at Nebraska: 7:30 p.m. on NBC and Peacock
Western Michigan at No. 2 Ohio State: 7:30 p.m. on Big Ten Network
Alcorn State at Vanderbilt: 7:30 p.m. on ESPNU
Nicholls at No. 19 LSU: 7:30 p.m. on ESPN+
Stephen F. Austin at North Texas: 7:30 p.m. on ESPN+
Houston at No. 13 Oklahoma: 7:45 p.m. on SEC Network
Appalachian State at No. 22 Clemson: 8 p.m. on ACC Network
Long Island at TCU: 8 p.m. on ESPN+
Southern Utah at UTEP: 9 p.m. on ESPN+
Boise State at No. 6 Oregon: 10 p.m. on Peacock
Texas Tech at Washington State: 10 p.m. on FOX
Northern Arizona at No. 18 Arizona: 10 p.m. on ESPN+
Sacramento State at Fresno State: 10 p.m. on Fubo
Liberty at New Mexico State: 10:15 p.m. on ESPN2
Mississippi State at Arizona State: 10:30 p.m. on ESPN
Oregon State at San Diego State: 10:30 p.m. on CBS Sports Network
Utah State at No. 14 USC: 11 p.m. on Big Ten Network
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