NCAA Football Saturday TV Schedule: Auburn, Oregon, Florida State, Alabama How ...

Welcome to the first real college football Saturday of the season! (No, NDSU/Montana did not count even though NDSU lost and it"s fans are sad.)

Like many opening weekends, there is a mixed bag when it comes to game quality. However, on the first weekend of the year all games should be celebrated (or at least tolerated) because COLLEGE FOOTBALL IS HERE! Thursday and Friday had some pretty good games, so I"m hoping Saturday, Sunday, and Monday can keep it up. To help you decide where you should devote your attention today, I"m going to break down games to watch and games to put down as "for commercial breaks only."

Let"s start with the Big Ten:

B1G Games to Watch:

Iowa vs. Illinois State: They might lose to Illinois State. I"m sure they won"t, but they could (they are playing an ISU after all). And if they do, you want to be watching. At the very least, keep an eye on Twitter for word that this game is going full HAM so that you can get to it quickly. 11am CT, BTN

Northwestern vs. (21) Stanford: Northwestern should lose this game (even INU thinks so), but it"s easily the best B1G related early game in terms of opponent quality. 11am CT, ESPN

Penn State @ Temple: It"s not one you should avoid... 2:30 CT, ESPN

Nebraska vs. BYU: Will Mike Reilly get off on the right foot? 2:30 CT, ABC

***GAME OF THE DAY***

Wisconsin vs. Alabama: It"s ok to cheer for Bama this one time. I absolve you of your sin preemptively. Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer! Badger fans are so excited by their team"s expected b**t-whooping that they are staying home in order to be closer to their IV"s of Miller Light.

NOTE: I considered adding Illinois to this list because A) they play future MN opponent Kent State and B) after Hurricane Beckman postponed the game until Saturday I wondered what other issues could befall the Illini that might be enjoyable to watch. Then I remembered the game is only available on BTN2Go and I couldn"t in good conscience recommend that.

B1G Games to Avoid:

Everything else. If it"s not one of the teams listed above just run away. Unless you hear one of them is losing. Then come back to watch.

Best of the Non-B1G

Louisville at (6) Auburn: Watch Vern and Gary slobber over Auburn. 2:30pm CT, CBS

(15) Arizona State at Texas A&M: There is a limited number games featuring ranked teams playing Power 5 opponents. This is another one of them. 7:00pm CT, ESPN

Texas at (11) Notre Dame: Maybe Charlie Strong can knock Notre Dame down to 12th with a win? 6:30pm CT, NBC

Full Schedule

The times on this schedule are Eastern because it"s late and I don"t want to change them. You"ll deal I"m sure.

Sat, Sept 5, 2015 12:00 PM ETCBSS Colgate at Navy 12:00 PM ETESPNN Norfolk State at Rutgers 12:00 PM ETESPNU Richmond at Maryland 12:00 PM ETBTN Illinois State at Iowa 12:00 PM ETFSN South Dakota State at Kansas 12:00 PM ETSECN Tennessee-Martin at (17) Mississippi 12:00 PM ETSECN Louisiana-Monroe at (9) Georgia 12:00 PM ETESPN (21) Stanford at Northwestern 12:30 PM ETESPN3 Wofford at (12) Clemson 1:00 PM ETESPN3 Youngstown State at Pittsburgh 1:00 PM ETESPN3 Maine at Boston College 2:00 PM ETPAC12 Portland State at Washington State 3:30 PM ETESPN3 Howard at Appalachian State 3:30 PM ETESPN3 Presbyterian at Miami (OH) 3:30 PM ETESPN3 Albany at Buffalo 3:30 PM ETESPN Penn State at Temple 3:30 PM ETABC BYU at Nebraska 3:30 PM ETRSRM Morgan State at Air Force 3:30 PM ETCBSS Florida Atlantic at Tulsa 3:30 PM ETASN Wagner at Rice 3:30 PM ETESPN3 Old Dominion at Eastern Michigan 3:30 PM ETFOX Virginia at (13) UCLA 3:30 PM ETFSN Sam Houston State at Texas Tech 3:30 PM ETCBS Louisville vs.(Atlanta, GA) (6) Auburn 3:30 PM ETESPNU UTEP at (18) Arkansas 4:00 PM ETESPNN Southern Illinois at Indiana 4:00 PM ETTBA North Dakota at Wyoming 4:00 PM ETMWC Savannah State at Colorado State 4:00 PM ETSECN Bowling Green vs.(Nashville, TN) (25) Tennessee 4:00 PM ETSECN Southeast Missouri State at (24) Missouri 5:00 PM ETPAC12 Grambling State at Cal 6:00 PM ETESPN3 Gardner-Webb at South Alabama 6:00 PM ETESPN3 Towson at East Carolina 6:00 PM ETESPN3 Troy at NC State 6:00 PM ETESPN3 Bethune-Cookman at Miami (FL) 7:00 PM ETESPN3 Florida A&M at South Florida 7:00 PM ETESPN3 Missouri State at Memphis 7:00 PM ETESPN3 Alabama A&M at Cincinnati 7:00 PM ETTBA Mississippi Valley State at New Mexico 7:00 PM ETCUSA Network Jackson State at Middle Tennessee 7:00 PM ETASN Southern at Louisiana Tech 7:00 PM ETPPV Akron at (19) Oklahoma 7:00 PM ETESPN (15) Arizona State vs.(Houston, TX) Texas A&M 7:00 PM ETESPNU Louisiana-Lafayette at Kentucky 7:10 PM ETPPV South Dakota at Kansas State 7:30 PM ETCBSS UNLV at Northern Illinois 7:30 PM ETFSN Georgia Southern at West Virginia 7:30 PM ETNBC Texas at (11) Notre Dame 7:30 PM ETESPN McNeese State at (14) LSU 7:30 PM ETSECN New Mexico State at Florida 8:00 PM ETMWC San Diego at San Diego State 8:00 PM ETESPN3 Tennessee Tech at Houston 8:00 PM ETESPNN Texas State at (10) Florida State 8:00 PM ETCyclones.tv Northern Iowa at Iowa State 8:00 PM ETABC Wisconsin vs.(Dallas, TX) (3) Alabama 8:00 PM ETPAC12 Eastern Washington at (7) Oregon 10:00 PM ETFS1 Mississippi State at Southern Miss 11:00 PM ETPAC12 Arkansas State at (8) USC Sun, Sept 6, 2015 3:00 PM ETFS1 Purdue at Marshall Mon, Sept 7, 2015 8:00 PM ETESPN (1) Ohio State at Virginia Tech

Source: http://www.thedailygopher.com/2015/9/5/9264829/ncaa-football-tv-schedule-saturday-auburn-oregon-florida-state