Admit it.

Occasionally, you like to turn your TV to a non-SEC football game on Saturday afternoon just to see what it is like outside of our bubble, don’t you? Go on, it’s alright. Your secret is safe with me.

In fact, there are some pretty good matchups scheduled for this season that won’t have a SEC team in sight. So, if you’re going to take time away from the SEC, I’m here to make sure you spend it on a worthy game.

Here are eight non-SEC games to check out this season:

Sept. 5: Texas at Notre Dame

Sure, Texas is coming off a couple of down seasons and Notre Dame is habitually overrated in the preseason polls, but an opening-weekend matchup between programs of this stature is why we love college football. The Fighting Irish and Longhorns are playing for the first time since 1996, so don’t miss it.

Sept. 12: Oregon at Michigan State

A game that could have significant College Football Playoff implications in Week 2? Sign me up. Michigan State was able to hang with the Ducks for a half in Eugene, Ore., last season, but the home team blew away the Spartans in the second half on the way to a 46-27 win. No Marcus Mariota this time and the game moves to East Lansing, Mich., this season. Payback time?

Nov. 7: Florida State at Clemson

Most SEC fans love cheering for Florida State to lose, so on that possibility alone this one should be worth watching. Clemson came painfully close to knocking off the Seminoles in Tallahassee, Fla., last season, only to watch Florida State escape with a 23-17 win in overtime. Will the outcome be different in the “other” Death Valley without Jameis Winston around?

Nov. 21: Michigan State at Ohio State

This game could have not only Big Ten championship implications, but national championship ones as well. Last season Ohio State went to East Lansing, Mich., and came away with a 49-37 win over the Spartans. There’s a good chance these are the top two teams in the Big Ten again this season, so watching this one will give you a good idea of just how good that league is in 2015.

Nov. 21: USC at Oregon

After a two-year hiatus, this game is back on the Pac-12 regular-season schedule. It could also be a preview of the Pac-12 championship game. USC may not be all the way back to the glory days of the mid-2000s, but second-year coach Steve Sarkisian has a loaded roster close to recovering from the scholarship reductions that held the Trojans down in recent seasons.

Nov. 27: Baylor at TCU

Remember all that debate about whether TCU or Baylor deserved to be in the College Football Playoff, and then it turned out that both of teams were snubbed in favor of Ohio State and Florida State? Good times. If the question is posed again this season, it should be able to be answered on the field, as the two meet in late November for the whole College Football Playoff selection committee to see.

Nov. 28: Ohio State at Michigan

This one has been a snoozer for the last decade or so, as Michigan has mustered just one win against Ohio State in the last 11 meetings. But we can hope that is all about to change now that Jim Harbaugh has arrived in Ann Arbor, Mich., to coach his alma mater. It may take him a few years to get his team back to the level at which this can again be considered one of college football’s must-see games each year, but at least we can look forward to the Jim Harbaugh/Urban Meyer post-game handshake this time around.