It’s difficult, if not impossible, to keep up with 128 FBS teams.
Many of you enjoy watching the best college football games in the country, even if those involve non-SEC teams. Who doesn’t love watching terrific games on a Saturday in the fall?
To that end, we’ve tried to make it easy for you by identifying the five best college football games for every week of the season — some SEC and some not.
WEEK 1
Sept. 5: Louisville vs. Auburn (3:30 p.m. ET)
Sept. 5: Arizona State vs. Texas A&M (7 p.m. ET)
Sept. 5: Texas at Notre Dame (7:30 p.m. ET)
Sept. 5: Wisconsin vs. Alabama (8 p.m. ET)
Sept. 7: Ohio State at Virginia Tech (8 p.m. ET)
WEEK 2
Sept. 12: Oregon State at Michigan (noon)
Sept. 12: Oklahoma at Tennessee (6 p.m.)
Sept. 12: Oregon at Michigan State (8 p.m. ET)
Sept. 12: LSU at Mississippi State (9:15 p.m. ET)
Sept. 12: Boise State at BYU (10:15 p.m. ET)
WEEK 3
Sept. 17: Clemson at Louisville (7:30 p.m. ET)
Sept. 19: Georgia Tech at Notre Dame (3:30 p.m. ET)
Sept. 19: Auburn at LSU (3:30 p.m. ET)
Sept. 19: Stanford at USC (8 p.m. ET)
Sept. 19: Ole Miss at Alabama (9:15 p.m. ET)
WEEK 4
Sept. 26: Tennessee at Florida
Sept. 26: Texas A&M vs. Arkansas
Sept. 26: Oklahoma State at Texas
Sept. 26: UCLA at Arizona
Sept. 26: USC at Arizona State
WEEK 5
Oct. 3: Texas at TCU
Oct. 3: Arizona State at UCLA
Oct. 3: Alabama at Georgia
Oct. 3: Arkansas at Tennessee
Oct. 3: Notre Dame at Clemson
WEEK 6
Oct. 10: Wisconsin at Nebraska
Oct. 10: Oklahoma at Texas
Oct. 10: Georgia at Tennessee
Oct. 10: Arkansas at Alabama
Oct. 10: Georgia Tech at Clemson
WEEK 7
Oct. 15: Auburn at Kentucky (7 p.m. ET)
Oct. 17: USC at Notre Dame (7:30 p.m. ET)
Oct. 17: Michigan State at Michigan
Oct. 17: Missouri at Georgia
Oct. 17: Louisville at Florida State
WEEK 8
Oct. 22: Cal at UCLA (9 p.m. ET)
Oct. 24: Florida State at Georgia Tech
Oct. 24: Utah at USC
Oct. 24: Tennessee at Alabama
Oct. 24: Auburn at Arkansas
WEEK 9
Oct. 29: West Virginia at TCU (7:30 p.m. ET)
Oct. 29: Oregon at Arizona State (10:30 p.m. ET)
Oct. 31: Florida at Georgia
Oct. 31: Ole Miss at Auburn
Oct. 31: USC at Cal
WEEK 10
Nov. 7: LSU at Alabama
Nov. 7: Auburn at Texas A&M
Nov. 7: TCU at Oklahoma State
Nov. 7: Michigan State at Nebraska
Nov. 7: Florida State at Clemson
WEEK 11
Nov. 14: Oklahoma at Baylor
Nov. 14: Georgia at Auburn
Nov. 14: Oregon at Stanford
Nov. 14: Virginia Tech at Georgia Tech
Nov. 14: Arkansas at LSU
WEEK 12
Nov. 21: Arizona at Arizona State
Nov. 21: USC at Oregon
Nov. 21: LSU at Ole Miss
Nov. 21: Michigan State at Ohio State
Nov. 21: TCU at Oklahoma
WEEK 13
Nov. 27: Baylor at TCU (7:30 p.m. ET)
Nov. 28: UCLA at USC
Nov. 28: Ohio State at Michigan
Nov. 28: Georgia at Georgia Tech
Nov. 28: Alabama at Auburn
WEEK 14
Dec. 5: Texas at Baylor
Dec. 5: West Virginia at Kansas State
Dec. 5: Texas State at Arkansas State
Dec. 5: Appalachian State at South Alabama
Dec. 5: Troy at Louisiana-Lafayette
WEEK 15
Dec. 12: Army at Navy
An itinerant journalist, Christopher has moved between states 11 times in seven years. Formally an injury-prone Division I 800-meter specialist, he now wanders the Rockies in search of high peaks.
