College football games today: Week 3 schedule for Saturday, what to watch

Your guide to the full Week 3 college football schedule with the most important games featuring the Top 25 in action

Author:
James Parks
Publish date:
Sep 16, 2023 1:25 AM EDT

College football games today: Week 3 top 25 schedule for Saturday, what to watch

All times Eastern and game lines courtesy of SI Sportsbook

14 LSU at Mississippi State
Sat., Sept. 16 | 12 p.m. | ESPN
Line: LSU -9.5
FPI pick: LSU 67.3%

The game: The defending SEC West champs are already at 1-1 and in some danger of falling below .500 against a new-look Bulldog team that can run the ball and get physical on defense.

3 Florida State at Boston College
Sat., Sept. 16 | 12 p.m. | ABC
Line: Florida State -24.5

7 Penn State at Illinois
Sat., Sept. 16 | 12 p.m. | Fox
Line: Penn State -14

15 Kansas State at Missouri
Sat., Sept. 16 | 12 p.m. | SECN
Line: Kansas State -3.5

Weber State at 12 Utah
Sat., Sept. 16 | 2 p.m. | Pac-12
Line: No line

CMU at 9 Notre Dame
Sat., Sept. 16 | 2:30 p.m. | Peacock
Line: Notre Dame -34.5

South Carolina at 1 Georgia
Sat., Sept. 16 | 3:30 p.m. | CBS
Line: Georgia -27
FPI pick: Georgia 91.7%

The game: An SEC opener between the hedges between a Bulldog front seven that should get its chances against a Gamecocks front that has allowed 10 sacks already, but Spencer Rattler has worked through it, hitting 83% of his throws and could find lanes against a UGA back seven that might go without Javon Bullard.

10 Alabama at USF
Sat., Sept. 16 | 3:30 p.m. | ABC
Line: Alabama -33.5

San Diego St at 16 Oregon State
Sat., Sept. 16 | 3:30 p.m. | FS1
Line: Oregon State -25

19 Oklahoma at Tulsa
Sat., Sept. 16 | 3:30 p.m. | ESPN2
Line: Oklahoma -28.5

Minnesota at 20 North Carolina
Sat., Sept. 16 | 3:30 p.m. | ESPN
Line: North Carolina -7

Northwestern at 21 Duke
Sat., Sept. 16 | 3:30 p.m. | ACCN
Line: Duke -17

Western Mich. at 25 Iowa
Sat., Sept. 16 | 3:30 p.m. | BTN
Line: Iowa -29

Western Kentucky at 6 Ohio State
Sat., Sept. 16 | 4 p.m. | Fox
Line: Ohio State -30

8 Washington at Michigan State
Sat., Sept. 16 | 5 p.m. | Peacock
Line: Washington -16.5

No. Colo. at 23 Washington State
Sat., Sept. 16 | 5 p.m. | Pac-12
Line: No line

NC Central at 24 UCLA
Sat., Sept. 16 | 5 p.m. | Pac-12
Line: No line

11 Tennessee at Florida
Sat., Sept. 16 | 7 p.m. | ESPN
Line: Tennessee -5.5
FPI pick: Tennessee 53.8%

The game: A long-time SEC rivalry that dates back to 1916 that the Vols haven't won on the road since 2003. UT looks to preserve a perfect record in the hopes of staying in the East Division race behind an offense with a lot of potential firepower, while the Gators hope a strong ground game will help open things up for Graham Mertz, the transfer quarterback who is pretty efficient, but isn't lighting up the scoreboard.

Bowling Green at 2 Michigan
Sat., Sept. 16 | 7:30 p.m. | BTN
Line: Michigan -40.5

Georgia Tech at 17 Ole Miss
Sat., Sept. 16 | 7:30 p.m. | SECN
Line: Ole Miss -17.5

Wyoming at 4 Texas
Sat., Sept. 16 | 8 p.m. | Longhorn
Line: Texas -30

Hawai'i at 13 Oregon
Sat., Sept. 16 | 8 p.m. | Pac-12
Line: Oregon -38

CSU at 18 Colorado
Sat., Sept. 16 | 10 p.m. | ESPN
Line: Colorado -23.5

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First-place votes in parentheses

Georgia (55)
Michigan (2)
Florida State (3)
Texas (2)
USC
Ohio State
Penn State
Washington
Notre Dame
Alabama
Tennessee
Utah
Oregon
LSU
Kansas State
Oregon State
Ole Miss
Colorado
Oklahoma
North Carolina
Duke
Miami
Washington State
UCLA
Iowa

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