Week 3 of the college football season gets underway Thursday night, before a triple-header on Friday gears us up for a thrilling slate of games on Saturday. On paper, Week 3 may be the most impressive weekend of this season to date.
Kicking off the action on Thursday night is the No. 6 Houston Cougars traveling to meet the Cincinnati Bearcats on ESPN in a match up of two potential Big 12 expansion candidates.
The action keeps on rolling Friday night, when No. 21 Baylor meets Rice.
Then, we get into the best part of the schedule.
From beginning to end on Saturday, starting with a top ten match up between No. 2 Florida State and No. 10 Louisville and ending with No. 11 Texas vs. Cal, there are a number of ranked teams facing tough challenges that could once again shake up the rankings.
When and where does your favorite team play this weekend?
The full television schedule for Week 3 of college football can be seen below:
Thursday, Sept. 15, 2016
| Matchup | Time (ET) | TV / Online |
|---|---|---|
| (6) Houston at Cincinnati | 7:30 pm | ESPN / WatchESPN |
Friday, Sept. 16, 2016
| Matchup | Time (ET) | TV / Online |
|---|---|---|
| (21) Baylor at Rice | 8:00 pm | ESPN / WatchESPN |
| Arkansas State at Utah State | 9:00 pm | CBSSN / CBSSports.com |
| Arizona State at UTSA | 9:30 pm | ESPN2 / WatchESPN |
Saturday, Sept. 17, 2016
| Matchup | Time (ET) | TV / Online |
|---|---|---|
| Akron at Marshall | Noon | CBSSN / CBSSports.com |
| (2) Florida State at (10) Louisville | Noon | ABC / WatchESPN |
| Georgia State at (9) Wisconsin | Noon | BTN / BTN2Go |
| Iowa State at TCU | Noon | FS1 / FS Go |
| Kansas at Memphis | Noon | ESPNU / WatchESPN |
| (25) Miami, FL at Appalachian State | Noon | ESPN / WatchESPN |
| Middle Tennessee at Bowling Green | Noon | ASN / ESPN3 |
| New Mexico at Rutgers | Noon | ESPNews / WatchESPN |
| North Dakota State at (13) Iowa | Noon | ESPN2 / WatchESPN |
| Ohio at (15) Tennessee | Noon | SECN / WatchESPN |
| South Carolina State at (5) Clemson | Noon | RSN / ACCNExtra |
| Temple at Penn State | Noon | BTN / BTN2Go |
| Vanderbilt at Georgia Tech | 12:30 pm | ACCN / ACCNExtra |
| Virginia at UConn | 1:30 pm | SNY / ESPN3 |
| Idaho at Washington State | 2:00 pm | Pac-12N / Pac-12.com |
| North Carolina A&T at Tulsa | 2:00 pm | ESPN3 |
| Florida Atlantic at Kansas State | 2:30 pm | FSN / FS Go |
| Eastern Kentucky at Ball State | 3:00 pm | ESPN3 |
| Fresno State at Toledo | 3:00 pm | ESPN Extra / ESPN3 |
| UNLV at Central Michigan | 3:00 pm | ESPN3 |
| (1) Alabama at (19) Ole Miss | 3:30 pm | CBS / CBSSports.com |
| Boston College at Virginia Tech | 3:30 pm | ESPNU / WatchESPN |
| Colorado at (4) Michigan | 3:30 pm | BTN / BTN2Go |
| FIU at UMass | 3:30 pm | ASN / ESPN3 |
| James Madison at North Carolina | 3:30 pm | RSN / ACCNExtra |
| Monmouth at Kent State | 3:30 pm | ESPN3 |
| (22) Oregon at Nebraska | 3:30 pm | ABC / WatchESPN |
| Pittsburgh at Oklahoma State | 3:30 pm | ESPN / WatchESPN |
| San Diego State at Northern Illinois | 3:30 pm | CBSSN / CBSSports.com |
| USF at Syracuse | 3:30 pm | ACCNExtra |
| Western Kentucky at Miami, OH | 3:30 pm | ESPNEx/BCSN/TWC / ESPN3 |
| East Carolina at South Carolina | 4:00 pm | SECN / WatchESPN |
| New Mexico State at Kentucky | 4:00 pm | SECN Alt. / WatchESPN |
| Northern Colorado at Colorado State | 4:00 pm | ROOT Sports / MWN |
| UC Davis at Wyoming | 4:00 pm | WyoVision |
| Western Michigan at Illinois | 4:00 pm | ESPNews / WatchESPN |
| Idaho State at Oregon State | 5:00 pm | Pac-12N / Pac-12.com |
| Eastern Michigan at Charlotte | 6:00 pm | CUSA.TV |
| Old Dominion at NC State | 6:00 pm | ACCNExtra |
| ULM at Georgia Southern | 6:00 pm | ESPN3 |
| Delaware at Wake Forest | 6:30 pm | ACCNExtra |
| Army at UTEP | 7:00 pm | ASN / Stream |
| Liberty at SMU | 7:00 pm | ESPN3 |
| Louisiana Tech at Texas Tech | 7:00 pm | FSN / FS Go |
| Maryland at UCF | 7:00 pm | CBSSN / CBSSports.com |
| Mississippi State at (20) LSU | 7:00 pm | ESPN2 / WatchESPN |
| Navy at Tulane | 7:00 pm | ASN/NESN / ESPN3 |
| South Alabama at UL Lafayette | 7:00 pm | ESPN3 |
| (17) Texas A&M at Auburn | 7:00 pm | ESPN / WatchESPN |
| Troy at Southern Miss | 7:00 pm | beIN SPORTS / Stream |
| (16) Georgia at Missouri | 7:30 pm | SECN / WatchESPN |
| (12) Michigan State at (18) Notre Dame | 7:30 pm | NBC / NBCSports.com |
| North Texas at (23) Florida | 7:30 pm | ESPNU / WatchESPN |
| (3) Ohio State at (14) Oklahoma | 7:30 pm | FOX / FS Go |
| Texas State at (24) Arkansas | 7:30 pm | SECN Alt. / WatchESPN |
| Duke at Northwestern | 8:00 pm | BTN / BTN2Go |
| Portland State at (8) Washington | 8:00 pm | Pac-12N / Pac-12.com |
| USC at (7) Stanford | 8:00 pm | ABC / WatchESPN |
| Buffalo at Nevada | 9:00 pm | MWN |
| UCLA at BYU | 10:15 pm | ESPN2 / WatchESPN |
| (11) Texas at California | 10:30 pm | ESPN / WatchESPN |
| Utah at San Jose State | 10:30 pm | CBSSN / CBSSports.com |
| Hawaii at Arizona | 10:45 pm | Pac-12N / Pac-12.com |
Can’t get enough of Campus Sports? Follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to stay updated with the latest news and exclusive giveaways!
