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CFB Week 4 Saturday Morning/Early Afternoon Open Thread

It's Week 4, and while we wait for the Bruins to beat ASU next Thursday night, we've got CFB action all day today, including a couple of familiar foes, Virginia at #21 BYU. Here's your early open thread.

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While you're jonesing for Bruin action - they travel to Tempe to play ASU on Thursday, September 25, at 7PM PT on Fox Sports 1 - here's your Saturday Week Four Morning/Early Afternoon College Football open thread. For the second straight week, the matchups are a tad less than what I would call marquee, but there are still plenty of gems.

ESPN Gameday will be in Tallahassee for Clemson vs. Florida State tonight.

Bruins fans will be interested in Virginia (2-1) at #21 BYU (3-0) at 12:30 PT on ESPN. BYU will have played two common opponents with UCLA, Texas and Virginia, and of course, they visit the Rose Bowl next season on September 19. BYU smashed Texas at Austin, 41-7, two weeks ago and Virginia hasn't been too shabby either, beating Louisville, 23-21, last week. I think we're pulling for Virginia for SOS purposes and to make ourselves feel a wee bit better about our underwhelming start. BYU is favored by 14 points. Here's a preview from BYU's SB Nation site.

In early PAC-12 action, Utah travels to Ann Arbor to take on Michigan at 12:30PM PT on ABC. Here's the Athlon Sports PAC-12 Week 4 preview (Cal plays Arizona at 7PM PT).  Florida plays #3 Alabama, also at 12:30 PT on CBS.

For the early game, an ACC matchup, Georgia Tech at Virginia Tech, at 9AM PT on ESPN looks to be the your best bet:  its Georgia Tech's offense versus Virginia Tech's defense -- recall they practically shut down Ohio State in Week One.

Here are the previews and viewing guides from Sports Illustrated and SB Nation, and here's your full Saturday schedule.

Time Road Home TV Streaming
Noon ET Eastern Michigan No. 11 Michigan State Big Ten Network btn2go.com
Noon ET Troy No. 13 Georgia SEC Network ESPN3.com
Noon ET Bowling Green No. 19 Wisconsin ESPN2 ESPN3.com
Noon ET Western Illinois Northwestern ESPNews ESPN3.com
Noon ET Iowa Pittsburgh ESPNU ESPN3.com
Noon ET Southern Illinois Purdue Big Ten Network btn2go.com
Noon ET Old Dominion Rice FSN, ROOT foxsports.com/foxsportsgo/
Noon ET Georgia Tech Virginia Tech ESPN ESPN3.com
12:30 p.m. ET Tulane Duke RSN, ROOT
12:30 p.m. ET Maryland Syracuse ACC Network
12:30 p.m. ET James Madison Villanova CSN
1 p.m. ET Maine Boston College ESPN3.com
1 p.m. ET Delaware State Temple ESPN3.com
1 p.m. ET Eastern Kentucky UT-Martin ESPN3.com
2 p.m. ET Marshall Akron ESPN3.com
2 p.m. ET Hawaii Colorado Pac-12 Network pac-12.com/live
3 p.m. ET VMI Samford ESPN3.com
3 p.m. ET Eastern Washington Montana State ROOT
3:30 p.m. ET No. 6 Texas A&M SMU ABC/ESPN2 ESPN3.com
3:30 p.m. ET Virginia No. 21 BYU ESPN ESPN3.com
3:30 p.m. ET Florida No. 3 Alabama CBS cbssports.com
3:30 p.m. ET Norfolk State Buffalo ESPN3.com
3:30 p.m. ET North Carolina East Carolina ESPNU ESPN3.com
3:30 p.m. ET Louisville FIU FS1 foxsports.com/foxsportsgo/
3:30 p.m. ET Central Michigan Kansas FSN, SunSports foxsports.com/foxsportsgo/
3:30 p.m. ET Utah Michigan ABC/ESPN2 ESPN3.com
3:30 p.m. ET Rutgers Navy CBSSN
3:30 p.m. ET Nicholls State North Texas Sinclair
3:30 p.m. ET Army Wake Forest ESPN3.com
3:30 p.m. ET Howard Morgan State ESPN3.com
4 p.m. ET Texas State Illinois ESPNews ESPN3.com
4 p.m. ET San Jose State Minnesota Big Ten Network btn2go.com
4 p.m. ET Indiana No. 18 Missouri SEC Network ESPN3.com
4 p.m. ET Massachusetts Penn State Big Ten Network btn2go.com
4 p.m. ET Florida Atlantic Wyoming Mountain West Network themw.com/#!/watch-live
4 p.m. ET New Hampshire Richmond CSN
4 p.m. ET Incarnate Word Abilene Christian ESPN3.com
6 p.m. ET Presbyterian NC State ESPN3.com
6 p.m. ET Bethune-Cookman UCF ESPN3.com
6 p.m. ET Georgia State Washington Pac-12 Network pac-12.com/live
6 p.m. ET Ave Maria Mercer ESPN3.com
7 p.m. ET Miss State 8 LSU ESPN ESPN3.com
7 p.m. ET Northern Illinois Arkansas ESPNU ESPN3.com
7 p.m. ET Utah State Arkansas State ESPN3.com
7 p.m. ET Miami (Ohio) Cincinnati CBSSN
7 p.m. ET Northwestern State Louisiana Tech
7 p.m. ET Middle Tennessee State Memphis ESPN3.com
7 p.m. ET Idaho Ohio ESPN3.com
7 p.m. ET Appalachian State Southern Miss American Sports Network
7 p.m. ET Ball State Toledo ESPN3.com
7 p.m. ET Murray State Western Michigan ESPN3.com
7 p.m. ET Bryant Liberty ESPN3.com
7:30 p.m. ET Georgia Southern South Alabama ESPN3.com
7:30 p.m. ET No. 14 South Carolina Vanderbilt SEC Network ESPN3.com
7:30 p.m. ET No. 4 Oklahoma West Virginia FOX foxsports.com/foxsportsgo/
8 p.m. ET No. 22 Clemson No. 1 Florida State ABC ESPN3.com
8 p.m. ET UNLV Houston ESPN3.com
8 p.m. ET Miami No. 24 Nebraska ESPN2 ESPN3.com
8 p.m. ET New Mexico New Mexico State ESPN3.com
10 p.m. ET California Arizona Pac-12 Network pac-12.com/live
10 p.m. ET Southern Utah Fresno State Mountain West Network themw.com/#!/watch-live
10:30 p.m. ET Louisiana Boise State CBSSN
10:30 p.m. ET San Diego State Oregon State FS1 foxsports.com/foxsportsgo/
10:30 p.m. ET No. 2 Oregon Washington State ESPN ESPN3.com