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College Football Saturday: Can #12 Texas A&M Upset #1 Clemson?

Also, Cincinnati visits Ohio State in a battle of in-state rivals.

NCAA Football: Georgia Tech at Clemson
The best early game today features Dabo Swinney’s Clemson Tigers hosting the Texas A&M Aggies.
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With the UCLA Bruins not kicking off until 1:15 pm this afternoon, that means that there’s some time to watch some college football this morning. So, let’s take a look at some of the Week 2 matchups around college football.

One of the best games of the day features UCLA’s opponent from last week, the Cincinnati Bearcats, squaring off against the #5 Ohio State Buckeyes at 9:00 am on ABC. The reality is that this in-state matchup is probably the only game worth watching this morning.

Sure, at 10 am, the #13 Utah Utes will kickoff on Pac-12 Networks against the Northern Illinois Huskies, but the possibility of an upset of Ohio State is just too strong to watch anything but the Bearcats and the Buckeyes.

The early game of the day, not involving UCLA, doesn’t kickoff until 12:30 pm PT when the #12 Texas A&M Aggies visit Death Valley to play the #1 Clemson Tigers. This game will also be on ABC. Personally, I think Dabo has the Tigers playing such good football that this game probably won’t be close, but, on paper at least, it’s the best early matchup of the day.

Here’s today’s full slate of games:

College Football Saturday, September 7, 2019

Matchup Time (PT) TV Streaming
Matchup Time (PT) TV Streaming
Ohio at Pittsburgh 8:00 AM ACC Network WatchESPN.com
Cincinnati at #5 Ohio State 9:00 AM ABC WatchESPN.com
Army at #7 Michigan 9:00 AM FOX FoxSportsGo.com
Rutgers at #20 Iowa 9:00 AM FS1 FoxSportsGo.com
#21 Syracuse at Maryland 9:00 AM ESPN WatchESPN.com
Old Dominion at Virginia Tech 9:00 AM ESPNU WatchESPN.com
UAB at Akron 9:00 AM CBSSN CBSSports.com
Kennesaw State at Kent State 9:00 AM ESPN3 WatchESPN.com
Southern at Memphis 9:00 AM ESPN3 WatchESPN.com
West Virginia at Missouri 9:00 AM ESPN2 WatchESPN.com
Charleston Southern at South Carolina 9:00 AM SEC Network WatchESPN.com
Vanderbilt at Purdue 9:00 AM BTN FoxSportsGo.com
Bowling Green at Kansas State 9:00 AM Fox Sports Net FoxSportsGo.com
Western Carolina at NC State 9:30 AM ACCNX WatchESPN.com
Northern Illinois at #13 Utah 10:00 AM Pac-12 Networks Pac-12.com
Fordham at Ball State 11:00 AM ESPN3 WatchESPN.com
South Florida at Georgia Tech 11:00 AM ACC Network WatchESPN.com
Tennessee Tech at Miami (OH) 11:30 AM ESPN+ ESPN+
#12 Texas A&M at #1 Clemson 12:30 PM ABC WatchESPN.com
Central Michigan at #17 Wisconsin 12:30 PM BTN FoxSportsGo.com
#25 Nebraska at Colorado 12:30 PM FOX FoxSportsGo.com
Southern Illinois at UMass 12:30 PM NESNplus NESNgo
Charlotte at Appalachian State 12:30 PM ESPN+ ESPN+
Grambling at Louisiana Tech 12:30 PM NFL None
Richmond at Boston College 12:30 PM ACCNX WatchESPN.com
Illinois at UConn 12:30 PM CBSSN CBSSports.com
Eastern Illinois at Indiana 12:30 PM BTN FoxSportsGo.com
Southern Mississippi at Mississippi State 12:30 PM ESPNU WatchESPN.com
New Mexico State at #2 Alabama 1:00 PM SEC Network WatchESPN.com
Murray State at #3 Georgia 1:00 PM ESPN2 WatchESPN.com
UTSA at Baylor 1:00 PM Fox Sports Net FoxSportsGo.com
Western Illinois at Colorado State 1:00 PM AT&T SportsNet WatchStadium.com
San Diego State at UCLA 1:15 PM Pac-12 Networks Pac-12.com
Northern Colorado at #22 Washington State 2:00 PM Pac-12 Networks Pac-12.com
UL Monroe at Florida State 2:00 PM ACC Network WatchESPN.com
North Carolina A&T at Duke 3:00 PM ACCNX WatchESPN.com
Gardner-Webb at East Carolina 3:00 PM ESPN3 WatchESPN.com
Maine at Georgia Southern 3:00 PM ESPN+ ESPN+
South Dakota at #4 Oklahoma 4:00 PM PPV SoonerSports.tv
#18 UCF at Florida Atlantic 4:00 PM CBSSN CBSSports.com
Furman at Georgia State 4:00 PM ESPN3 WatchESPN.com
Jackson State at South Alabama 4:00 PM ESPN3 WatchESPN.com
Wyoming at Texas State 4:00 PM ESPN+ ESPN+
Western Kentucky at Florida International 4:00 PM ESPN+ ESPN+
Tennessee State at Middle Tennessee 4:00 PM ESPN3 WatchESPN.com
North Texas at SMU 4:00 PM ESPN3 WatchESPN.com
Eastern Kentucky at Louisville 4:00 PM ACCNX WatchESPN.com
BYU at Tennessee 4:00 PM ESPN WatchESPN.com
Coastal Carolina at Kansas 4:00 PM ESPN+ ESPN+
McNeese at Oklahoma State 4:00 PM ESPN+ ESPN+
#6 LSU at #9 Texas 4:30 PM ABC WatchESPN.com
Tulane at #10 Auburn 4:30 PM ESPN2 WatchESPN.com
UT Martin at #11 Florida 4:30 PM ESPNU WatchESPN.com
Buffalo at #15 Penn State 4:30 PM FOX FoxSportsGo.com
Nevada at #16 Oregon 4:30 PM Pac-12 Networks Pac-12.com
Western Michigan at #19 Michigan State 4:30 PM BTN FoxSportsGo.com
Eastern Michigan at Kentucky 4:30 PM SEC Network WatchESPN.com
Arkansas at Ole Miss 4:30 PM SEC Network WatchESPN.com
Stony Brook at Utah State 4:30 PM None Facebook
Liberty at Louisiana 4:30 PM ESPN+ ESPN+
Prairie View at Houston 5:00 PM ESPN3 WatchESPN.com
Miami at North Carolina 5:00 PM ACC Network WatchESPN.com
UTEP at Texas Tech 5:00 PM Fox Sports Net FoxSportsGo.com
Tulsa at San Jose State 6:00 PM ESPN3 WatchESPN.com
Arkansas State at UNLV 7:00 PM None Facebook
California at #14 Washington 7:30 PM FS1 FoxSportsGo.com
#23 Stanford at USC 7:30 PM ESPN WatchESPN.com
Minnesota at Fresno State 7:30 PM CBSSN CBSSports.com
Northern Arizona at Arizona 7:45 PM Pac-12 Networks Pac-12.com
Oregon State at Hawai'i 8:59 PM Spectrum Sports (Hawai'i only) Facebook


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