Game 1this week will be on Wednesday between No. 14 Coastal Carolina and Appalachian State at 7:00 PM (ET), a day later Tulane play No. 21 Southern Methodist at 7:00 PM. So far the AP Poll has held steady, especially after Alabama’s expected win over MS State 49-9. It seems that Nick Saban’s message reached the hearts of the players and they took the field ready to win at all costs.
The Georgia Bulldogs are not playing this week, they are resting after a well-deserved 30-13 win against the Kentucky Wildcats in Week 7. Next week (Week 9) Georgia returns to play the Florida Gators at a neutral stadium.
With the Bulldogs resting, the other FBS teams have a lot of work ahead of them, they must take advantage of the absence of the Bulldogs. And one of those teams is No. 2 Cincinnati, they play Navy on the road. While the nation’s No. 3 Oklahoma Sooners play Kansas on Saturday at 12:00 PM (ET).
NCAA College Football 2021-22 Week 8 Schedule: List of games
No. 23 Pittsburgh play at home against the Clemson Tigers, the visitors are trying their best to get back into the Top 25 AP Poll but so far they are out of the rankings after starting the season in third place. It has been a disappointing season for Dabo and DJ Uiagalelei.
Another must-see game is Illinois vs. No. 7 Penn State at 12:00 PM, the Nittanny Lions are favorites to win the game but the visitors have good enough offensive power to hurt the home team. During that same time slot Michigan play No. 6 against Northwestern, Harbaugh wants another win to keep climbing the rankings.
No. 5 Ohio State Buckeyes play Indiana on the road, if the visitors win this game then we would be talking about a major change in the Top 25 for next week. But the Buckeyes would have to wait for the results of the other games of the day.
| Week 8 | Time | Tv Channel |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday Oct. 20 | ||
| No. 14 Coastal Carolina at Appalachian State | 7:30 PM (ET) | ESPN2 |
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Thursday Oct. 21 | ||
| FAU at Charlotte | 7:30 PM (ET) | CBSSN |
| Tulane at No. 21 SMU | 7:30 PM (ET) | ESPN |
| Louisiana at Arkansas State | 7:30 PM (ET) | ESPNU |
| San Jose State at UNLV | 11 PM (ET) | CBSSN |
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Friday Oct. 22 | ||
| Middle Tennessee at UConn | 6 PM (ET) | CBSSN |
| Columbia at Dartmouth | 6 PM (ET) | ESPNU |
| Memphis at UCF | 7 PM (ET) | ESPN2 |
| Colorado State at Utah State | 9:30 PM (ET) | CBSSN |
| Washington at Arizona | 10:30 PM (ET) | ESPN2 |
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Saturday Oct. 23 | ||
| Illinois at No. 7 Penn State | 12 PM (ET) | ABC |
| Northwestern at No. 6 Michigan | 12 PM (ET) | FOX |
| No. 3 Oklahoma at Kansas | 12 PM (ET) | ESPN |
| No. 2 Cincinnati at Navy | 12 PM (ET) | ESPN2 |
| No. 16 Wake Forest at Army | 12 PM (ET) | CBSSN |
| Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Arkansas | 12 PM (ET) | SEC Network |
| UMass at Florida State | 12 PM (ET) | ACC Network |
| Kansas State at Texas Tech | 12 PM (ET) | FS1 |
| Northern Illinois at Central Michigan | 12 PM (ET) | ESPNU |
| Eastern Michigan at Bowling Green | 12 PM (ET) | ESPN+ |
| Pennsylvania at Yale | 12 PM (ET) | ESPN+ |
| Morehead State at Marist | 12 PM (ET) | ESPN3 |
| Duquesne at Sacred Heart | 12 PM (ET) | ESPN3 |
| Syracuse at Virginia Tech | 12:30 PM (ET) | ESPN3 |
| Kent State at Ohio | 1 PM (ET) | ESPN+ |
| Brown at Cornell | 1 PM (ET) | ESPN+ |
| North Carolina Central at Morgan State | 1 PM (ET) | ESPN+ |
| Youngstown State at Indiana State | 1 PM (ET) | ESPN+ |
| Georgetown at Bucknell | 1 PM (ET) | ESPN+ |
| San Diego at Presbyterian | 1 PM (ET) | ESPN+ |
| Lehigh at Fordham | 1 PM (ET) | ESPN+ |
| Harvard at Princeton | 1 PM (ET) | ESPN+ |
| Dayton at Valparaiso | 1 PM (ET) | ESPN3 |
| Norfolk State at Howard | 1 PM (ET) | ESPN3 |
| Chattanooga at Samford | 1 PM (ET) | ESPN3 |
| Incarnate Word at McNeese | 1 PM (ET) | ESPN3 |
| Stetson at Drake | 1 PM (ET) | ESPN3 |
| Robert Morris at Gardner-Webb | 1:30 PM (ET) | ESPN+ |
| Texas State at Georgia State | 2 PM (ET) | ESPN+ |
| North Carolina A&T at Hampton | 2 PM (ET) | ESPN+ |
| Illinois State at South Dakota | 2 PM (ET) | ESPN+ |
| Western Carolina at The Citadel | 2 PM (ET) | ESPN+ |
| East Tennessee State at Furman | 2 PM (ET) | ESPN+ |
| Bethune-Cookman at Jackson State | 2 PM (ET) | ESPN+ |
| South Carolina State at Delaware State | 2 PM (ET) | ESPN3 |
| Virginia Lynchburg at Tennessee Tech | 2:30 PM (ET) | ESPN+ |
| Wisconsin at No. 25 Purdue | 3 PM (ET) | Big Ten Network |
| Jacksonville State at Sam Houston | 3 PM (ET) | ESPN+ |
| Idaho State at Montana State | 3 PM (ET) | ESPN+ |
| Western Illinois at South Dakota | 3 PM (ET) | ESPN+ |
| Tennessee State at Eastern Illinois | 3 PM (ET) | ESPN+ |
| Southeast Missouri State at UT Martin | 3 PM (ET) | ESPN+ |
| Northern Iowa at South Dakota State | 3 PM (ET) | ESPN3 |
| Charleston Southern at North Alabama | 3 PM (ET) | ESPN3 |
| Austin Peay at Murray State | 3 PM (ET) | ESPN3 |
| LSU at No. 12 Ole Miss | 3:30 PM (ET) | CBS |
| Clemson at No. 23 Pitt | 3:30 PM (ET) | ESPN |
| Maryland at Minnesota | 3:30 PM (ET) | ESPN2 |
| No. 8 Oklahoma State at Iowa State | 3:30 PM (ET) | FOX |
| No. 10 Oregon at UCLA | 3:30 PM (ET) | ABC |
| BYU at Washington State | 3:30 PM (ET) | FS1 |
| Colorado at Cal | 3:30 PM (ET) | Pac-12 Network |
| Western Michigan at Toledo | 3:30 PM (ET) | CBSSN |
| Rice at UAB | 3:30 PM (ET) | ESPN+ |
| Miami (Ohio) at Ball State | 3:30 PM (ET) | ESPN+ |
| Buffalo at Akron | 3:30 PM (ET) | ESPN+ |
| New Mexico at Wyoming | 3:30 PM (ET) | TBA |
| Missouri State at North Dakota State | 3:30 PM (ET) | ESPN+ |
| Mississippi State at Vanderbilt | 4 PM (ET) | SEC Network |
| Boston College at Louisville | 4 PM (ET) | ACC Network |
| East Carolina at Houston | 4 PM (ET) | ESPNU |
| Liberty at North Texas | 4 PM (ET) | ESPN+ |
| Weber State at Eastern Washington | 4 PM (ET) | ESPN+ |
| Kennesaw State at Campbell | 4 PM (ET) | ESPN+ |
| Southeastern Louisiana at Northwestern State | 4 PM (ET) | ESPN+ |
| Colgate at Holy Cross | 5 PM (ET) | ESPN+ |
| Wofford at Mercer | 6 PM (ET) | ESPN+ |
| Tennessee at No. 4 Alabama | 7 PM (ET) | ESPN |
| South Alabama at UL Monroe | 7 PM (ET) | ESPN3 |
| No. 22 San Diego State at Air Force | 7 PM (ET) | CBSSN |
| Nevada at Fresno State | 7 PM (ET) | FS2 |
| Western Kentucky at FIU | 7 PM (ET) | ESPN+ |
| Temple at South Florida | 7 PM (ET) | ESPN+ |
| No. 24 UTSA at Louisiana Tech | 7 PM (ET) | TBA |
| Central Arkansas at Lamar | 7 PM (ET) | ESPN+ |
| Midwestern State at Tarleton | 7 PM (ET) | ESPN+ |
| Nicholls at Houston Baptist | 7 PM (ET) | ESPN+ |
| Prairie View A&M at Southern | 7 PM (ET) | ESPN+ |
| USC at No. 13 Notre Dame | 7:30 PM (ET) | NBC |
| No. 5 Ohio State at Indiana | 7:30 PM (ET) | ABC |
| West Virginia at TCU | 7:30 PM (ET) | ESPNU |
| South Carolina at No. 17 Texas A&M | 7:30 PM (ET) | SEC Network |
| No. 18 NC State at Miami | 7:30 PM (ET) | ESPN2 |
| Georgia Tech at Virginia | 7:30 PM (ET) | ACC Network |
| Utah at Oregon State | 7:30 PM (ET) | Pac-12 Network |
| Montana at Idaho | 7:30 PM (ET) | ESPN+ |
| UC Davis at Cal Poly | 8 PM (ET) | ESPN+ |
| Northern Colorado at Southern Utah | 8 PM (ET) | ESPN+ |
| Stephen F. Austin at Dixie State | 9 PM (ET) | ESPN+ |
| Northern Arizona at Sacramento State | 9 PM (ET) | ESPN+ |
| New Mexico State at Hawai’i | 11:59 PM (ET) | TBA |