Game 1 this 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

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

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

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