2012 College Football TV Schedule Week 9: TV Listings for the Upcoming Week

This week, we should see the first big shakeup of the BCS Standings as there are two huge top-10 games that have championship game implications.

With that being said, welcome back to another week of the ultimate college football television guide. As always, I will be your guiding light to what is going to be an exciting week of television. 

Like I said in the beginning, there are two games where top-10 teams in the BCS are facing off against each other. 

However, aside from those games, there are other potential BCS shake-up standings games in the 3:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. section of the TV guide. These two games may not get the same hype that No. 5 Notre Dame vs. No. 8 Oklahoma or No. 2 Florida vs. No. 10 Georgia may get, but they will have huge ramifications if the lower-seed can pull off an upset. 

Can No. 14 Texas Tech and No. 11 Mississippi State continue its Cinderella runs to the top of the BCS? Or will their dreams come crashing down on the road this weekend at the hands of No. 3 Kansas State and No. 1 Alabama? 

And, speaking of the Crimson Tide, will this game against Mississippi State be where Alabama reminds everyone why they are the best team in college football? 

However, before we can move forward to Week 9 of the season, I have to hit the pause button to give you a Cal U of PA update. 

This week, the Vulcans continued to dominate its competition in the PSAC, as they decimated Gannon, 41-0. The Vulcans improved its record to 7-1 overall and 5-0 in the PSAC. They entered this week at No. 12, moving up from No. 13 in the previous poll. 

Okay, enough Cal U talk, let’s move onto a huge week of college football. 

As always, make sure to check your local listings on Saturday as local coverage may look different from the table below. 

Date	Time (ET)	Game	Channel
Tuesday, Oct.23	8 p.m.	Arkansas State at Louisiana-Lafayette	ESPN-2
Thursday, Oct. 25	7:30 p.m.	No. 18 Clemson at Wake Forest	ESPN
Friday, Oct. 26	8 p.m.	Nevada at Air Force	CBS Sports Network
		Cincinnati at No. 16Louisville	ESPN-2
Saturday, Oct. 27	12 p.m.	Ball State at Army	CBS Sports Network
		Indiana at Illinois	Big Ten Network
		No. 23 Texas at Kansas	Fox Sports Network
		Kentucky at Missouri	ESPN-U
		Temple at Pittsburgh	Big East Network
		Tennessee at No. 13 South Carolina	ESPN
		Northern Illinois at Western Michigan	ESPN-3
	12:21 p.m.	Mississippi at Arkansas	ESPN-3
	12:30 p.m.	North Carolina State at North Carolina	ACC Network
	1 p.m.	Maryland at Boston College	ESPN-3
		Iowa at Northwestern	ESPN-2
		Southern Miss at Rice	CHSS
	2 p.m.	Utah State at UTSA	ESPN-3
	3 p.m.	UCLA at Arizona State	FX
		BYU at Georgia Tech	ESPN-3
		Colorado at No. 4 Oregon	Pac-12 Network
		Memphis at SMU	TWTX
	3:30 p.m.	No. 9 USC at Arizona	ABC
		Eastern Michigan at Bowling Green	ESPN-3
		Toledo at Buffalo	TWNY
		Navy at Eastern Carolina	Fox Sports Network
		Duke at No. 12 Florida State	ESPN-U
		No. 2 Florida at No. 10 Georgia	CBS
		No. 14 Texas Tech at No. 3 Kansas State	FOX
		No. 24 Ohio at Miami (OH)	ESPN-3
		North Texas at Middle Tennessee	ESPN-3
		Purdue at Minnesota	Big Ten Network
		TCU at Oklahoma State	Fox Sports Network
		Kent State at No. 15 Rutgers	SPNY
		Michigan State at No. 25 Wisconsin	ABC
		No. 21 Boise State at Wyoming	CBS Network
	4:30 p.m.	UETP at Houston	CHSS
	5:30 p.m.	Ohio State at Penn State	ESPN
	6 p.m.	Western Kentucky at FIU	ESPN-3
	6:15 p.m.	Washington State at No. 17 Stanford	Pac-12 Network
	7 p.m.	No. 20 Texas A&M at Auburn	ESPN-U
		Hawaii at Colorado State	TWCN
		Baylor at Iowa State	Fox Sports Network
		Syracuse at South Florida	ESPN-3
		UMASS at Vanderbilt	ESPN-3
	8 p.m.	UCF at Marshall	CBS Sports Network
		No. 22 Michigan at Nebraska	ESPN-2
		No. 5 Notre Dame at No. 8 Oklahoma	ABC
	8:30 p.m.	No. 11 Mississippi State No. 1 Alabama	ESPN
	8:45 p.m.	CAL at Utah	Pac-12 Network
	10:15 p.m.	No. 7 Oregon State at Washington	Pac-12 Network

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