2012 College Football TV Schedule Week 13: TV Listings for the Upcoming Week

Two straight weeks we've talked about the No. 1 team in the country potentially losing to its opponent. And for two straight weeks that team has lost. So, with that being said, the new No. 1 team in the country, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, heads to Southern California to take on USC on Saturday night at 8 p.m. on ABC. 

Could lighting strike for a third straight time?

You'll just have to find out when you sit on your couch to see if the Fighting Irish can punch its ticket to the BCS National Championship game. 

So welcome back to your weekly television guide. As always, I will be your guiding light through this stuffing filled week of college football.

You'll notice that this week games start on Tuesday, with a day off on Wednesday before picking up on Thursday for three straight days-and-nights of football.

However, this year the Thanksgiving games are missing two huge rivalry games because of schools leaving for a new conference.

For starters, there will be no Backyard Brawl between West Virginia and Pittsburgh. The first meeting was back in 1895 with the last game in 2011 being the final time, for the foreseeable future, that these teams will meet. 

And secondly, there will be no Lone Star Showdown between Texas and Texas A&M. This one would have been an amazing game to watch on Thanksgiving night, as both the Longhorns and Aggies have stellar offenses. 

Plus there'd be a BCS berth up for grabs for the winner of this game. 

Instead, we will have to hope that these two teams will meet up in this year's Cotton Bowl, instead of on Thanksgiving Night.

Alright that's enough venting about colleges moving conferences and destroying traditions. Let's get into this week's action.

Be sure to check your local listings before each game since your local listings may change what channel some games may be on.

Date	Time (ET)	Game	Channel
Tuesday, Nov. 20	7:00 PM	Akron at Toledo	ESPN-2
Thursday, Nov. 22	7:30 PM	TCU at No. 16 Texas	ESPN
Friday, Nov. 23	11:00 AM	Ohio at No. 23 Kent State	ESPN-U
		Syracuse at Temple	ESPN-2
	12:00 PM	No. 14 Nebraska at Iowa	ABC
	1:00 PM	Northern Illinois at Eastern Michigan	ESPN-3
	2:00 PM	Marshall at East Carolina	CBS Sports Network
	2:30 PM	No. 7 LSU at Arkansas	CBS
	3:00 PM	Utah at Colorado	FX
	3:30 PM	No. 25 Washington at Washington State	FOX
	3:30 PM	West Virginia at Iowa State	ABC
	7:00 PM	South Florida at Cincinnati	ESPN
	10:00 PM	Arizona State at No. 24 Arizona	ESPN
Saturday, Nov. 24	12:00 PM	No.18 Rutgers at Pittsburgh	ESPN-2
		Georgia Tech at No. 3 Georgia	ESPN
		No. 19 Michigan at Ohio State	ABC
		UCONN at No. 20 Louisville	Big East Network
		Illinois at Northwestern	Big Ten Network
		Virginia at Virginia Tech	ESPN-U
		Tulsa at SMU	FX
		Indiana at Purdue	Big Ten Network
	12:21 PM	Kentucky at Tennessee	SEC Network
	12:30 PM	Miami (FL) at Duke	ACC Network
	1:00 P M	North Texas at Western Kentucky	ESPN-3
	2:30 PM	Baylor vs. Texas Tech	FOX
	3:00 PM	No. 5 Oregon at No. 15 Oregon State	Pac-12 Network
		Boston College at North Carolina State	ESPN-3
		Idaho at Utah State	ESPN-3
	3:30 PM	Auburn at No. 2 Alabama	CBS
		No. 4 at No. 10 Florida State	ABC
		No. 21 Oklahoma State at No. 13 Oklahoma	ESPN
		Michigan State at Minnesota	Big Ten Network
		Vanderbilt at Wake Forest	ESPN-U
		BYU at New Mexico State	ESPN-3
		Wisconsin at Penn State	ESPN-2
		Air Force at Fresno State	NBC Sports Network
		Troy at Middle Tennessee	ESPN-3
	5:00 PM	South Alabama at Louisiana-Lafayette	ESPN-3
	6:30 PM	No. 8 Stanford at No. 17 UCLA	FOX
	7:00 PM	Missouri at No. 9 Texas A&M	ESPN-2
		No. 12 South Carolina at No. 11 Clemson	ESPN
		Mississippi State at Ole Miss	ESPN-U
	8:00 PM	No. 1 Notre Dame at USC	ABC
	10:30 PM	Louisiana Tech at San Jose State	ESPN-2

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