College Football Week 5 Schedule: TV and Live Stream Info for Every Game
College football fans are lucky.
After a fireworks show over the course of the first few weeks thanks to brave scheduling, the past few weeks have appeared drab at best.
On paper.
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The past few weeks have been the best to date thanks to jarring upsets, plenty of drama and downright competitive affairs defying the expectations of most. Games scheduled as practice sessions before conference play have proved anything but.
Now, conference play is in its budding stages too. It makes for yet another outstanding week of action. Below is a look at the full slate.
2014 College Football Week 5 Schedule
| Thursday, September 25 | ||
| 7:30 p.m. | Texas Tech at No. 24 Oklahoma State | ESPN/WatchESPN |
| 7:30 p.m. | Appalachian State at Georgia Southern | ESPNU/WatchESPN |
| 10 p.m. | No. 11 UCLA at No. 15 Arizona State | Fox Sports 1 |
| Friday, September 26 | ||
| 8 p.m. | Fresno State at New Mexico | ESPN 2/WatchESPN |
| 8 p.m. | Middle Tennessee at Old Dominion | Fox Sports 1 |
| Saturday, September 27 | ||
| 12 p.m. | Wyoming at No. 9 Michigan State | ESPN 2/WatchESPN |
| 12 p.m. | Tennessee at No. 12 Georgia | ESPN/WatchESPN |
| 12 p.m. | South Florida at No. 19 Wisconsin | ESPNU/WatchESPN |
| 12 p.m. | UTEP at No. 25 Kansas State | |
| 12 p.m. | Iowa at Purdue | Big Ten Network |
| 12 p.m. | Northwestern at Penn State | Big Ten Network |
| 12 p.m. | TCU at SMU | CBS Sports Network |
| 12 p.m. | Tulane at Rutgers | ESPNEWS/WatchESPN |
| 12 p.m. | Vanderbilt at Kentucky | SEC Network/WatchESPN |
| 12:30 p.m. | Colorado State at Boston College | ESPN 3 |
| 12:30 p.m. | Western Michigan at Virginia Tech | ESPN 3 |
| 1 p.m. | Army at Yale | |
| 1:30 p.m. | Akron at Pittsburgh | ESPN 3 |
| 1:30 p.m. | Maryland at Indiana | Big Ten Network |
| 2 p.m. | Eastern Illinois at Ohio | ESPN 3 |
| 3 p.m. | Bowling Green at Massachusetts | ESPN 3 |
| 3:30 p.m. | No. 1 Florida State at North Carolina State | ABC/ESPN 2/WatchESPN |
| 3:30 p.m. | Arkansas vs. No. 6 Texas A&M* | CBS |
| 3:30 p.m. | Western Kentucky at Navy | CBS Sports Network |
| 3:30 p.m. | Minnesota at Michigan | ABC/ESPN 2/WatchESPN |
| 3:30 p.m. | Kent State at Virginia | ESPN 3 |
| 3:30 p.m. | Florida International at UAB | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Wake Forest at Louisville | ESPNU/WatchESPN |
| 3:30 p.m. | Miami (OH) at Buffalo | ESPN 3 |
| 4 p.m. | Louisiana Tech at No. 5 Auburn | SEC Network/WatchESPN |
| 4 p.m. | Colorado at California | Pac-12 Network |
| 4 p.m. | Temple at Connecticut | ESPNEWS/WatchESPN |
| 4 p.m. | Texas at Kansas | Fox Sports 1 |
| 4:15 p.m. | No. 16 Stanford at Washington | Fox |
| 5 p.m. | South Alabama at Idaho | ESPN 3 |
| 5 p.m. | UTSA at Florida Atlantic | |
| 6 p.m. | Cincinnati at No. 22 Ohio State | Big Ten Network |
| 7 p.m. | Missouri at No. 13 South Carolina | ESPN/WatchESPN |
| 7 p.m. | North Carolina at Clemson | ESPNU/WatchESPN |
| 7 p.m. | Central Michigan at Toledo | ESPN 3 |
| 7 p.m. | Rice at Southern Miss | |
| 7 p.m. | Troy at Louisiana-Monroe | ESPN 3 |
| 7 p.m. | Boise State at Air Force | CBS Sports Network |
| 7:30 p.m. | Memphis at No. 10 Ole Miss | ESPN 3 |
| 7:30 p.m. | New Mexico State at No. 17 LSU | SEC Network/WatchESPN |
| 7:30 p.m. | Duke at Miami (FL) | ESPN 2/WatchESPN |
| 8 p.m | No. 7 Baylor at Iowa State | Fox |
| 8 p.m. | No. 8 Notre Dame vs. Syracuse* | ABC |
| 8 p.m. | Texas State at Tulsa | ESPNEWS/WatchESPN |
| 8 p.m. | UNLV at San Diego State | ESPN 3 |
| 8 p.m. | Washington State at Utah | Pac-12 Network |
| 9 p.m. | Illinois at No. 21 Nebraska | Big Ten Network |
| 10:30 p.m. | Oregon State at No. 18 USC | ESPN/WatchESPN |
| 10:30 p.m. | Nevada at San Jose State | CBS Sports Network |
Schedule courtesy of ESPN.com. For games without national or regional coverage on a major network, check local listings.
Live Stream Resource
ESPN: WatchESPN
SEC: CBSSports.com
Fox: Fox Sports Go
BTN: BTN2Go.com
Pac-12: Pac-12.com
ABC: ABC Live
CBS: CBSSports.com
Matchups to Watch
Missouri at No. 13 South Carolina
The South Carolina Gamecocks are 3-1 and one of the best teams in the nation, but fans would not know it based on recent comments by coach Steve Spurrier, as captured by The Associated Press, via ESPN.com.
"We still believe we have a chance to have a good team this year," Spurrier said. "We're 3-1 and have won some close ones. We've played some pretty good teams. We didn't think Vandy was going to be that good, but they played their hearts out. Probably out-played us. Probably out-hustled us in a lot of areas."
Of course, Spurrier is upset about his team's 48-34 win on the road over Vanderbilt. That is what major programs that want a spot in the inaugural playoff do—get motivated by close wins littered with mistakes (two kickoffs returned for touchdowns) against beatable opponents.
Then again, Gary Pinkel has plenty to be upset about too.
His 3-1 Tigers rolled through a number of teams with relative ease to start the season but then welcomed unranked Indiana to town last week and suffered a 31-27 upset to fall from the realm of the ranked.
The Tigers are still in a transitional period, although sophomore quarterback Maty Mauk continues to look increasingly comfortable under center. To date, he has 978 yards and 14 touchdowns to four interceptions.
Steve Walentik of the Columbia Daily Tribune has a quote from a clearly concerned Spurrier on the topic:
The Gamecocks have had issues with strong quarterbacks. Kenny Hill out of Texas A&M went for 511 yards and three scores to start the season. East Carolina's Shane Carden threw for more than 300 yards. Georgia's Hutson Mason tossed two scores.
In other words, Missouri can certainly make this one a game, on the road or not. The idea is that Dylan Thompson, who has 1,140 yards and 11 passing touchdowns to three interceptions, and star back Mike Davis can score early and often.
Then again, South Carolina gave Missouri its only SEC loss last season in double overtime. Here's hoping for another competitive affair.
Arkansas vs. No. 6 Texas A&M
Speaking of those Aggies and Hill (not Johnny Manziel, folks), Kevin Sumlin's team is on upset alert this week.
Well, in theory. Texas A&M destroyed South Carolina to start the season, but dominant showings over Lamar, Rice and SMU should be taken with a grain of salt. Arkansas represents a serious test.
Bret Bielema's team is no joke on the ground, which means the Razorbacks could take control of the pace and never let Sumlin's offense on the field enough to make it a blowout. Peep the numbers so far:
| Alex Collins | 65 | 490 | 7.5 | 84 (TD) | 5 |
| Jonathan Williams | 48 | 391 | 8.1 | 90 (TD) | 7 |
| Keon Hatcher | 3 | 98 | 32.7 | 82 (TD) | 1 |
| Korliss Marshall | 19 | 98 | 5.2 | 27 (TD) | 1 |
| Kody Walker | 17 | 83 | 4.9 | 11 | 0 |
| Damon Mitchell | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Brandon Allen | 11 | 34 | 3.1 | 21 | 2 |
Talk about wearing down a defense. ESPN CollegeFootball provides a deeper dive in visual form:
Texas A&M has inflated defensive numbers—it ranks No. 8 overall in points against at 11.8 per game—thanks to a soft schedule, which includes the opener against South Carolina, as it was technically Thompson's first real action as starter.
Still, behind the strong arm of Hill, who has 1,359 yards and 13 scores, Sumlin's offense figures to post big numbers once again. But we will soon find out if the Aggies defense is legit, as the Arkansas ground game is certainly capable of keeping pace.
If Arkansas can run, this will wind up as the week's most explosive contest.
Stats and information via ESPN.com unless otherwise specified.
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