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Vanderbilt doesn't play this week, but somehow the rest of the college football world will go on without them. Thursday kicked off week eight with an overtime thriller in Corvallis and a Pittsburgh victory that proved that the ACC is one, maybe two teams deep in 2014.
Friday and Saturday will bring even better football. A pair of recent Vandy opponents will kick off the weekend as Temple attempts to keep their Hets wet against Houston later this evening. The next day brings top 25 tilts like #21 Texas A&M at #7 Alabama, #14 Kansas State at #11 Oklahoma, and #15 Oklahoma State at #12 TCU.
Best Game: Virginia at Duke. Two nerd schools with resurgent football programs battle for the soul of the ACC, long vacated by both Miami and Florida State.
Worst Game: Eastern Michigan at UMass. Somehow, the Minutemen are a two-touchdown underdog at home to a team that has been one of Division I's worst over the past decade. Poor UMass.
| Thu, Oct 16, 2014 | Time (ET) | TV |
| Virginia Tech @ Pittsburgh | 7:30 PM | ESPN |
| (20) Utah @ Oregon State | 10:00 PM | FS2/PAC12 |
| Fri, Oct 17, 2014 | Time (ET) | TV |
| Fresno State @ Boise State | 8:00 PM | ESPN |
| Temple @ Houston | 9:00 PM | ESPNU |
| Sat, Oct 18, 2014 | Time (ET) | TV |
| Iowa @ Maryland | 12:00 PM | ESPN2 |
| Furman @ South Carolina | 12:00 PM | SECN |
| Syracuse @ Wake Forest | 12:00 PM | ESPN3/ESPNGP |
| (4) Baylor @ West Virginia | 12:00 PM | FS1 |
| Purdue @ Minnesota | 12:00 PM | |
| (14) Kansas State @ (11) Oklahoma | 12:00 PM | ESPN |
| Western Kentucky @ Florida Atlantic | 12:00 PM | AMSN |
| Texas-San Antonio @ Louisiana Tech | 12:00 PM | FSN |
| Tulane @ UCF | 12:00 PM | ESPNU |
| South Florida @ Tulsa | 12:00 PM | ESNN |
| Virginia @ Duke | 12:30 PM | ESPN3/ESPNGP |
| Western Michigan @ Bowling Green | 2:00 PM | ESPN3/ESPNGP |
| Akron @ Ohio | 2:00 PM | ESPN3 |
| Eastern Michigan @ Massachusetts | 3:00 PM | ESPN3 |
| Appalachian State @ Troy | 3:00 PM | ESPN3 |
| (24) Clemson @ Boston College | 3:30 PM | ESPNU |
| (8) Michigan State @ Indiana | 3:30 PM | ESPN |
| Army @ Kent State | 3:30 PM | ESPN3 |
| North Carolina State @ Louisville | 3:30 PM | ESPN3/ESPNGP |
| Rutgers @ (13) Ohio State | 3:30 PM | ABC/ESPN2 |
| (21) Texas A&M @ (7) Alabama | 3:30 PM | CBS |
| Kansas @ Texas Tech | 3:30 PM | FSN |
| UCLA @ California | 3:30 PM | ABC/ESPN2 |
| UAB @ Middle Tennessee | 3:30 PM | FCS |
| New Mexico @ Air Force | 3:30 PM | ROOT |
| Ball State @ Central Michigan | 3:30 PM | ESPN3 |
| Cincinnati @ Southern Methodist | 3:30 PM | CBSS |
| (10) Georgia @ Arkansas | 4:00 PM | SECN |
| (15) Oklahoma State @ (12) TCU | 4:00 PM | FS1 |
| San Jose State @ Wyoming | 4:00 PM | ESPN3 |
| Miami (OH) @ Northern Illinois | 5:00 PM | ESPN3 |
| New Mexico State @ Idaho | 5:00 PM | ESPN3 |
| Colorado @ (22) USC | 6:00 PM | PAC12 |
| (25) Marshall @ FIU | 6:00 PM | |
| Missouri @ Florida | 7:00 PM | ESPN2 |
| Georgia Tech @ North Carolina | 7:00 PM | ESPNU |
| Tennessee @ (3) Mississippi | 7:00 PM | ESPN |
| Southern Miss @ North Texas | 7:00 PM | AMSN |
| Utah State @ Colorado State | 7:00 PM | CBSS |
| Kentucky @ LSU | 7:30 PM | SECN |
| (19) Nebraska @ Northwestern | 7:30 PM | BTN |
| Georgia State @ South Alabama | 7:30 PM | ESPN3 |
| (5) Notre Dame @ (2) Florida State | 8:00 PM | ABC |
| Iowa State @ Texas | 8:00 PM | LGHN |
| Washington @ (9) Oregon | 8:00 PM | FS1 |
| Nevada @ Brigham Young | 10:15 PM | ESPN2 |
| (23) Stanford @ (17) Arizona State | 10:30 PM | ESPN |
| Hawaii @ San Diego State | 10:30 PM | CBSS |