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After clearing out some of the brush, college football has arrived at a clearing of tremendous matchups in week six. The first weekend of October will feature six showdowns between top 25 teams that stretch from 11am to 7pm. Three of those games involve Southeastern Conference matchups that will play a role in deciding which team plays for a league title in Atlanta this December.
How stacked is this weekend? A pair of unbeaten, top-12 teams pulled the 11am kickoff card. #6 Texas A&M and #12 Mississippi State will lead things off on Saturday. Here's the best and worst of what October 4th has in store for us:
Best game: #3 Alabama at #11 Ole Miss. Are the Rebels for real? Or is Alabama still just too damn talented?
Worst game: Purdue at Illinois. Will enough students show up to produce even one "I"?
Here's the FBS schedule for week six in its entirety:
| Thursday, Oct 2, 2014 | Time (ET) | TV |
| UCF @ Houston | 7:00 PM | ESPN |
| Florida Atlantic @ FIU | 7:00 PM | FSN |
| Arizona @ (2) Oregon | 10:30 PM | ESPN |
| Friday, Oct 3, 2014 | Time (ET) | TV |
| Louisville @ Syracuse | 7:00 PM | ESPN |
| San Diego State @ Fresno State | 10:00 PM | CBSS |
| Utah State @ (18) Brigham Young | 10:15 PM | ESPN |
| Saturday, Oct 4, 2014 | Time (ET) | TV |
| Ball State @ Army | 12:00 PM | |
| (20) Ohio State @ Maryland | 12:00 PM | ABC |
| Florida @ Tennessee | 12:00 PM | SECN |
| Purdue @ Illinois | 12:00 PM | ESPN2 |
| (6) Texas A&M @ (12) Mississippi State | 12:00 PM | ESPN |
| Iowa State @ (21) Oklahoma State | 12:00 PM | FS1 |
| Marshall @ Old Dominion | 12:00 PM | FSN |
| Southern Miss @ Middle Tennessee | 12:00 PM | AMSN |
| Southern Methodist @ (22) East Carolina | 12:00 PM | ESPNU |
| Virginia Tech @ North Carolina | 12:30 PM | ESPN3/ACCN |
| Eastern Michigan @ Akron | 2:00 PM | ESPN3 |
| North Texas @ Indiana | 2:30 PM | BTN/BTN2 |
| Massachusetts @ Miami (OH) | 2:30 PM | ESPN3 |
| Tulsa @ Colorado State | 3:00 PM | |
| North Carolina State @ Clemson | 3:30 PM | ESPNU |
| Wake Forest @ (1) Florida State | 3:30 PM | ABC/ESPN3 |
| (14) Stanford @ (9) Notre Dame | 3:30 PM | NBC |
| (17) Wisconsin @ Northwestern | 3:30 PM | ESPN2 |
| (3) Alabama @ (11) Mississippi | 3:30 PM | CBS |
| (4) Oklahoma @ (25) TCU | 3:30 PM | FOX |
| (7) Baylor @ Texas | 3:30 PM | ABC |
| Navy @ Air Force | 3:30 PM | CBSS |
| New Mexico @ Texas-San Antonio | 3:30 PM | AMSN |
| Buffalo @ Bowling Green | 3:30 PM | ESPN3 |
| Ohio @ Central Michigan | 3:30 PM | ESPN3 |
| Vanderbilt @ (13) Georgia | 4:00 PM | SECN |
| Kansas @ West Virginia | 4:00 PM | FSN |
| Oregon State @ Colorado | 4:00 PM | PAC12 |
| Kent State @ Northern Illinois | 5:00 PM | ESPN3 |
| South Alabama @ Appalachian State | 6:00 PM | ESPN3 |
| Michigan @ Rutgers | 7:00 PM | BTN |
| (15) LSU @ (5) Auburn | 7:00 PM | ESPN |
| Texas Tech @ (23) Kansas State | 7:00 PM | ESPNU |
| UTEP @ Louisiana Tech | 7:00 PM | FCS |
| UAB @ Western Kentucky | 7:00 PM | |
| Hawaii @ Rice | 7:00 PM | AMSN |
| Toledo @ Western Michigan | 7:00 PM | ESPN3 |
| Louisiana-Monroe @ Arkansas State | 7:00 PM | ESPN3 |
| Georgia State @ Louisiana-Lafayette | 7:00 PM | ESPN3 |
| Idaho @ Texas State | 7:00 PM | ESPN3 |
| Memphis @ Cincinnati | 7:00 PM | CBSS |
| Miami (FL) @ Georgia Tech | 7:30 PM | ESPN2 |
| South Carolina @ Kentucky | 7:30 PM | SECN |
| Pittsburgh @ Virginia | 7:30 PM | ESPN3 |
| Arizona State @ (16) USC | 7:30 PM | FOX |
| (19) Nebraska @ (10) Michigan State | 8:00 PM | ABC |
| UNLV @ San Jose State | 8:00 PM | ESNN |
| Georgia Southern @ New Mexico State | 8:00 PM | ESPN3 |
| Utah @ (8) UCLA | 10:30 PM | ESPN |
| California @ Washington State | 10:30 PM | PAC12 |
| Boise State @ Nevada | 10:30 PM | CBSS |