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The SEC has a bit of a down week as Thanksgiving draws close. Four of the league's eight games will pair powerhouse schools against I-AA competition. Another, South Alabama and South Carolina, involves a team that didn't exist in 2008. The #4 team in the country, Mississippi State, will get the #105 team in the country, Vanderbilt. That leaves either Missouri/Tennessee or Ole Miss/Arkansas as the conference's best showdowns.
Beyond that, there are only two games that pit top 25 programs this Saturday, so you'll be excused if this is the weekend you decide to hang up those Christmas lights. Here's what you can look forward to this week.
Best Game: #19 USC at #9 UCLA. The battle for Los Angeles continues. This time without poorly CGI'ed aliens.
Worst Game: Kent State at Buffalo. The northern New York rapture canceled this game and stripped Buffalo of both their Senior Day and a moderately decent chance at a six-win season. That's some horseshit, nature.
| Thu, Nov 20, 2014 | ||||
7:00 PM ET FS1
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 (12) Kansas State |
at |  West Virginia |
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7:30 PM ET ESPN
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 North Carolina |
at |  Duke |
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9:30 PM ET ESPNU
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 Arkansas State |
at | Texas State |
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| Fri, Nov 21, 2014 | ||||
| 1:00 PM ET |
 Kent State |
at |  Buffalo |
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| 8:00 PM ETFS1
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 UTEP |
at | Rice |
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9:30 PM ET CBSS
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 Air Force |
at | San Diego State |
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9:30 PM ET ESPN2
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San Jose State |
at | Utah State |
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| Sat, Nov 22, 2014 | ||||
| 12:00 PM ETCBSS
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 Fordham |
at | Army |
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12:00 PM ET SECN
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Eastern Kentucky |
at |  Florida |
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| 12:00 PM ETSECN
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Charleston Southern |
at |  (10) Georgia |
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12:00 PM ET BTN/BTN2
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 Rutgers |
at |  (11) Michigan State |
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| 12:00 PM ETBTN/BTN2
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 Indiana |
at |  (6) Ohio State |
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| 12:00 PM ETESPNU
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 Northwestern |
at |  Purdue |
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12:00 PM ET ESPN3/ESGP
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South Alabama |
at |  South Carolina |
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| 12:00 PM ETESPN2
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 Penn State |
at |  Illinois |
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| 12:00 PM ETESPN
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 (25) Minnesota |
at |  (23) Nebraska |
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| 12:00 PM ETFS1
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 Kansas |
at |  (21) Oklahoma |
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12:00 PM ET AMSN
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Marshall |
at | UAB |
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12:00 PM ET FSN
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Texas-San Antonio |
at | Western Kentucky |
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12:00 PM ET ESPNN
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Southern Methodist |
at | UCF |
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| 12:30 PM ETESPN3/ESGP
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 Virginia Tech |
at |  Wake Forest |
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| 1:00 PM ETESPN3
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Appalachian State |
at | Louisiana-Lafayette |
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1:00 PM ET PAC12
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 Washington State |
at |  (13) Arizona State |
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1:00 PM ET FCS
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Louisiana Tech |
at | Old Dominion |
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| 1:00 PM ETESPN3
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Western Michigan |
at | Central Michigan |
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1:30 PM ET ROOT
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New Mexico |
at | Colorado State |
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| 2:00 PM ETESPN3
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Eastern Michigan |
at | Ball State |
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| 3:00 PM ET BYUTV |
Savannah State |
at |  BYU |
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| 3:00 PM ETESPN3
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Tulsa |
at | Houston |
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| 3:30 PM ETESPN3/ESGP
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Georgia State |
at |  (22) Clemson |
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| 3:30 PM ET ABC/ESPN2 |
 Boston College |
at |  (2) Florida State |
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| 3:30 PM ETBTN/BTN2
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 Maryland |
at |  Michigan |
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3:30 PM ET NBC
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 (24) Louisville |
at |  Notre Dame |
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| 3:30 PM ETESPNU
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 Syracuse |
at |  Pittsburgh |
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3:30 PM ET CBS
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 (8) Mississippi |
at |  Arkansas |
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| 3:30 PM ET ABC/ESPN2 |
 (16) Wisconsin |
at |  Iowa |
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| 3:30 PM ETFSN
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 Texas Tech |
at |  Iowa State |
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| 3:30 PM ETESPN
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 (15) Arizona |
at |  (17) Utah |
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| 3:30 PM ETAMSN
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FIU |
at | North Texas |
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| 3:30 PM ETESPN3
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Tulane |
at | East Carolina |
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| 4:00 PM ETSECN
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Western Carolina |
at |  (1) Alabama |
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| 4:00 PM ETFS1
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 Stanford |
at | California |
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| 4:00 PM ETESPN3/ESGP
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Louisiana-Monroe |
at | New Mexico State |
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| 4:00 PM ETESPNN
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 South Florida |
at | Memphis |
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| 4:30 PM ETPAC12
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 Colorado |
at |  (2) Oregon |
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| 7:00 PM ETESPN2
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 Miami (FL) |
at |  Virginia |
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| 7:00 PM ETESPNU
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Samford |
at |  (14) Auburn |
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| 7:00 PM ETAMSN
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Florida Atlantic |
at | Middle Tennessee |
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| 7:30 PM ETESPN
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 (20) Missouri |
at |  Tennessee |
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7:30 PM ET FOX
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 Oklahoma State |
at |  (7) Baylor |
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| 7:30 PM ETSECN
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 Vanderbilt |
at |  (4) Mississippi State |
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8:00 PM ET ABC
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 (19) USC |
at |  (9) UCLA |
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| 8:00 PM ETCBSS
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 Cincinnati |
at |  Connecticut |
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| 10:15 PM ETESPN2
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 Boise State |
at | Wyoming |
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| 10:30 PM ETPAC12
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 Oregon State |
at |  Washington |
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| 10:30 PM ETESPNU
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Fresno State |
at | Nevada |
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| 11:00 PM ET OCPV |
UNLV |
at | Hawaii |
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