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College football on television this weekend (Oct. 21-23)

Jim Harbaugh and No. 6 Michigan take on Northwestern at noon on Fox in a Big Ten college football game on Saturday.
Jim Harbaugh and No. 6 Michigan take on Northwestern at noon on Fox in a Big Ten college football game on Saturday. AP

Not only is Kentucky off this week, there is not a single matchup between two ranked teams on the college football schedule this weekend.

As far as the prime slots, Fox has Northwestern at No. 6 Michigan at noon on Saturday. CBS has LSU at No. 12 Ole Miss at 3:30 p.m. Saturday. ABC has No. 5 Ohio State at Indiana at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. ESPN has No. 4 Alabama playing host to Tennessee at 7 p.m. Saturday. NBC has No. 13 Notre Dame playing host to USC at 7:30 p.m. Saturday.

Here’s the list of college football games on television and streaming this weekend.

Thursday, Oct. 21

  • 7:30 p.m. - Tulane at SMU (ESPN)
  • 7:30 p.m. - Florida Atlantic at Charlotte (CBS Sports)
  • 7:30 p.m. - Louisiana at Arkansas State (ESPNU)
  • 11 p.m. - San Jose State at UNLV (CBS Sports)

Friday, Oct. 22

  • 6 p.m. - Middle Tennessee at UConn (CBS Sports)
  • 6 p.m. - Columbia at Dartmouth (ESPNU)
  • 7 p.m. - Memphis at UCF (ESPN2)
  • 9:30 p.m. - Colorado State at Utah State (CBS Sports)
  • 10:30 p.m. - Washington at Arizona (ESPN2)

Saturday, Oct. 23

  • 12 p.m. - Cincinnati at Navy (ESPN2)
  • 12 p.m. - Oklahoma at Kansas (ESPN)
  • 12 p.m. - Northwestern at Michigan (Fox)
  • 12 p.m. - Illinois at Penn State (ABC)
  • 12 p.m. - Wake Forest at Army (CBS Sports)
  • 12 p.m. - Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Arkansas (SEC)
  • 12 p.m. - UMass at Florida State (ACC)
  • 12 p.m. - Kansas State at Texas Tech (FS1)
  • 12 p.m. - Eastern Michigan at Bowling Green (ESPN Plus)
  • 12 p.m. - Northern Illinois at Central Michigan (ESPNU)
  • 12 p.m. - Morehead State at Marist (ESPN3)
  • 1 p.m. - Kent State at Ohio (ESPN Plus)
  • 2 p.m. - Texas State at Georgia State (ESPN Plus)
  • 3 p.m. - Wisconsin at Purdue (BTN)
  • 3 p.m. - Austin Peay at Murray State (ESPN3)
  • 3:30 p.m. - Oklahoma State at Iowa State (Fox)
  • 3:30 p.m. - Oregon at UCLA (ABC)
  • 3:30 p.m. - LSU at Ole Miss (CBS)
  • 3:30 p.m. - Clemson at Pittsburgh (ESPN)
  • 3:30 p.m. - Rice at UAB (ESPN Plus)
  • 3:30 p.m. - Maryland at Minnesota (ESPN2)
  • 3:30 p.m. - Miami (Ohio) at Ball State (ESPN Plus)
  • 3:30 p.m. - Western Michigan at Toledo (CBS Sports)
  • 3:30 p.m. - Buffalo at Akron (ESPN Plus)
  • 3:30 p.m. - BYU at Washington State (FS1)
  • 4 p.m. - Mississippi State at Vanderbilt (SEC)
  • 4 p.m. - Liberty at North Texas (ESPN Plus)
  • 4 p.m. - Boston College at Louisville (ACC)
  • 4 p.m. - East Carolina at Houston (ESPNU)
  • 7 p.m. - Tennessee at Alabama (ESPN)
  • 7 p.m. - San Diego State at Air Force (CBS Sports)
  • 7 p.m. - Western Kentucky at Florida International (ESPN Plus)
  • 7 p.m. - Temple at South Florida (ESPN Plus)
  • 7 p.m. - Nevada at Fresno State (FS2)
  • 7:30 p.m. - Ohio State at Indiana (ABC)
  • 7:30 p.m. - USC at Notre Dame (NBC)
  • 7:30 p.m. - South Carolina at Texas A&M (SEC)
  • 7:30 p.m. - NC State at Miami (ESPN2)
  • 7:30 p.m. - Georgia Tech at Virginia (ACC)
  • 7:30 p.m. - West Virginia at TCU (ESPNU)
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This story was originally published October 21, 2021 at 12:45 PM.

John Clay
Lexington Herald-Leader
John Clay is a sports columnist for the Lexington Herald-Leader. A native of Central Kentucky, he covered UK football from 1987 until being named sports columnist in 2000. He has covered 20 Final Fours and 42 consecutive Kentucky Derbys. Support my work with a digital subscription
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