College football games today: Georgia-Texas headlines SEC, Big Ten Saturday showdowns

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The weather around the country is starting to get cooler and the stakes each week in college football keep rising. Whoever said the regular season wouldn't matter as much with an expanded playoff field and rampant conference realignment ruining regional rivalries might well be right, but the trade off isn't so bad when the schedule gives us some of the games it will in Week 8.

Just call it a showdown Saturday in the SEC and Big Ten, with two conference games in each league whose result figures to have a big impact on the race to the first 12-team College Football Playoff.

The marquee matchup pits No. 1 Texas against No. 4 Georgia in prime time, with the Longhorns looking to cement themselves as the national championship favorite. The SEC's afternoon matinee features No. 7 Alabama at No. 11 Tennessee in a game neither can afford to lose if it wants to feel comfortable about postseason positioning moving forward.

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The Big Ten, meanwhile, has two ranked-vs-ranked matchups with No. 22 Michigan visiting undefeated No. 21 Illinois and No. 25 Nebraska hitting the road to play undefeated No. 18 Indiana. There are six undefeated teams in all, and 18 ranked teams total, playing games Saturday. There's bound to be meaningful developments.

Here's the full Week 8 Football Bowl Subdivision schedule for Saturday, Oct. 19, including game times and how to watch.

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College Football Week 8 schedule

Saturday, Oct. 19

All times Eastern.

• No. 6 Miami at Louisville: Noon on ABC, ESPN+
• Virginia at No. 9 Clemson: Noon on ACC Network
• Auburn at No. 16 Missouri: Noon on ESPN
• No. 25 Nebraska at No. 18 Indiana: Noon on FOX
• East Carolina at No. 24 Army: Noon on ESPN2
• Wisconsin at Northwestern: Noon on Big Ten Network
• UCLA at Rutgers: Noon on FS1
• Wake Forest at UConn: Noon on CBS Sports Network
• Arizona State at Cincinnati: Noon on ESPN+
• Louisiana at Coastal Carolina: Noon on ESPNU
• South Carolina at Oklahoma: 12:45 p.m. on SEC Network
• Central Michigan at Eastern Michigan: 2 p.m. on ESPN+
• Tulsa at Temple: 2 p.m. on ESPN+
• No. 7 Alabama at No. 10 Tennessee: 3:30 p.m. on ABC, ESPN+
• No. 11 Notre Dame at Georgia Tech: 3:30 p.m. on ESPN
• No. 22 Michigan at No. 21 Illinois: 3:30 p.m. on CBS, Paramount+
• North Carolina State at California: 3:30 p.m. on ACC Network
• Charlotte at Navy: 3:30 p.m. on CBS Sports Network
• Hawaii at Washington State: 3:30 p.m. on The CW
• Houston at Kansas: 3:30 p.m. on ESPN+
• UAB at USF: 3:30 p.m. on ESPN+
• Florida Atlantic at UTSA: 3:30 p.m. on ESPN+
• Rice at Tulane: 3:30 p.m. on ESPN+
• Texas State at Old Dominion: 3:30 p.m. on ESPN+
• Ohio at Miami (Ohio): 3:30 p.m. on ESPN+
• Kent State at Bowling Green: 3:30 p.m. on ESPN+
• Western Michigan at Buffalo: 3:30 p.m. on ESPN+
• Toledo at Northern Illinois: 3:30 p.m. on ESPN+
• Colorado at Arizona: 4 p.m. on FOX
• USC at Maryland: 4 p.m. on FS1
• Baylor at Texas Tech: 4 p.m. on ESPN2
• New Mexico at Utah State: 4 p.m. on truTV, Max
• Wyoming at San Jose State: 4 p.m. on MW Network
• James Madison at Georgia Southern: 4 p.m. on ESPN+
• No. 14 Texas A&M at Mississippi State: 4:15 p.m. on SEC Network
• No. 8 LSU at Arkansas: 7 p.m. on ESPN
• Ball State at Vanderbilt: 7 p.m. on ESPN+
• Arkansas State at Southern Miss: 7 p.m. on ESPN+
• No. 4 Georgia at No. 1 Texas: 7:30 p.m. on ABC, ESPN+
• UCF at No. 12 Iowa State: 7:30 p.m. on FS1
• No. 17 Kansas State at West Virginia: 7:30 p.m. on FOX
• Iowa at Michigan State: 7:30 p.m. on NBC, Peacock
• North Texas at Memphis: 7:30 p.m. on ESPNU
• Kentucky at Florida: 7:45 p.m. on SEC Network
• No. 23 SMU at Stanford: 8 p.m. on ACC Network
• Colorado State at Air Force: 8 p.m. on CBS Sports Network
• UNLV at Oregon State: 10 p.m. on The CW
• TCU at Utah: 10:30 p.m. on ESPN

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