For Week 8 of the 2012 college football season, LSU, Oklahoma and Mississippi State moved up the standings, South Carolina, West Virginia and Stanford moved down the standings, and two new teams joined the AP Top 25 Rankings: Texas Tech and Ohio. Four of the more-intriguing games to keep an eye on this week are the #6 LSU Tigers visiting the #20 Texas A&M Aggies, the #22 Stanford Cardinal visiting the California Golden Bears, the #9 South Carolina Gamecocks visiting the #3 Florida Gators, and the #4 Kansas State Wildcats visiting the #17 West Virginia Mountaineers. There will be a total of 56 FBS games played in Week 8.
2012 NCAA Division I-A (FBS) College Football Week 8 TV Schedule
Note: All times Eastern Time (ET). AP Top 25 teams will be in bold. Games listed with a "vs." instead of "at" are played at a neutral site. Games without a TV channel listed may only be broadcast on local networks. Time and channel of games broadcast are subject to change.
Tuesday, October 16
9:00 p.m.: Louisiana-Lafayette at North Texas, ESPN2 & WatchESPN
Thursday, October 18
8:00 p.m.: Houston at Southern Methodist
9:00 p.m.: #2 Oregon at Arizona State, 9:00 p.m., ESPN & WatchESPN
Friday, October 19
8:00 p.m.: Connecticut at Syracuse, ESPN & WatchESPN
Saturday, October 20
12:00 p.m.: #6 LSU at #20 Texas A&M, ESPN, ESPN3D & WatchESPN
12:00 p.m.: Purdue at #7 Ohio State, ABC, ESPN2 & WatchESPN
12:00 p.m.: Virginia Tech at #14 Clemson, ABC, ESPN2 & WatchESPN
12:00 p.m.: #19 Rutgers at Temple, Big East Network & ESPN3
12:00 p.m.: Bowling Green at Massachusetts
12:00 p.m.: Iowa State at Oklahoma State, FX
12:00 p.m.: Minnesota at Wisconsin, ESPNU & WatchESPN
12:00 p.m.: Northern Illinois at Akron, ESPN3
12:21 p.m.: Auburn at Vanderbilt, SEC Network & ESPN3
12:30 p.m.: Wake Forest at Virginia, ESPN3
1:00 p.m.: Army at Eastern Michigan, ESPN3
1:00 p.m.: Florida International at Troy, ESPN3
2:00 p.m.: San Jose State at UTSA, ESPN3
3:00 p.m.: #22 Stanford at California, FOX
3:00 p.m.: Boston College at Georgia Tech, ESPN3
3:00 p.m.: New Mexico State at Utah State
3:30 p.m.: #9 South Carolina at #3 Florida, CBS
3:30 p.m.: Brigham Young at #5 Notre Dame, NBC
3:30 p.m.: South Florida at #16 Louisville, ABC
3:30 p.m.: #18 Texas Tech at TCU, ESPN2, ABC & WatchESPN
3:30 p.m.: Michigan State at #23 Michigan, Big Ten Network
3:30 p.m.: UNLV at #24 Boise State, NBC Sports Network
3:30 p.m.: Florida Atlantic at South Alabama
3:30 p.m.: Nebraska at Northwestern, ESPN2, ABC & WatchESPN
3:30 p.m.: North Carolina State at Maryland, ESPNU & WatchESPN
3:30 p.m.: Rice at Tulsa
3:30 p.m.: Pittsburgh at Buffalo, Big East Network & ESPN3
3:30 p.m.: Ball State at Central Michigan, ESPN3
3:30 p.m.: Western Michigan at Kent State
3:30 p.m.: Indiana at Navy, CBS Sports Network
4:00 p.m.: Louisiana-Monroe at Western Kentucky, ESPN3
6:00 p.m.: Colorado at #11 USC, Pac-12 Network
7:00 p.m.: #1 Alabama at Tennessee, ESPN & WatchESPN
7:00 p.m.: #4 Kansas State at #17 West Virginia, FOX
7:00 p.m.: Kansas at #10 Oklahoma
7:00 p.m.: #13 Georgia at Kentucky
7:00 p.m.: Middle Tennessee at #15 Mississippi State, ESPN2 & WatchESPN
7:00 p.m.: #21 Cincinnati at Toledo, ESPN3
7:00 p.m.: East Carolina at UAB
7:00 p.m.: North Carolina at Duke, ESPNU & WatchESPN
7:00 p.m.: New Mexico at Air Force
7:00 p.m.: Idaho at Louisiana Tech, ESPN3
7:00 p.m.: Marshall at Southern Miss, CBS Sports Network
8:00 p.m.: #12 Florida State at Miami (FL), ABC
8:00 p.m.: UCF at Memphis
8:00 p.m.: Baylor at Texas, ABC
8:00 p.m.: Penn State at Iowa, Big Ten Network
8:00 p.m.: Tulane at UTEP
10:00 p.m.: Washington at Arizona, Pac-12 Network
10:30 p.m.: Utah at #8 Oregon State, ESPN2 & WatchESPN
10:30 p.m.: Wyoming at Fresno State
10:35 p.m.: San Diego State at Nevada, CBS Sports Network
Source:
2012 NCAA Division I-A NCAA Football Scores and Schedules for Week 8, ESPN
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