Each week, The Los Angeles Times’ national college sports reporter J. Brady McCollough will help plan your Saturday game-watch schedule by revealing the matchups he will have his eye on at each stage of the day’s slate (all times PDT).
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Kegs and Eggs
Army vs. Air Force (Arlington, Texas), 8:30 a.m., Ch.2
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The 56th playing of this rivalry will be the first football game at Globe Life Field, home of the Texas Rangers.
No. 5 Ohio State at Nebraska, 9 a.m., Ch. 11
Call it Scott Frost’s last stand. Nebraska has been close in some brutal losses and has a final shot at glory.
No. 9 Wake Forest at North Carolina, 9 a.m., Ch. 7
It was supposed to be Mack Brown’s Tar Heels with the top-10 ranking. Can they put an end to Wake Forest’s run?
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Liberty at No. 16 Mississippi, 9 a.m., SEC Network
Hugh Freeze back in Oxford on the opposing sideline? A quarterback duel between Matt Corral and Malik Willis? Talk about entertainment.
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Fire up the grill
No. 3 Michigan State at Purdue, 12:30 p.m., Ch. 7
The Spartans historically have been vulnerable to an upset after beating Michigan. Purdue is very capable.
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No. 11 Oklahoma State at West Virginia, 12:30 p.m., ESPN
Mike Gundy has quietly kept the Cowboys in contention this year, but a trip to Morgantown can be treacherous.
No. 12 Baylor at Texas Christian, 12:30 p.m., Ch. 11
TCU will be playing without Gary Patterson as head coach for the first time since 2000. Baylor has a lot riding on this one.
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J. Brady McCollough is a sports enterprise reporter for the Los Angeles Times, focusing on national college football and basketball topics. Before joining the Times in May 2018, he was a projects reporter at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and a 2017 Nieman Fellow at Harvard University.