NCAA Football Saturday TV Schedule: Auburn, Oregon, Florida State, Alabama How To Watch

Welcome to the first real college football Saturday of the season! (No, NDSU/Montana did not count even though NDSU lost and it's fans are sad.)

Like many opening weekends, there is a mixed bag when it comes to game quality. However, on the first weekend of the year all games should be celebrated (or at least tolerated) because COLLEGE FOOTBALL IS HERE! Thursday and Friday had some pretty good games, so I'm hoping Saturday, Sunday, and Monday can keep it up. To help you decide where you should devote your attention today, I'm going to break down games to watch and games to put down as "for commercial breaks only."

Let's start with the Big Ten:

B1G Games to Watch:

Iowa vs. Illinois State: They might lose to Illinois State. I'm sure they won't, but they could (they are playing an ISU after all). And if they do, you want to be watching. At the very least, keep an eye on Twitter for word that this game is going full HAM so that you can get to it quickly. 11am CT, BTN

Northwestern vs. (21) Stanford: Northwestern should lose this game (even INU thinks so), but it's easily the best B1G related early game in terms of opponent quality. 11am CT, ESPN

Penn State @ Temple: It's not one you should avoid... 2:30 CT, ESPN

Nebraska vs. BYU: Will Mike Reilly get off on the right foot? 2:30 CT, ABC

***GAME OF THE DAY***

Wisconsin vs. Alabama: It's ok to cheer for Bama this one time. I absolve you of your sin preemptively. Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer! Badger fans are so excited by their team's expected butt-whooping that they are staying home in order to be closer to their IV's of Miller Light.

NOTE: I considered adding Illinois to this list because A) they play future MN opponent Kent State and B) after Hurricane Beckman postponed the game until Saturday I wondered what other issues could befall the Illini that might be enjoyable to watch. Then I remembered the game is only available on BTN2Go and I couldn't in good conscience recommend that.

B1G Games to Avoid:

Everything else. If it's not one of the teams listed above just run away. Unless you hear one of them is losing. Then come back to watch.

Best of the Non-B1G

Louisville at (6) Auburn: Watch Vern and Gary slobber over Auburn. 2:30pm CT, CBS

(15) Arizona State at Texas A&M: There is a limited number games featuring ranked teams playing Power 5 opponents. This is another one of them. 7:00pm CT,  ESPN

Texas at (11) Notre Dame: Maybe Charlie Strong can knock Notre Dame down to 12th with a win? 6:30pm CT, NBC

Full Schedule

The times on this schedule are Eastern because it's late and I don't want to change them. You'll deal I'm sure.

Sat, Sept 5, 2015
12:00 PM ET CBSS	Colgate	at	Navy
12:00 PM ET ESPNN	Norfolk State	at	Rutgers
12:00 PM ET ESPNU	Richmond	at	Maryland
12:00 PM ET BTN	Illinois State	at	Iowa
12:00 PM ET FSN	South Dakota State	at	Kansas
12:00 PM ET SECN	Tennessee-Martin	at	(17) Mississippi
12:00 PM ET SECN	Louisiana-Monroe	at	(9) Georgia
12:00 PM ET ESPN	(21) Stanford	at	Northwestern
12:30 PM ET ESPN3	Wofford	at	(12) Clemson
1:00 PM ET ESPN3	Youngstown State	at	Pittsburgh
1:00 PM ET ESPN3	Maine	at	Boston College
2:00 PM ET PAC12	Portland State	at	Washington State
3:30 PM ET ESPN3	Howard	at	Appalachian State
3:30 PM ET ESPN3	Presbyterian	at	Miami (OH)
3:30 PM ET ESPN3	Albany	at	Buffalo
3:30 PM ET ESPN	Penn State	at	Temple
3:30 PM ET ABC	BYU	at	Nebraska
3:30 PM ET RSRM	Morgan State	at	Air Force
3:30 PM ET CBSS	Florida Atlantic	at	Tulsa
3:30 PM ET ASN	Wagner	at	Rice
3:30 PM ET ESPN3	Old Dominion	at	Eastern Michigan
3:30 PM ET FOX	Virginia	at	(13) UCLA
3:30 PM ET FSN	Sam Houston State	at	Texas Tech
3:30 PM ET CBS	Louisville	vs. (Atlanta, GA)	(6) Auburn
3:30 PM ET ESPNU	UTEP	at	(18) Arkansas
4:00 PM ET ESPNN	Southern Illinois	at	Indiana
4:00 PM ET TBA	North Dakota	at	Wyoming
4:00 PM ET MWC	Savannah State	at	Colorado State
4:00 PM ET SECN	Bowling Green	vs. (Nashville, TN)	(25) Tennessee
4:00 PM ET SECN	Southeast Missouri State	at	(24) Missouri
5:00 PM ET PAC12	Grambling State	at	Cal
6:00 PM ET ESPN3	Gardner-Webb	at	South Alabama
6:00 PM ET ESPN3	Towson	at	East Carolina
6:00 PM ET ESPN3	Troy	at	NC State
6:00 PM ET ESPN3	Bethune-Cookman	at	Miami (FL)
7:00 PM ET ESPN3	Florida A&M	at	South Florida
7:00 PM ET ESPN3	Missouri State	at	Memphis
7:00 PM ET ESPN3	Alabama A&M	at	Cincinnati
7:00 PM ET TBA	Mississippi Valley State	at	New Mexico
7:00 PM ET CUSA Network	Jackson State	at	Middle Tennessee
7:00 PM ET ASN	Southern	at	Louisiana Tech
7:00 PM ET PPV	Akron	at	(19) Oklahoma
7:00 PM ET ESPN	(15) Arizona State	vs. (Houston, TX)	Texas A&M
7:00 PM ET ESPNU	Louisiana-Lafayette	at	Kentucky
7:10 PM ET PPV	South Dakota	at	Kansas State
7:30 PM ET CBSS	UNLV	at	Northern Illinois
7:30 PM ET FSN	Georgia Southern	at	West Virginia
7:30 PM ET NBC	Texas	at	(11) Notre Dame
7:30 PM ET ESPN	McNeese State	at	(14) LSU
7:30 PM ET SECN	New Mexico State	at	Florida
8:00 PM ET MWC	San Diego	at	San Diego State
8:00 PM ET ESPN3	Tennessee Tech	at	Houston
8:00 PM ET ESPNN	Texas State	at	(10) Florida State
8:00 PM ET Cyclones.tv	Northern Iowa	at	Iowa State
8:00 PM ET ABC	Wisconsin	vs. (Dallas, TX)	(3) Alabama
8:00 PM ET PAC12	Eastern Washington	at	(7) Oregon
10:00 PM ET FS1	Mississippi State	at	Southern Miss
11:00 PM ET PAC12	Arkansas State	at	(8) USC
Sun, Sept 6, 2015
3:00 PM ET FS1	Purdue	at	Marshall
Mon, Sept 7, 2015
8:00 PM ET ESPN	(1) Ohio State	at	Virginia Tech