College Football Saturday: Ohio State at Indiana, Notre Dame at BYU

Week 7 peaks on Saturday: Ohio State at Indiana at noon, Penn State at Michigan in the afternoon, then Notre Dame at BYU and Florida State at Miami under the lights.

Saturday, October 17 is the biggest day of college football Week 7, with ranked meetings from noon to past midnight Eastern. The week spans Tuesday, October 13 through Saturday, with 118 matchups across the FBS and FCS, FB Schedules counted. Two top ten games bookend the day, and the primetime window holds a top ten meeting in Provo plus Florida State at Miami.

Friday set the table

Friday night had four games. Columbia played at Penn at 7 p.m. on ESPNU, Memphis at Tulane followed at 7:30 p.m. on ESPN, and the two late games were Appalachian State at Coastal Carolina at 8 p.m. on ESPN2 and Washington at Purdue at 8 p.m. on FOX.

Noon Eastern window

Ohio State at Indiana, noon, FOX. A top ten Big Ten meeting in Bloomington, and the loser takes real damage in the conference race.

Florida at Texas, noon, ABC. Texas defends its home field against a Florida team that travels well in big spots.

Virginia at SMU, noon, The CW. SMU tries to stay in the ACC race at home.

Mississippi State at LSU, noon, ESPN, gives the SEC an early ranked test in Baton Rouge.

Afternoon window, 3:30 p.m. Eastern

Penn State at Michigan, 3:30 p.m., CBS. Two brand names, one loud stadium, and no room for a second conference loss.

Alabama at Tennessee, 3:30 p.m., ABC. A ranked SEC meeting in Knoxville between two teams that cannot afford another defeat.

Missouri at Ole Miss, 3:30 p.m., SEC Network. A ranked SEC meeting in Oxford.

Auburn at Georgia, 3:30 p.m., ESPN. The oldest rivalry in the Deep South, this time in Athens.

Arizona State at Texas Tech, 3:30 p.m., FOX, rounds out the window with a ranked Big 12 meeting in Lubbock.

Primetime

Florida State at Miami, 7 p.m., ESPN. Miami, ranked No. 3, hosts its oldest rival under the lights.

Notre Dame at BYU, 7:30 p.m., ABC. Two unbeaten top ten teams in Provo. The winner leaves with a playoff resume win, the loser leaves with work to do.

Kentucky at Oklahoma, 7:30 p.m., SEC Network.

Oklahoma State at Houston, 7:30 p.m., FOX, and Wisconsin at UCLA, 7:30 p.m., on NBC, fill out the evening.

Utah at Colorado, 10:15 p.m., ESPN. The late game, in Boulder, with the ranked Utes on the road. Nebraska at Oregon closes the night at 11 p.m. on FOX.

How to watch

The Saturday slate runs across FOX, ABC, ESPN, CBS, The CW and SEC Network, with streaming on the networks own apps. Kickoff times are Eastern and listings can shift, so check your local guide before noon. Saturday decides who still controls their conference.

How Saturday finished

Ohio State won the noon headliner 19-15 at Indiana, ending the Hoosiers' 22 game winning streak in the 100th meeting between the schools, though Buckeyes quarterback Julian Sayin left with an arm injury and is expected to miss several weeks. Michigan beat Penn State 21-18 in the afternoon after benching its starter at halftime, with true freshman Tommy Carr leading three second half touchdown drives. Auburn upset Georgia in Athens in the same window. In primetime, Miami outlasted Florida State 43-35 in double overtime, and BYU beat Notre Dame 28-24 in Provo on a touchdown pass with 1 minute 47 seconds left, handing the Irish their first loss of the season.