College football games on TV this week, Week 5 TV schedule for Saturday

The college footballWeek 5 schedule is headlined by Alabama's trip to Mississippi State and Ohio State's trip to Iowa.

The two top-25 games feature the better-ranked team on the road, with Iowa and Mississippi State each coming off of top-25 wins last week.

In the ACC, Miami can climb to the top of the league at Clemson. The two teams enter 2-0 in conference play.

Here's the full Week 5 schedule in college football:

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College football Week 5 TV schedule: What college football games are on this week?

All times Central.

Thursday, October 1

• 7 p.m. — Western Kentucky at New Mexico State, CBS Sports Network
• 8 p.m. — North Texas at Tulsa, ESPN

Friday, October 2

• 6 p.m. — Pitt at Virginia Tech, ESPN
• 6 p.m. — Liberty at Delaware, CBS Sports Network
• 7 p.m. — Penn State at Northwestern, FOX
• 9:30 p.m. — Montana State at Idaho, ESPN

Saturday, October 3

• 11 a.m. — Alabama at Mississippi State, ABC
• 11 a.m. — Michigan at Minnesota, FOX
• 11 a.m. — Navy at Air Force, CBS
• 11 a.m. — Notre Dame at UNC, ESPN
• 11 a.m. — UCF at Houston, ESPN2
• 11 a.m. — MTSU at Kansas, ESPNU
• 11 a.m. — West Virginia at Iowa State, TNT
• 11 a.m. — Stanford at Wake Forest, ACC Network
• 11 a.m. — Boston College at SMU, CW Network
• 11 a.m. — Syracuse at UConn, CBS Sports Network
• 11:30 a.m. — Michigan State at Wisconsin, Big Ten Network
• 11:45 a.m. — Vanderbilt at Georgia, SEC Network
• 2:30 p.m. — Ohio State at Iowa, CBS
• 2:30 p.m. — Florida at Missouri, ABC
• 2:30 p.m. — Auburn at Tennessee, ESPN
• 2:30 p.m. — Virginia at Florida State, ESPN2
• 2:30 p.m. — Louisville at NC State, ACC Network
• 2:30 p.m. — Wyoming at North Dakota State, CW Network
• 2:30 p.m. — Cal at UNLV, CBS Sports Network
• 2:30 p.m. — Memphis at Charlotte, ESPN+
• 2:30 p.m. — Chattanooga at ETSU, ESPN+
• 2:45 p.m. — Marshall at James Madison, ESPNU
• 3 p.m. — Maryland at Nebraska, FS1
• 3 p.m. — Tennessee State at Western Illinois, ESPN+
• 3:15 p.m. — Kentucky at South Carolina, SEC Network
• 3:15 p.m. — Purdue at Illinois, Big Ten Network
• 4 p.m. — New Haven at Austin Peay, ESPN+
• 5 p.m. — Oregon State at Colorado State, USA Network
• 5 p.m. — Tennessee Tech at Western Carolina, ESPN+
• 6 p.m. — BYU at TCU, ESPN
• 6 p.m. — Arkansas at Texas A&M, ESPN2
• 6:30 p.m. — Miami (FL) at Clemson, ABC
• 6:30 p.m. — Texas Tech at Colorado, FOX
• 6:30 p.m. — Washington at USC, NBC
• 6:30 p.m. — Temple at USF, ESPNU
• 6:30 p.m. — Utah State at Boise State, CBS Sports Network
• 6:45 p.m. — McNeese at LSU, SEC Network
• 7 p.m. — Indiana at Rutgers, Big Ten Network
• 8:30 p.m. — Fresno State at Washington State, USA Network
• 9:30 p.m. — Baylor at Arizona State, ESPN
• 9:30 p.m. — Eastern Washington at UC Davis, ESPN2
• 9:30 p.m. — Texas State at San Diego State, CW Network
• 10 p.m. — Cincinnati at Arizona, FOX

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