No. 5 Michigan State will try to remain undefeated as it goes on the road to face No. 18 Iowa in a Big Ten battle. Meanwhile, Akron searches for its first win at Temple, and Kent State hosts Ball State.
View full sizeMichigan State's Kirk Cousins and the Spartans face a tough test today at Iowa. The game is televised on WEWS Channel 5 at 3:30 p.m.
No. 1 Oregon at No. 24 USC, 8 p.m.
No. 3 Auburn at Mississippi, 6 p.m., ESPN2
No. 4 TCU at UNLV, 11 p.m.
No. 7 Missouri at No. 14 Nebraska, 3:30 p.m., ESPN
No. 8 Utah at Air Force, 7:30 p.m.
No. 11 Oklahoma vs. Colorado, 9:15 p.m., ESPN2
No. 13 Stanford at Washington, 7 p.m., Versus
No. 15 Arizona at UCLA, 3:30 p.m., Fox Sports Ohio
No. 17 S. Carolina vs. Tennessee, 12:21 p.m., WUAB Ch. 43
No. 19 Arkansas vs. Vanderbilt, 7 p.m.
No. 20 Oklahoma State at Kansas State, noon, FSO
No. 22 Miami at Virginia, noon, ESPN
No. 23 Mississippi State vs. Kentucky, 7, ESPNU
No. 25 Baylor at Texas, 7 p.m.
Big Ten
No. 10 Ohio State (7-1, 3-1) at Minnesota (1-7, 0-4), 8, WEWS Ch. 5: Jeff Horton serves as Gophers head coach for a second game since the firing of Tim Brewster two weeks ago.
No. 5 Michigan State (8-0, 4-0) at No. 18 Iowa (5-2, 2-1), 3:30, WEWS Ch. 5: Over the past three seasons, Iowa only has allowed three 100-yard rushers.
Michigan (5-2, 1-2) at Penn State (4-3, 1-2), 8, ESPN: These teams will be in different Big Ten divisions starting in 2011 and are not scheduled to meet the next two years.
Northwestern (5-2, 1-2) at Indiana (4-3, 0-3), noon, BTN: Northwestern is averaging 27.6 points, 147.1 rushing yards and 272.2 passing yards per game -- second only to Big Ten leader Indiana.
Purdue (4-3, 2-1) at Illinois (4-3, 2-2), noon, ESPN2: Purdue saw its school-record-tying streak of consecutive games with 200 or more yards rushing snapped at five straight last week at Ohio State.
Mid-American
Akron (0-8, 0-4 MAC) at Temple (6-2, 3-1), 1: In the past four games, the Zips have given up 50, 28, 38 and 56 points.
Kent State (3-4, 2-2) vs. Ball State (2-6, 1-3), 3:30, WJW Ch. 8: The Golden Flashes will retire Josh Cribbs' uniform No. 9 during festivities today.
Ohio (5-3) vs. Louisiana-Lafayette (2-6), 2: OU QB Phil Bates missed most of last week's win over Miami with a sore shoulder.
Bowling Green (1-7, 0-4) at C. Michigan (2-6, 1-4), 3:30: Traditionally high-scoring CMU has only scored 17, 21, 20 and seven points in its past four games.
Miami (4-4, 3-1) at Buffalo (2-5, 1-2), 3:30: UB has switched to a new QB, Alex Zordich, who was 13-of-29 for 117 yards in his first start.
N. Illinois (6-2, 4-0) at W. Michigan (3-4, 2-1), noon, WEWS Ch. 5: NIU is eighth in the nation in rushing yards with 1,980.
Toledo (5-3, 4-0) at E. Michigan (1-7, 1-3), 4, SportsTime Ohio: Toledo leads the MAC in turnover differential (plus-8).
Division II
Lake Erie (1-7, 1-6 GLIAC) vs. Ohio Dominican (2-5, 2-5), 1: Three Storm receivers -- Brandon James (Mentor), David Romeo (Eastlake North) and Andre Wells (Villa Angela-St. Joseph) -- all went over 100 yards receiving last week in a win over Findlay.
Notre Dame College (2-6) vs. North Greenville (S.C.) (4-3), 1: NDC RB Pedro Powell is seeking his sixth straight 100-yard rushing game.
Division III
No. 2 Mount Union (7-0, 6-0 OAC) at Otterbein (4-3, 3-3), 1:30: Mount senior DE Lambert Budzinski had two sacks and a team-high eight tackles in last week's 38-0 win over Capital.
Baldwin-Wallace (6-1, 5-1 OAC) at Muskingum (3-4, 2-4), 1:30: B-W is trying to set up an OAC showdown next week at home against Mount Union.
Case Western Reserve (7-0) at Chicago (5-2), 1: CWRU senior WR Zach Homyk is seven receptions shy of a CWRU single-season record.
Hiram (1-6, 1-2 NCAC) at Wooster (3-4, 2-1), 1: Hiram hasn't played since a 41-0 loss to Case Western Reserve on Oct. 16.
John Carroll (3-4, 3-3 OAC) at Capital (3-4, 3-3), 1:30: The Blue Streaks have not won in Bexley since 1999.
Oberlin (2-5, 1-3 NCAC) vs. Denison (3-5, 1-3), 1: Oberlin has rushed for more than 100 yards in four out of the past five games.