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Watch guide

A quadbox plan for the day — the 4 best games to have on at every point, ranked by projected competitiveness, pace, ranked-team stakes, and rivalries. Once games kick off it re-ranks on the live score (ESPN): a one-score game late jumps the board, a blowout drops to the bench.

‹Week 5· 2026›
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Thursday, Oct 1 (2)Friday, Oct 2 (44)Saturday, Oct 3 (13)

13 games · 6 viewing windows

11:00 AM CT2 of 4 slots — that's everything live
115
SyracuseACC
UConnFBS Independents
Sat, Oct 3, 11:00 AM CT
FBS vs. lower division — likely lopsided
CONN revengeSYR off bye
215
NavyAmerican Athletic
Air ForceMountain West
Sat, Oct 3, 11:00 AM CT
FBS vs. lower division — likely lopsided
AF revengeNAVY travel
2:30 PM CT
in: CAL, SAM
115
SyracuseACC
UConnFBS Independents
Sat, Oct 3, 11:00 AM CT
FBS vs. lower division — likely lopsided
CONN revengeSYR off bye
215
NavyAmerican Athletic
Air ForceMountain West
Sat, Oct 3, 11:00 AM CT
FBS vs. lower division — likely lopsided
AF revengeNAVY travel
315
CaliforniaACC
UNLVMountain West
Sat, Oct 3, 2:30 PM CT
FBS vs. lower division — likely lopsided
415
SamfordSouthernFCS
UABAmerican Athletic
Sat, Oct 3, 2:30 PM CT
FBS vs. lower division — likely lopsided
next best (1)
15
WyomingMountain West
North Dakota StateMountain West
Sat, Oct 3, 2:30 PM CT
FBS vs. lower division — likely lopsided
NDSU off bye
5:00 PM CT
out: SYR, NAVYin: WYO, ORST
115
CaliforniaACC
UNLVMountain West
Sat, Oct 3, 2:30 PM CT
FBS vs. lower division — likely lopsided
215
SamfordSouthernFCS
UABAmerican Athletic
Sat, Oct 3, 2:30 PM CT
FBS vs. lower division — likely lopsided
315
WyomingMountain West
North Dakota StateMountain West
Sat, Oct 3, 2:30 PM CT
FBS vs. lower division — likely lopsided
NDSU off bye
415
Oregon StatePac-12
Colorado StatePac-12
Sat, Oct 3, 5:00 PM CT
FBS vs. lower division — likely lopsided
CSU revenge
next best (1)
15
Texas SouthernSWACFCS
Florida AtlanticAmerican Athletic
Sat, Oct 3, 5:00 PM CT
FBS vs. lower division — likely lopsided
6:30 PM CT
out: CAL, SAM, WYOin: TXSO, USU, MCN
115
Oregon StatePac-12
Colorado StatePac-12
Sat, Oct 3, 5:00 PM CT
FBS vs. lower division — likely lopsided
CSU revenge
215
Texas SouthernSWACFCS
Florida AtlanticAmerican Athletic
Sat, Oct 3, 5:00 PM CT
FBS vs. lower division — likely lopsided
315
Utah StatePac-12
Boise StatePac-12
Sat, Oct 3, 6:30 PM CT
FBS vs. lower division — likely lopsided
BOIS lookahead
415
McNeeseSouthlandFCS
7LSUSEC
Sat, Oct 3, 6:45 PM CT
FBS vs. lower division — likely lopsided
next best (1)
15
4IndianaBig Ten
RutgersBig Ten
Sat, Oct 3, 7:00 PM CT
FBS vs. lower division — likely lopsided
9:30 PM CT
out: ORST, TXSOin: IU, FRES
115
Utah StatePac-12
Boise StatePac-12
Sat, Oct 3, 6:30 PM CT
FBS vs. lower division — likely lopsided
BOIS lookahead
215
McNeeseSouthlandFCS
7LSUSEC
Sat, Oct 3, 6:45 PM CT
FBS vs. lower division — likely lopsided
315
4IndianaBig Ten
RutgersBig Ten
Sat, Oct 3, 7:00 PM CT
FBS vs. lower division — likely lopsided
415
Fresno StatePac-12
Washington StatePac-12
Sat, Oct 3, 8:30 PM CT
FBS vs. lower division — likely lopsided
FRES revenge
next best (1)
15
Texas StatePac-12
San Diego StatePac-12
Sat, Oct 3, 9:30 PM CT
FBS vs. lower division — likely lopsided
TXST travel
10:59 PM CT3 of 4 slots — that's everything live
out: USU, MCN, IUin: TXST, SJSU
115
Fresno StatePac-12
Washington StatePac-12
Sat, Oct 3, 8:30 PM CT
FBS vs. lower division — likely lopsided
FRES revenge
215
Texas StatePac-12
San Diego StatePac-12
Sat, Oct 3, 9:30 PM CT
FBS vs. lower division — likely lopsided
TXST travel
315
San José StateMountain West
Hawai'iMountain West
Sat, Oct 3, 10:59 PM CT
FBS vs. lower division — likely lopsided
HAW revengeSJSU off byeSJSU travel

Windows use an estimated ~3h40m per game and a 45-min kickoff-clustering window, and change only when the top 4 actually change. Live scores come from ESPN on each refresh — a finished game frees its slot, an in-progress one holds it even if it runs long. Once a later window starts, the finished ones collapse into “earlier windows today.”