After a weekend full of upsets and surprises left preseason top 10 teams Notre Dame and Texas A&M stunned while No. 1 Alabama snuck by Texas by a single point, the college football season marches into a week without a marquee game.
That doesn’t mean there won’t be any excitement. Of course there will be. The question is where and when — and, of course, which side to bet on.
One interesting game to watch will be a battle of Power Five schools that are unbeaten but also untested when No. 11 Michigan State visits Washington, with the Huskies favored by 2 points. Two more Southeastern Conference games also are on the slate, with new No. 1 Georgia (-24.5) visiting South Carolina and LSU playing host to Mississippi State (-3).
Here’s a complete schedule and list of the available Week 3 point spreads and over/under totals at Caesars Sportsbook:
(*no lines available yet for games involving FCS teams)
(All times Eastern)
Top 25 games
No. 1 Georgia (-24.5, o/u 50.5) at South Carolina, noon Saturday, ESPN
UConn at No. 4 Michigan (-47, o/u 59.5), noon Saturday, ABC
No. 6 Oklahoma (-13.5, o/u 65) at Nebraska, noon Saturday, Fox
*Youngstown State at No. 9 Kentucky, noon Saturday, SEC Network
Texas State at No. 17 Baylor (-31, o/u 53), noon Saturday, FS1
No. 12 BYU at No. 25 Oregon (-4, o/u 57), 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Fox
No. 20 Ole Miss (-14.5, o/u 60) at Georgia Tech, 3:30 p.m. Saturday, ABC
No. 22 Penn State (-3, o/u 48.5) at Auburn, 3:30 p.m. Saturday, CBS
UL-Monroe at No. 2 Alabama (-49.5, o/u 60), 4 p.m. Saturday, SEC Network
Liberty at No. 19 Wake Forest (-16.5, o/u 62.5), 5 p.m. Saturday, ACC Network
Toledo at No. 3 Ohio State (-31, o/u 61), 7 p.m. Saturday, Fox
*Arkansas-Pine Bluff at No. 8 Oklahoma State, 7 p.m. Saturday, ESPN+
*Missouri State at No. 10 Arkansas, 7 p.m. Saturday, ESPN+
Akron at No. 15 Tennessee (-47.5, o/u 65.5), 7 p.m. Saturday, ESPN+
Texas Tech at No. 16 NC State (-9.5, o/u 55.5), 7 p.m. Saturday, ESPN2
No. 11 Michigan State at Washington (-2, o/u 55), 7:30 p.m. Saturday, ABC
South Florida at No. 18 Florida (-24.5, o/u 59), 7:30 p.m. Saturday, SEC Network
No. 23 Pittsburgh (-11, o/u 54.5) at Western Michigan, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, ESPNU
Louisiana Tech at No. 5 Clemson (-33, o/u 54.5), 8 p.m. Saturday, ACC Network
UTSA at No. 21 Texas (-13.5, o/u 59), 8 p.m. Saturday, Longhorn Network
No. 13 Miami at No. 24 Texas A&M (-6, o/u 47.5), 9 p.m. Saturday, ESPN
San Diego State at No. 14 Utah (-21, o/u 49.5), 10 p.m. Saturday, ESPN2
Fresno State at No. 7 USC (-12.5, o/u 71), 10:30 p.m. Saturday, Fox
Other games
FRIDAY, SEPT. 16
Florida State (-1.5, o/u 54.5) at Louisville, 7:30 p.m., ESPN
Air Force (-15.5, o/u 50) at Wyoming, 8 p.m., CBSSN
SATURDAY, SEPT. 17
Purdue (-1, o/u 59) at Syracuse, noon, ESPN2
Cincinnati (-21, o/u 50) at Miami (Ohio), noon, ESPNU
Western Kentucky at Indiana (-6.5, o/u 59), noon, BTN regional
*Wofford at Virginia Tech, noon, ACC Network
*Villanova at Army, noon, CBSSN
*Abilene Christian at Missouri, noon, ESPN+
*Southern Illinois at Northwestern, noon, BTN regional
*Long Island at Kent State, noon
Buffalo at Coastal Carolina (-17.5, o/u 58), 1 p.m., ESPN+
*Towson at West Virginia, 1 p.m., ESPN+
*Bucknell at Central Michigan, 1 p.m.
South Alabama at UCLA (-13.5, o/u 59), 2 p.m., Pac-12N
Ohio at Iowa State (-21, o/u 49), 2 p.m., ESPN+
Rutgers (-17, o/u 44.5) at Temple, 2 p.m., ESPN+
Old Dominion at Virginia (-10.5, o/u 59), 2 p.m., ACC Network
*Murray State at Ball State, 2 p.m., ESPN+
Cal at Notre Dame (-10, o/u 43), 2:30 p.m., NBC
Tulane at Kansas State (-16.5, o/u 49), 3 p.m., ESPN+
North Texas at UNLV (-2.5, o/u 58), 3 p.m.
Colorado at Minnesota (-27, o/u 46.5), 3:30 p.m., ESPN2
Vanderbilt at Northern Illinois (-1.5, o/u 61.5), 3:30 p.m. Saturday, CBSSN
New Mexico State at Wisconsin (-37.5, o/u 47.5), 3:30 p.m., BTN
Troy at Appalachian State (-12.5, o/u 54.5), 3:30 p.m., ESPN+
Georgia Southern at UAB (-12.5, o/u 56), 3:30 p.m.
*Stony Brook at UMass, 3:30 p.m.
Kansas at Houston (-9.5, o/u 62.5), 4 p.m., ESPNU
*UT-Martin at Boise State, 4 p.m., FS1
Colorado State at Washington State (-16.5, o/u 53), 5 p.m., Pac-12N
Marshall (-18) at Bowling Green, 5 p.m.
Mississippi State (-3, o/u 54) at LSU, 6 p.m. Saturday, ESPN
*North Carolina A&T at Duke, 6 p.m., ESPN+
*Campbell at East Carolina, 6 p.m., ESPN+
Arkansas State at Memphis (-13, o/u 62), 7 p.m., ESPN+
Charlotte at Georgia State (-19.5, o/u 60.5), 7 p.m., ESPN+
*Tennessee State at Middle Tennessee, 7 p.m., ESPN+
*Jacksonville State at Tulsa, 7 p.m., ESPN+
*Northwestern State at Southern Miss, 7 p.m.
Nevada at Iowa (-21.5, o/u 40.5), 7:30 p.m., BTN
SMU at Maryland (-3.5, o/u 70), 7:30 p.m., FS1
Central Florida (-10, o/u 58.5), 7:30 p.m., CBSSN
UL-Lafayette (-12, o/u 53) at Rice, 7:30 p.m., ESPN+
*Maine at Boston College, 7:30 p.m.
UTEP (-3, o/u 41.5) at New Mexico, 8 p.m.
*Montana State at Oregon State, 8 p.m., Pac-12N
*North Dakota State at Arizona, 11 p.m., FS1
Eastern Michigan at Arizona State (-19, o/u 57.5), 11 p.m., Pac-12N
*Duquesne at Hawaii, 1 a.m. (Sunday)
