Week 7 college football TV schedule and open thread: One big afternoon

The Gators continue their October slate of heavyweight SEC match-ups by traveling to Baton Rouge for a night game against LSU in Tiger Stadium. Florida-LSU is a game which is always interesting. No. 8 Florida and No. 6 LSU face off at 7:00 p.m. on ESPN, and either the Gators or the Tigers will pick up their first loss of the season.

Here are our picks for the two viewing windows before Florida:

Early (noon to 3:30 p.m. Eastern)

Mississippi at Memphis (noon, ABC/ESPN2): Memphis is undefeated and a pretty good offensive team. Ole Miss should pull away and win this one but it could stay interesting for awhile. This is a home game for Memphis, as the Tigers traveled to Ole Miss last year for the first game of the home and away series. The Rebels won last year's game 24-3 but only lead 7-3 going into the fourth quarter.

Iowa at Northwestern (noon, ABC/ESPN2): Points will be at a premium in this game which figures to be a defensive struggle, but it will likely decide the winner of the Big Ten West.

Louisiana Tech at Mississippi State (noon, SECN): Former Gator Jeff Driskel leads Louisiana Tech to Starkville to take on former Gator offensive coordinator Dan Mullen's Bulldogs.

Afternoon (3:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Eastern)

Alabama at Texas A&M (3:30 p.m., CBS): After an upset in 2012, a shootout in 2013 and a beat down in 2014, this relatively new divisional match-up has seen its share of story lines. The Crimson Tide goes to Kyle Field with one loss to face an undefeated Aggie team coming off a bye week.

Michigan State at Michigan (3:30 p.m., ESPN): Undefeated Michigan State travels to Ann Arbor after close calls with Purdue and Rutgers to take on rival "big brother" Michigan, and it's outstanding defense, for College GameDay's "game of the week". Michigan has pitched three consecutive shut-outs and dominated its opponents after its season opening loss to Utah.

Sat, Oct 17, 2015
12:00 PM ET ESPN3WatchESPN	Western Michigan	at	Ohio
12:00 PM ET ESPN3WatchESPN	Eastern Michigan	at	(22) Toledo
12:00 PM ET ESPNUWatchESPN	South Florida	at	Connecticut
12:00 PM ET ESPNNWatchESPN	Tulsa	at	East Carolina
12:00 PM ET BTNBTN2Go	Purdue	at	Wisconsin
12:00 PM ET FCS	Marshall	at	Florida Atlantic
12:00 PM ET FSNFoxSportsGo	FIU	at	Middle Tennessee
12:00 PM ET FS1FoxSportsGo	Texas Tech	at	Kansas
12:00 PM ET CBSSN	Bucknell	at	Army
12:00 PM ET FOXFoxSportsGo	West Virginia	at	(2) Baylor
12:00 PM ET ABC/ESPN2WatchESPN	(17) Iowa	at	(20) Northwestern
12:00 PM ET ABC/ESPN2WatchESPN	(13) Mississippi	at	Memphis
12:00 PM ET SECNWatchESPN	Louisiana Tech	at	Mississippi State
12:00 PM ET ESPNWatchESPN	Louisville	at	(11) Florida State
12:30 PM ET ESPN3WatchESPN	Pittsburgh	at	Georgia Tech
1:00 PM ET ESPN3WatchESPN	Buffalo	at	Central Michigan
2:30 PM ET ESPN3WatchESPN	Northern Illinois	at	Miami (OH)
3:00 PM ET ESPN3WatchESPN	Akron	at	Bowling Green
3:00 PM ET ESPN3WatchESPN	Georgia State	at	Ball State
3:30 PM ET ESPN3WatchESPN	Kent State	at	Massachusetts
3:30 PM ET CBSSN	Air Force	at	Colorado State
3:30 PM ET ESPN3WatchESPN	Idaho	at	Troy
3:30 PM ET ESPNUWatchESPN	Virginia Tech	at	Miami (FL)
3:30 PM ET CBSSEC Live	(10) Alabama	at	(9) Texas A&M
3:30 PM ET ESPN3WatchESPN	Syracuse	at	Virginia
3:30 PM ET ABC	(19) Oklahoma	at	Kansas State
3:30 PM ET BTNBTN2Go	Rutgers	at	Indiana
3:30 PM ET ESPNWatchESPN	(7) Michigan State	at	(12) Michigan
3:30 PM ET ESPN2WatchESPN	Nebraska	at	Minnesota
3:30 PM ET ASN	Charlotte	at	Old Dominion
4:00 PM ET SECNWatchESPN	Vanderbilt	at	South Carolina
4:00 PM ET PAC12Pac-12 Live	Oregon State	at	Washington State
4:00 PM ET ESPN3WatchESPN	Nevada	at	Wyoming
6:00 PM ET ESPN3WatchESPN	New Mexico State	at	Georgia Southern
7:00 PM ET ESPN3WatchESPN	Appalachian State	at	Louisiana-Monroe
7:00 PM ET MWC	Hawaii	at	New Mexico
7:00 PM ET ESPNWatchESPN	(8) Florida	at	(6) LSU
8:00 PM ET ESPN3WatchESPN	Wake Forest	at	North Carolina
7:00 PM ET ESPNUWatchESPN	Boston College	at	(5) Clemson
7:00 PM ET FCS	Texas-San Antonio	at	Southern Miss
7:00 PM ET ESPN2WatchESPN	(3) TCU	at	Iowa State
7:30 PM ET CBSSN	UCF	at	Temple
7:30 PM ET NBCNBC Sports Live Extra	USC	at	(14) Notre Dame
7:30 PM ET SECNWatchESPN	Missouri	at	Georgia
8:00 PM ET ABC	Penn State	at	(1) Ohio State
9:00 PM ET FS1FoxSportsGo	Arizona	at	Colorado
10:00 PM ET ESPNWatchESPN	Arizona State	at	(4) Utah
10:30 PM ET ESPN2WatchESPN	Oregon	at	Washington
10:30 PM ET ESPNUWatchESPN	San Diego State	at	San Jose State