Week 3 college football TV schedule and open thread: Tussling Tigers

For the third week in a row, we have a while to wait until Florida takes the field on this college football Saturday; the Gators don't play until 7:30 p.m. Eastern when they will open conference play on the road against Kentucky (on SEC Network).

Here are my picks for the two viewing windows before Florida plays.

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

Northwestern at Duke (noon, ESPN3): Northwestern is ranked No. 23 (really!) and beat offensively challenged Stanford. Duke has only allowed seven points so far this year (and scored 92), albeit against lesser competition.

UConn at Missouri (noon, ESPN): Scout out the Gators' future SEC East opponent Missouri. See if another cellar-dwelling FBS team can continue Indiana's narrative and beat Eventual SEC East Champion Missouri!

Disclaimer: Recommending a game to watch in the early going today is hard.

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

Auburn at LSU (3:30 p.m., CBS): Can Auburn rebound after its embarrassing near-loss to FCS Jacksonville State last week? Does LSU have any offense outside of Leonard Fournette? Do the Tigers even need to have an offense outside of Leonard Fournette?

Georgia Tech at Notre Dame (3:30 p.m., NBC): Notre Dame lost its starting QB to injury last week but still squeaked out a win over Virginia. Georgia Tech scored 134 points in its first two games, but Notre Dame is better than Tulane and Alcorn State. Probably.

Sat, Sept 19, 2015
12:00 PM ET ESPN3WatchESPN	Savannah State	at	Akron
12:00 PM ET ESPNUWatchESPN	South Florida	at	Maryland
12:00 PM ET BTNBTN2Go	UNLV	at	Michigan
12:00 PM ET ABC	Air Force	at	(4) Michigan State
12:00 PM ET BTNBTN2Go	Kent State	at	Minnesota
12:00 PM ET	Buffalo	at	Florida Atlantic
12:00 PM ET SECNWatchESPN	Nevada	at	(17) Texas A&M
12:00 PM ET ESPN2WatchESPN	Illinois	at	North Carolina
12:00 PM ET ESPNWatchESPN	Connecticut	at	(22) Missouri
12:00 PM ET CBSS	Wake Forest	at	Army
12:00 PM ET FS1 FoxSportsGo	Tulsa	at	(16) Oklahoma
12:30 PM ET ESPN3WatchESPN	Central Michigan	at	Syracuse
12:30 PM ET ESPN3WatchESPN	(23) Northwestern	at	Duke
2:00 PM ET PAC12Pac-12 Live	Georgia State	at	(12) Oregon
2:00 PM ET ESPN3WatchESPN	Southeastern Louisiana	at	Ohio
2:30 PM ET	Rice	at	North Texas
3:00 PM ET ESPN3WatchESPN	Temple	at	Massachusetts
3:00 PM ET ESPN3WatchESPN	Ball State	at	Eastern Michigan
3:00 PM ET ESPN3WatchESPN	Memphis	at	Bowling Green
3:00 PM ET FSNFoxSportsGo	Louisiana Tech	at	Kansas State
3:30 PM ET BTNBTN2Go	Troy	at	(24) Wisconsin
3:30 PM ET ABC/ESPN2WatchESPN	Northern Illinois	at	(1) Ohio State
3:30 PM ET ESPN3WatchESPN	Cincinnati	at	Miami (OH)
3:30 PM ET CBSS	East Carolina	at	Navy
3:30 PM ET	Norfolk State	at	Marshall
3:30 PM ET FS1FoxSportsGo	Texas-San Antonio	at	(25) Oklahoma State
3:30 PM ET ESPN3WatchESPN	William & Mary	at	Virginia
3:30 PM ET ESPNUWatchESPN	Virginia Tech	at	Purdue
3:30 PM ET NBCNBC Sports Live Extra	(14) Georgia Tech	at	(8) Notre Dame
3:30 PM ET ABC/ESPN2WatchESPN	Nebraska	at	Miami (FL)
3:30 PM ET CBSSEC Live	(18) Auburn	at	(13) LSU
4:00 PM ET	Northwestern State	at	Mississippi State
4:00 PM ET SECNWatchESPN	Austin Peay	at	Vanderbilt
4:00 PM ET ESPNNWatchESPN	Western Kentucky	at	Indiana
5:00 PM ET ESPN3WatchESPN	Wofford	at	Idaho
5:00 PM ET PAC12Pac-12 Live	Utah State	at	Washington
6:00 PM ET ESPNWatchESPN	South Carolina	at	(7) Georgia
6:00 PM ET ESPN3WatchESPN	The Citadel	at	Georgia Southern
6:00 PM ET ESPN3WatchESPN	Furman	at	UCF
6:00 PM ET	North Carolina Central	at	FIU
7:00 PM ET	Charlotte	at	Middle Tennessee
7:00 PM ET	Southern Miss	at	Texas State
7:00 PM ET ESPN3WatchESPN	Murray State	at	Western Michigan
7:00 PM ET ESPN3WatchESPN	Missouri State	at	Arkansas State
7:00 PM ET ESPN2WatchESPN	Texas Tech	at	Arkansas
7:00 PM ET ESPNUWatchESPN	Western Carolina	at	Tennessee
7:00 PM ET	NC State	at	Old Dominion
7:00 PM ET CBSS	Colorado	vs. (Denver, CO)	Colorado State
7:30 PM ET SECNWatchESPN	Florida	at	Kentucky
7:30 PM ET FOXFoxSportsGo	Cal	at	Texas
8:00 PM ET BTNBTN2Go	Rutgers	at	Penn State
8:00 PM ET ESPN3WatchESPN	UTEP	at	New Mexico State
8:00 PM ET ESPN3WatchESPN	Maine	at	Tulane
8:00 PM ET	South Alabama	at	San Diego State
8:00 PM ET BTNBTN2Go	Pittsburgh	at	Iowa
8:00 PM ET ABC	Stanford	at	(6) USC
8:00 PM ET PAC12Pac-12 Live	San Jose State	at	Oregon State
8:00 PM ET FSNFoxSportsGo	SMU	at	(3) TCU
8:00 PM ET ESPNNWatchESPN	Iowa State	at	Toledo
8:30 PM ET PAC12Pac-12 Live	Wyoming	at	Washington State
9:15 PM ET ESPNWatchESPN	(15) Mississippi	at	(2) Alabama
10:30 PM ET FS1FoxSportsGo	(22) BYU	at	(10) UCLA
10:30 PM ET CBSS	(21) Utah	at	Fresno State
11:00 PM ET PAC12Pac-12 Live	Northern Arizona	at	(20) Arizona
11:59 PM ET	UC Davis	at	Hawaii