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Boston College at Virginia Tech, 7:30 p.m. | ESPN
Georgia State at Marshall, 7 p.m. | ESPN2
Florida State at Duke, 7 p.m. | ESPN2
Brown at Princeton, 7 p.m. ESPNU
No. 2 Oregon at Purdue, 8 p.m. | FOX
Oklahoma State at No. 13 BYU, 10:15 p.m. | ESPN
Fresno State at Nevada, 10:30 p.m. | CBSSN
No. 6 Miami (Fla.) at Louisville, 12 p.m. | ABC
Virginia at No. 10 Clemson, 12 p.m. | ACC
Nebraska at No. 16 Indiana, 12 p.m. | FOX
Auburn at No. 19 Missouri, 12 p.m. | ESPN
Wisconsin at Northwestern, 12 p.m. | BTN
UCLA at Rutgers, 12 p.m. | FS1
Wake Forest at UConn, 12 p.m. | CBSSN
Louisiana at Coastal Carolina, 12 p.m. | ESPNU
East Carolina at No. 23 Army, 12 p.m. | ESPN2
South Carolina at Oklahoma, 12:45 | SEC
Florida A&M at Jackson State, 3:30 p.m. | ESPNU
No. 7 Alabama at No. 11 Tennessee, 3:30 p.m. | ABC
No. 12 Notre Dame at Georgia Tech, 3:30 p.m. | ESPN
No. 24 Michigan at No. 22 Illinois, 3:30 p.m. | CBS
NC State at California, 3:30 p.m. | ACC
Charlotte at No. 25 Navy, 3:30 p.m. | CBSSN
Southern Cal at Maryland, 4 p.m. | FS1
Baylor at Texas Tech, 4 p.m. | ESPN2
No. 14 Texas A&M at Mississippi State, 4:15 p.m. | SEC
No. 8 LSU at Arkansas, 7 p.m. | ESPN
Colorado at Arizona, 7 p.m. | FOX
No. 5 Georgia at No. 1 Texas, 7:30 p.m. | ABC
UCF at No. 9 Iowa State, 7:30 p.m. | TBD
No. 17 Kansas State at West Virginia, 7:30 p.m. | TBD
Iowa at Michigan State, 7:30 p.m. | NBC
North Texas at Memphis, 7:30 p.m. | ESPNU
Kentucky at Florida, 7:45 p.m. | SEC
No. 21 SMU at Stanford, 8 p.m. | ACC
South Dakota State at North Dakota State, 8 p.m. | ESPN2
Colorado State at Air Force, 8 p.m. | CBSSN
TCU at Utah, 10:30 p.m. | ESPN
No. 5 Georgia at No. 1 Texas (-3.5), 6:30 p.m., ABC
Well, the talk of Texas not playing a top-tier team so far this season should fade by this weekend. Can you imagine the atmosphere in Austin on Saturday night? This game is appointment viewing.
No. 7 Alabama (-2.5) at No. 11 Tennessee, 2:30 p.m., ABC
It鈥檚 time for one of these teams to change the narrative. Who鈥檚 it going to be? Both teams were beaten by unranked teams two weeks ago and played flat last week.
The man who has won football games at a 78% clip for more than 13 years as a head coach isn鈥檛 surprised at Indiana鈥檚 unbeaten start.
If anything, the 63-year-old first-time power-league skipper is more bullish than ever at what the No. 16 Hoosiers can do long-term ahead of Saturday鈥檚 home tilt with Nebraska.
鈥淲hat I鈥檝e learned up to this point is we have unlimited potential as an institution and football program,鈥 Cignetti said Monday. 鈥淭hat if you commit daily and do the things you鈥檝e got to do to be successful, there鈥檚 no self-imposed limitations on what you can achieve.鈥
Still, a 6-0 first half of the season brings with it its own challenges.
Fox鈥檚 鈥淏ig Noon Kickoff鈥 show will be in town, something players can鈥檛 get caught up in. Staying humble and hungry isn鈥檛 always a given. Cignetti cited an old quote from former Duke men鈥檚 basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski that a team鈥檚 toughest opponent when things are going well is human nature.
鈥淵ou鈥檝e got to have some special characteristics to be able to deal with success and not be affected by it in a negative manner,鈥 Cignetti said.
The coach learned the lesson under coach Nick Saban while serving as Alabama鈥檚 recruiting coordinator in the mid-2000s. He applied it during winning tenures at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Elon and James Madison. JMU went 11-2 last year, with a swath of those players following Cignetti to Bloomington.
Indiana, picked to finish 17th of 18 Big Ten teams in preseason polls, became the league鈥檚 first bowl-eligible school last week. An overhaul of local and internal expectations is well underway.
Asked how the announced sellout home crowd can affect Saturday鈥檚 game, the coach said the Hoosiers need to provide a reason or two to be loud.
鈥淚鈥檓 highly confident we will,鈥 Cignetti said.
Nebraska brings its own challenges, the coach said during his weekly press conference. He praised the Huskers鈥 offensive skill players along with a 鈥渕ultiple鈥 NU defensive scheme that rotates a crowd of players and boasts a disruptive defensive line.
Quarterback Dylan Raiola is 鈥渕ega talented,鈥 Cignetti said. He sees a true freshman playing confidently with a good supporting cast.
鈥淪chematically, the staff does a really nice job 鈥 they don鈥檛 put too much pressure on him,鈥 Cignetti said. 鈥淭hey鈥檙e balanced, they want to run the football, good play-action pass, get him out of the pocket, change the launch point. I think they鈥檝e done a tremendous job with him.鈥
鈥 Evan Bland, Omaha World-Herald