Tennessee at Georgia in an important SEC East game in the afternoon is the marquee game of the last Saturday in September.

Ohio State invades Spartan Stadium to take on Michigan State (also at 3:30 pm.), Oregon State is at Arizona, Texas at Oklahoma State and Baylor is at West Virginia in other important conference games.

The UTC Mocs are in a must win situation on the road at Southern Conference leader The Citadel tonight.

Best Day Game: Tennessee at Georgia  (CBS, 3:30 p.

m.) CBS has  by far the best college football intro music … not even a close second ..

Best Night Game: Texas at Oklahoma State (FOX, 7 p.m.)

 Predictions

Minnesota (4-0, 0-0) at Iowa (2-2, 0-0) (Noon, ESPNU) …  Undefeated Golden Gophers invade Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City for Big 10 game … Iowa has lost two of three at home …

Winner: Iowa

Penn State (2-2, 0-0) at Illinois (2-2, 0-0)  (Noon, ESPN) … Nittany Lions go on the road for a Big 10 win …

Winner: Penn State

Baylor (3-0, 0-0) at West Virginia (3-0, 0-0)  (Noon, FX) … a pair of undefeated teams in Big 12 opener …

Winner: West Virginia

Missouri (2-2) at Central Florida (2-1) … (Noon, FSN) … UCF gets a big win at home …

Winner: Central Florida

Arkansas (1-3, 0-1) at Texas A&M (2-1, 0-1) (12:21 p.m., ESPN GameDay) … Hogs continue on downward spiral and lose in College Station … both teams looking for first SEC win …

Winner: Texas A&M

Tennessee (3-1, 0-1) at Georgia (4-0, 2-0)  (3:30 p.m., CBS) … marquee SEC game and is thankfully is played in the afternoon and not under the lights … tough to beat the Dawgs ”between the hedges” … a win against the Vols puts Georgia at 3-0 in the SEC and the Red and Black travel to South Carolina next week …

Winner Georgia

Clemson (3-1, 0-1) Boston College (1-2, 0-1) (3:30 p.m., ESPN2) … Tigers bounce back from loss to Florida State with road win in the northeast …

Winner: Clemson

Ohio State (4-0, 0-0) at Michigan State (3-1, 0-0)  (3:30 p.m., ABC) … Big 10 opener for both teams … Michigan State won last year in Columbus … 100th season of Big 10 football for Ohio State … 60th season of Big 10 football for Michigan State …

Winner: Ohio State 

Chattanooga ((1-3, 0-1) at The Citadel (3-1, 2-0) … (6 p.m.) … Mocs pull the upset on the road ..,

Winner: UTC

Samford (3-0, 2-0) at Ga. Southern (2-1, 1-1) (6 p.m.) … Statesboro, Ga. is a tough place to play …

Winner: Ga. Southern

UCLA (3-1, 0-1) at Colorado (1-3, 1-0) (6 p.m.) …. Bruins won 45-6 in the Rose Bowl in 2011 and should win Saturday in Boulder …

Winner: UCLA

TCU (3-0, 1-0) at SMU (1-2, 0-0) … Horned Frogs travel to Dallas and stay unbeaten …

Winner: TCU  

Texas (3-0, 0-0) at Oklahoma State (2-1, 0-0)  (6:50 p.m., FOX) … Longhorns are averaging 47 points a game ... and have a solid defense.

Winner: Texas

South Carolina (4-0, 2-0) at Kentucky (1-3, 0-1) (7 p.m.) … easy win for Gamecocks on the road …

Winner: South Carolina

Wisconsin (3-1, 0-0) at Nebraska (3-1, 0-0) (8 p.m., ABC) ... Big 10 opener for both teams … Huskers have three of next four on the road including at Ohio State next week

Winner: Nebraska

Ole Miss (3-1, 0-1) at Alabama  (9:15 p.m., ESPN) … Rebs have a chance at five wins, maybe six, but win No. 4 does not occur Saturday night on national TV …

Winner: Alabama

 

Season: 51-13 … Last Week: 13-3

contact B.B. Branton at william.branton@comcast.net