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College football schedule Week 6: Iowa-Penn State, Red River Showdown headline slate

By Sean Watterson

Penn State Nittany Lions cornerback Joey Porter Jr. (9) hypes of the fans during the fourth quarter against the Auburn Tigers at Beaver Stadium. Penn State defeated Auburn 28-20. Mandatory Credit: Matthew OHaren-USA TODAY Sports
Penn State Nittany Lions cornerback Joey Porter Jr. (9) hypes of the fans during the fourth quarter against the Auburn Tigers at Beaver Stadium. Penn State defeated Auburn 28-20. Mandatory Credit: Matthew OHaren-USA TODAY Sports /
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The college football schedule this week is highlighted by the Red River Rivalry and Penn State at Iowa, but there are plenty more games worth watching.

It is week 6 in college football, and most of the AP Top 25 will be reaching the halfway point of their season. So far in 2021, we have had more than our fair share of ranked opponents squaring up, surprise upsets, and arrhythmia-inducing nail-biters.

This week’s action is frontloaded, with the best matchups set to begin by 4 p.m. at the latest. That cuts both ways. If your team wins, more time to party! If your team loses, well, plenty of time to watch Rudy and think about what would have happened if they had gone for it on fourth and two.

The prestige games start at noon with the Red River Rivalry, where Texas could effectively end Oklahoma’s help-free path to the CFP. Also at noon, Arkansas and Ole Miss try to bounce back from their encounters with the SEC’s two best teams.

In the late afternoon games, Auburn welcomes a defensive buzzsaw in Georgia to town. That game is slated to begin 30 minutes before Penn State travels to Iowa in a game that both teams need to keep their playoff path clear.

The night games don’t have their typical Pac 12 after dark luster, thanks to Arizona State playing on Friday. But fans do get to see Alabama in primetime again in a game that was almost certainly scheduled before Texas A&M tripped over its shoelaces. Nevertheless, the 12th Man will be in full effect as the sun sets over Kyle Field. It could be a sneaky fun game to watch. It’s certainly the time of year for it.

Week 6 college football schedule

Thursday, October 7

  • No. 15 Coastal Carolina at Arkansas State — 7:30 p.m. ET — ESPNU

Friday, October 8

  • Temple at No. 5 Cincinnati — 7 p.m. ET — ESPN
  • Stanford at No. 22 Arizona State — 10:30 p.m. ET — ESPN

Saturday, October 9

  • No. 6 Oklahoma at No. 21 Texas (in Dallas) — 12 p.m. ET — ABC
  • Maryland at No. 7 Ohio State — 12 p.m. ET — FOX
  • No. 11 Michigan State at Rutgers — 12 p.m. ET — BTN
  • No. 12 Arkansas at No. 17 Ole Miss — 12 p.m. ET — ESPN
  • Vanderbilt at No. 20 Florida — 12 p.m. ET — SECN
  • No. 2 Georgia at No. 18 Auburn — 3:30 p.m. ET — CBS
  • Boise State at No. 10 BYU — 3:30 p.m. ET — ABC
  • No. 18 Wake Forest at Syracuse — 3:30 p.m. ET — ESPN2
  • No. 24 SMU at Navy — 3:30 p.m. ET — CBSSN
  • No. 4 Penn State at No. 3 Iowa — 4 p.m. ET — FOX
  • No. 9 Michigan at Nebraska — 7:30 p.m. ET — ABC
  • No. 14 Notre Dame at Virginia Tech — 7:30 p.m. ET — ACCN
  • LSU at No. 16 Kentucky — 7:30 p.m. ET — SECN
  • No. 1 Alabama at Texas A&M — 8 p.m. ET — CBS
  • New Mexico at No. 25 San Diego State — 9 p.m. ET — FS1

Additionally, every college football game this week can be streamed via fuboTV.

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