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Thursday 9/3
UMASS vs
Rutgers
6pm BTN
Rutgers leads series 3-2

E. Illinois vs
Minnesota
8pm Peacock
Minnesota leads series 1-0

UAB vs
Illinois
9pm BTN
1st meeting

Friday 9/4
Indiana State vs
Purdue
7pm BTN
Purdue leads series 7-0

Toledo vs
Michigan State
8pm FS1
Michigan State leads series 1 -0

Fresno State vs
Southern California
9pm FOX
USC leads series 4-1

Saturday 9/5
Ohio vs
Nebraska
12pm FS1
First meeting

North Texas vs
Indiana
12pm FOX
Series tied 1-1

Ball State vs
Ohio State
12:30pm BTN
First meeting

Boise State vs
Oregon
3:30pm CBS
Boise State leads series 3-1

Marshall vs
Penn State
3:30 FS1
Penn State leads series 2-0

N. Illinois vs
Iowa
4:15pm BTN
Iowa leads series 9-1

W. Michigan vs
Michigan
7:30pm NBC
Michigan leads series 8-0

S. Dakota State vs
Northwestern
8pm BTN
First meeting

Hampton vs
Maryland
8pm BTN
First meeting

UCLA vs
CAL
10:30pm ESPN
UCLA leads series 57-36-1

Sunday 9/6
Washington State vs
Washington
4pm NBC
Washington leads series 77-34-6

Wisconsin vs
Notre Dame
7:30 NBC
Notre Dame leads series 9-6-2

Posting from the future: I still can't believe Toledo won like that. Nobody saw it coming.

Edit: Also, SDSU might be the best chance for an FCS over P2 win since... App over Michigan?

Edit 2: ETSU beat Vandy in 2021 and NW lost to SIUE in 2022.

(09-01-2026 06:18 PM)The Beaver Wrote:  Posting from the future: I still can't believe Toledo won like that. Nobody saw it coming.

Edit: Also, SDSU might be the best chance for an FCS over P2 win since... App over Michigan?

Edit 2: ETSU beat Vandy in 2021 and NW lost to SIUE in 2022.

Toledo over MSU? I could see that happening.

Best of luck to all your schools.

Umass easily moving the ball right now

Congratulations to UMass and their fans. Total domination of the Scarlet Knights.

Its not too late for MSU to save what could be a highly embaressing start to week 1.

edit: Good job MSU, tomorrow we will all wake up and all anyone will remember is the final score.

Congrats Purdue! For one week you're not the worst team in the conference! Too bad Purdue doesn't play Buttgers this year.

You know everyone else is going to be making fun of the Big Ten all season long because of Rutgers.

(09-05-2026 08:53 AM)schmolik Wrote:  Congrats Purdue! For one week you're not the worst team in the conference! Too bad Purdue doesn't play Buttgers this year.

You know everyone else is going to be making fun of the Big Ten all season long because of Rutgers.

Purdue definitely needed a victory, if anything, simply to remember what winning actually feels like.

Rutgers, the team that everyone enjoys ridiculing just lost to a G6 school. That's not really surprising is it? A team from the BIG has won the last 3 titles; they will lambast this conference any chance they get. You know who "they" is.

BSU/Oregon game is very entertaining.

(09-05-2026 12:00 PM)cubucks Wrote:  

(09-05-2026 08:53 AM)schmolik Wrote:  Congrats Purdue! For one week you're not the worst team in the conference! Too bad Purdue doesn't play Buttgers this year.

You know everyone else is going to be making fun of the Big Ten all season long because of Rutgers.

Purdue definitely needed a victory, if anything, simply to remember what winning actually feels like.

Rutgers, the team that everyone enjoys ridiculing just lost to a G6 school. That's not really surprising is it? A team from the BIG has won the last 3 titles; they will lambast this conference any chance they get. You know who "they" is.

The official conference of Mississippi State?

That Michigan offense is horrible.

I feel so bad for Western Michigan fans. A ridiculous situation.

Pathetic

What a bunch of Bronco-manure....everybody who watched the end knows Western really won that game.

Okay…I’ll step up and say it. I was in the Big House tonight. Michigan started as well as possible on offense and looked great on the opening drive. The offense was AWFUL from that point on.

Defense had a porous first drive but played well the rest of the night for the most part. They were given short fields several times and gave up 4 field goals. Not great, but good.

Now about the extra second. I have no idea. The league office said a defensive player out of bounds touched the ball with one second left. I’m not about to defend it but I’ve lost games the same way.

The field storming is embarrassing. Most of the alumni I was hanging with are more bemused than anything but definitely embarrassed by a bad performance. Hats off to Western for a hard fought battle. I get you being mad…

I can understand preferring to steal the win than walk home a loser but storming the field? Are you kidding me? I know the past two years have both been, by Michigan standards, dire but they had a national championship three years ago. Come on, no way I would have stormed the field if PSU beat WMU like that.

(09-07-2026 12:55 AM)The Beaver Wrote:  I can understand preferring to steal the win than walk home a loser but storming the field? Are you kidding me? I know the past two years have both been, by Michigan standards, dire but they had a national championship three years ago. Come on, no way I would have stormed the field if PSU beat WMU like that.

Agree 100% that storming the field was embarrassing. The whole night was awful for Michigan. If we don’t figure it out we are going to be demolished by Oklahoma.

CFP elimination after Week 1:
1. Rutgers
2. Wisconsin

Two losses isn't too bad for an opening weekend - except Rutgers was TOTALLY embarrassing