WEEK 1 - 2018 NCAA TOP 25, BIG TEN TV SCHEDULE and other games of interest

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WEEK 1 - 2018 NCAA TOP 25, BIG TEN TV SCHEDULE and other games of interest 

Thursday, Aug. 30

• UCF at UConn -- 7 p.m. on ESPNU
• Northwestern at Purdue -- 8 p.m. on ESPN

Friday, Aug. 31

• Colorado vs. Colorado State (in Denver) -- 9:30 p.m. on CBS Sports Network

Saturday, Sept. 1

Oregon St at OHIO STATE - noon ABC

• Ole Miss vs. Texas Tech (from Houston) -- Noon on ESPN
• West Virginia vs. Tennessee (from Charlotte) -- 3:30 on CBS
• Auburn vs. Washington (from Atlanta) -- 3:30 p.m. on ABC
• Cincinnati at UCLA -- 7 p.m. on ESPN
• Michigan at Notre Dame -- 7:30 p.m. on NBC
• Alabama vs. Louisville (from Orlando) -- 8 p.m. on ABC

Sunday, Sept. 2

• Miami vs. LSU (from Arlington, Texas) -- 7:30 p.m. on ABC

Monday, Sept. 3

• Virginia Tech at Florida State -- 8 p.m. on ESPN

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College football top 25 betting lines 

All times Eastern

Thursday, Aug. 30 

• 7 p.m. -- No. 21 UCF at UConn (+23.5)

Friday, Aug. 31

• 7 p.m. -- Utah State at No. 11 Michigan State (-23.5) 
• 9 p.m. -- Western Kentucky at No. 4 Wisconsin (-35.5) 
• 9 p.m. -- San Diego State at No. 13 Stanford (-15) 

Saturday, Sept. 1 

• Noon -- Oregon State at No. 5 Ohio State (-37)
• Noon -- FAU at No. 7 Oklahoma (-21.5)
• Noon -- No. 23 Texas at Maryland (+13.5) 
• 3:30 p.m. -- No. 6 Washington vs. No. 9 Auburn (-2.5) -- in Atlanta
• 3:30 p.m. -- Appalachian State at No. 10 Penn State (-23.5) 
• 3:30 p.m. -- Tennessee vs. No. 17 West Virginia (-9.5) -- in Charlotte
• 4 p.m. -- UNLV at No. 15 USC (-26) 
• 6 p.m. -- No. 22 Boise State at Troy (+10.5) 
• 7:30 p.m. -- No. 14 Michigan at No. 12 Notre Dame (-1) 
• 8 p.m. -- Louisville at No. 1 Alabama (-24) -- in Orlando
• 8 p.m. -- Bowling Green at No. 24 Oregon (-33) 

Sunday, Sept. 2     7:30 p.m. -- No. 8 Miami at LSU (+3) 

Monday, Sept. 3   8 p.m. -- No. 20 Virginia Tech at No. 19 Florida State (-7) 

Best of the rest 

• Thursday -- 8 p.m. -- Northwestern at Purdue (-2.5) 
• Friday -- 7 p.m. -- Army at Duke (-14)
• Saturday -- Noon -- Ole Miss vs. Texas Tech (-2.5) -- in Houston
• Saturday -- 3:30 p.m. -- Washington State at Wyoming (-3)
• Saturday -- 10:45 p.m. -- BYU at Arizona (-11.5) 
• Saturday -- 11 p.m. -- Navy at Hawaii (-14.5)

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Comparing Top 25 rankings 

TEAM	SN	CBS	COACHES	ESPN	SI	AP
Alabama	1	1	1	1	2	1
Clemson	2	2	2	2	1	2
Georgia	3	3	3	4	6	3
Ohio State	4	4	4	3	9	5
Oklahoma	5	7	5	7	5	7
Wisconsin	6	5	7	6	3	4
Washington	7	6	6	5	4	6
Auburn	8	9	10	10	8	9
Notre Dame	9	12	11	11	16	12
Penn State	10	8	9	8	7	10
Miami	11	11	8	9	13	8
Michigan	12	13	14	12	15	14
Michigan State	13	10	12	13	11	11
Stanford	14	14	13	14	12	13
USC	15	17	15	16	NR	15
West Virginia	16	20	20	20	10	17
UCF	17	23	23	24	17	21
LSU	18	NR	24	NR	23	25
TCU	19	15	16	21	14	16
Florida State	20	18	19	18	18	19
Texas	21	19	21	22	22	23
South Carolina	22	22	NR	25	NR	NR
Mississippi State	23	16	18	17	21	18
Virginia Tech	24	NR	17	15	NR	20
Boise State	25	21	22	19	NR	22
Oregon	NR	24	NR	23	NR	24
Florida	NR	25	NR	NR	NR	NR
Oklahoma State	NR	NR	25	NR	NR	NR
Arizona	NR	NR	NR	NR	19	NR
Houston	NR	NR	NR	NR	20	NR
N.C. State	NR	NR	NR	NR	24	NR
FAU	NR	NR	NR	NR	25	NR

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So who is back into my favorite sport NCAA football? More action less "other" drama than the professional variety.

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Bump.