The 2021 college football season is officially in full swing and another full weekend of action taking place this weekend. With another busy slate of games that are more important than ever, the quality of matchups is picking up, and more and more is on the line each and every weekend.
With the race for the College Football Playoff heating up and a number of teams needing impressive victories, expect to see plenty of hard-fought games coming down to the wire when conference foes face off.
When will the top teams in the country be taking the field?
A full look at the Week 8 college football schedule for the AP Top 25 teams can be seen below (all times ET, matchups with both teams ranked are in bold).
Week 8 AP Top 25 College Football Schedule
Wednesday, October 20
- Appalachian State 30, (14) Coastal Carolina 27 – FINAL
Thursday, October 21
- (21) SMU 55, Tulane 26 – FINAL
Saturday, October 23
- (2) Cincinnati vs. Navy, 12:00 p.m. ET, ESPN2
- (3) Oklahoma vs. Kansas, 12:00 p.m. ET, ESPN
- Northwestern vs. (6) Michigan, 12:00 p.m. ET, FOX
- Illinois vs. (7) Penn State, 12:00 p.m. ET, ABC
- (18) Wake Forest vs. Army, 12:00 p.m. ET, CBS Sports Network
- Wisconsin vs. (25) Purdue, 3:00 p.m. ET, Big Ten Network
- (8) Oklahoma State vs. Iowa State, 3:30 p.m. ET, FOX
- (10) Oregon vs. UCLA, 3:30 p.m. ET, ABC
- LSU vs. (12) Ole Miss, 3:30 p.m. ET, CBS
- Clemson vs. (23) Pittsburgh, 3:30 p.m. ET, ESPN
- Tennessee vs. (4) Alabama, 7:00 p.m. ET, ESPN
- (22) San Diego State vs. Air Force, 7:00 p.m. ET, CBS Sports Network
- (24) UTSA vs. Louisiana Tech, 7:00 p.m. ET
- (5) Ohio State vs. Indiana, 7:30 p.m. ET, ABC
- USC vs. (13) Notre Dame, 7:30 p.m. ET, NBC
- South Carolina vs. (17) Texas A&M, 7:30 p.m. ET, SEC Network
- (18) NC State vs. Miami, 7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN2
