Big Ten Football: Week 8 Matchups, Times, And Channels

The College Football season is starting to heat up, and there's no shortage of big-time matchups to keep your eye on in Week 8.

The first College Football Playoff rankings will be released later this month, and a number of Week 8 matchups will have huge implications on those rankings. It starts in the Big Ten conference, with No. 7 Penn State (6-0) traveling to Columbus to take on No. 3 Ohio State (6-0). Later in the evening, No. 2 Michigan (7-0) will make the short trip to East Lansing for a rivalry game with Michigan State (2-4). 

Elsewhere around the country, the SEC will see a pivotal matchup between No. 17 Tennessee and No. 11 Alabama, while the ACC will see a clash between No. 16 Duke and No. 4 Florida State in primetime. 

Here's a quick look at the full slate of Big Ten matchups this weekend:

• No. 7 Penn State at No. 3 Ohio State: 12:00 pm ET, FOX
• Rutgers at Indiana: 12:00 pm ET, BTN
• Minnesota at No. 24 Iowa: 3:30 pm ET, NBC
• Wisconsin at Illinois: 3:30 pm ET, FS1
• Northwestern at Nebraska: 3:30 pm ET, BTN
• No. 2 Michigan at Michigan State: 7:30 pm ET, NBC

Other notable Week 8 matchups from around the country:

• UCF at No. 6 Oklahoma: 12:00 pm ET, ABC
• No. 22 Air Force at Navy: 12:00 pm ET, CBS
• Washington State at No. 9 Oregon: 3:30 pm ET, ABC
• No. 17 Tennessee at No. 11 Alabama: 3:30 pm ET, CBS
• South Carolina at No. 20 Missouri: 3:30 pm ET, SEC Network
• No. 8 Texas at Houston: 4:00 pm ET, FOX
• Virginia at No. 10 North Carolina: 6:30 pm ET, CW Network
• No. 16 Duke at No. 4 Florida State: 7:30 pm ET, ABC
• No. 14 Utah at No. 18 USC: 8:00 pm ET, FOX
• Arizona State at No. 5 Washington: 10:30 pm ET, FS1