College football schedule 2026: What to watch in Week 7, TV channels, streaming, Saturday kickoff times — SkimNews
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- No. 5 Indiana hosts No. 4 Ohio State at noon on Fox in the rubber match of a three-year top-five series — each team having won once previously — with the Buckeyes' Jeremiah Smith "torching secondaries at an alarming rate."
- No. 6 Alabama visits No. 14 Tennessee at 3:30 p.m. on ABC, with both clubs wearing home jerseys for the first time in decades; Tennessee sophomore George MacIntyre makes his second start against the Crimson Tide's Keelon Russell.
- No. 2 Notre Dame travels to No. 8 BYU at 7:30 p.m. on ABC in what the source calls one of the few major tests on the Irish's schedule, putting BYU QB Bear Bachmeier in a position where he likely has to throw against Notre Dame's defense.
- Lane Kiffin's LSU hosts No. 22 Mississippi State at noon on ESPN, with Kiffin at 4-2 and fielding "one of the most expensive rosters in the sport" coming off a loss at Kentucky; Mississippi State QB Kamario Taylor's status is uncertain.
- No. 9 Ole Miss hosts No. 13 Missouri at 3:30 p.m. on SEC Network, with Austin Simmons returning to Oxford after losing the Rebels' starting job to Trinidad Chambliss, and Missouri's ground game testing an Ole Miss run defense that struggled against weaker competition.
- No. 20 Houston hosts No. 18 Oklahoma State at 7:30 p.m. on Fox, with the source flagging the Big 12 race as wide open after Texas Tech's offense "sputtered" and BYU's LJ Martin went out, giving the winner the upper hand toward Arlington.
- Additional ranked matchups fill out the slate: Auburn at No. 1 Georgia (3:30 p.m. ESPN), Florida State at No. 3 Miami (7 p.m. ESPN), Penn State at Michigan (3:30 p.m. CBS), and Florida at No. 7 Texas (noon ABC).
Why it matters: With three top-10 matchups and the Alabama-Tennessee rivalry both clubs wearing home jerseys for the first time in decades, Week 7 will likely shift the College Football Playoff committee's rankings. Notre Dame finally gets a true test at BYU, while 4-2 LSU's Lane Kiffin faces immediate pressure to validate his expensive roster against Mississippi State.
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