Los Angeles Times

WEEKEND VIEWERS GUIDE

Need some help deciding which college football games to watch? Look no further. Each Friday, Times’ contributo­r Chuck Schilken handicaps what’s worth watching, and skipping, on the weekend’s menu of games:

- charles.schilken@latimes.com Twitter: @chewkiii

FRIDAY

Memphis (1-0) at Central Florida (1-0) 3:30 p.m., ESPNU

UCLA fans can get an early look at Memphis, which hosts the Bruins on Sept. 16. This game was moved up a day because of the threat of Hurricane Irma. Memphis backs Darrell Henderson and Patrick Taylor Jr. combined for 300 yards rushing against Louisiana Monroe last week, but quarterbac­k Riley Ferguson passed for only 97 yards. Central Florida’s McKenzie Milton passed for 360 yards with four touchdowns and one intercepti­on against Florida Internatio­nal.

5 p.m.: Oklahoma State at South Alabama, ESPN2; Ohio at Purdue, FS1.

SATURDAY MORNING

No. 17 Louisville (1-0) at North Carolina (0-1) 9 a.m., ESPN

The Cardinals needed all of Heisman Trophy-winning quarterbac­k Lamar Jackson’s 485 total yards and two touchdown passes to pull off a comeback win over Purdue. The Tar Heels still have questions at quarterbac­k — Brandon Harris had two passes intercepte­d in last week’s loss to California, and coach Larry Fedora has yet to commit to him over Chazz Surratt for the start in this one. 9 a.m.: Cincinnati at Michigan, Channel 7; Florida Atlantic at Wisconsin, Big Ten Network (Big Ten); Iowa at Iowa State, ESPN2; Northweste­rn at Duke, ESPNU; East Carolina at West Virginia, FS2; Charlotte at Kansas State, FS West; Buffalo at Army, CBS Sports Network (CBSSN); Tennessee Martin at Mississipp­i, SEC Network (SEC). 9:30 a.m.: Jacksonvil­le State at Georgia Tech, Prime. 11 a.m.: Texas State at Colorado, Pac-12 Networks (Pac-12).

SATURDAY AFTERNOON

Nebraska (1-0) at Oregon (1-0) 1:30 p.m., Channel 11

After racking up 703 yards and 77 points against FCS opponent Southern Utah in coach Willie Taggart’s debut last week, Oregon faces a Cornhusker­s team that gave up 497 yards in a 43-36 win over Arkansas State. Coach Mike Riley led Nebraska to a 35-32 victory over the Ducks last year after going 4-10 against them as coach at Oregon State.

No. 13 Auburn (1-0) at No. 3 Clemson (1-0) 4 p.m., ESPN

New Clemson quarterbac­k Kelly Bryant set a team openingday record with 313 yards of total offense against Kent State last week. Kamryn Pettway, Auburn’s leading rusher last year, will be back after a one-week suspension. He may be joined by Kerryon Johnson, who rushed for 136 yards and a touchdown before leaving with an injury in the second quarter against Georgia Southern.

No. 5 Oklahoma (1-0) at No. 2 Ohio State (1-0) 4:30 p.m., Channel 7

J.T. Barrett passed for four touchdowns in Ohio State’s 4524 win over Oklahoma last year. Baker Mayfield passed for two touchdowns and had two intercepti­ons in that game, but he and the Sooners haven’t lost since. Both quarterbac­ks passed for three touchdowns and more than 300 yards in their teams’ openers

No. 15 Georgia (1-0) at No. 24 Notre Dame (1-0) 4:30 p.m., Channel 4

Freshman quarterbac­k Jake Fromm will make his first college start after coming in for injured starter Jacob Eason and leading Georgia to victory over Appalachia­n State. Bulldogs running backs Nick Chubb and Sony Michel combined for nearly 200 yards in that game, but Notre Dame’s defense had 11 tackles for loss, by 10 players, against Temple.

No. 14 Stanford (1-0) at No. 6 USC (1-0) 5:30 p.m., Channel 11

It has been 10 years since the Cardinal’s most improbable upset over 41-point favorite USC. Trojans quarterbac­k Sam Darnold is still looking for his first touchdown pass of the season. Deontay Burnett had seven catches for 142 yards against Western Michigan, but coach Clay Helton counted four dropped passes by USC receivers in that game. Stanford’s Bryce Love rushed for 180 yards against Rice.

12:30 p.m.: Fresno State at Alabama, ESPN2; Pittsburgh at Penn State, Channel 7; Texas Christian at Arkansas, Channel 2; Tulane at Navy, CBSSN; Western Michigan at Michigan State, Big Ten; Indiana State at Tennessee, SEC; Indiana at Virginia, ESPNU. 1 p.m.: Central Michigan at Kansas, FS West. 2 p.m.: Hawaii at UCLA, Pac-12. 4 p.m.: South Carolina at Missouri, ESPN2; Nichols State at Texas A&M, ESPNU. 4:30 p.m.: Mississipp­i State at Louisiana Tech, CBSSN. 5 p.m.: Montana at Washington, Pac-12; Western Kentucky at Illinois, Big Ten; Texas San Antonio at Baylor, Prime.

SATURDAY EVENING

Boise State (1-0) at No. 20 Washington St. (1-0) 7:30 p.m., ESPN

Cougars quarterbac­k Luke Falk passed for four touchdowns against Boise State last year. He threw for three touchdowns and completed his first 20 passes against FCS opponent Montana State last week. Broncos quarterbac­k Brett Rypien, who had one touchdown and three intercepti­ons against Washington State in 2016, shared playing time with Kansas transfer Montell Cozart last week.

San Diego State (1-0) at Arizona State (1-0) 8 p.m., Pac-12

Rashaad Penny rushed for 197 yards in 21 carries, including a 61-yard touchdown run, in the Aztecs’ 38-17 win over FCS opponent UC Davis. Sun Devils quarterbac­k Manny Wilkins passed for 300 yards and two touchdowns but was sacked seven times during a 37-31 win over New Mexico State.

7 p.m.: Minnesota at Oregon State, FS1. 7:15 p.m.: Utah at Brigham Young, ESPN2. 7:30 p.m.: Houston at Arizona, ESPNU.

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