Author: Garrett Beaverson

FirstBank Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee hosts a 12:45 PM ET kickoff on SEC Network as the NC State Wolfpack (1-1) visit the Vanderbilt Commodores (2-0) in a compelling ACC-versus-SEC non-conference matchup with major early-season positioning stakes for both programs. NC State enter having experienced both ends of the betting spectrum…

Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin hosts a 12:30 PM ET kickoff as the Eastern Michigan Eagles (1-2) visit the Wisconsin Badgers (1-1) in a MAC-versus-Big-Ten non-conference home game that gives Wisconsin the most favorable individual competitive environment on their non-conference schedule. Eastern Michigan arrive having just been dismantled 35-7…

Jack Trice Stadium in Ames, Iowa hosts a noon ET kickoff on ESPNU as the Bowling Green Falcons (0-2) visit the Iowa State Cyclones (1-1) in a non-conference home game that gives first-year head coach Jimmy Rogers exactly the bounce-back opportunity his program needs after a gut-punch 13-16 loss to…

Wembley Stadium in London, England hosts the inaugural Union Jack Classic at noon ET on FS1 — the first-ever college football game played in the United Kingdom — as the Arizona State Sun Devils (1-1) meet the Kansas Jayhawks (1-1) in a historic Big 12 Conference matchup that doubles as…

Huntington Bank Stadium in Minneapolis hosts a Big Ten Network noon CT kickoff as the Akron Zips (1-1) make the trip to face the Minnesota Golden Gophers (1-1) in a MAC-versus-Big-Ten non-conference home game that gives both programs a Week 3 measuring stick before conference play begins. Both teams enter…

Coors Field in Denver hosts Game 2 of this three-game AL-NL interleague series at 8:10 PM ET as the Seattle Mariners (72-82) visit the Colorado Rockies (56-98) in a matchup between two clubs at very different ends of the organizational spectrum — a Mariners team clinging to the fringes of…

Chase Field in Phoenix hosts Game 2 of this three-game NL-AL interleague series at 8:10 PM ET as the New York Yankees (89-64) visit the Arizona Diamondbacks (80-74) in the most individually compelling pitching matchup on Saturday's entire MLB slate. The Yankees took Friday's series opener behind Gerrit Cole, and…

Busch Stadium in St. Louis hosts Game 2 of this three-game NL series at 7:15 PM ET as the Washington Nationals (72-82) visit the St. Louis Cardinals (75-79) in a Saturday night matchup between two teams whose playoff hopes have been extinguished but whose individual players carry contract-year and personal-performance…

Daikin Park in Houston hosts Game 2 of this three-game NL-AL interleague series at 7:10 PM ET as the Atlanta Braves (90-64) visit the Houston Astros (77-77) in a matchup between one of the NL's best records and an AL West team fighting to stay in Wild Card contention. Atlanta…

Wrigley Field in Chicago hosts the series finale of this three-game NL Central set at 2:20 PM ET as the Pittsburgh Pirates (74-75) visit the Chicago Cubs (83-66) with each team having taken one game apiece. Chicago blowing out Pittsburgh 12-2 on Friday before the Pirates' Paul Skenes delivered Saturday's…