Oklahoma State at Central Michigan

6:00 PM (Thursday) | Kelly/Shorts Stadium | Mount Pleasant, Michigan

National Television: ESPNU

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#2 TCU at Minnesota

8:00 PM (Thursday) | TCF Bank Stadium | Minneapolis, Minnesota

National Television: ESPN

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#4 Baylor at SMU

6:00 PM (Friday) | Gerald J. Ford Stadium | Dallas, Texas

National Television: ESPN

Quick Hits:

• Baylor is 37-36-7 all time against SMU, and have won 12 of the past 13 meetings between the two schools

• Baylor won last year’s matchup against SMU 45-0

• Baylor, who won 11 games last season, is the reigning conference champion

• Baylor fell to Michigan State 42-41 in the Cotton Bowl last year, after narrowly missing a spot in the College Football Playoff

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South Dakota State at Kansas

11:00 AM | Memorial Stadium | Lawrence, Kansas

Quick Hits:

• This is just the third meeting between the two programs – Kansas won the last meeting 31-17 back in 2012

• This will be the first game for Kansas head coach David Beaty, who was hired back in December

• Kansas finished last season with a 3-9 record. Their only conference win in 2014 came against Iowa State

Sam Houston State at Texas Tech

2:30 PM | Jones AT&T Stadium | Lubbock, Texas

Quick Hits:

• This will be the 1,000th all-time game in Texas Tech football history

• This is just the second meeting between the two programs – Texas Tech won the first meeting 80-21 back in 2005

• Texas Tech finished last season with a 4-8 record. Their lone two conference wins came against Kansas and Iowa State

Akron at #19 Oklahoma

6:00 PM | Memorial Stadium | Norman, Oklahoma

Quick Hits:

• This is the very first meeting between Akron and Oklahoma

• Oklahoma finished last season with an 8-5 record. They earned a trip to the Russell Athletic Bowl, but fell to Clemson 40-6

South Dakota at Kansas State

6:10 PM | Bill Snyder Family Stadium | Manhattan, Kansas

Quick Hits:

• Kansas State leads the series 3-0 over South Dakota

• Kansas State is coming off four-straight seasons with eight or more wins and five-straight bowl births

• Kansas State finished last season with a 9-4 record, losing only two conference games

Texas at #11 Notre Dame

6:30 PM | Notre Dame Stadium | South Bend, Indiana

National Television: NBC

Quick Hits:

• Notre Dame leads the all-time series 8-2

• This is just the second season for Texas under coach Charlie Strong, who led the Longhorns to a 6-7 record and a bowl game appearance.

• Notre Dame finished last season with an 8-5 record, beating LSU in the Music City Bowl

Georgia Southern at West Virginia

6:30 PM | Milan Puskar Stadium | Morgantown, West Virginia

Quick Hits:

• This is the first ever meeting between the two programs

• West Virginia finished last season with a 7-6 overall record, with five wins in the Big 12

• West Virginia lost to Texas A&M in the Liberty Bowl last season