THE BIG GAMES

College football teams across the nation are poised for the first big weekend of activity. Here are the 128 key games from September 19 through December 5 that will decide the mythical national title as well as the best teams in all areas.

SEPTEMBER 19

Navy at Penn State
Houston at Auburn
SMU at Florida
Texas A&M at LSU
Oklahoma at Maryland
Memphis State at Mississippi
Duke at South Carolina
TCU at Kansas
Missouri at California
Air Force at Washington

SEPTEMBER 26

Kansas at Syracuse
Tennessee vs. Auburn in Birmingham
Virginia at Duke
Florida vs. Mississippi State in Jackson
Kentucky vs. Mississippi in Jackson
Michigan State at North Carolina
Nebraska at Minnesota*
SMU at Ohio State
Notre Dame at Wisconsin
USC at Oklahoma
LSU at Rice
Texas at Texas Tech
Illinois at California
Pittsburgh vs. Oregon in Portland
Penn State at UCLA
Baylor at Washington

OCTOBER 3

Oregon at Penn State
Columbia at Princeton
Clemson at Georgia Tech
Auburn at Kentucky
Florida at LSU
Virginia Tech at Virginia
Nebraska at Iowa State
USC at Michigan State
Navy at Michigan
Purdue at Notre Dame
Army at Texas
Arkansas at TCU

OCTOBER 9
Navy vs. Georgia Tech in Jacksonville

OCTOBER 10

Penn State at Army
Pennsylvania at Cornell
Princeton at Dartmouth
West Virginia at Pittsburgh
Mississippi at Florida
North Carolina at LSU
Ohio State at Illinois
Michigan at Michigan State
Wisconsin at Purdue
Baylor vs. Arkansas in Little Rock
Oklahoma vs. Texas in Dallas*
Notre Dame at Air Force
Washington vs. Oregon State in Portland
Texas A&M at USC

OCTOBER 17

Syracuse at Penn State
Delaware at Villanova
Georgia Tech vs. Auburn in Birmingham
LSU at Kentucky
West Virginia at Virginia Tech
Michigan State at Indiana
Oklahoma at Kansas
Purdue at Michigan
USC at Ohio State*
Bowling Green at Toledo
Rice at SMU
Arkansas at Texas
Navy at California
Washington at Stanford

OCTOBER 24

Duke at Army
Dartmouth at Harvard
Navy at Pittsburgh
Florida at Alabama
UCLA at Illinois
Minnesota at Michigan
Wisconsin at Ohio State
Texas at Rice
California at USC
Oregon at Washington

OCTOBER 31

Princeton at Brown
Notre Dame vs. Navy in Philadelphia
Pittsburgh at Syracuse
Dartmouth at Yale
Georgia Tech at Duke
Auburn at Florida
Mississippi at LSU
Missouri at Nebraska
Illinois at Purdue
Michigan State at Wisconsin
SMU at Texas
Washington at USC

NOVEMBER 7

Syracuse vs. Army in Yankee Stadium, N. Y.
Notre Dame at Pittsburgh
Harvard at Princeton
LSU vs. Alabama in Birmingham
Mississippi State at Auburn
North Carolina at Clemson
Nebraska at Kansas
Illinois at Michigan*
Penn State at Ohio State
Rice at Arkansas
Texas at Baylor
Iowa State at Oklahoma
Memphis State at Tulsa
California at Washington

NOVEMBER 14

Pittsburgh at Army
Duke at Navy
Virginia Tech at Syracuse
Alabama at Georgia Tech
Mississippi State at LSU
Wisconsin at Illinois
Michigan State at Notre Dame*
SMU at Arkansas
Missouri at Oklahoma
Texas at TCU

NOVEMBER 21

Yale at Harvard
Pittsburgh at Penn State
Duke at North Carolina
Michigan State at Illinois
Kansas at Missouri
Michigan at Ohio State
Nebraska at Oklahoma
USC at UCLA

NOVEMBER 26

Auburn vs. Alabama in Birmingham*
Texas A&M at Texas

NOVEMBER 28

Navy vs. Army in Philadelphia*
Arizona State at Arizona
Rice at Baylor
Notre Dame at USC

DECEMBER 5
Mississippi State at Mississippi*

*nationally televised games