SI: Top 10 non-conference football games to watch

Top 10 non-conference football games to watch

1. Michigan State at Oregon (Sept. 6, 6:30 p.m., FOX): The only thing better than an intersectional game between preseason top-10 teams is a contrast of polar opposite styles. Heisman Trophy-contending quarterback Marcus Mariota and the Ducks' blur offense will face off with coordinator Pat Narduzzi's perennially stingy defense, which ranked No. 1 nationally following last season's Rose Bowl triumph. Meanwhile, underrated Spartans quarterback Connor Cook could provide a nice litmus test for an Oregon defense that loses longtime coordinator Nick Aliotti but returns All-America cornerback Ifo Ekpre-Olumu.

Can it please just be September already?

Do not rush my summer. Patience...

MasonGuy wrote:Do not rush my summer. Patience...

Exactly. Never wish away time.

We have reached college football list season, before kickoff we should compile a list of the best 10 best lists that have come out.

Can't wait for the best uniforms in cfb list.

7. Michigan at Notre Dame   

10. Penn State v. UCF in Dublin     

They should have stopped the list at 6.

WBill wrote:10. Penn State v. UCF in Dublin

I think that game kicks off at 8:30 a.m. Eastern. I wouldn't call it a great match up, but it will be kinda cool to wake up to college football on the first Saturday of the season. Coffee, bacon, eggs...football.

Tom Dienhart lists three MSU games as the top 3 games involving B1G teams this season.

Dienhart ranks top 50 Big Ten games of 2014

Floyd Robertson wrote:Tom Dienhart lists three MSU games as the top 3 games involving B1G teams this season.

Dienhart ranks top 50 Big Ten games of 2014

UofM at MSU not even in the top 10. Thanks for blowing, wolverines.

Hawkeyes have a chance to tie the series:

8. Wisconsin at Iowa, Nov. 22: There are few series as close as Wisconsin-Iowa, with the Badgers leading 43-42-2.

I guess that's one way to put it.

28. Michigan State at Maryland, Nov. 15: A potential road block for the Spartans. Beware.

30. Maryland at Michigan, Nov. 22: Michigan is 3-0 all-time vs. Maryland, as all three encounters have been since 1985 and have taken place in Ann Arbor.