Other top games include (25) Baylor at (9) West Virginia, Notre Dame, (12) Texas at Oklahoma State, and (16) Oklahoma at Texas Tech.
ESPN Gameday will broadcast live from East Lansing, Michigan, the site of a Big Ten match-up between (14) Ohio State and (20) Michigan State.
(8) Stanford at Washington kicks off the week five schedule on Thursday night at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN.
Listed below are the games with TV, time and network. The schedule is also optimized for printing:
| Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012 | ||||
| Game | Time (ET) | Network | Online | |
| Stanford at Washington | 9:00 p.m. | ESPN (HD) | — | |
| Friday, Sept. 28, 2012 | ||||
| Hawaii at BYU | 8:00 p.m. | ESPN (HD) | ESPN3 | |
| Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012 | ||||
| Ball State at Kent State | 12:00 p.m. | ERTV/ESPN-GP | ESPN3 | |
| Baylor at West Virginia | 12:00 p.m. | FX (HD) | — | |
| Buffalo at Connecticut | 12:00 p.m. | SNY/MASN/ESPN-GP/ERTV | ESPN3 | |
| Indiana at Northwestern | 12:00 p.m. | BTN (HD) | BTN2Go | |
| Middle Tennessee at Georgia Tech | 12:00 p.m. | FSN (HD)/ESPN-GP | ESPN3 | |
| Minnesota at Iowa | 12:00 p.m. | ESPN2 (HD) | ESPN3 | |
| Missouri at UCF | 12:00 p.m. | FSN (HD)/FCSC | — | |
| North Carolina State at Miami | 12:00 p.m. | ESPNU (HD) | ESPN3 | |
| Penn State at Illinois | 12:00 p.m. | ESPN (HD) (3D) | ESPN3 | |
| Stony Brook at Army | 12:00 p.m. | CBSSN (HD) | — | |
| Arkansas at Texas A&M | 12:21 p.m. | SEC Network (HD)/ESPN-GP | ESPN3 | |
| Duke at Wake Forest | 12:30 p.m. | ACC Network (HD)/ESPN-GP | ESPN3 | |
| Colorado State at Air Force | 2:00 p.m. | ALT (HD) | — | |
| Miami (OH) at Akron | 2:00 p.m. | — | ESPN3 | |
| Nevada at Texas State | 2:00 p.m. | LHN | — | |
| Tulsa at UAB | 3:00 p.m. | — | Video | |
| Cincinnati vs. Virginia Tech (at MD) | 3:30 p.m. | ESPNU (HD) | — | |
| Clemson at Boston College | 3:30 p.m. | ESPN2 (HD) | — | |
| Houston vs. Rice | 3:30 p.m. | FSN (HD)/FCSA | — | |
| Idaho at North Carolina | 3:30 p.m. | FSN (HD)/ESPN-GP | ESPN3 | |
| Marshall at Purdue | 3:30 p.m. | BTN (HD) | BTN2Go | |
| Ohio State at Michigan State | 3:30 p.m. | ABC (HD) | — | |
| Rhode Island at Bowling Green | 3:30 p.m. | ESPN-GP/ BCSN | ESPN3 | |
| San Jose State at Navy | 3:30 p.m. | CBSSN (HD) | — | |
| Tennessee at Georgia | 3:30 p.m. | CBS (HD) | CBS | |
| Troy at South Alabama | 3:30 p.m. | Sun Belt Network/ESPN-GP | ESPN3 | |
| Central Michigan at Northern Illinois | 3:30 p.m. | — | ESPN3 | |
| ULM at Tulane | 3:30 p.m. | CST | — | |
| Louisiana Tech at Virginia | 3:30 p.m. | — | ESPN3 | |
| Ohio at UMass | 3:30 p.m. | — | ESPN3 | |
| Arizona State at California | 4:00 p.m. | FX (HD) | — | |
| North Texas at Florida Atlantic | 5:00 p.m. | — | ESPN3 | |
| Florida State at South Florida | 6:00 p.m. | ESPN (HD) | — | |
| UCLA at Colorado | 6:00 p.m. | Pac-12 Network (HD) | Pac -12 | |
| Boise State at New Mexico | 6:00 p.m. | KTVB | — | |
| South Carolina at Kentucky | 7:00 p.m. | ESPN2 (HD) | — | |
| TCU at SMU | 7:00 p.m. | FSN (HD)/FCSA | — | |
| Towson at LSU | 7:00 p.m. | ESPNU (HD) | — | |
| FIU at UL Lafayette | 7:00 p.m. | — | ESPN3 | |
| Texas Tech at Iowa State | 7:00 p.m. | FCSC | — | |
| Toledo at Western Michigan | 7:00 p.m. | — | ESPN3 | |
| UTEP at East Carolina | 7:00 p.m. | WITN | — | |
| W. Kentucky at Arkansas State | 7:00 p.m. | — | ESPN3 | |
| Texas at Oklahoma State | 7:30 p.m. | FOX (HD) | — | |
| Louisville at Southern Miss | 8:00 p.m. | CBSSN (HD) | — | |
| UTSA at New Mexico State | 8:00 p.m. | KCWX/ESPN-GP | AggieVision | |
| Wisconsin at Nebraska | 8:00 p.m. | ABC (HD) | — | |
| UNLV at Utah State | 8:00 p.m. | — | ESPN3 | |
| Ole Miss at Alabama | 9:15 p.m. | ESPN (HD) | — | |
| Oregon State at Arizona | 10:00 p.m. | Pac-12 Network (HD) | Pac -12 | |
| San Diego State at Fresno State | 10:00 p.m. | KUSI | — | |
| Oregon at Washington State | 10:30 p.m. | ESPN2 (HD) | — | |