Other top games include Miami (FL) at (9) Notre Dame, (3) Florida State at NC State, Iowa State at (15) TCU, and (17) Oklahoma at Texas Tech.
ESPN Gameday will broadcast live from Columbia, South Carolina, the site of a huge SEC East match-up between 5th-ranked Georgia and 6th-ranked South Carolina.
Week six action kicks off with Arkansas State traveling to face Florida International on Thursday night at 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPNU.
Listed below are the games with TV, time and network. The schedule is also optimized for printing:
| Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012 | |||||
| Game | Time (ET) | Network | Online | ||
| Arkansas State at FIU | 7:30 p.m. | ESPNU (HD) | ESPN3 | ||
| East Carolina at UCF | 8:00 p.m. | CBSSN (HD) | — | ||
| USC at Utah | 9:00 p.m. | ESPN (HD) | — | ||
| Friday, Oct. 5, 2012 | |||||
| Pittsburgh at Syracuse | 7:00 p.m. | ESPN (HD) | ESPN3 | ||
| Utah State at BYU | 10:15 p.m. | ESPN (HD) | — | ||
| Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012 | |||||
| Navy at Air Force | 11:30 a.m. | CBS (HD) | CBS | ||
| Arkansas at Auburn | 12:00 p.m. | ESPN2 (HD) | ESPN3 | ||
| Boise State at Southern Miss | 12:00 p.m. | FSN (HD)/FCSC | — | ||
| Boston College at Army | 12:00 p.m. | CBSSN (HD) | — | ||
| Buffalo at Ohio | 12:00 p.m. | ERTV/ESPN-GP | ESPN3 | ||
| Connecticut at Rutgers | 12:00 p.m. | ESPNU (HD) | ESPN3 | ||
| Kansas at Kansas State | 12:00 p.m. | FX (HD) | — | ||
| Michigan State at Indiana | 12:00 p.m. | BTN (HD) | BTN2Go | ||
| Northwestern at Penn State | 12:00 p.m. | ESPN (HD) (3D) | ESPN3 | ||
| USF at Temple | 12:00 p.m. | SNY/MASN/CSCA/ERTV/ESPN-GP | ESPN3 | ||
| Mississippi State at Kentucky | 12:21 p.m. | SEC Network (HD)/ESPN-GP | ESPN3 | ||
| Virginia Tech at North Carolina | 12:30 p.m. | ACC Network (HD)/ESPN-GP | ESPN3 | ||
| Kent State at Eastern Michigan | 1:00 p.m. | — | Video | ||
| Bowling Green at Akron | 2:00 p.m. | — | Video | ||
| UMass at Western Michigan | 2:00 p.m. | — | Video | ||
| Arizona at Stanford | 3:00 p.m. | FOX (HD) | — | ||
| Virginia at Duke | 3:00 p.m. | FSN (HD)/ESPN-GP | — | ||
| Central Michigan at Toledo | 3:00 p.m. | — | ESPN3 | ||
| Northern Illinois at Ball State | 3:00 p.m. | — | ESPN3 | ||
| Southeastern Louisiana at UAB | 3:00 p.m. | — | Video | ||
| Georgia Tech at Clemson | 3:30 p.m. | ESPN (HD) | — | ||
| Illinois at Wisconsin | 3:30 p.m. | ABC (HD)/ESPN2 (HD) | — | ||
| Iowa State at TCU | 3:30 p.m. | FSN (HD) | — | ||
| LSU at Florida | 3:30 p.m. | CBS (HD) | CBS | ||
| Oklahoma at Texas Tech | 3:30 p.m. | ABC (HD)/ESPN2 (HD) | — | ||
| Tulsa at Marshall | 3:30 p.m. | CBSSN (HD) | — | ||
| ULM at Middle Tennessee | 3:30 p.m. | Sun Belt Network/ESPN-GP | ESPN3 | ||
| Wake Forest at Maryland | 3:30 p.m. | ESPNU (HD) | — | ||
| Michigan at Purdue | 4:00 p.m. | BTN (HD) | BTN2Go | ||
| New Mexico State at Idaho | 5:00 p.m. | ALT (HD)/KMYU | AggieVision | ||
| Tulane at UL Lafayette | 5:00 p.m. | Cox4/ESPN-GP | ESPN3 | ||
| Washington State at Oregon State | 6:00 p.m. | Pac-12 Network (HD) | Pac-12 | ||
| Texas State at New Mexico | 6:00 p.m. | — | Video | ||
| Georgia at South Carolina | 7:00 p.m. | ESPN (HD) | — | ||
| Miami (OH) at Cincinnati | 7:00 p.m. | FSCN/FSOH/ESPN-GP | ESPN3 | ||
| North Texas at Houston | 7:00 p.m. | CSMA/CSNC/CSS | — | ||
| Texas A&M at Ole Miss | 7:00 p.m. | ESPNU (HD) | — | ||
| UNLV at Louisiana Tech | 7:00 p.m. | MASN/ERTV/ESPN-GP | ESPN3 | ||
| Vanderbilt at Missouri | 7:00 p.m. | Fox Sports South (HD)/ESPN-GP | — | ||
| West Virginia at Texas | 7:00 p.m. | FOX (HD) | — | ||
| Fresno State at Colorado State | 7:00 p.m. | KTVD/TW | — | ||
| Rice at Memphis | 7:00 p.m. | FCSC | — | ||
| Wyoming at Nevada | 7:00 p.m. | — | Video | ||
| Miami vs. Notre Dame (at Chicago, IL) | 7:30 p.m. | NBC (HD) | — | ||
| Florida State at North Carolina State | 8:00 p.m. | ESPN2 (HD) | — | ||
| Hawaii at San Diego State | 8:00 p.m. | CBSSN (HD) | — | ||
| Nebraska at Ohio State | 8:00 p.m. | ABC (HD) | — | ||
| SMU at UTEP | 8:00 p.m. | TWC | — | ||
| UCLA at California | 10:00 p.m. | Pac-12 Network (HD) | Pac-12 | ||
| Washington at Oregon | 10:30 p.m. | ESPN (HD) | — | ||