College football’s Week 7 slate delivers a top-five showdown in Bloomington, Indiana, where No. 4 Ohio State visits No. 5 Indiana on FOX at noon ET Saturday. The game is part of a nine-game guide spanning FOX, FS1 and BTN, plus three additional national matchups carried through the FOX One / ESPN Bundle, including No. 2 Notre Dame at No. 8 BYU in Provo, Utah.
This roundup is a curated list of marquee games rather than the full national schedule. Rankings reflect the AP Top 25 released Oct. 11.
Friday Night Opener
Washington, 3-3 and on a three-game losing streak after a 41-24 defeat to Iowa, travels to Purdue, also 3-3 following a 41-13 win over Minnesota. Washington won last year’s meeting 49-13.
Saturday on FOX, FS1 and BTN
Kansas, 2-3 after a 41-24 loss at Utah, faces Kansas State, 3-2 and riding a two-game skid that includes a 35-16 loss to Houston. Kansas State won the 2025 meeting 42-17.
In the marquee matchup, Ohio State (5-1), whose only loss came 24-23 at Texas on Sept. 12, visits Indiana (6-0), fresh off a 20-17 win at Nebraska. It’s Ohio State’s second top-five game of the year, and Indiana holds the series edge after a 13-10 win in the 2025 Big Ten championship game.
Rutgers (1-4) hosts Maryland (2-4), which has dropped four straight including a 45-16 loss at Ohio State. Rutgers has won the last two meetings between the teams.
Texas Tech, undefeated at 5-0, hosts Arizona State (3-2), which beat Hawai’i 30-12 last week after a 55-19 loss at Baylor. Arizona State won last year’s matchup 26-22.
Baylor, winners of four straight at 4-1, hosts TCU (2-3), which fell 17-10 to BYU on Oct. 3. TCU won the 2025 meeting 42-36.
Houston (5-1) hosts Oklahoma State (4-1) in the first meeting between the two as ranked opponents; Houston won last year’s game 39-17.
New Mexico (4-1) hosts Hawai’i (1-5), which has lost three in a row.
Nebraska (5-1), coming off a 20-17 loss to Indiana, visits Oregon (3-2), which fell out of the AP Top 25 after a 17-15 home loss to UCLA. Oregon last beat Nebraska 42-35 in 2017.
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In Knoxville, Tennessee, Alabama visits Tennessee. Alabama is coming off a 20-17 home loss to Georgia, while Tennessee beat Arkansas 24-17 last week. Alabama has dropped its last two trips to Knoxville.
Missouri, which beat Texas A&M 27-6 last week, travels to Ole Miss, which routed Vanderbilt 52-17 after a 52-28 loss at Florida. Missouri won the teams’ last meeting, 38-27 in 2019.
And in Provo, Utah, No. 2 Notre Dame, fresh off a 58-7 win over Stanford, visits No. 8 BYU, which beat Iowa State 24-10 and knocked off TCU 17-10 earlier this month. It marks the first top-10 matchup ever played at LaVell Edwards Stadium. BYU beat Notre Dame the last time the Irish visited, in 2004, while Notre Dame won the 2022 meeting 28-20.
Where to Watch
Washington at Purdue, Ohio State at Indiana, Arizona State at Texas Tech, Oklahoma State at Houston and Nebraska at Oregon air on FOX. Kansas at Kansas State, TCU at Baylor and New Mexico at Hawai’i air on FS1. Rutgers at Maryland airs on BTN. All nine games stream on FOX One, subject to service and plan availability.
Alabama at Tennessee, Missouri at Ole Miss and Notre Dame at BYU are available through ESPN Unlimited via the FOX One / ESPN Bundle. Subscription requirements and availability vary by market.
As always, fans should check local listings before kickoff, since times and network assignments can shift during the week. The Week 7 FOX-family schedule opens Friday with Washington at Purdue and runs through Saturday night, with Ohio State at Indiana at noon ET and Nebraska at Oregon capping the night at 11 p.m. ET.
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