Top 10 college telecasts: LSU-Alabama tops week

The Southeastern Conference showdown between LSU and Alabama tops the weekend of college football telecasts. LSU needs a victory to keep its SEC final’s hopes alive.

Games are Saturday unless noted with AP ranking and Thursday’s Latest Line.

1. No. 9 LSU at No. 3 Alabama, 2:30 p.m., CBS (Ala. by 9)

2. No. 15 Ohio State at No. 11 Penn State, 2:30 p.m., ESPN2 (PSU by 3)

3. No. 20 Oklahoma at Nebraska, 7 p.m., ABC (OU by 6).

4. No. 18 Oklahoma State at Iowa State, 2:30 p.m., ABC (OSU by 7)

5. Kansas at Kansas State, 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Versus (KU by 3).

6. Navy at No. 19 Notre Dame, 1:30 p.m., NBC (ND by 11)

7. Vanderbilt at No. 1 Florida, 6:15 p.m., ESPN2 (Fla. by 33)

8. UCF at No. 2 Texas, 11 a.m., FSOK (Texas by 36)

9. Florida State at Clemson, 6:45 p.m., ESPN (Clemson by 8)

10. Fresno State at Idaho, 9 p.m., ESPNU (FS by 7).

Also worth a look:

No. 5 Boise State at Louisiana Tech, 7 p.m. Friday, ESPN2 (BS by 21)

No. 6 TCU at San Diego State, 3 p.m., Versus (TCU by 25)

Northwestern at No. 8 Iowa, 11 a.m., ESPN (Iowa by 18)

Syracuse at No. 14 Pittsburgh, Noon, ESPNU (Pitt by 21)

South Carolina at Arkansas, 11 a.m., SEC (KSBI-52) (Ark. by 5)

Memphis at Tennessee, 6 p.m., ESPNU (Tenn. by 26).

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