# What are the Must See OOC College Football Games of 2011? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [July 12, 2011, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-must-see-ooc-college-football-games-of-2011/588735 "2011-07-12T13:12:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2011, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-must-see-ooc-college-football-games-of-2011/588735/61 "2011-07-16T19:50:16Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Dang, you are keeping me busy. It’s just because you seem to be having as much fun with it as I am. Toying with numbers. Besides, I like the “research” to form my own opinion about such stuff instead of just swallowing the opinions of “experts” whose lack of bias is a bit suspect at best. Do you have a good idea of how to pull all these conference figures together meaningfully? One thought I had was to do them by month with the NFM scores attached to a by-week summary. That would at least point toward the doggies if not setting the “must see” group apart convincingly. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2011, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-must-see-ooc-college-football-games-of-2011/588735/62 "2011-07-16T20:10:01Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > I think something is amiss in the PAC-?? conference. If 11 teams are playing 9 games and 1 team is playing 10 games, that adds up to (11_9 + 10_1) = 109 games. Dividing by two means that there are 54.5 conference games. Something is wrong. Here may be part of the answer: ```auto Pacific-10 North California 12 Oregon 12 Oregon St. 12 Stanford 12 Washington 12 Washington St. 12 South Arizona 12 Arizona St. 12 Colorado 13 Sat, Sep 3 at Hawaii OOC Sat, Sep 10 California Sat, Sep 17 Colorado State OOC Sat, Sep 24 at Ohio State OOC Sat, Oct 1 Washington State Sat, Oct 8 at Stanford Sat, Oct 15 at Washington Sat, Oct 22 Oregon Sat, Oct 29 at Arizona State Fri, Nov 4 USC Sat, Nov 12 Arizona Sat, Nov 19 at UCLA Fri, Nov 25 at Utah UCLA 12 USC 12 Utah 12 ``` Nothing like, “Hey, Welcome to the conference, boys!” ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2011, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-must-see-ooc-college-football-games-of-2011/588735/63 "2011-07-16T20:35:48Z")
so Colorado is also playing 10 conference games, OK, that makes sense. (plus 3 OOC) games. they get an extra game because of playing @Hawaii? It looks like the Pac-12 SOP is to play your five division opponents, plus 4 teams from the other division. Cal and Col are 4 teams from the other division. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2011, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-must-see-ooc-college-football-games-of-2011/588735/64 "2011-07-16T21:08:35Z")
A major point concerning the fusing of all these by-conference gradings is that we’ve been using the NFM scale to evaluate a school’s OOC quality for the season. That has less to do with the quality of an individual game and more to do with an SOS value. When it comes to individual games, we need another measure, don’t you think? Another question to take into account is that the game’s “Must See” index needs to be based on more than some past-oriented score for the two schools involved. One may be on the rise and the other on the sink. That could get very weird and subjective. What are some thoughts on these issues before we start a week-by-week display of the “Must see” and “Let slide” games? ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2011, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-must-see-ooc-college-football-games-of-2011/588735/65 "2011-07-16T21:30:14Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > 10-4, Bubba! > > Check out [The Best of Recruiting and High School Sports](http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news?slug=rivals-1210668) I’d think that Texas A&M vs. Arkansas is a more interesting and more important game than Texas vs. BYU, based on last year’s results. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2011, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-must-see-ooc-college-football-games-of-2011/588735/66 "2011-07-16T21:48:40Z")
> [@bump](#): > > I’d think that Texas A&M vs. Arkansas is a more interesting and more important game than Texas vs. BYU, based on last year’s results. Your point is one that I’m hoping to find some way to anticipate. Past performances can only be guides to what may happen this year. Pinning your hopes on pre-season rankings and that sort of scoring system, even the odds that get put on games, can often lead to missing a really good game from an excitement and entertainment point of view. No doubt whatever guess we may make on which games are “must see” and which are “might as well skip” will wind up going wrong any number of times. I’d just like to minimize the really bad games I watch this year. Wouldn’t we all? ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2011, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-must-see-ooc-college-football-games-of-2011/588735/67 "2011-07-16T22:17:04Z")
I like the TAM vs ARK game more than the TEX-BYU game. Because it is two power conferences clashing. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2011, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-must-see-ooc-college-football-games-of-2011/588735/68 "2011-07-16T22:47:24Z")
The Colorado-California game is an OOC game. It was scheduled a few years ago before Colorado changed conferences. Cal would not have been on CO’s schedule otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2011, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-must-see-ooc-college-football-games-of-2011/588735/69 "2011-07-17T06:09:51Z")
Okay, here’s the first week’s OOC schedule by conference for the Big Six FBS conferences. Those games between schools in these six conferences will appear twice: ```auto === Sep 1-4, 2011 SEC OOC 2011 EAST Florida Sat, Sep 3 Florida Atlantic Georgia Sat, Sep 3 Boise State Kentucky Thu, Sep 1 at Western Kentucky South Carolina Sat, Sep 3 at East Carolina Tennessee Sat, Sep 3 Montana Vanderbilt Sat, Sep 3 Elon WEST Alabama Sat, Sep 3 Kent State Arkansas Sat, Sep 3 Missouri State Auburn Sat, Sep 3 Utah State LSU Sat, Sep 3 at Oregon Mississippi Sat, Sep 3 Brigham Young Mississippi State Thu, Sep 1 at Memphis ================================ Big Ten (12) OOC 2011 Leaders Illinois Sat, Sep 3 Arkansas State Indiana Sat, Sep 3 at Ball State Ohio St. Sat, Sep 3 Akron Penn St. Sat, Sep 3 Indiana State Purdue Sat, Sep 3 Middle Tennessee Wisconsin Thu, Sep 1 UNLV Legends Iowa Sat, Sep 3 Tennessee Tech Michigan Sat, Sep 3 Western Michigan Michigan St. Fri, Sep 2 Youngstown State Minnesota Sat, Sep 3 at USC Nebraska Sat, Sep 3 Chattanooga Northwestern Sat, Sep 3 at Boston College ================================ ACC OOC 2011 Atlantic Boston Coll. Sat, Sep 3 Northwestern Clemson Sat, Sep 3 Troy Florida St. Sat, Sep 3 Louisiana-Monroe N.C. State Sat, Sep 3 Liberty Wake Forest Thu, Sep 1 at Syracuse Coastal Duke Sat, Sep 3 Richmond Georgia Tech Thu, Sep 1 Western Carolina North Carolina Sat, Sep 3 James Madison Virginia Sat, Sep 3 William & Mary Virginia Tech Sat, Sep 3 Appalachian State ================================ Big East 2011 OOC Cincinnati Thu, Sep 1 Austin Peay Connecticut Thu, Sep 1 Fordham Louisville Thu, Sep 1 Murray State Pittsburgh Sat, Sep 3 Buffalo Rutgers Thu, Sep 1 North Carolina Central South Florida Sat, Sep 3 at Notre Dame Syracuse Thu, Sep 1 Wake Forest West Virginia Sun, Sep 4 Marshall ====================== Pacific-10 (12) 2011 OOC North California Sat, Sep 3 Fresno State Oregon Sat, Sep 3 LSU Oregon St. Sat, Sep 3 Sacramento State Stanford Sat, Sep 3 San Jose State Washington Sat, Sep 3 Eastern Washington Washington St. Sat, Sep 3 Idaho State South Arizona Sat, Sep 3 Northern Arizona Arizona St. Thu, Sep 1 UC Davis Colorado Sat, Sep 3 at Hawaii UCLA Sat, Sep 3 at Houston USC Sat, Sep 3 Minnesota Utah Thu, Sep 1 Montana State ================================ Big 12 (10) 2011 OOC schedule: North Iowa St. Sat, Sep 3 Northern Iowa Kansas Sat, Sep 3 McNeese State Kansas St. Sat, Sep 3 Eastern Kentucky Missouri Sat, Sep 3 Miami (OH) South Baylor Fri, Sep 2 TCU Oklahoma Sat, Sep 3 Tulsa Oklahoma St. Sat, Sep 3 Louisiana-Lafayette Texas Sat, Sep 3 Rice Texas A&M Sun, Sep 4 Southern Methodist Texas Tech Sat, Sep 3 Texas State ``` ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2011, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-must-see-ooc-college-football-games-of-2011/588735/70 "2011-07-17T16:08:17Z")
And here are those Week 1 games, dupes removed, by date and in alpha order. Seems too much for a poll, but maybe we can do the same sort of narrowing down to the truly “must see” games in this thread. If somebody else wants to do a poll, please feel free to do so. Keep in mind that these are only the OOC games for the teams in the Big Six FBS schools. Which of these are you going to make any effort to see? Where do you see any potential upsets? ```auto === Sep 1-4, 2011 Arizona St. Thu, Sep 1 UC Davis Cincinnati Thu, Sep 1 Austin Peay Connecticut Thu, Sep 1 Fordham Georgia Tech Thu, Sep 1 Western Carolina Kentucky Thu, Sep 1 at Western Kentucky Louisville Thu, Sep 1 Murray State Mississippi State Thu, Sep 1 at Memphis Rutgers Thu, Sep 1 North Carolina Central Syracuse Thu, Sep 1 Wake Forest Utah Thu, Sep 1 Montana State Wisconsin Thu, Sep 1 UNLV Baylor Fri, Sep 2 TCU Michigan St. Fri, Sep 2 Youngstown State Alabama Sat, Sep 3 Kent State Arizona Sat, Sep 3 Northern Arizona Arkansas Sat, Sep 3 Missouri State Auburn Sat, Sep 3 Utah State Boston Coll. Sat, Sep 3 Northwestern California Sat, Sep 3 Fresno State Clemson Sat, Sep 3 Troy Colorado Sat, Sep 3 at Hawaii Duke Sat, Sep 3 Richmond Florida Sat, Sep 3 Florida Atlantic Florida St. Sat, Sep 3 Louisiana-Monroe Georgia Sat, Sep 3 Boise State Illinois Sat, Sep 3 Arkansas State Indiana Sat, Sep 3 at Ball State Iowa Sat, Sep 3 Tennessee Tech Iowa St. Sat, Sep 3 Northern Iowa Kansas Sat, Sep 3 McNeese State Kansas St. Sat, Sep 3 Eastern Kentucky LSU Sat, Sep 3 at Oregon Michigan Sat, Sep 3 Western Michigan Minnesota Sat, Sep 3 at USC Mississippi Sat, Sep 3 Brigham Young Missouri Sat, Sep 3 Miami (OH) Nebraska Sat, Sep 3 Chattanooga North Carolina Sat, Sep 3 James Madison N.C. State Sat, Sep 3 Liberty Ohio St. Sat, Sep 3 Akron Oklahoma Sat, Sep 3 Tulsa Oklahoma St. Sat, Sep 3 Louisiana-Lafayette Oregon St. Sat, Sep 3 Sacramento State Penn St. Sat, Sep 3 Indiana State Pittsburgh Sat, Sep 3 Buffalo Purdue Sat, Sep 3 Middle Tennessee South Carolina Sat, Sep 3 at East Carolina South Florida Sat, Sep 3 at Notre Dame Stanford Sat, Sep 3 San Jose State Tennessee Sat, Sep 3 Montana Texas Sat, Sep 3 Rice Texas Tech Sat, Sep 3 Texas State UCLA Sat, Sep 3 at Houston Vanderbilt Sat, Sep 3 Elon Virginia Sat, Sep 3 William & Mary Virginia Tech Sat, Sep 3 Appalachian State Washington Sat, Sep 3 Eastern Washington Washington St. Sat, Sep 3 Idaho State Texas A&M Sun, Sep 4 Southern Methodist West Virginia Sun, Sep 4 Marshall ``` ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-must-see-ooc-college-football-games-of-2011/588735/71 "2011-07-19T14:14:37Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > A major point concerning the fusing of all these by-conference gradings is that we’ve been using the NFM scale to evaluate a school’s OOC quality for the season. That has less to do with the quality of an individual game and more to do with an SOS value. > > When it comes to individual games, we need another measure, don’t you think? > > Another question to take into account is that the game’s “Must See” index needs to be based on more than some past-oriented score for the two schools involved. One may be on the rise and the other on the sink. That could get very weird and subjective. > > What are some thoughts on these issues before we start a week-by-week display of the “Must see” and “Let slide” games? The more I think on this issue the more dependent on preseason rankings I become. Knowing so little about the overall picture, even the teams that I care most about (SEC!), I have to rely on somebody else’s opinion(s) about which teams are worthy of early interest, especially in terms of which games I should try to see. I did have this thought that I’d like some feedback on: what if we use one of the all-120 team rankings to grade the OOC games on the highest ranked teams being played by the Big Six schools? As we get closer to the AP and Coaches’ Polls, we could upgrade those borderline games to “must see” once the two teams are closer to Top 25 status. Counterpoints? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-must-see-ooc-college-football-games-of-2011/588735/72 "2011-07-19T16:03:58Z")
Okay, then. Here are some raw materials in case anybody else wants to pursue the project of using the rankings (from January Sagarin) and Week 1’s schedule to sort down to the best bets for “must see” games. Sources: [http://www.usatoday.com/sports/sagarin/fbt10.htm](http://www.usatoday.com/sports/sagarin/fbt10.htm) > **[Rivals.com](https://n.rivals.com/)** > > The definitive source for all Rivals news. ```auto Thursday September 1, 2011 Murray St. 6:00 pm 156 Louisville 51 S. Carolina St. 7:00 pm 192 Cent. Michigan 134 Villanova 7:00 pm 57 Temple 66 North Texas 7:00 pm 150 Florida Intl. 88 New Hampshire 7:00 pm 81 Toledo 92 N.C. Central 7:30 pm 240 Rutgers 90 Fordham 7:30 pm 201 Connecticut 56 Western Carolina 7:30 pm 193 Georgia Tech 70 Montana St. 8:00 pm 109 Utah 26 UNLV 8:00 pm 131 Wisconsin 12 Mississippi St. 8:00 pm 15 Memphis 173 Wake Forest 8:00 pm 102 Syracuse 48 Bowling Green 9:00 pm 163 Idaho 89 Kentucky 9:15 pm 74 West. Kentucky 165 UC Davis 10:00 pm 151 Arizona St. 23 Friday September 2, 2011 Youngstown St. 7:30 pm 159 Michigan St. 31 TCU 8:00 pm 4 Baylor 61 Saturday September 3, 2011 South Carolina 25 East Carolina 85 Utah St. 12:00 pm 114 Auburn 1 Northwestern 12:00 pm 71 Boston Coll. 49 Middle Tenn. St. 12:00 pm 138 Purdue 96 Montana 125 Tennessee 63 Tennessee Tech 12:00 pm 182 Iowa 21 Indiana St. 12:00 pm 148 Penn St. 50 Miami (OH) 12:00 pm 77 Missouri 17 Akron 12:00 pm 206 Ohio St. 7 Florida Atlantic 155 Florida 24 Kent St. 12:20 pm 120 Alabama 5 Appalachian St. 12:30 pm 75 Virginia Tech 13 Elon 110 Vanderbilt 126 Texas St. 195 Texas Tech 43 Missouri St. 136 Arkansas 9 LA Lafayette 162 Oklahoma St. 11 South Dakota 2:00 pm 171 Air Force 37 Sacramento St. 100 Oregon St. 29 Northern Arizona 105 Arizona 30 James Madison 3:30 pm 97 North Carolina 41 W. Michigan 3:30 pm 99 Michigan 60 LA Monroe 3:30 pm 140 Florida St. 14 Chattanooga 3:30 pm 103 Nebraska 27 South Florida 3:30 pm 44 Notre Dame 19 Arkansas St. 3:30 pm 117 Illinois 39 UCLA 3:30 pm 62 Houston 82 Delaware 3:30 pm 52 Navy 55 Troy 3:30 pm 80 Clemson 53 Minnesota 3:30 pm 93 USC 22 SE Louisiana 3:30 pm 205 Tulane 135 BYU 4:45 pm 45 Mississippi 84 Idaho St. 5:00 pm 211 Washington St. 79 San Jose St. 5:00 pm 161 Stanford 2 Buffalo 6:00 pm 185 Pittsburgh 32 Colorado St. 6:00 pm 130 New Mexico 170 William & Mary 6:00 pm 76 Virginia 87 Liberty 6:00 pm 153 N.C. State 18 McNeese St. 7:00 pm 141 Kansas 119 Howard 7:00 pm 244 East. Michigan 183 Austin Peay 7:00 pm 221 Cincinnati 67 Eastern Wash. 7:00 pm 58 Washington 28 Rice 7:00 pm 127 Texas 64 Northern Iowa 7:00 pm 124 Iowa St. 65 Indiana 7:00 pm 98 Ball St. 160 Richmond 7:00 pm 115 Duke 95 Fresno St. 7:00 pm 78 California 33 Charleston Sou. 7:00 pm 230 UCF 42 Army 7:00 pm 73 Northern Illinois 46 Eastern Kentucky 7:00 pm 149 Kansas St. 59 Ohio 8:00 pm 104 New Mexico St. 172 Tulsa 8:00 pm 35 Oklahoma 10 LSU 8:00 pm 8 Oregon 3 Boise St. 8:00 pm 6 Georgia 54 Weber St. 9:00 pm 129 Wyoming 108 Stony Brook 9:00 pm 180 UTEP 121 Cal Poly 10:00 pm 147 San Diego St. 34 Louisiana Tech 10:00 pm 91 Southern Miss 69 Colorado 10:15 pm 68 Hawaii 47 Sunday September 4, 2011 Marshall 3:30 pm 113 West Virginia 36 SMU 7:30 pm 83 Texas A&M 20 Monday September 5, 2011 Miami (FL) 8:00 pm 40 Maryland 38 ``` ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-must-see-ooc-college-football-games-of-2011/588735/73 "2011-07-19T17:06:11Z")
Keeping in mind that some of these games may not be totally OOC (I haven’t checked for that), here’s how Week 1 breaks down by day with the order, top to bottom, being determined by the Sagarin January ranking figure for the “weaker” team. From my point of view the game can only be as “must see” as the strength of the “weaker” team. I can understand some tweaking of the precise order for various reasons, and if you want to present a slate of “must see” games based on other criteria, I’d love to see it. As it stands, based on the responses so far, this is my last word on the issue. ```auto Thursday September 1, 2011 Villanova 7:00 pm 57 Temple 66 New Hampshire 7:00 pm 81 Toledo 92 Wake Forest 8:00 pm 102 Syracuse 48 Montana St. 8:00 pm 109 Utah 26 UNLV 8:00 pm 131 Wisconsin 12 North Texas 7:00 pm 150 Florida Intl. 88 UC Davis 10:00 pm 151 Arizona St. 23 Murray St. 6:00 pm 156 Louisville 51 Bowling Green 9:00 pm 163 Idaho 89 Kentucky 9:15 pm 74 West. Kentucky 165 Mississippi St. 8:00 pm 15 Memphis 173 S. Carolina St. 7:00 pm 192 Cent. Michigan 134 Western Carolina 7:30 pm 193 Georgia Tech 70 Fordham 7:30 pm 201 Connecticut 56 N.C. Central 7:30 pm 240 Rutgers 90 Friday September 2, 2011 TCU 8:00 pm 4 Baylor 61 Youngstown St. 7:30 pm 159 Michigan St. 31 Saturday September 3, 2011 LSU 8:00 pm 8 Oregon 3 Tulsa 8:00 pm 35 Oklahoma 10 South Florida 3:30 pm 44 Notre Dame 19 Boise St. 8:00 pm 6 Georgia 54 Delaware 3:30 pm 52 Navy 55 Eastern Wash. 7:00 pm 58 Washington 28 Colorado 10:15 pm 68 Hawaii 47 Northwestern 12:00 pm 71 Boston Coll. 49 Army 7:00 pm 73 Northern Illinois 46 Appalachian St. 12:30 pm 75 Virginia Tech 13 Miami (OH) 12:00 pm 77 Missouri 17 Fresno St. 7:00 pm 78 California 33 Troy 3:30 pm 80 Clemson 53 UCLA 3:30 pm 62 Houston 82 BYU 4:45 pm 45 Mississippi 84 South Carolina 25 East Carolina 85 William & Mary 6:00 pm 76 Virginia 87 Louisiana Tech 10:00 pm 91 Southern Miss 69 Minnesota 3:30 pm 93 USC 22 James Madison 3:30 pm 97 North Carolina 41 W. Michigan 3:30 pm 99 Michigan 60 Sacramento St. 100 Oregon St. 29 Chattanooga 3:30 pm 103 Nebraska 27 Northern Arizona 105 Arizona 30 Utah St. 12:00 pm 114 Auburn 1 Richmond 7:00 pm 115 Duke 95 Arkansas St. 3:30 pm 117 Illinois 39 Kent St. 12:20 pm 120 Alabama 5 Northern Iowa 7:00 pm 124 Iowa St. 65 Montana 125 Tennessee 63 Elon 110 Vanderbilt 126 Rice 7:00 pm 127 Texas 64 Weber St. 9:00 pm 129 Wyoming 108 Missouri St. 136 Arkansas 9 Middle Tenn. St. 12:00 pm 138 Purdue 96 LA Monroe 3:30 pm 140 Florida St. 14 McNeese St. 7:00 pm 141 Kansas 119 Cal Poly 10:00 pm 147 San Diego St. 34 Indiana St. 12:00 pm 148 Penn St. 50 Eastern Kentucky 7:00 pm 149 Kansas St. 59 Liberty 6:00 pm 153 N.C. State 18 Florida Atlantic 155 Florida 24 Indiana 7:00 pm 98 Ball St. 160 San Jose St. 5:00 pm 161 Stanford 2 LA Lafayette 162 Oklahoma St. 11 Colorado St. 6:00 pm 130 New Mexico 170 South Dakota 2:00 pm 171 Air Force 37 Ohio 8:00 pm 104 New Mexico St. 172 Stony Brook 9:00 pm 180 UTEP 121 Tennessee Tech 12:00 pm 182 Iowa 21 Buffalo 6:00 pm 185 Pittsburgh 32 Texas St. 195 Texas Tech 43 SE Louisiana 3:30 pm 205 Tulane 135 Akron 12:00 pm 206 Ohio St. 7 Idaho St. 5:00 pm 211 Washington St. 79 Austin Peay 7:00 pm 221 Cincinnati 67 Charleston Sou. 7:00 pm 230 UCF 42 Howard 7:00 pm 244 East. Michigan 183 Sunday September 4, 2011 SMU 7:30 pm 83 Texas A&M 20 Marshall 3:30 pm 113 West Virginia 36 Monday September 5, 2011 Miami (FL) 8:00 pm 40 Maryland 38 ``` ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2011, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-must-see-ooc-college-football-games-of-2011/588735/74 "2011-08-05T05:48:14Z")
Unable to leave well enough alone, I have streamlined the slate of Week 1 games down to just the games between teams with Rivals 120 Preseason Rankings. See [http://collegefootball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1233107](http://collegefootball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1233107) for further details of those numbers. Since that ranking project is still in progress until August 18, the Top 14 teams are still no better defined than Top 14 (T14) at this moment. By Week 1 day, the games are in descending order of the Rivals Ranking of the “weaker” team, making the games at the top of each day the ones more likely (from a ranking standpoint) to produce interesting games. The likelihood of upsets nearer the top of the list should be considered as a by-product of what those with closer rankings will produce. Of course, all that will be determined at game time and is anybody’s guess. Anyway, if you want to be guided by the numbers, here they are: ```auto Thursday September 1, 2011 Wake Forest 87 Syracuse 59 North Texas 98 Florida Intl. 79 UNLV 103 Wisconsin T14 Kentucky 63 West. Kentucky 112 Bowling Green 108 Idaho 114 Mississippi St. 31 Memphis 119 Saturday September 3, 2011 LSU T14 Oregon T14 Boise St. T14 Georgia 27 South Florida 43 Notre Dame T14 Tulsa 47 Oklahoma T14 Northwestern 48 Boston Coll. 41 BYU 25 Mississippi 54 Fresno St. 62 California 60 Colorado 67 Hawaii 55 UCLA 68 Houston 46 South Carolina 17 East Carolina 70 Miami (OH) 71 Missouri 34 Troy 76 Clemson 40 Louisiana Tech 78 Southern Miss 53 Army 84 Northern Illinois 57 W. Michigan 85 Michigan 36 LA Monroe 94 Florida St. T14 Florida Atlantic 96 Florida 21 Arkansas St. 99 Illinois 56 Minnesota 102 USC 19 Utah St. 104 Auburn 30 Kent St. 105 Alabama T14 Rice 106 Texas 22 Middle Tenn. St. 107 Purdue 74 Colorado St. 90 New Mexico 110 San Jose St. 111 Stanford T14 Buffalo 113 Pittsburgh 35 Indiana 89 Ball St. 116 LA Lafayette 117 Oklahoma St. T14 Akron 118 Ohio St. 16 Ohio 83 New Mexico St. 120 Sunday September 4, 2011 SMU 39 Texas A&M T14 Marshall 97 West Virginia 24 Monday September 5, 2011 Miami (FL) 28 Maryland 44 ``` ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-must-see-ooc-college-football-games-of-2011/588735/75 "2011-09-04T16:26:20Z")
Okay, Week 1 is behind us. What are the important OOC games for Week 2? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-must-see-ooc-college-football-games-of-2011/588735/76 "2012-01-10T15:32:07Z")
Just thought I’d give this a bump to see if we can get a new one going for 2012 as soon as schedules are firmed up. Did any of the predictions work out for you? What game stands out as the best OOC game of the 2011 season? What criteria make the best sense for determing OOC Game quality? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-must-see-ooc-college-football-games-of-2011/588735.md?page=3)