Games you shouldn’t miss

It’s impossible

to watch every game. (I know. I’ve tried.) Until the invention of picture-in-picture-inpicture television technology, I’m here to help. In each time window, here are this Saturday’s games you can’t afford to miss (times Eastern):

Noon:

No. 7 Penn State at Michigan State (Fox). Penn State looks to rebound after Saturday’s heartbreaking loss, while the Spartans can leap back into the postseason picture with back-to-back wins against the Nittany Lions and Ohio State.

3:30 p.m.:

No. 9 Oklahoma at No. 10 Oklahoma State (4 p.m., Fox Sports 1). I fudged the start time a bit to include Bedlam, which will send its winner up in the polls while knocking the loser out of the Playoff race.

Prime time:

No. 13 Virginia Tech at No. 6 Miami (8 p.m., ABC). There’s a game between Alabama and LSU at the same time, but this seems like the better matchup and the more impactful game in terms of the polls.

After dark:

No. 25 Arizona at No. 17 Southern California (10:45 p.m., ESPN). No one could have guessed in August that this conference game would determine the Pac-12 South Division, just as no one could’ve guessed that Arizona quarterback Khalil Tate would put together one of the best months of October by a quarterback in FBS history.