The CFN College Football preseason rankings and schedules – along with our projected records – for all 130 teams going into the 2021 season.
2021 College Football Preseason Rankings, Schedules, Projected Records
2021 College Football Rankings, Schedules, Predictions
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Air Force Falcons
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 103
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 8-4
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: Lafayette
Week 2 Sept. 11: at Navy
Week 3 Sept. 18: Utah State
Week 4 Sept. 25: Florida Atlantic
Week 5 Oct. 2: at New Mexico
Week 6 Oct. 9: Wyoming
Week 7 Oct. 16: at Boise State
Week 8 Oct. 23: San Diego State
Week 9 Oct. 30: OPEN DATE
Week 10 Nov. 6: Army
Week 11 Nov. 13: at Colorado State
Week 12 Nov. 20: at Nevada
Week 13 Nov. 27: UNLV
Akron Zips
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 125
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 2-10
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: at Auburn
Week 2 Sept. 11: Temple
Week 3 Sept. 18: Bryant
Week 4 Sept. 25: at Ohio State
Week 5 Oct. 2: Ohio
Week 6 Oct. 9: at Bowling Green
Week 7 Oct. 16: at Miami Univ.
Week 8 Oct. 23: Buffalo
Week 9 Oct. 30: OPEN DATE
Week 10 Nov. 6: Ball State (Nov. 2)
Week 11 Nov. 13: at Western Michigan (Nov. 9)
Week 12 Nov. 20: Kent State
Week 13 Nov. 27: at Toledo
Alabama Crimson Tide
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 1
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 11-1
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: Miami (in Atlanta)
Week 2 Sept. 11: Mercer
Week 3 Sept. 18: at Florida
Week 4 Sept. 25: Southern Miss
Week 5 Oct. 2: Ole Miss
Week 6 Oct. 9: at Texas A&M
Week 7 Oct. 16: at Mississippi State
Week 8 Oct. 23: Tennessee
Week 9 Oct. 30: OPEN DATE
Week 10 Nov. 6: LSU
Week 11 Nov. 13: New Mexico State
Week 12 Nov. 20: Arkansas
Week 13 Nov. 27: at Auburn
Appalachian State Mountaineers
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 65
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 9-3
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: East Carolina (Sept. 2, in Charlotte)
Week 2 Sept. 11: at Miami
Week 3 Sept. 18: Elon
Week 4 Sept. 25: Marshall (Sept. 23)
Week 5 Oct. 2: Georgia State
Week 6 Oct. 9: OPEN DATE
Week 7 Oct. 16: at Louisiana
Week 8 Oct. 23: Coastal Carolina (Nov. 20)
Week 9 Oct. 30: ULM
Week 10 Nov. 6: at Arkansas State
Week 11 Nov. 13: South Alabama
Week 12 Nov. 20: at Troy
Week 13 Nov. 27: Georgia Southern
Arizona Wildcats
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 72
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 2-10
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: BYU (in Las Vegas)
Week 2 Sept. 11: San DiegoState
Week 3 Sept. 18: Northern Arizona
Week 4 Sept. 25: at Oregon
Week 5 Oct. 2: OPEN DATE
Week 6 Oct. 9: UCLA
Week 7 Oct. 16: at Colorado
Week 8 Oct. 23: Washington (Oct. 22)
Week 9 Oct. 30: at USC
Week 10 Nov. 6: Cal
Week 11 Nov. 13: Utah
Week 12 Nov. 20: at Washington State
Week 13 Nov. 27: at Arizona State
Arizona State Sun Devils
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 19
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 8-4
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: Southern Utah (Sept. 2)
Week 2 Sept. 11: UNLV
Week 3 Sept. 18: at BYU
Week 4 Sept. 25: Colorado
Week 5 Oct. 2: at UCLA
Week 6 Oct. 9: Stanford (Oct. 8)
Week 7 Oct. 16: at Utah
Week 8 Oct. 23: OPEN DATE
Week 9 Oct. 30: Washington State
Week 10 Nov. 6: USC
Week 11 Nov. 13: at Washington
Week 12 Nov. 20: at Oregon State
Week 13 Nov. 27: Arizona
Arkansas Razorbacks
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 41
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 5-7
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: Rice
Week 2 Sept. 11: Texas
Week 3 Sept. 18: Georgia Southern
Week 4 Sept. 25: Texas A&M
Week 5 Oct. 2: at Georgia
Week 6 Oct. 9: at Ole Miss
Week 7 Oct. 16: Auburn
Week 8 Oct. 23: Arkansas-Pine Bluff
Week 9 Oct. 30: OPEN DATE
Week 10 Nov. 6: Mississippi State
Week 11 Nov. 13: at LSU
Week 12 Nov. 20: at Alabama
Week 13 Nov. 27: Missouri (Nov. 26)
Arkansas State Red Wolves
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 97
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 6-6
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: Central Arkansas
Week 2 Sept. 11: Memphis
Week 3 Sept. 18: at Washington
Week 4 Sept. 25: at Tulsa
Week 5 Oct. 2: at Georgia Southern
Week 6 Oct. 9: Coastal Carolina (Oct. 7)
Week 7 Oct. 16: OPEN DATE
Week 8 Oct. 23: Louisiana (Nov. 21)
Week 9 Oct. 30: at South Alabama
Week 10 Nov. 6: Appalachian State
Week 11 Nov. 13: at ULM
Week 12 Nov. 20: at Georgia State
Week 13 Nov. 27: Texas State
Army Black Knights
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 85
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 9-3
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: at Georgia State
Week 2 Sept. 11: WKU
Week 3 Sept. 18: UConn
Week 4 Sept. 25: Miami University
Week 5 Oct. 2: at Ball State
Week 6 Oct. 9: OPEN DATE
Week 7 Oct. 16: at Wisconsin
Week 8 Oct. 23: Wake Forest
Week 9 Oct. 30: Air Force (in Arlington)
Week 10 Nov. 6: Bucknell
Week 11 Nov. 13: UMass
Week 12 Nov. 20: at Liberty
Week 13 Nov. 27: OPEN DATE
Dec. 11 Navy (in East Rutherford)
Auburn Tigers
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 15
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 7-5
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: Akron
Week 2 Sept. 11: Alabama State
Week 3 Sept. 18: at Penn State
Week 4 Sept. 25: Georgia State
Week 5 Oct. 2: at LSU
Week 6 Oct. 9: Georgia
Week 7 Oct. 16: at Arkansas
Week 8 Oct. 23: OPEN DATE
Week 9 Oct. 30: Ole Miss
Week 10 Nov. 6: at Texas A&M
Week 11 Nov. 13: Mississippi State
Week 12 Nov. 20: at South Carolina
Week 13 Nov. 27: Alabama
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Ball State Cardinals
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 90
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 7-5
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: Western Illinois (Sept. 2)
Week 2 Sept. 11: at Penn State
Week 3 Sept. 18: at Wyoming
Week 4 Sept. 25: Toledo
Week 5 Oct. 2: Army
Week 6 Oct. 9: at Western Michigan
Week 7 Oct. 16: at Eastern Michigan
Week 8 Oct. 23: Miami University
Week 9 Oct. 30: OPEN DATE
Week 10 Nov. 6: at Akron (Nov. 2)
Week 11 Nov. 13: at Northern Illinois (Nov. 10)
Week 12 Nov. 20: Central Michigan (Nov. 17)
Week 13 Nov. 27: Buffalo (Nov. 23)
Baylor Bears
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 50
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 6-6
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: at Texas State
Week 2 Sept. 11: OPEN DATE
Week 3 Sept. 18: at Kansas
Week 4 Sept. 25: Iowa State
Week 5 Oct. 2: at Oklahoma State
Week 6 Oct. 9: West Virginia
Week 7 Oct. 16: BYU
Week 8 Oct. 23: OPEN DATE
Week 9 Oct. 30: Texas
Week 10 Nov. 6: at TCU
Week 11 Nov. 13: Oklahoma
Week 12 Nov. 20: at Kansas State
Week 13 Nov. 27: Texas Tech
Boise State Broncos
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 61
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 8-4
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: at UCF
Week 2 Sept. 11: UTEP
Week 3 Sept. 18: Oklahoma State
Week 4 Sept. 25: at Utah State
Week 5 Oct. 2: Nevada
Week 6 Oct. 9: at BYU
Week 7 Oct. 16: Air Force
Week 8 Oct. 23: OPEN DATE
Week 9 Oct. 30: at Colorado State
Week 10 Nov. 6: at Fresno State
Week 11 Nov. 13: Wyoming
Week 12 Nov. 20: New Mexico
Week 13 Nov. 27: at San Diego State
Boston College Eagles
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 43
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 7-5
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: Colgate
Week 2 Sept. 11: at UMass
Week 3 Sept. 18: at Temple
Week 4 Sept. 25: Missouri
Week 5 Oct. 2: at Clemson
Week 6 Oct. 9: OPEN DATE
Week 7 Oct. 16: NC State
Week 8 Oct. 23: at Louisville
Week 9 Oct. 30: at Syracuse
Week 10 Nov. 6: Virginia Tech (Nov. 5)
Week 11 Nov. 13: at Georgia Tech
Week 12 Nov. 20: Florida State
Week 13 Nov. 27: Wake Forest
Bowling Green Falcons
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 127
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 2-10
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: at Tennessee
Week 2 Sept. 11: South Alabama
Week 3 Sept. 18: South Alabama
Week 4 Sept. 25: Murray State
Week 5 Oct. 2: at Minnesota
Week 6 Oct. 9: at Kent State
Week 7 Oct. 16: at Northern Illinois
Week 8 Oct. 23: Eastern Michigan
Week 9 Oct. 30: at Buffalo
Week 10 Nov. 6: OPEN DATE
Week 11 Nov. 13: Toledo (Nov. 10)
Week 12 Nov. 20: at Miami University (Nov. 16)
Week 13 Nov. 27: Ohio (Nov. 26)
Buffalo Bulls
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 99
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 6-6
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: Wagner (Sept. 2)
Week 2 Sept. 11: at Nebraska
Week 3 Sept. 18: Coastal Carolina
Week 4 Sept. 25: at Old Dominion
Week 5 Oct. 2: Western Michigan
Week 6 Oct. 9: at Kent State
Week 7 Oct. 16: Ohio
Week 8 Oct. 23: at Akron
Week 9 Oct. 30: Bowling Green
Week 10 Nov. 6: OPEN DATE
Week 11 Nov. 13: at Miami University (Nov. 9)
Week 12 Nov. 20: Northern Illinois (Nov. 17)
Week 13 Nov. 27: at Ball State (Nov. 23)
BYU Cougars
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 63
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 7-5
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: Arizona (in Las Vegas)
Week 2 Sept. 11: Utah
Week 3 Sept. 18: Arizona State
Week 4 Sept. 25: USF
Week 5 Oct. 2: at Utah State (Oct. 1)
Week 6 Oct. 9: Boise State
Week 7 Oct. 16: at Baylor
Week 8 Oct. 23: at Washington State
Week 9 Oct. 30: Virginia
Week 10 Nov. 6: Idaho State
Week 11 Nov. 13: OPEN DATE
Week 12 Nov. 20: at Georgia Southern
Week 13 Nov. 27: at USC
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Cal Golden Bears
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 36
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 6-6
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: Nevada
Week 2 Sept. 11: at TCU
Week 3 Sept. 18: at TCU
Week 4 Sept. 25: Sacramento State
Week 5 Oct. 2: at Washington
Week 6 Oct. 9: Washington State
Week 7 Oct. 16: at Oregon (Oct. 15)
Week 8 Oct. 23: Colorado
Week 9 Oct. 30: Oregon State
Week 10 Nov. 6: at Arizona
Week 11 Nov. 13: USC
Week 12 Nov. 20: at Stanford
Week 13 Nov. 27: at UCLA
Central Michigan Chippewas
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 108
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 6-6
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: at Missouri
Week 2 Sept. 11: Robert Morris
Week 3 Sept. 18: at LSU
Week 4 Sept. 25: FIU
Week 5 Oct. 2: at Miami University
Week 6 Oct. 9: at Ohio
Week 7 Oct. 16: Toledo
Week 8 Oct. 23: Northern Illinois
Week 9 Oct. 30: OPEN DATE
Week 10 Nov. 6: at Western Michigan (Nov. 3)
Week 11 Nov. 13: Kent State (Nov. 10)
Week 12 Nov. 20: at Ball State (Nov. 17)
Week 13 Nov. 27: Eastern Michigan (Nov. 26)
Charlotte 49ers
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 119
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 3-9
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: Duke
Week 2 Sept. 11: Gardner-Webb
Week 3 Sept. 18: at Georgia State
Week 4 Sept. 25: Middle Tennessee
Week 5 Oct. 2: at Illinois
Week 6 Oct. 9: at FIU
Week 7 Oct. 16: OPEN DATE
Week 8 Oct. 23: Florida Atlantic
Week 9 Oct. 30: at WKU
Week 10 Nov. 6: Rice
Week 11 Nov. 13: at Louisiana Tech
Week 12 Nov. 20: Marshall
Week 13 Nov. 27: at Old Dominion
Cincinnati Bearcats
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 25
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 10-2
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: Miami University
Week 2 Sept. 11: Murray State
Week 3 Sept. 18: at Indiana
Week 4 Sept. 25: OPEN DATE
Week 5 Oct. 2: at Notre Dame
Week 6 Oct. 9: Temple (Oct. 8)
Week 7 Oct. 16: UCF
Week 8 Oct. 23: at Navy
Week 9 Oct. 30: at Tulane
Week 10 Nov. 6: Tulsa
Week 11 Nov. 13: at USF (Nov. 12)
Week 12 Nov. 20: SMU
Week 13 Nov. 27: at East Carolina
Clemson Tigers
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 3
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 12-0
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: Georgia (in Atlanta)
Week 2 Sept. 11: South Carolina State
Week 3 Sept. 18: Georgia Tech
Week 4 Sept. 25: at NC State
Week 5 Oct. 2: Boston College
Week 6 Oct. 9: OPEN DATE
Week 7 Oct. 16: at Syracuse (Oct. 15)
Week 8 Oct. 23: at Pitt
Week 9 Oct. 30: Florida State
Week 10 Nov. 6: at Louisville
Week 11 Nov. 13: UConn
Week 12 Nov. 20: Wake Forest
Week 13 Nov. 27: at South Carolina
Coastal Carolina Chanticleers
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 75
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 10-2
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: Citadel
Week 2 Sept. 11: Kansas
Week 3 Sept. 18: at Buffalo
Week 4 Sept. 25: UMass
Week 5 Oct. 2: ULM
Week 6 Oct. 9: Arkansas State (Oct. 7)
Week 7 Oct. 16: OPEN DATE
Week 8 Oct. 23: at Appalachian State (Oct. 20)
Week 9 Oct. 30: Troy (Oct. 28)
Week 10 Nov. 6: at Georgia Southern
Week 11 Nov. 13: Georgia State
Week 12 Nov. 20: Texas State
Week 13 Nov. 27: at South Alabama (Nov. 26)
Colorado Buffaloes
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 46
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 4-8
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: Northern Colorado
Week 2 Sept. 11: Texas A&M
Week 3 Sept. 18: Minnesota
Week 4 Sept. 25: at Arizona State
Week 5 Oct. 2: USC
Week 6 Oct. 9: OPEN DATE
Week 7 Oct. 16: Arizona
Week 8 Oct. 23: at Cal
Week 9 Oct. 30: at Oregon
Week 10 Nov. 6: Oregon State
Week 11 Nov. 13: at UCLA
Week 12 Nov. 20: Washington
Week 13 Nov. 27: at Utah (Nov. 26)
Colorado State Rams
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 93
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 5-7
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: South Dakota State
Week 2 Sept. 11: Vanderbilt
Week 3 Sept. 18: at Toledo
Week 4 Sept. 25: at Iowa
Week 5 Oct. 2: OPEN DATE
Week 6 Oct. 9: San Jose State
Week 7 Oct. 16: at New Mexico
Week 8 Oct. 23: at Utah State
Week 9 Oct. 30: Boise State
Week 10 Nov. 6: at Wyoming
Week 11 Nov. 13: Air Force
Week 12 Nov. 20: at Hawaii
Week 13 Nov. 27: Nevada
Duke Blue Devils
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 83
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 4-8
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: at Charlotte
Week 2 Sept. 11: North Carolina A&T
Week 3 Sept. 18: Northwestern
Week 4 Sept. 25: Kansas
Week 5 Oct. 2: at North Carolina
Week 6 Oct. 9: Georgia Tech
Week 7 Oct. 16: at Virginia
Week 8 Oct. 23: OPEN DATE
Week 9 Oct. 30: at Wake Forest
Week 10 Nov. 6: Pitt
Week 11 Nov. 13: at Virginia Tech
Week 12 Nov. 20: Louisville e (Nov. 18)
Week 13 Nov. 27: Miami
East Carolina Pirates
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 104
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 5-7
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: Appalachian State (Sept. 2, in Charlotte)
Week 2 Sept. 11: South Carolina
Week 3 Sept. 18: at Marshall
Week 4 Sept. 25: Charleston Southern
Week 5 Oct. 2: Tulane
Week 6 Oct. 9: at UCF
Week 7 Oct. 16: OPEN DATE
Week 8 Oct. 23: at Houston
Week 9 Oct. 30: USF (Oct. 28)
Week 10 Nov. 6: Temple
Week 11 Nov. 13: at Memphis
Week 12 Nov. 20: at Navy
Week 13 Nov. 27: Cincinnati
Eastern Michigan Eagles
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 117
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 5-7
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: Saint Francis (Sept. 3)
Week 2 Sept. 11: at Wisconsin
Week 3 Sept. 18: at UMass
Week 4 Sept. 25: Texas State
Week 5 Oct. 2: at Northern Illinois
Week 6 Oct. 9: Miami University
Week 7 Oct. 16: Ball State
Week 8 Oct. 23: at Bowling Green
Week 9 Oct. 30: OPEN DATE
Week 10 Nov. 6: at Toledo (Nov. 2)
Week 11 Nov. 13: Ohio (Nov. 9)
Week 12 Nov. 20: Western Michigan (Nov. 16)
Week 13 Nov. 27: at Central Michigan (Nov. 26)
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FIU Golden Panthers
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 115
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 5-7
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: Long Island (Sept. 2)
Week 2 Sept. 11: Texas State
Week 3 Sept. 18: at Texas Tech
Week 4 Sept. 25: at Central Michigan
Week 5 Oct. 2: at Florida Atlantic
Week 6 Oct. 9: Charlotte
Week 7 Oct. 16: OPEN DATE
Week 8 Oct. 23: WKU
Week 9 Oct. 30: at Marshall
Week 10 Nov. 6: Old Dominion
Week 11 Nov. 13: at Middle Tennessee
Week 12 Nov. 20: North Texas
Week 13 Nov. 27: at Southern Miss
Florida Gators
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 9
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 8-4
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: Florida Atlantic
Week 2 Sept. 11: at USF
Week 3 Sept. 18: Alabama
Week 4 Sept. 25: Tennessee
Week 5 Oct. 2: at Kentucky
Week 6 Oct. 9: Vanderbilt
Week 7 Oct. 16: at LSU
Week 8 Oct. 23: OPEN DATE
Week 9 Oct. 30: Georgia (in Jacksonville)
Week 10 Nov. 6: at South Carolina
Week 11 Nov. 13: Samford
Week 12 Nov. 20: at Missouri
Week 13 Nov. 27: Florida State
Florida Atlantic Owls
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 101
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 9-3
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: at Florida
Week 2 Sept. 11: Georgia Southern
Week 3 Sept. 18: Fordham
Week 4 Sept. 25: at Air Force
Week 5 Oct. 2: FIU
Week 6 Oct. 9: at UAB
Week 7 Oct. 16: OPEN DATE
Week 8 Oct. 23: at Charlotte
Week 9 Oct. 30: UTEP
Week 10 Nov. 6: Marshall
Week 11 Nov. 13: at Old Dominion
Week 12 Nov. 20: at WKU
Week 13 Nov. 27: Middle Tennessee
Florida State Seminoles
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 55
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 5-7
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: Notre Dame (Sept. 5)
Week 2 Sept. 11: Jacksonville State
Week 3 Sept. 18: at Wake Forest
Week 4 Sept. 25: Louisville
Week 5 Oct. 2: Syracuse
Week 6 Oct. 9: at North Carolina
Week 7 Oct. 16: OPEN DATE
Week 8 Oct. 23: UMass
Week 9 Oct. 30: at Clemson
Week 10 Nov. 6: NC State
Week 11 Nov. 13: Miami
Week 12 Nov. 20: at Boston College
Week 13 Nov. 27: at Florida
Fresno State Bulldogs
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 86
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 6-6
Week 0 Aug. 28: UConn
Week 1 Sept. 4: at Oregon
Week 2 Sept. 11: at Oregon
Week 3 Sept. 18: Cal Poly
Week 4 Sept. 25: at UCLA
Week 5 Oct. 2: UNLV
Week 6 Oct. 9: OPEN DATE
Week 7 Oct. 16: at Wyoming
Week 8 Oct. 23: Nevada
Week 9 Oct. 30: at San Diego State
Week 10 Nov. 6: Boise State
Week 11 Nov. 13: New Mexico
Week 12 Nov. 20: OPEN DATE
Week 13 Nov. 27: at San Jose State
Georgia Bulldogs
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 4
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 11-1
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: Clemson (in Charlotte)
Week 2 Sept. 11: UAB
Week 3 Sept. 18: South Carolina
Week 4 Sept. 25: at Vanderbilt
Week 5 Oct. 2: Arkansas
Week 6 Oct. 9: at Auburn
Week 7 Oct. 16: Kentucky
Week 8 Oct. 23: OPEN DATE
Week 9 Oct. 30: Florida (in Jacksonville)
Week 10 Nov. 6: Missouri
Week 11 Nov. 13: at Tennessee
Week 12 Nov. 20: Charleston Southern
Week 13 Nov. 27: at Georgia Tech
Georgia Southern Eagles
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 87
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 6-6
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: Gardner-Webb
Week 2 Sept. 11: at Florida Atlantic
Week 3 Sept. 18: at Arkansas
Week 4 Sept. 25: Louisiana
Week 5 Oct. 2: Arkansas State
Week 6 Oct. 9: at Troy
Week 7 Oct. 16: at South Alabama (Nov. 14)
Week 8 Oct. 23: OPEN DATE
Week 9 Oct. 30: Georgia State
Week 10 Nov. 6: Coastal Carolina
Week 11 Nov. 13: at Texas State
Week 12 Nov. 20: BYU
Week 13 Nov. 27: at Appalachian State
Georgia State Panthers
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 98
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 5-7
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: Army
Week 2 Sept. 11: at North Carolina
Week 3 Sept. 18: Charlotte
Week 4 Sept. 25: at Auburn
Week 5 Oct. 2: Appalachian State
Week 6 Oct. 9: at ULM
Week 7 Oct. 16: OPEN DATE
Week 8 Oct. 23: Texas State
Week 9 Oct. 30: at Georgia Southern
Week 10 Nov. 6: at Louisiana (Nov. 4)
Week 11 Nov. 13: at Coastal Carolina
Week 12 Nov. 20: Arkansas State
Week 13 Nov. 27: Troy
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 64
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 4-8
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: Northern Illinois
Week 2 Sept. 11: Kennesaw State
Week 3 Sept. 18: at Clemson
Week 4 Sept. 25: North Carolina
Week 5 Oct. 2: Pitt
Week 6 Oct. 9: at Duke
Week 7 Oct. 16: OPEN DATE
Week 8 Oct. 23: at Virginia
Week 9 Oct. 30: Virginia Tech
Week 10 Nov. 6: at Miami
Week 11 Nov. 13: Boston College
Week 12 Nov. 20: at Notre Dame
Week 13 Nov. 27: Georgia
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Hawaii Rainbow Warriors
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 74
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 7-6
Week 0 Aug. 28: at UCLA
Week 1 Sept. 4: Portland State
Week 2 Sept. 11: Portland State
Week 3 Sept. 18: at Oregon State
Week 4 Sept. 25: San Jose State
Week 5 Oct. 2: at New Mexico State
Week 6 Oct. 9: OPEN DATE
Week 7 Oct. 16: at Nevada
Week 8 Oct. 23: New Mexico State
Week 9 Oct. 30: at Utah State
Week 10 Nov. 6: San Diego State
Week 11 Nov. 13: at UNLV
Week 12 Nov. 20: Colorado State
Week 13 Nov. 27: at Wyoming
Houston Cougars
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 70
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 8-4
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: Texas Tech (in Houston)
Week 2 Sept. 11: at Rice
Week 3 Sept. 18: Grambling State
Week 4 Sept. 25: Navy
Week 5 Oct. 2: at Tulsa (Oct. 1)
Week 6 Oct. 9: at Tulane (Oct. 7)
Week 7 Oct. 16: OPEN DATE
Week 8 Oct. 23: East Carolina
Week 9 Oct. 30: SMU
Week 10 Nov. 6: at USF
Week 11 Nov. 13: at Temple
Week 12 Nov. 20: Memphis (Nov. 19)
Week 13 Nov. 27: at UConn
Illinois Fighting Illini
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 68
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 4-8
Week 0 Aug. 28: Nebraska
Week 1 Sept. 4: UTSA
Week 2 Sept. 11: UTSA
Week 3 Sept. 18: at Virginia
Week 4 Sept. 25: Maryland
Week 5 Oct. 2: at Purdue
Week 6 Oct. 9: Wisconsin
Week 7 Oct. 16: OPEN DATE
Week 8 Oct. 23: at Penn State
Week 9 Oct. 30: Rutgers
Week 10 Nov. 6: at Minnesota
Week 11 Nov. 13: OPEN DATE
Week 12 Nov. 20: at Iowa
Week 13 Nov. 27: Northwestern
Indiana Hoosiers
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 31
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 7-5
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: at Iowa
Week 2 Sept. 11: Idaho
Week 3 Sept. 18: Cincinnati
Week 4 Sept. 25: at WKU
Week 5 Oct. 2: at Penn State
Week 6 Oct. 9: OPEN DATE
Week 7 Oct. 16: Michigan State
Week 8 Oct. 23: Ohio State
Week 9 Oct. 30: at Maryland
Week 10 Nov. 6: at Michigan
Week 11 Nov. 13: Rutgers
Week 12 Nov. 20: Minnesota
Week 13 Nov. 27: at Purdue
Iowa Hawkeyes
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 21
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 9-3
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: Indiana
Week 2 Sept. 11: at Iowa State
Week 3 Sept. 18: Kent State
Week 4 Sept. 25: Colorado State
Week 5 Oct. 2: at Maryland
Week 6 Oct. 9: Penn State
Week 7 Oct. 16: Purdue
Week 8 Oct. 23: OPEN DATE
Week 9 Oct. 30: at Wisconsin
Week 10 Nov. 6: at Northwestern
Week 11 Nov. 13: Minnesota
Week 12 Nov. 20: Illinois
Week 13 Nov. 27: at Nebraska (Nov. 26)
Iowa State Cyclones
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 11
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 9-3
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: Northern Iowa
Week 2 Sept. 11: Iowa
Week 3 Sept. 18: at UNLV
Week 4 Sept. 25: at Baylor
Week 5 Oct. 2: Kansas
Week 6 Oct. 9: OPEN DATE
Week 7 Oct. 16: at Kansas State
Week 8 Oct. 23: Oklahoma State
Week 9 Oct. 30: at West Virginia
Week 10 Nov. 6: Texas
Week 11 Nov. 13: at Texas Tech
Week 12 Nov. 20: at Oklahoma
Week 13 Nov. 27: TCU
Kansas Jayhawks
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 81
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 2-10
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: South Dakota
Week 2 Sept. 11: at Coastal Carolina
Week 3 Sept. 18: Baylor
Week 4 Sept. 25: at Duke
Week 5 Oct. 2: at Iowa State
Week 6 Oct. 9: OPEN DATE
Week 7 Oct. 16: Texas Tech
Week 8 Oct. 23: Oklahoma
Week 9 Oct. 30: at Oklahoma State
Week 10 Nov. 6: Kansas State
Week 11 Nov. 13: at Texas
Week 12 Nov. 20: at TCU
Week 13 Nov. 27: West Virginia
Kansas State Wildcats
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 40
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 6-6
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: Stanford (in Arlington)
Week 2 Sept. 11: Southern Illinois
Week 3 Sept. 18: Nevada
Week 4 Sept. 25: at Oklahoma State
Week 5 Oct. 2: Oklahoma
Week 6 Oct. 9: OPEN DATE
Week 7 Oct. 16: Iowa State
Week 8 Oct. 23: at Texas Tech
Week 9 Oct. 30: TCU
Week 10 Nov. 6: at Kansas
Week 11 Nov. 13: West Virginia
Week 12 Nov. 20: Baylor
Week 13 Nov. 27: at Texas
Kent State Golden Flashes
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 107
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 6-6
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: at Texas A&M
Week 2 Sept. 11: VMI
Week 3 Sept. 18: at Iowa
Week 4 Sept. 25: at Maryland
Week 5 Oct. 2: Bowling Green
Week 6 Oct. 9: Buffalo
Week 7 Oct. 16: at Western Michigan
Week 8 Oct. 23: at Ohio
Week 9 Oct. 30: OPEN DATE
Week 10 Nov. 6: Northern Illinois (Nov. 3)
Week 11 Nov. 13: at Central Michigan (Nov. 10)
Week 12 Nov. 20: at Akron
Week 13 Nov. 27: Miami University
Kentucky Wildcats
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 33
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 7-5
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: ULM
Week 2 Sept. 11: Missouri
Week 3 Sept. 18: UT Chattanooga
Week 4 Sept. 25: at South Carolina
Week 5 Oct. 2: Florida
Week 6 Oct. 9: LSU
Week 7 Oct. 16: at Georgia
Week 8 Oct. 23: OPEN DATE
Week 9 Oct. 30: at Mississippi State
Week 10 Nov. 6: Tennessee
Week 11 Nov. 13: at Vanderbilt
Week 12 Nov. 20: New Mexico State
Week 13 Nov. 27: at Louisville
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Liberty Flames
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 62
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 11-1
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: Campbell
Week 2 Sept. 11: at Troy
Week 3 Sept. 18: Old Dominion
Week 4 Sept. 25: at Syracuse (Sept. 24)
Week 5 Oct. 2: at UAB
Week 6 Oct. 9: Middle Tennessee
Week 7 Oct. 16: at ULM
Week 8 Oct. 23: at North Texas
Week 9 Oct. 30: UMass
Week 10 Nov. 6: at Ole Miss
Week 11 Nov. 13: OPEN DATE
Week 12 Nov. 20: Louisville
Week 13 Nov. 27: Army
Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 79
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 8-4
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: at Texas
Week 2 Sept. 11: Nicholls State
Week 3 Sept. 18: Ohio
Week 4 Sept. 25: at Georgia Southern
Week 5 Oct. 2: at South Alabama
Week 6 Oct. 9: OPEN DATE
Week 7 Oct. 16: Appalachian State (Oct. 12)
Week 8 Oct. 23: at Arkansas State (Oct. 21)
Week 9 Oct. 30: Texas State
Week 10 Nov. 6: Georgia State (Nov. 4)
Week 11 Nov. 13: at Troy
Week 12 Nov. 20: at Liberty
Week 13 Nov. 27: ULM
Louisiana Tech Bulldogs
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 100
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 7-5
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: at Miss State
Week 2 Sept. 11: SE Louisiana
Week 3 Sept. 18: SMU
Week 4 Sept. 25: North Texas
Week 5 Oct. 2: at NC State
Week 6 Oct. 9: OPEN DATE
Week 7 Oct. 16: at UTEP
Week 8 Oct. 23: UTSA
Week 9 Oct. 30: at Old Dominion
Week 10 Nov. 6: at UAB
Week 11 Nov. 13: Charlotte
Week 12 Nov. 20: Southern Miss
Week 13 Nov. 27: at Rice
Louisville Cardinals
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 49
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 6-6
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: Ole Miss (Sept 6, in Atlanta)
Week 2 Sept. 11: Eastern Kentucky
Week 3 Sept. 18: UCF (Sept. 17)
Week 4 Sept. 25: at Florida State
Week 5 Oct. 2: at Wake Forest
Week 6 Oct. 9: Virginia
Week 7 Oct. 16: OPEN DATE
Week 8 Oct. 23: Boston College
Week 9 Oct. 30: at NC State
Week 10 Nov. 6: Clemson
Week 11 Nov. 13: Syracuse
Week 12 Nov. 20: at Duke (Nov. 18)
Week 13 Nov. 27: Kentucky
LSU Tigers
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 7
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 10-2
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: at UCLA
Week 2 Sept. 11: McNeese State
Week 3 Sept. 18: Central Michigan
Week 4 Sept. 25: at Mississippi State
Week 5 Oct. 2: Auburn
Week 6 Oct. 9: at Kentucky
Week 7 Oct. 16: Florida
Week 8 Oct. 23: at Ole Miss
Week 9 Oct. 30: OPEN DATE
Week 10 Nov. 6: at Alabama
Week 11 Nov. 13: Arkansas
Week 12 Nov. 20: ULM
Week 13 Nov. 27: Texas A&M
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Marshall Thundering Herd
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 92
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 8-4
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: Navy
Week 2 Sept. 11: NC Central
Week 3 Sept. 18: East Carolina
Week 4 Sept. 25: at Appalachian State (Sept. 23)
Week 5 Oct. 2: at Middle Tennessee
Week 6 Oct. 9: Old Dominion
Week 7 Oct. 16: at North Texas
Week 8 Oct. 23: OPEN DATE
Week 9 Oct. 30: FIU
Week 10 Nov. 6: at Florida Atlantic
Week 11 Nov. 13: UAB
Week 12 Nov. 20: at Charlotte
Week 13 Nov. 27: WKU
Maryland Terrapins
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 66
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 4-8
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: West Virginia
Week 2 Sept. 11: Howard
Week 3 Sept. 18: at Illinois
Week 4 Sept. 25: Kent State
Week 5 Oct. 2: Iowa
Week 6 Oct. 9: at Ohio State
Week 7 Oct. 16: OPEN DATE
Week 8 Oct. 23: at Minnesota
Week 9 Oct. 30: Indiana
Week 10 Nov. 6: Penn State
Week 11 Nov. 13: at Michigan State
Week 12 Nov. 20: Michigan
Week 13 Nov. 27: at Rutgers
Memphis Tigers
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 71
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 8-4
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: Nicholls State
Week 2 Sept. 11: at Arkansas State
Week 3 Sept. 18: Mississippi State
Week 4 Sept. 25: UTSA
Week 5 Oct. 2: at Temple
Week 6 Oct. 9: at Tulsa
Week 7 Oct. 16: Navy (Oct. 14)
Week 8 Oct. 23: at UCF (Oct. 22)
Week 9 Oct. 30: OPEN DATE
Week 10 Nov. 6: SMU
Week 11 Nov. 13: East Carolina
Week 12 Nov. 20: at Houston (Nov. 19)
Week 13 Nov. 27: Tulane
Miami Hurricanes
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 26
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 9-3
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: Alabama (in Atlanta)
Week 2 Sept. 11: Appalachian State
Week 3 Sept. 18: Michigan State
Week 4 Sept. 25: Central Connecticut
Week 5 Oct. 2: Virginia (Sept. 30)
Week 6 Oct. 9: OPEN DATE
Week 7 Oct. 16: at North Carolina
Week 8 Oct. 23: NC State
Week 9 Oct. 30: at Pitt
Week 10 Nov. 6: Georgia Tech
Week 11 Nov. 13: at Florida State
Week 12 Nov. 20: Virginia Tech
Week 13 Nov. 27: at Duke
Miami University RedHawks
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 109
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 6-6
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: at Cincinnati
Week 2 Sept. 11: at Minnesota
Week 3 Sept. 18: Long Island
Week 4 Sept. 25: at Army
Week 5 Oct. 2: Central Michigan
Week 6 Oct. 9: at Eastern Michigan
Week 7 Oct. 16: Akron
Week 8 Oct. 23: at Ball State
Week 9 Oct. 30: OPEN DATE
Week 10 Nov. 6: at Ohio (Nov. 2)
Week 11 Nov. 13: Buffalo (Nov. 9)
Week 12 Nov. 20: Bowling Green (Nov. 16)
Week 13 Nov. 27: at Kent State
Michigan Wolverines
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 24
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 9-3
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: Western Michigan
Week 2 Sept. 11: Washington
Week 3 Sept. 18: Northern Illinois
Week 4 Sept. 25: Rutgers
Week 5 Oct. 2: at Wisconsin
Week 6 Oct. 9: at Nebraska
Week 7 Oct. 16: OPEN DATE
Week 8 Oct. 23: Northwestern
Week 9 Oct. 30: at Michigan State
Week 10 Nov. 6: Indiana
Week 11 Nov. 13: at Penn State
Week 12 Nov. 20: at Maryland
Week 13 Nov. 27: Ohio State
Michigan State Spartans
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 54
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 5-7
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: at Northwestern
Week 2 Sept. 11: Youngstown State
Week 3 Sept. 18: at Miami
Week 4 Sept. 25: Nebraska
Week 5 Oct. 2: WKU
Week 6 Oct. 9: at Rutgers
Week 7 Oct. 16: at Indiana
Week 8 Oct. 23: OPEN DATE
Week 9 Oct. 30: Michigan
Week 10 Nov. 6: at Purdue
Week 11 Nov. 13: Maryland
Week 12 Nov. 20: at Ohio State
Week 13 Nov. 27: Penn State
Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 118
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 5-7
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: Monmouth
Week 2 Sept. 11: at Virginia Tech
Week 3 Sept. 18: at UTSA
Week 4 Sept. 25: at Charlotte
Week 5 Oct. 2: Marshall
Week 6 Oct. 9: at Liberty
Week 7 Oct. 16: OPEN DATE
Week 8 Oct. 23: UConn
Week 9 Oct. 30: Southern Miss
Week 10 Nov. 6: at WKU
Week 11 Nov. 13: FIU
Week 12 Nov. 20: Old Dominion
Week 13 Nov. 27: at Florida Atlantic
Minnesota Golden Gophers
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 39
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 6-6
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: Ohio State (Sept. 2)
Week 2 Sept. 11: Miami University
Week 3 Sept. 18: at Colorado
Week 4 Sept. 25: Bowling Green
Week 5 Oct. 2: at Purdue
Week 6 Oct. 9: OPEN DATE
Week 7 Oct. 16: Nebraska
Week 8 Oct. 23: Maryland
Week 9 Oct. 30: at Northwestern
Week 10 Nov. 6: Illinois
Week 11 Nov. 13: at Iowa
Week 12 Nov. 20: at Indiana
Week 13 Nov. 27: Wisconsin
Mississippi State Bulldogs
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 38
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 7-5
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: Louisiana Tech
Week 2 Sept. 11: NC State
Week 3 Sept. 18: at Memphis
Week 4 Sept. 25: LSU
Week 5 Oct. 2: at Texas A&M
Week 6 Oct. 9: OPEN DATE
Week 7 Oct. 16: Alabama
Week 8 Oct. 23: at Vanderbilt
Week 9 Oct. 30: Kentucky
Week 10 Nov. 6: at Arkansas
Week 11 Nov. 13: at Auburn
Week 12 Nov. 20: Tennessee State
Week 13 Nov. 27: Ole Miss
Missouri Tigers
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 42
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 7-5
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: Central Mchigan
Week 2 Sept. 11: at Kentucky
Week 3 Sept. 18: SE Missouri State
Week 4 Sept. 25: at Boston College
Week 5 Oct. 2: Tennessee
Week 6 Oct. 9: North Texas
Week 7 Oct. 16: Texas A&M
Week 8 Oct. 23: OPEN DATE
Week 9 Oct. 30: at Vanderbilt
Week 10 Nov. 6: at Georgia
Week 11 Nov. 13: South Carolina
Week 12 Nov. 20: Florida
Week 13 Nov. 27: at Arkansas (Nov. 26)
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Navy Midshipmen
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 96
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 3-9
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: Marshall
Week 2 Sept. 11: Air Force
Week 3 Sept. 18: OPEN DATE
Week 4 Sept. 25: at Houston
Week 5 Oct. 2: UCF
Week 6 Oct. 9: SMU
Week 7 Oct. 16: at Memphis (Oct. 14)
Week 8 Oct. 23: Cincinnati
Week 9 Oct. 30: at Tulsa (Oct. 29)
Week 10 Nov. 6: at Notre Dame
Week 11 Nov. 13: OPEN DATE
Week 12 Nov. 20: East Carolina
Week 13 Nov. 27: at Temple
Dec. 11 Army (in East Rutherford)
NC State Wolfpack
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 34
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 8-4
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: USF (Sept. 2)
Week 2 Sept. 11: at Mississippi State
Week 3 Sept. 18: Furman
Week 4 Sept. 25: Clemson
Week 5 Oct. 2: Louisiana Tech
Week 6 Oct. 9: OPEN DATE
Week 7 Oct. 16: at Boston College
Week 8 Oct. 23: at Miami
Week 9 Oct. 30: Louisville
Week 10 Nov. 6: at Florida State
Week 11 Nov. 13: at Wake Forest
Week 12 Nov. 20: Syracuse
Week 13 Nov. 27: North Carolina (Nov. 26)
Nebraska Cornhuskers
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 58
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 5-7
Week 0 Aug. 28: at Illinois
Week 1 Sept. 4: OPEN DATE
Week 2 Sept. 11: Buffalo
Week 3 Sept. 18: at Oklahoma
Week 4 Sept. 25: at Michigan State
Week 5 Oct. 2: Northwestern
Week 6 Oct. 9: Michigan
Week 7 Oct. 16: at Minnesota
Week 8 Oct. 23: OPEN DATE
Week 9 Oct. 30: Purdue
Week 10 Nov. 6: Ohio State
Week 11 Nov. 13: SE Louisiana
Week 12 Nov. 20: at Wisconsin
Week 13 Nov. 27: Iowa (Nov. 26)
Nevada Wolf Pack
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 60
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 8-4
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: Cal
Week 2 Sept. 11: Idaho State
Week 3 Sept. 18: at Kansas State
Week 4 Sept. 25: OPEN DATE
Week 5 Oct. 2: at Boise State
Week 6 Oct. 9: New Mexico State
Week 7 Oct. 16: Hawaii
Week 8 Oct. 23: at Fresno State
Week 9 Oct. 30: UNLV
Week 10 Nov. 6: San Jose State
Week 11 Nov. 13: at San Diego State
Week 12 Nov. 20: Air Force
Week 13 Nov. 27: at Colorado State
New Mexico Lobos
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 106
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 5-7
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: Houston Baptist (Sept. 2)
Week 2 Sept. 11: New Mexico State
Week 3 Sept. 18: at Texas A&M
Week 4 Sept. 25: at UTEP
Week 5 Oct. 2: Air Force
Week 6 Oct. 9: at San Diego State
Week 7 Oct. 16: Colorado State
Week 8 Oct. 23: at Wyoming
Week 9 Oct. 30: OPEN DATE
Week 10 Nov. 6: UNLV
Week 11 Nov. 13: at Fresno State
Week 12 Nov. 20: at Boise State
Week 13 Nov. 27: Utah State
New Mexico State Aggies
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 126
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 2-10
Week 0 Aug. 28: UTEP
Week 1 Sept. 4: at San Diego State
Week 2 Sept. 11: at New Mexico
Week 3 Sept. 18: OPEN DATE
Week 4 Sept. 25: Hawaii
Week 5 Oct. 2: San Jose State
Week 6 Oct. 9: at Nevada
Week 7 Oct. 16: OPEN DATE
Week 8 Oct. 23: at Hawaii
Week 9 Oct. 30: OPEN DATE
Week 10 Nov. 6: Utah State
Week 11 Nov. 13: at Alabama
Week 12 Nov. 20: at Kentucky
Week 13 Nov. 27: UMass
North Carolina Tar Heels
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 12
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 9-3
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: at Virginia Tech (Sept. 2)
Week 2 Sept. 11: Georgia State
Week 3 Sept. 18: Virginia
Week 4 Sept. 25: at Georgia Tech
Week 5 Oct. 2: Duke
Week 6 Oct. 9: Florida State
Week 7 Oct. 16: Miami
Week 8 Oct. 23: OPEN DATE
Week 9 Oct. 30: at Notre Dame
Week 10 Nov. 6: Wake Forest
Week 11 Nov. 13: at Pitt (Nov. 11)
Week 12 Nov. 20: Wofford
Week 13 Nov. 27: at NC State (Nov. 26)
North Texas Mean Green
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 102
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 3-9
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: Northwestern State
Week 2 Sept. 11: at SMU
Week 3 Sept. 18: UAB
Week 4 Sept. 25: Louisiana Tech
Week 5 Oct. 2: OPEN DATE
Week 6 Oct. 9: at Missouri
Week 7 Oct. 16: Marshall
Week 8 Oct. 23: Liberty
Week 9 Oct. 30: at Rice
Week 10 Nov. 6: at Southern Miss
Week 11 Nov. 13: UTEP
Week 12 Nov. 20: at FIU
Week 13 Nov. 27: UTSA
Northern Illinois Huskies
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 121
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 4-8
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: at Georgia Tech
Week 2 Sept. 11: Wyoming
Week 3 Sept. 18: at Michigan
Week 4 Sept. 25: Maine
Week 5 Oct. 2: Eastern Michigan
Week 6 Oct. 9: at Toledo
Week 7 Oct. 16: Bowling Green
Week 8 Oct. 23: at Central Michigan
Week 9 Oct. 30: OPEN DATE
Week 10 Nov. 6: at Kent State (Nov. 3)
Week 11 Nov. 13: Ball State (Nov. 10)
Week 12 Nov. 20: at Buffalo (Nov. 17)
Week 13 Nov. 27: Western Michigan (Nov. 23)
Northwestern Wildcats
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 32
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 7-5
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: Michigan State
Week 2 Sept. 11: Indiana State
Week 3 Sept. 18: at Duke
Week 4 Sept. 25: Ohio
Week 5 Oct. 2: at Nebraska
Week 6 Oct. 9: OPEN DATE
Week 7 Oct. 16: Rutgers
Week 8 Oct. 23: at Michigan
Week 9 Oct. 30: Minnesota
Week 10 Nov. 6: Iowa
Week 11 Nov. 13: at Wisconsin
Week 12 Nov. 20: Purdue
Week 13 Nov. 27: at Illinois
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 17
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 10-2
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: at Florida State (Sept. 5)
Week 2 Sept. 11: Toledo
Week 3 Sept. 18: Purdue
Week 4 Sept. 25: Wisconsin (in Chicago)
Week 5 Oct. 2: Cincinnati
Week 6 Oct. 9: at Virginia Tech
Week 7 Oct. 16: OPEN DATE
Week 8 Oct. 23: USC
Week 9 Oct. 30: North Carolina
Week 10 Nov. 6: Navy
Week 11 Nov. 13: at Virginia
Week 12 Nov. 20: Georgia Tech
Week 13 Nov. 27: at Stanford
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Ohio Bobcats
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 111
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 6-6
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: Syracuse
Week 2 Sept. 11: Duquesne
Week 3 Sept. 18: at Louisiana
Week 4 Sept. 25: at Northwestern
Week 5 Oct. 2: at Akron
Week 6 Oct. 9: Central Michigan
Week 7 Oct. 16: at Buffalo
Week 8 Oct. 23: Kent State
Week 9 Oct. 30: OPEN DATE
Week 10 Nov. 6: Miami University (Nov. 2)
Week 11 Nov. 13: at Eastern Michigan (Nov. 9)
Week 12 Nov. 20: Toledo (Nov. 16)
Week 13 Nov. 27: at Bowling Green (Nov. 26)
Ohio State Buckeyes
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 6
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 12-0
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: at Minnesota (Sept. 2)
Week 2 Sept. 11: Oregon
Week 3 Sept. 18: Tulsa
Week 4 Sept. 25: Akron
Week 5 Oct. 2: Rutgers
Week 6 Oct. 9: Maryland
Week 7 Oct. 16: OPEN DATE
Week 8 Oct. 23: at Indiana
Week 9 Oct. 30: Penn State
Week 10 Nov. 6: at Nebraska
Week 11 Nov. 13: Purdue
Week 12 Nov. 20: Michigan State
Week 13 Nov. 27: at Michigan
Oklahoma Sooners
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 2
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 11-1
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: at Tulane
Week 2 Sept. 11: Western Carolina
Week 3 Sept. 18: Nebraska
Week 4 Sept. 25: West Virginia
Week 5 Oct. 2: at Kansas State
Week 6 Oct. 9: Texas (in Dallas)
Week 7 Oct. 16: TCU
Week 8 Oct. 23: at Kansas
Week 9 Oct. 30: Texas Tech
Week 10 Nov. 6: OPEN DATE
Week 11 Nov. 13: at Baylor
Week 12 Nov. 20: Iowa State
Week 13 Nov. 27: at Oklahoma State
Oklahoma State Cowboys
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 22
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 8-4
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: Missouri State
Week 2 Sept. 11: Tulsa
Week 3 Sept. 18: at Boise State
Week 4 Sept. 25: Kansas State
Week 5 Oct. 2: Baylor
Week 6 Oct. 9: OPEN DATE
Week 7 Oct. 16: at Texas
Week 8 Oct. 23: at Iowa State
Week 9 Oct. 30: Kansas
Week 10 Nov. 6: at West Virginia
Week 11 Nov. 13: TCU
Week 12 Nov. 20: at Texas Tech
Week 13 Nov. 27: Oklahoma
Old Dominion Monarchs
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 128
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 2-10
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: at Wake Forest (Sept. 3)
Week 2 Sept. 11: Hampton
Week 3 Sept. 18: at Liberty
Week 4 Sept. 25: Buffalo
Week 5 Oct. 2: at UTEP
Week 6 Oct. 9: at Marshall
Week 7 Oct. 16: WKU
Week 8 Oct. 23: OPEN DATE
Week 9 Oct. 30: Louisiana Tech
Week 10 Nov. 6: at FIU
Week 11 Nov. 13: Florida Atlantic
Week 12 Nov. 20: at MIddle Tennessee
Week 13 Nov. 27: Charlotte
Ole Miss Rebels
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 29
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 8-4
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: Louisville (Sept. 6 in Atlanta)
Week 2 Sept. 11: Austin Peay
Week 3 Sept. 18: Tulane
Week 4 Sept. 25: OPEN DATE
Week 5 Oct. 2: at Alabama
Week 6 Oct. 9: Arkansas
Week 7 Oct. 16: at Tennessee
Week 8 Oct. 23: LSU
Week 9 Oct. 30: at Auburn
Week 10 Nov. 6: Liberty
Week 11 Nov. 13: Texas A&M
Week 12 Nov. 20: Vanderbilt
Week 13 Nov. 27: at Mississippi State
Oregon Ducks
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 8
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 9-3
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: Fresno State
Week 2 Sept. 11: at Ohio State
Week 3 Sept. 18: Stony Brook
Week 4 Sept. 25: Arizona
Week 5 Oct. 2: at Stanford
Week 6 Oct. 9: OPEN DATE
Week 7 Oct. 16: Cal (Oct. 15)
Week 8 Oct. 23: at UCLA
Week 9 Oct. 30: Colorado
Week 10 Nov. 6: at Washington
Week 11 Nov. 13: Washington State
Week 12 Nov. 20: at Utah
Week 13 Nov. 27: Oregon State
Oregon State Beavers
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 57
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 4-8
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: at Purdue
Week 2 Sept. 11: Hawaii
Week 3 Sept. 18: Idaho
Week 4 Sept. 25: at USC
Week 5 Oct. 2: Washington
Week 6 Oct. 9: at Washington State
Week 7 Oct. 16: OPEN DATE
Week 8 Oct. 23: Utah
Week 9 Oct. 30: at Cal
Week 10 Nov. 6: at Colorado
Week 11 Nov. 13: Stanford
Week 12 Nov. 20: Arizona State
Week 13 Nov. 27: at Oregon
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Penn State Nittany Lions
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 14
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 9-3
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: at Wisconsin
Week 2 Sept. 11: Ball State
Week 3 Sept. 18: Auburn
Week 4 Sept. 25: Villanova
Week 5 Oct. 2: Indiana
Week 6 Oct. 9: at Iowa
Week 7 Oct. 16: OPEN DATE
Week 8 Oct. 23: Illinois
Week 9 Oct. 30: at Ohio State
Week 10 Nov. 6: at Maryland
Week 11 Nov. 13: Michigan
Week 12 Nov. 20: Rutgers
Week 13 Nov. 27: at Michigan State
Pitt Panthers
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 30
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 7-5
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: UMass
Week 2 Sept. 11: at Tennessee
Week 3 Sept. 18: Western Michigan
Week 4 Sept. 25: New Hampshire
Week 5 Oct. 2: at Georgia Tech
Week 6 Oct. 9: OPEN DATE
Week 7 Oct. 16: at Virginia Tech
Week 8 Oct. 23: Clemson
Week 9 Oct. 30: Miami
Week 10 Nov. 6: at Duke
Week 11 Nov. 13: North Carolina (Nov. 11)
Week 12 Nov. 20: Virginia
Week 13 Nov. 27: at Syracuse
Purdue Boilermakers
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 53
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 6-6
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: Oregon State
Week 2 Sept. 11: at UConn
Week 3 Sept. 18: at Notre Dame
Week 4 Sept. 25: Illinois
Week 5 Oct. 2: Minnesota
Week 6 Oct. 9: OPEN DATE
Week 7 Oct. 16: at Iowa
Week 8 Oct. 23: Wisconsin
Week 9 Oct. 30: at Nebraska
Week 10 Nov. 6: Michigan State
Week 11 Nov. 13: at Ohio State
Week 12 Nov. 20: at Northwestern
Week 13 Nov. 27: Indiana
Rice Owls
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 120
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 6-6
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: at Arkansas
Week 2 Sept. 11: Houston
Week 3 Sept. 18: at Texas
Week 4 Sept. 25: Texas Southern
Week 5 Oct. 2: Southern Miss
Week 6 Oct. 9: OPEN DATE
Week 7 Oct. 16: at UTSA
Week 8 Oct. 23: at UAB
Week 9 Oct. 30: North Texas
Week 10 Nov. 6: at Charlotte
Week 11 Nov. 13: WKU
Week 12 Nov. 20: at UTEP
Week 13 Nov. 27: Louisiana Tech
Rutgers Scarlet Knights
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 59
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 5-7
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: Temple
Week 2 Sept. 11: at Syracuse
Week 3 Sept. 18: Delaware
Week 4 Sept. 25: at Michigan
Week 5 Oct. 2: Ohio State
Week 6 Oct. 9: Michigan State
Week 7 Oct. 16: at Northwestern
Week 8 Oct. 23: OPEN DATE
Week 9 Oct. 30: at Illinois
Week 10 Nov. 6: Wisconsin
Week 11 Nov. 13: at Indiana
Week 12 Nov. 20: at Penn State
Week 13 Nov. 27: Maryland
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San Diego State Aztecs
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 69
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 8-4
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: New Mexico State
Week 2 Sept. 11: at Arizona
Week 3 Sept. 18: Utah
Week 4 Sept. 25: Towson
Week 5 Oct. 2: OPEN DATE
Week 6 Oct. 9: New Mexico
Week 7 Oct. 16: at San Jose State
Week 8 Oct. 23: at Air Force
Week 9 Oct. 30: Fresno State
Week 10 Nov. 6: at Hawaii
Week 11 Nov. 13: Nevada
Week 12 Nov. 20: at UNLV
Week 13 Nov. 27: Boise State
San Jose State Spartans
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 67
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 9-3
Week 0 Aug. 28: Southern Utah
Week 1 Sept. 4: at USC
Week 2 Sept. 11: OPEN DATE
Week 3 Sept. 18: San Diego State
Week 4 Sept. 25: at Western Michigan
Week 5 Oct. 2: New Mexico State
Week 6 Oct. 9: at Colorado State
Week 7 Oct. 16: San Diego State
Week 8 Oct. 23: at UNLV
Week 9 Oct. 30: Wyoming
Week 10 Nov. 6: at Nevada
Week 11 Nov. 13: Utah State
Week 12 Nov. 20: OPEN DATE
Week 13 Nov. 27: Fresno State
SMU Mustangs
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 76
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 7-5
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: Abilene Christian
Week 2 Sept. 11: North Texas
Week 3 Sept. 18: at Louisiana Tech
Week 4 Sept. 25: at TCU
Week 5 Oct. 2: USF
Week 6 Oct. 9: at Navy
Week 7 Oct. 16: OPEN DATE
Week 8 Oct. 23: Tulane (Oct. 21)
Week 9 Oct. 30: at Houston
Week 10 Nov. 6: at Memphis
Week 11 Nov. 13: UCF
Week 12 Nov. 20: at Cincinnati
Week 13 Nov. 27: Tulsa
South Alabama Jaguars
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 122
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 3-9
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: Southern Miss
Week 2 Sept. 11: at Bowling Green
Week 3 Sept. 18: Alcorn State
Week 4 Sept. 25: OPEN DATE
Week 5 Oct. 2: Louisiana
Week 6 Oct. 9: at Texas State
Week 7 Oct. 16: Georgia Southern (Oct. 14)
Week 8 Oct. 23: at ULM
Week 9 Oct. 30: Arkansas State
Week 10 Nov. 6: at Troy
Week 11 Nov. 13: at Appalachian State
Week 12 Nov. 20: at Tennessee
Week 13 Nov. 27: Coastal Carolina (Nov. 26)
South Carolina Gamecocks
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 47
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 5-7
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: Eastern Illinois
Week 2 Sept. 11: East Carolina
Week 3 Sept. 18: at Georgia
Week 4 Sept. 25: Kentucky
Week 5 Oct. 2: Troy
Week 6 Oct. 9: OPEN DATE
Week 7 Oct. 16: Tulsa
Week 8 Oct. 23: Temple
Week 9 Oct. 30: at East Carolina (Oct. 28)
Week 10 Nov. 6: Florida
Week 11 Nov. 13: at Missouri
Week 12 Nov. 20: Auburn
Week 13 Nov. 27: Clemson
Southern Miss Golden Eagles
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 116
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 6-6
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: at South Alabama
Week 2 Sept. 11: Grambling State
Week 3 Sept. 18: Troy
Week 4 Sept. 25: at Alabama
Week 5 Oct. 2: at Rice
Week 6 Oct. 9: UTEP
Week 7 Oct. 16: UAB
Week 8 Oct. 23: OPEN DATE
Week 9 Oct. 30: Middle Tennessee
Week 10 Nov. 6: North Texas
Week 11 Nov. 13: at UTSA
Week 12 Nov. 20: at Louisiana Tech
Week 13 Nov. 27: FIU
Stanford Cardinal
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 35
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 7-5
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: Kansas State (in Arlington)
Week 2 Sept. 11: at USC
Week 3 Sept. 18: at Vanderbilt
Week 4 Sept. 25: UCLA
Week 5 Oct. 2: Oregon
Week 6 Oct. 9: at Arizona State (Oct. 8)
Week 7 Oct. 16: at Washington State
Week 8 Oct. 23: OPEN DATE
Week 9 Oct. 30: Washington
Week 10 Nov. 6: Utah (Nov. 5)
Week 11 Nov. 13: at Oregon State
Week 12 Nov. 20: Cal
Week 13 Nov. 27: Notre Dme
Syracuse Orange
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 77
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 4-8
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: at Ohio
Week 2 Sept. 11: Rutgers
Week 3 Sept. 18: Albany
Week 4 Sept. 25: Liberty (Sept. 24)
Week 5 Oct. 2: at Florida State
Week 6 Oct. 9: Wake Forest
Week 7 Oct. 16: Clemson (Oct. 15)
Week 8 Oct. 23: at Virginia Tech
Week 9 Oct. 30: Boston College
Week 10 Nov. 6: OPEN DATE
Week 11 Nov. 13: at Louisville
Week 12 Nov. 20: at NC State
Week 13 Nov. 27: Pitt
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TCU Horned Frogs
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 27
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 8-4
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: Duquesne
Week 2 Sept. 11: Cal
Week 3 Sept. 18: OPEN DATE
Week 4 Sept. 25: SMU
Week 5 Oct. 2: Texas
Week 6 Oct. 9: at Texas Tech
Week 7 Oct. 16: at Oklahoma
Week 8 Oct. 23: West Virginia
Week 9 Oct. 30: at Kansas State
Week 10 Nov. 6: Baylor
Week 11 Nov. 13: at Oklahoma State
Week 12 Nov. 20: Kansas
Week 13 Nov. 27: at Iowa State
Temple Owls
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 84
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 5-7
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: at Rutgers
Week 2 Sept. 11: at Akron
Week 3 Sept. 18: Boston College
Week 4 Sept. 25: Wagner
Week 5 Oct. 2: Memphis
Week 6 Oct. 9: at Cincinnati (Oct. 8)
Week 7 Oct. 16: OPEN DATE
Week 8 Oct. 23: at USF
Week 9 Oct. 30: UCF
Week 10 Nov. 6: at East Carolina
Week 11 Nov. 13: Houston
Week 12 Nov. 20: at Tulsa
Week 13 Nov. 27: Navy
Tennessee Volunteers
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 37
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 7-5
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: Bowling Green
Week 2 Sept. 11: Pitt
Week 3 Sept. 18: Tennessee Tech
Week 4 Sept. 25: at Florida
Week 5 Oct. 2: at Missouri
Week 6 Oct. 9: South Carolina
Week 7 Oct. 16: Ole Miss
Week 8 Oct. 23: at Alabama
Week 9 Oct. 30: OPEN DATE
Week 10 Nov. 6: at Kentucky
Week 11 Nov. 13: Georgia
Week 12 Nov. 20: South Alabama
Week 13 Nov. 27: Vanderbilt
Texas Longhorns
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 18
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 10-2
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: Louisiana
Week 2 Sept. 11: at Arkansas
Week 3 Sept. 18: Rice
Week 4 Sept. 25: Texas Tech
Week 5 Oct. 2: at TCU
Week 6 Oct. 9: Oklahoma (in Dallas)
Week 7 Oct. 16: Oklahoma State
Week 8 Oct. 23: OPEN DATE
Week 9 Oct. 30: at Baylor
Week 10 Nov. 6: at Iowa State
Week 11 Nov. 13: Kansas
Week 12 Nov. 20: at West Virginia
Week 13 Nov. 27: Kansas State
Texas A&M Aggies
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 5
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 9-3
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: Kent State
Week 2 Sept. 11: at Colorado
Week 3 Sept. 18: New Mexico
Week 4 Sept. 25: Arkansas (in Arlington)
Week 5 Oct. 2: Mississippi State
Week 6 Oct. 9: Alabama
Week 7 Oct. 16: at Missouri
Week 8 Oct. 23: South Carolina
Week 9 Oct. 30: OPEN DATE
Week 10 Nov. 6: Auburn
Week 11 Nov. 13: at Ole Miss
Week 12 Nov. 20: Prairie View A&M
Week 13 Nov. 27: at LSU
Texas State Bobcats
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 114
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 3-9
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: Baylor
Week 2 Sept. 11: at FIU
Week 3 Sept. 18: Incarnate Word
Week 4 Sept. 25: at Eastern Michigan
Week 5 Oct. 2: OPEN DATE
Week 6 Oct. 9: South Alabama
Week 7 Oct. 16: Troy
Week 8 Oct. 23: at Georgia State
Week 9 Oct. 30: at Louisiana
Week 10 Nov. 6: ULM
Week 11 Nov. 13: Georgia Southern
Week 12 Nov. 20: at Coastal Carolina
Week 13 Nov. 27: at Arkansas State
Texas Tech Red Raiders
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 28
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 6-6
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: Houston
Week 2 Sept. 11: Stephen F. Austin
Week 3 Sept. 18: FIU
Week 4 Sept. 25: at Texas
Week 5 Oct. 2: at West Virginia
Week 6 Oct. 9: TCU
Week 7 Oct. 16: at Kansas
Week 8 Oct. 23: Kansas State
Week 9 Oct. 30: at Oklahoma
Week 10 Nov. 6: OPEN DATE
Week 11 Nov. 13: Iowa State
Week 12 Nov. 20: Oklahoma State
Week 13 Nov. 27: at Baylor
Toledo Rockets
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 89
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 9-3
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: Norfolk State
Week 2 Sept. 11: at Notre Dame
Week 3 Sept. 18: Colorado State
Week 4 Sept. 25: at Ball State
Week 5 Oct. 2: at UMass
Week 6 Oct. 9: Northern Illinois
Week 7 Oct. 16: at Central Michigan
Week 8 Oct. 23: Western Michigan
Week 9 Oct. 30: OPEN DATE
Week 10 Nov. 6: Eastern Michigan (Nov. 2)
Week 11 Nov. 13: at Bowling Green (Nov. 10)
Week 12 Nov. 20: at Ohio (Nov. 16)
Week 13 Nov. 27: Akron
Troy Trojans
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 112
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 6-6
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: Southern
Week 2 Sept. 11: Liberty
Week 3 Sept. 18: at Southern Miss
Week 4 Sept. 25: at ULM
Week 5 Oct. 2: at South Carolina
Week 6 Oct. 9: Georgia Southern
Week 7 Oct. 16: at Texas State
Week 8 Oct. 23: OPEN DATE
Week 9 Oct. 30: at Coastal Carolina (Oct. 28)
Week 10 Nov. 6: South Alabama
Week 11 Nov. 13: Louisiana
Week 12 Nov. 20: Appalachian State
Week 13 Nov. 27: at Georgia State
Tulane Green Wave
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 78
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 5-7
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: Oklahoma
Week 2 Sept. 11: Morgan State
Week 3 Sept. 18: at Ole Miss
Week 4 Sept. 25: UAB
Week 5 Oct. 2: at East Carolina
Week 6 Oct. 9: Houston (Oct. 7)
Week 7 Oct. 16: OPEN DATE
Week 8 Oct. 23: at SMU (Oct. 21)
Week 9 Oct. 30: Cincinnati
Week 10 Nov. 6: at UCF
Week 11 Nov. 13: Tulsa
Week 12 Nov. 20: USF
Week 13 Nov. 27: at Memphis
Tulsa Golden Hurricane
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 80
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 4-8
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: UC Davis (Sept. 2)
Week 2 Sept. 11: at Oklahoma State
Week 3 Sept. 18: at Ohio State
Week 4 Sept. 25: Arkansas State
Week 5 Oct. 2: Houston (Oct. 1)
Week 6 Oct. 9: Memphis
Week 7 Oct. 16: at USF
Week 8 Oct. 23: OPEN DATE
Week 9 Oct. 30: Navy (Oct. 29)
Week 10 Nov. 6: at Cincinnati
Week 11 Nov. 13: at Tulane
Week 12 Nov. 20: Temple
Week 13 Nov. 27: at SMU
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UAB Blazers
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 82
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 8-4
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: Jacksonville State (Sept. 1)
Week 2 Sept. 11: at Georgia
Week 3 Sept. 18: at North Texas
Week 4 Sept. 25: at Tulane
Week 5 Oct. 2: Liberty
Week 6 Oct. 9: Florida Atlantic
Week 7 Oct. 16: at Southern Miss
Week 8 Oct. 23: Rice
Week 9 Oct. 30: OPEN DATE
Week 10 Nov. 6: Louisiana Tech
Week 11 Nov. 13: at Marshall
Week 12 Nov. 20: at UTSA
Week 13 Nov. 27: UTEP
UCF Knights
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 45
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 10-2
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: Boise State
Week 2 Sept. 11: Bethune-Cookman
Week 3 Sept. 18: at Louisville (Sept. 17)
Week 4 Sept. 25: OPEN DATE
Week 5 Oct. 2: at Navy
Week 6 Oct. 9: East Carolina
Week 7 Oct. 16: at Cincinnati
Week 8 Oct. 23: Memphis (Oct. 22)
Week 9 Oct. 30: at Temple
Week 10 Nov. 6: Tulane
Week 11 Nov. 13: at SMU
Week 12 Nov. 20: UConn
Week 13 Nov. 27: USF (Nov. 26)
UCLA Bruins
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 23
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 7-5
Week 0 Aug. 28: Hawaii
Week 1 Sept. 4: LSU
Week 2 Sept. 11: OPEN DATE
Week 3 Sept. 18: Fresno State
Week 4 Sept. 25: at Stanford
Week 5 Oct. 2: Arizona State
Week 6 Oct. 9: at Arizona
Week 7 Oct. 16: at Washington
Week 8 Oct. 23: Oregon
Week 9 Oct. 30: at Utah
Week 10 Nov. 6: OPEN DATE
Week 11 Nov. 13: Colorado
Week 12 Nov. 20: at USC
Week 13 Nov. 27: Cal
UConn Huskies
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 129
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 3-9
Week 0 Aug. 28: at Fresno State
Week 1 Sept. 4: Holy Cross
Week 2 Sept. 11: Purdue
Week 3 Sept. 18: at Army
Week 4 Sept. 25: Wyoming
Week 5 Oct. 2: at Vanderbilt
Week 6 Oct. 9: at UMass
Week 7 Oct. 16: Yale
Week 8 Oct. 23: Middle Tennessee
Week 9 Oct. 30: OPEN DATE
Week 10 Nov. 6: OPEN DATE
Week 11 Nov. 13: at Clemson
Week 12 Nov. 20: at UCF
Week 13 Nov. 27: Houston
ULM Warhawks
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 124
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 1-11
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: at Kentucky
Week 2 Sept. 11: OPEN DATE
Week 3 Sept. 18: Jackson State
Week 4 Sept. 25: Troy
Week 5 Oct. 2: at Coastal Carolina
Week 6 Oct. 9: Georgia State
Week 7 Oct. 16: Liberty
Week 8 Oct. 23: South Alabama
Week 9 Oct. 30: at Appalachian State
Week 10 Nov. 6: at Texas State
Week 11 Nov. 13: Arkansas State
Week 12 Nov. 20: at LSU
Week 13 Nov. 27: at Louisiana
UMass Minutemen
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 130
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 2-10
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: at Pitt
Week 2 Sept. 11: Boston College
Week 3 Sept. 18: Eastern Michigan
Week 4 Sept. 25: at Coastal Carolina
Week 5 Oct. 2: Toledo
Week 6 Oct. 9: UConn
Week 7 Oct. 16: OPEN DATE
Week 8 Oct. 23: at Florida State
Week 9 Oct. 30: at Liberty
Week 10 Nov. 6: Rhode Island
Week 11 Nov. 13: Maine
Week 12 Nov. 20: at Army
Week 13 Nov. 27: at New Mexico State
UNLV Rebels
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 110
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 3-9
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: Houston Baptist (Sept. 2)
Week 2 Sept. 11: New Mexico State
Week 3 Sept. 18: at Texas A&M
Week 4 Sept. 25: UTEP
Week 5 Oct. 2: Air Force
Week 6 Oct. 9: at San Diego State
Week 7 Oct. 16: Colorado State
Week 8 Oct. 23: at Wyoming
Week 9 Oct. 30: OPEN DATE
Week 10 Nov. 6: UNLV
Week 11 Nov. 13: at Fresno State
Week 12 Nov. 20: at Boise State
Week 13 Nov. 27: Utah State
USC Trojans
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 16
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 10-2
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: San Jose State
Week 2 Sept. 11: Stanford
Week 3 Sept. 18: at Washington State
Week 4 Sept. 25: Oregon State
Week 5 Oct. 2: at Colorado
Week 6 Oct. 9: Utah
Week 7 Oct. 16: OPEN DATE
Week 8 Oct. 23: at Notre Dame
Week 9 Oct. 30: Arizona
Week 10 Nov. 6: at Arizona State
Week 11 Nov. 13: at Cal
Week 12 Nov. 20: UCLA
Week 13 Nov. 27: BYU
USF Bulls
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 105
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 3-9
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: at NC State (Sept. 2)
Week 2 Sept. 11: Florida
Week 3 Sept. 18: Florida A&M
Week 4 Sept. 25: at BYU
Week 5 Oct. 2: at SMU
Week 6 Oct. 9: OPEN DATE
Week 7 Oct. 16: Tulsa
Week 8 Oct. 23: Temple
Week 9 Oct. 30: at East Carolina (Oct. 28)
Week 10 Nov. 6: Houston
Week 11 Nov. 13: Cincinnati (Nov. 12)
Week 12 Nov. 20: at Tulane
Week 13 Nov. 27: at UCF (Nov. 26)
Utah Utes
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 20
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 10-2
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: Weber State (Sept. 2)
Week 2 Sept. 11: at BYU
Week 3 Sept. 18: at San Diego State
Week 4 Sept. 25: Washington State
Week 5 Oct. 2: OPEN DATE
Week 6 Oct. 9: at USC
Week 7 Oct. 16: Arizona State
Week 8 Oct. 23: at Oregon State
Week 9 Oct. 30: UCLA
Week 10 Nov. 6: at Stanford (Nov. 5)
Week 11 Nov. 13: at Arizona
Week 12 Nov. 20: Oregon
Week 13 Nov. 27: Colorado (Nov. 26)
Utah State Aggies
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 113
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 4-8
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: Washington State
Week 2 Sept. 11: North Dakota
Week 3 Sept. 18: at Air Force
Week 4 Sept. 25: Boise State
Week 5 Oct. 2: BYU (Oct. 1)
Week 6 Oct. 9: at USC
Week 7 Oct. 16: at UNLV
Week 8 Oct. 23: Colorado State
Week 9 Oct. 30: Hawaii
Week 10 Nov. 6: at New Mexico State
Week 11 Nov. 13: at San Jose State
Week 12 Nov. 20: Wyoming
Week 13 Nov. 27: at New Mexico
UTEP Miners
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 123
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 3-9
Week 0 Aug. 28: at New Mexico State
Week 1 Sept. 4: Bethune Cookman
Week 2 Sept. 11: at Boise State
Week 3 Sept. 18: OPEN DATE
Week 4 Sept. 25: New Mexico
Week 5 Oct. 2: Old Dominion
Week 6 Oct. 9: at Southern Miss
Week 7 Oct. 16: Louisiana Tech
Week 8 Oct. 23: OPEN DATE
Week 9 Oct. 30: at Florida Atlantic
Week 10 Nov. 6: UTSA
Week 11 Nov. 13: at North Texas
Week 12 Nov. 20: Rice
Week 13 Nov. 27: at UAB
UTSA Roadrunners
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 95
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 6-6
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: at Illinois
Week 2 Sept. 11: Lamar
Week 3 Sept. 18: Middle Tennessee
Week 4 Sept. 25: at Memphis
Week 5 Oct. 2: UNLV
Week 6 Oct. 9: at WKU
Week 7 Oct. 16: Rice
Week 8 Oct. 23: at Louisiana Tech
Week 9 Oct. 30: OPEN DATE
Week 10 Nov. 6: at UTEP
Week 11 Nov. 13: Southern Miss
Week 12 Nov. 20: UAB
Week 13 Nov. 27: at North Texas
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Vanderbilt Commodores
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 73
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 2-10
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: East Tennessee State
Week 2 Sept. 11: at Colorado State
Week 3 Sept. 18: Stanford
Week 4 Sept. 25: Georgia
Week 5 Oct. 2: UConn
Week 6 Oct. 9: at Florida
Week 7 Oct. 16: at South Carolina
Week 8 Oct. 23: Mississippi State
Week 9 Oct. 30: Missouri
Week 10 Nov. 6: OPEN DATE
Week 11 Nov. 13: Kentucky
Week 12 Nov. 20: at Ole Miss
Week 13 Nov. 27: at Tennessee
Virginia Cavaliers
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 51
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 6-6
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: William & Mary
Week 2 Sept. 11: Illinois
Week 3 Sept. 18: at North Carolina
Week 4 Sept. 25: Wake Forest (Sept. 24)
Week 5 Oct. 2: at Miami (Sept. 30)
Week 6 Oct. 9: at Louisville
Week 7 Oct. 16: Duke
Week 8 Oct. 23: Georgia Tech
Week 9 Oct. 30: at BYU
Week 10 Nov. 6: OPEN DATE
Week 11 Nov. 13: Notre Dame
Week 12 Nov. 20: at Pitt
Week 13 Nov. 27: Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech Hokies
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 44
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 6-6
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: North Carolina (Sept. 2)
Week 2 Sept. 11: Middle Tennessee
Week 3 Sept. 18: at West Virginia
Week 4 Sept. 25: Richmond
Week 5 Oct. 2: OPEN DATE
Week 6 Oct. 9: Notre Dame
Week 7 Oct. 16: Pitt
Week 8 Oct. 23: Syracuse
Week 9 Oct. 30: at Georgia Tech
Week 10 Nov. 6: at Boston College (Nov. 5)
Week 11 Nov. 13: Duke
Week 12 Nov. 20: at Miami
Week 13 Nov. 27: at Virginia
Wake Forest Demon Deacons
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 52
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 6-6
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: Old Dominion (Sept. 3)
Week 2 Sept. 11: Norfolk State
Week 3 Sept. 18: Florida State
Week 4 Sept. 25: at Virginia (Sept. 24)
Week 5 Oct. 2: Louisville
Week 6 Oct. 9: at Syracuse
Week 7 Oct. 16: OPEN DATE
Week 8 Oct. 23: at Army
Week 9 Oct. 30: Duke
Week 10 Nov. 6: at North Carolina
Week 11 Nov. 13: NC State
Week 12 Nov. 20: at Clemson
Week 13 Nov. 27: at Boston College
Washington Huskies
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 13
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 9-3
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: Montana
Week 2 Sept. 11: at Michigan
Week 3 Sept. 18: Arkansas State
Week 4 Sept. 25: Cal
Week 5 Oct. 2: at Oregon State
Week 6 Oct. 9: OPEN DATE
Week 7 Oct. 16: UCLA
Week 8 Oct. 23: at Arizona (Oct. 22)
Week 9 Oct. 30: at Stanford
Week 10 Nov. 6: Oregon
Week 11 Nov. 13: Arizona State
Week 12 Nov. 20: at Colorado
Week 13 Nov. 27: Washington State (Nov. 26)
Washington State Cougars
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 56
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 5-7
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: Utah State
Week 2 Sept. 11: Portland State
Week 3 Sept. 18: USC
Week 4 Sept. 25: at Utah
Week 5 Oct. 2: at Cal
Week 6 Oct. 9: Oregon State
Week 7 Oct. 16: Stanford
Week 8 Oct. 23: BYU
Week 9 Oct. 30: at Arizona State
Week 10 Nov. 6: OPEN DATE
Week 11 Nov. 13: at Oregon
Week 12 Nov. 20: Arizona (Nov. 19)
Week 13 Nov. 27: at Washington (Nov. 26)
West Virginia Mountaineers
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 48
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 6-6
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: at Maryland
Week 2 Sept. 11: Long Island
Week 3 Sept. 18: Virginia Tech
Week 4 Sept. 25: at Oklahoma
Week 5 Oct. 2: Texas Tech
Week 6 Oct. 9: at Baylor
Week 7 Oct. 16: OPEN DATE
Week 8 Oct. 23: at TCU
Week 9 Oct. 30: Iowa State
Week 10 Nov. 6: Oklahoma State
Week 11 Nov. 13: at Kansas State
Week 12 Nov. 20: Texas
Week 13 Nov. 27: at Kansas
Western Michigan Broncos
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 91
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 7-5
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: at Michigan
Week 2 Sept. 11: Illinois State
Week 3 Sept. 18: at Pitt
Week 4 Sept. 25: San Jose State
Week 5 Oct. 2: at Buffalo
Week 6 Oct. 9: Ball State
Week 7 Oct. 16: Kent State
Week 8 Oct. 23: at Toledo
Week 9 Oct. 30: OPEN DATE
Week 10 Nov. 6: Central Michigan (Nov. 3)
Week 11 Nov. 13: Akron (Nov. 9)
Week 12 Nov. 20: at Eastern Michigan (Nov. 16)
Week 13 Nov. 27: at Northern Illinois (Nov. 23)
Wisconsin Badgers
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 10
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 10-2
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: Penn State
Week 2 Sept. 11: Eastern Michigan
Week 3 Sept. 18: OPEN DATE
Week 4 Sept. 25: Notre Dame (in Chicago)
Week 5 Oct. 2: Michigan
Week 6 Oct. 9: at Illinois
Week 7 Oct. 16: Army
Week 8 Oct. 23: at Purdue
Week 9 Oct. 30: Iowa
Week 10 Nov. 6: at Rutgers
Week 11 Nov. 13: Northwestern
Week 12 Nov. 20: Nebraska
Week 13 Nov. 27: at Minnesota
WKU Hilltoppers
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 94
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 7-5
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: UT Martin (Sept. 2)
Week 2 Sept. 11: at Army
Week 3 Sept. 18: OPEN DATE
Week 4 Sept. 25: Indiana
Week 5 Oct. 2: at Michigan State
Week 6 Oct. 9: UTSA
Week 7 Oct. 16: at Old Dominion
Week 8 Oct. 23: FIU
Week 9 Oct. 30: Charlotte
Week 10 Nov. 6: Middle Tennessee
Week 11 Nov. 13: at Rice
Week 12 Nov. 20: Florida Atlantic
Week 13 Nov. 27: at Marshall
Wyoming Cowboys
CFN 2021 Preseason Ranking: 88
CFN 2021 Preseason Projected Record: 7-5
Week 0 Aug. 28: OPEN DATE
Week 1 Sept. 4: Montana State
Week 2 Sept. 11: at Northern Illinois
Week 3 Sept. 18: Ball State
Week 4 Sept. 25: at UConn
Week 5 Oct. 2: OPEN DATE
Week 6 Oct. 9: at Air Force
Week 7 Oct. 16: Fresno State
Week 8 Oct. 23: New Mexico
Week 9 Oct. 30: at San Jose State
Week 10 Nov. 6: Colorado State
Week 11 Nov. 13: at Boise State3
Week 12 Nov. 20: at Utah State
Week 13 Nov. 27: Hawaii
2021 College Football Rankings, Schedules, Predictions
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