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krikya18.com | September 4, 2016

Recap of Saturday's exciting action

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Saturday was the third of five straight days of college football in what has been proclaimed the "greatest opening weekend" in the sport's history. And boy, there were some crazy matchups and upsets to justify this claim.

There were 57 FBS games on Saturday's docket starting with a 7:30 a.m. ET matchup in Dublin, Ireland between Boston College and Georgia Tech and closing with a trio of games starting around 10:30 p.m. ET. In between there were 17 ranked teams in action including three games played between top 25 teams. 

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Follow all of the day's action below with our updates from the day:

Sat. Sept. 3

Georgia Tech vs. Boston College in Ireland, 7:30 a.m., ESPN2

Boise State at Louisiana-Lafayette, 11 a.m., American Sports Network

Bowling Green at Ohio State, Noon, BTN

Hawaii at Michigan, Noon, ESPN

Missouri at West Virginia, Noon, FS1

Howard at Maryland, Noon, BTN

Oklahoma vs Houston at NRG Stadium, Noon, ABC

South Alabama at Mississippi State, Noon, SEC Network

Rutgers at Washington, 2 p.m., Pac-12

LSU vs. Wisconsin at Lambeau Field, 3:30 p.m., ABC

Miami (OH) at Iowa, 3:30 p.m., ESPNU

Murray State at Illinois, 3:30 p.m., BTN

Southeastern Louisiana at Oklahoma State, 3:30 p.m., FSN

Texas State at Ohio, 3:30 p.m., CBS Sports Network

UCLA at Texas A&M, 3:30 p.m., CBS

Louisiana Tech at Arkansas, 4 p.m., SEC Network

UC Davis at Oregon, 5 p.m., Pac-12

Georgia v. North Carolina in Atlanta, 5:30 p.m., ESPN

San Jose State at Tulsa, 7 p.m., CBS Sports Network

SMU at North Texas, 7 p.m., American Sports Network

Southern Miss at Kentucky, 7:30 p.m., ESPNU

UMass at Florida, 7:30 p.m., SEC Network

Eastern Washington at Washington State, 8 p.m., Pac-12

Fresno State at Nebraska, 8 p.m., BTN

South Dakota State at TCU, 8 p.m., FSN

New Mexico State at UTEP, 8 p.m., beIN Sports

Stephen F. Austin at Texas Tech, 8 p.m., FSN

Fresno State at Nebraska, 8 p.m., BTN

USC vs. Alabama at AT&T Stadium, 9 p.m., CBS

Clemson at Auburn, 9 p.m., ESPN

BYU vs. Arizona in Glendale, 10:30 p.m., FS1

Northern Illinois at Wyoming,  10:30 p.m. CBS Sports Network

Northern Arizona at Arizona State, 10:45 p.m., Pac-12

Sun. Sept. 4

Notre Dame at Texas, 7:30 p.m., ABC

Mon. Sept 5 Labor Day

Mississippi v. Florida State in Orlando, 8 p.m, ESPN

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