College Football Schedule 2012: Buckeyes, Zips, Flashes In Action This Week

Ohio is one of America's hubs for college football, and three teams near the greater Cleveland area are in action beginning Wednesday.

Kent State is at Buffalo on ESPNU at 7 p.m. ET Wednesday night. Both teams are 1-1.

Winless UAB is in Columbus to play the undefeated Ohio State Buckeyes (3-0) Saturday on the Big Ten Network at noon E.T.

Akron (1-2) goes to Knoxville Saturday to play the Tennessee Volunteers (2-1) at 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN3.

Other Big Ten games this Saturday:

Central Michigan at Iowa, 12 p.m. ET, Big Ten Network

Texas El-Paso at Wisconsin, 12 p.m. ET, ESPN2

South Dakota at Northwestern, 3:30 p.m. CT, Big Ten Network

Eastern Michigan at No. 21 Michigan State, 3:30 ET, Big Ten Network

Idaho State at No. 25 Nebraska, 3:30 ET, Big Ten Network

Temple at Penn State, 3:30 ET, ABC/ESPN2

No. 18 Michigan at No. 10 Notre Dame, 7:30 p.m. ET, NBC

Louisiana Tech at Illinois, 8 p.m. ET, Big Ten Network

Syracuse at Minnesota, 8 p.m. ET, Big Ten Network

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