The Wrigleyville Classic at Wrigley Field featuring Northwestern vs. Illinois tops today's TV schedule... or it would, if it hadn't been relegated to ESPNU, which a lot of cable and satellite systems don't carry. "Check local listings." There are plenty of other Top-25 and Big Ten games, as well as the Blackhawks in action from the West Coast.
↵↵11 a.m., ESPN: No. 5 Wisconsin at Michigan
↵↵11 a.m., Big Ten Network: Purdue at No. 11 Michigan State (check the Big Ten Network gamefinder for the game in your area)
↵↵11 a.m., Big Ten Network: Penn State at Indiana
↵↵11 a.m., CSN Chicago: No. 10 Oklahoma State at Kansas
↵↵11 a.m., Versus: Yale at Harvard. This is the one they call "The Game" out East.
↵↵1:30 p.m., MLB Network: Arizona Fall League championship game. If you'd like to take a break from football for a while, catch some future MLB stars in this game.
↵↵2:30 p.m., ESPNU: Wrigleyville Classic, Illinois vs. No. 25 Northwestern. NU is the home team, but there will be plenty of orange-clad Illini fans in attendance at Wrigley Field.
↵↵2:30 p.m., ABC-7: No. 7 Ohio State at No. 20 Iowa. A Rose Bowl berth could be at stake here.
↵↵2:30 p.m., CBS-2: Mississippi at No. 6 LSU
↵↵2:30 p.m., ESPN: No. 15 Virginia Tech at Miami
↵↵2:30 p.m., CSN Chicago: No. 8 Stanford at California
↵↵6 p.m., NBC-5: Army vs. Notre Dame at Yankee Stadium. Two baseball-only parks host football games today.
↵↵6 p.m., Comcast 101: No. 16 Missouri at Iowa State. If you don't have this channel, this game will be replayed on CSN Chicago at 12:30 a.m.
↵↵6 p.m., ESPN: No. 13 Arkansas at No. 13 Mississippi State
↵↵6 p.m., NHL Network: Maple Leafs at Canadiens. If you're tired of football, catch this Original Six NHL matchup.
↵↵6 p.m., WPWR-Ch. 50: AHL, Stars at Wolves from the Allstate Arena.
↵↵7 p.m., ABC-7: No. 9 Nebraska at No. 19 Texas A&M
↵↵7 p.m., ESPN2: No. 14 Oklahoma at Baylor
↵↵9 p.m., CSN Chicago: NHL, Blackhawks at Canucks. You're probably sports-TV'd out today by this time... but if not, the Blackhawks await.