College Football Schedule 2012: Notre Dame hosts Pittsburgh, Northwestern has a bye

Notre Dame will attempt to remain unbeaten when they host Pittsburgh at home on Saturday.

The Fighting Irish are coming off a 30-13 victory over Oklahoma in Norman, Okla. last Saturday to improve to 8-0 on the season and third in the BCS standings.

Notre Dame's defense is giving up just 9.9 points per game which ranks second in the country behind No. 1 Alabama. Alabama is only giving up 8.1 points per game.

Northwestern has a bye this week before they travel to Michigan to take on the Wolverines at the Big House on Nov. 10.

The complete Big 10 schedule for this Saturday is below:

Michigan versus Minnesota - 12:00 p.m. ET on Big Ten Network
Illinois versus Ohio State - 3:30 p.m. ET on ESPN
Iowa versus Indiana - 3:30 p.m. ET on Big Ten Network
Nebraska versus Michigan State - 3:30 p.m. ET on ABC/ESPN2
Penn State versus Purdue - 3:30 p.m. ET on ESPNU