College football Week 6 area capsules

Published October 9, 2009 4:00am ET



No. 1 Florida at No. 4 LSU

Where » Tiger Stadium, Baton Rouge

When » Saturday, 8 p.m.

TV » CBS

» Coming off the first concussion of his career, will Florida QB Tim Tebow see stars in college football’s most raucous stadium? If the fans don’t get to Tebow, the Tigers’ formidable defense, led by LB Harry Coleman and LB Kelvin Sheppard, might. Baton Rouge has been unkind to the Gators, who have lost the last two trips by a combined seven points. Undefeated Florida has yet to be tested.

Maryland at Wake Forest

Where » BB&T Field, Winston-Salem

When » Saturday, 6:30 p.m.

TV » ESPN360.com

Radio » 106.7 FM

» The Demon Deacons have quality wins over Stanford and N.C. State and tough losses to Baylor and Boston College by a combined six points. The Terps will have to deal with the formidable passing combo of four-year starting QB Riley Skinner and WR Marshall Williams, who has 18 catches the last two weeks. Wake leads the ACC in total offense (408 ypg).

Indiana at Virginia

Where » Scott Stadium, Charlottesville

When » Saturday, 3:30 p.m.

TV » ESPN360.com

Radio » 570 AM

» The Cavaliers will try to duplicate last week’s smothering defensive effort when LB Steve Greer and his mates held UNC to 173 yards in a 16-3 victory. Indiana arrives off back-to-back losses to Michigan and Ohio State. Hoosiers QB Ben Chappell ranks No. 25 in the nation in completions per game (20.8).

Boston College at No. 5 Virginia Tech

Where » Lane Stadium, Blacksburg

When » Saturday, noon

TV » WDCA My20

Radio » 980 AM

The Hokies look to snap their three-game regular-season losing streak to the Eagles. BC has the ACC’s No. 2 rusher in sophomore Montel Harris (89.8 yards per game) and No. 2 passer in freshman Dave Shinskie (153.0 efficiency rating). Tech has beaten BC decisively in the ACC title game the last two seasons.