Rescheduling Central
	As conferences scramble to reschedule last Saturday's postponed games, check out our updated list of all the latest schedule changes.

HATTIESBURG, Miss. -- Southern Mississippi will play Alabama on Thursday, Nov. 29 and Texas Christian on Dec. 7, changes made necessary when the Golden Eagles' game against the Crimson Tide was postponed.

Southern Miss was originally scheduled to play Alabama in Birmingham on Sept. 15, but major college football postponed all of its games that day following terrorist attacks in the United States.

The Golden Eagles were to play Conference USA rival TCU in their final regular-season game Nov. 30 at home.

That game was moved back a week to accommodate Alabama. Last week the Southeastern Conference championship game was moved to Dec. 8, giving the league's teams an extra week to make up postponed games.

Alabama was scheduled to conclude its regular season Nov. 17, as always, against Auburn.

The Crimson Tide's only other alternative was moving its Nov. 10 game with Mississippi State to Oct. 27. That would have allowed the Alabama-Southern Miss game to be made up Nov. 10, when the Golden Eagles were off.

But Alabama-Birmingham is scheduled to play TCU that day at Legion Field.

However, the Tide didn't want to give up the $2 million it typically makes from a home game. Southern Miss didn't want to lose the game's $475,000 payday.

North Texas and Troy State add each other to their schedules
TROY, Ala. -- North Texas will visit Troy State on Dec. 1 in a makeup game.

The Trojans, whose Sept. 15 game with Appalachian State was canceled due to the terrorist attacks, agreed to play at North Texas in 2003 and 2004.

The games help Troy State meet NCAA requirements of playing at least six Division I-A opponents each year from 2002-2005.

Kickoff is scheduled for 2 p.m. ET.

Big 12 keeps championship game on Dec. 1
DALLAS -- The Big 12's championship game will remain on Dec. 1 at Texas Stadium in Irving.

"Many factors were considered in our decision to remain on Dec. 1," Big 12 commissioner Kevin Weiberg said Tuesday. "We had hotel and facility concerns, and this date remained a priority for us throughout the discussions about the other games' postponements."

There were 10 games involving Big 12 teams postponed last week in the wake of the terrorist attacks.

There had been talk of moving the championship game back a week, such as the SEC did, to allow teams an extra week to make up games.

The Big 12 decided against changing the date of the championship game after discussions with league officials and school representatives.

"Many factors were considered in our decision to remain on Dec. 1," said Big 12 commissioner Kevin Weiberg. "We had hotel and facility concerns, and this date remained a priority for us throughout the discussions about the other games' postponements."

Meanwhile, the Big 12 is working to help schools make up the 10 league games postponed last. One of them has been canceled.

The Tulsa-Oklahoma football game has been rescheduled for Nov. 3. The rescheduled game will be at 2 p.m. at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman.

The Golden Hurricane moved a Nov. 3 game against Louisiana Tech to Nov. 24 to accommodate the new date with the third-ranked Sooners.

"I think that it's good that the game will be played," coach Keith Burns said. "Our players were excited about playing Oklahoma, and I'm sure their players were excited about playing the game."

The non-conference game between Missouri and Michigan State has been rescheduled for Dec. 1 in East Lansing, Mich. The game, however, will be canceled if Missouri qualifies for the Big 12 championship game as the North Division champion.

Baylor's game at Minnesota was canceled Monday. The two schools said scheduling conflicts would prevent them from playing the game this season. The Bears are looking for an 11th game, but their only open date is Nov. 24.

Minnesota has already replaced the Baylor game. The Gophers will play Murray State at home Oct. 27, which was one of their open dates.

Nebraska's home game against Rice will be played Thursday night. Iowa State's game against Iowa was rescheduled for Nov. 24.

Oklahoma State and Northern Arizona couldn't agree on a mutual makeup date. The Cowboys replaced Northern Arizona with a Sept. 29 game against Northwestern State of Louisiana.

The postponed Louisiana Tech-Kansas State game has been rescheduled for Nov. 17. Kansas State originally was scheduled to play host to Missouri on Nov. 17, but that game has been moved to Nov. 24, adding another week to K-State's regular season.

Kansas and Wyoming have rescheduled last weekend's postponed game for Nov. 24. The game will be played at noon MST at Memorial Stadium in Lawrence..

Texas Tech will play Stephen F. Austin Nov. 24
LUBBOCK, Texas -- Texas Tech has reached an agreement to play Stephen F. Austin State University in a Nov. 24 football game at Jones SBC Stadium to replace the game against UTEP canceled after the terrorist attacks.

The game against the I-AA Lumberjacks can count toward bowl eligibility if necessary, Texas Tech Athletic Director Gerald Myers said.

The Nov. 24 game will be the first meeting between the two football teams.

SEC pushes back title game
The college football season was extended a week when the Southeastern Conference on Monday moved its championship game to Dec. 8.

The 2001 regular season was supposed to end Dec. 1 with six major college games -- the SEC and Big 12 title games and four others, including Army-Navy.

All that changed after the 58 Division I-A games scheduled last weekend were called off in the wake of the terrorist attacks.

The SEC title game will still be played at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta at 8 p.m. ET. Five high school games were scheduled at the Dome on Dec. 8, but they were postponed to Dec. 15.

CBS will still broadcast the SEC title game nationally. The network also will show the Tennessee-Florida game at 4:30 p.m. on Dec. 1, the league said Wednesday. That was one of three SEC games rescheduled for Dec. 1, the others being Auburn at No. 15 LSU and Vanderbilt at Mississippi.

Teams reaching the SEC title game -- especially Florida -- may also be playing for a spot in the Bowl Championship Series' national title game in the Rose Bowl on Jan. 3.

The final BCS standings, which use polls, computer ratings, strength-of-schedule and won-lost records, determine the teams for the Rose Bowl. The first BCS standings will be out Oct. 15 as scheduled and the final standings will now be released Dec. 9 instead of Dec. 2.

In the SEC, the non-conference games trying to be rescheduled are Bowling Green at South Carolina, Southern Mississippi at Alabama, Kentucky at Indiana and North Texas at Arkansas.

Mississippi State will play Brigham Young on Dec. 1. Hawaii agreed to push back its Dec. 1 game with BYU to Dec. 8 to allow the Cougars to take on Mississippi State in Starkville. The game's time has not been determined.

Georgia rescheduled its postponed game against Houston for Dec. 1, which means the Bulldogs will end the regular season against a team other than Georgia Tech for the first time since 1952.

The Gators are facing a tough final month in their quest to play for the national title -- at South Carolina (Nov. 10), home to Florida State (Nov. 17) and Tennessee (Dec. 1), possibly the SEC title game and then the Rose Bowl.

With more than a dozen games now set for Dec. 1, some teams will receive an added benefit -- less time before a bowl game. Florida State, for example, had 46 days between its final game of the 2000 season and its national title game against Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl. The Seminoles lost.

Now, with last Saturday's game against Georgia Tech rescheduled for Dec. 1, Florida State would have only 31 days to wait if it played on Jan. 1.

Also, the NCAA is considering granting teams permission to play in bowl games with a .500 record. If teams are able to play only 10 games, the NCAA appears ready to allow 5-5 teams into the postseason. In the past, teams needed a winning record to play in a bowl.

Georgia Tech-FSU, Duke-Clemson rescheduled for Dec. 1
GREENSBORO, N.C. -- The ACC announced Monday that the Duke at Clemson and Georgia Tech at Florida State football games postponed this past Saturday have been rescheduled for Dec. 1.

"We looked at a number of different scenarios for both games," said ACC Commissioner John Swofford. "Because of academic considerations, the Thanksgiving Holiday and the six Florida high school championship games being played in Florida State's Doak Campbell Stadium on Dec. 6-8, Dec. 1 became the best date for both games."

The Duke-Clemson game will have a 1:00 p.m. ET start, while the starting time for the Georgia Tech at Florida State contest is to be determined.

All seven ACC games scheduled for last Thursday and Saturday have been rescheduled. The West Virginia at Maryland game will be played on Sept. 29, Northern Illinois at Wake Forest will be played on either Nov. 23 or 24, and the Ohio University at NC State contest has been rescheduled for Nov. 24. Penn State at Virginia, SMU at North Carolina will be played Dec. 1.

Lafayette's game at Princeton will not be rescheduled
PRINCETON, N.J. -- Princeton's Sept. 15 game against Lafayette, postponed because of the terrorist attacks four days earlier, will not be rescheduled.

Princeton announced the cancellation Friday. Princeton will play just four home games this season: against Columbia, Sept. 29; Colgate, Oct. 6; Cornell, Oct. 27; and Yale, Nov. 10.

Nevada hosts Hawaii Saturday; plays at San Jose State Nov. 10
RENO, Nev. -- In a move that infuriated San Jose State officials, the Western Athletic Conference announced Monday that Nevada will play host to Hawaii on Saturday instead of traveling to play the Spartans.

Nevada originally was scheduled to play at San Jose State on Saturday, but the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington scuttled the Wolf Pack's game against Hawaii, originally set for Sept. 15.

Since neither Nevada nor Hawaii had a common open date until Dec. 8 -- a week after the rest of the nation has finished playing -- the WAC decided to schedule their game for Saturday. The conference then moved Nevada's trip to San Jose State to Nov. 10 -- a bye week for both teams.

But the move leaves San Jose State with an unwanted bye week and a second straight week without a game. The Spartans (0-2) haven't played since Sept. 8, but after two weeks off, they'll play for 10 straight weeks.

The Spartans' scheduled home game against Stanford on Sept. 15 was rescheduled for Dec. 1. Because of the WAC's decision, San Jose State won't play at home this season until Oct. 13 against Southern Methodist.

"I'm deeply disappointed in today's decision," athletic director Chuck Bell said in a statement. "I'm disappointed for our fans, too. This decision puts our football coaching staff and team at a tremendous disadvantage for the rest of the season."

San Jose State president Robert Caret appealed the decision, but the conference went ahead with its plan.

"When life gives me lemons, I've got to make lemonade," said first-year San Jose State coach Fitz Hill, who now will spend the next two weeks preparing for a road game against Arizona State on Sept. 29.

Illinois sets new dates for Louisville, Michigan games
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Illinois announced it has rescheduled its home football games with Louisville and Michigan.

The Louisville contest, postponed from Saturday off because of the terrorist attacks in the United States on Tuesday, will be played Sept. 22.

Athletics director Ron Guenther says the Illini's Big Ten opener against Michigan, originally set for Sept. 22, has been moved back a week to Sept. 29.

Northwestern adds Bowling Green to schedule
EVANSTON, Ill. -- Northwestern will play 11 regular-season games after all.

The Wildcats said Tuesday they will play a home game against Bowling Green on Nov. 17 to make up for last week's scheduled game against Navy, which was canceled due to the terrorist attacks.

"We're excited about having an opportunity to play an 11th game," Wildcats coach Randy Walker said. "You only get 44 regular-season opportunities during a four-year career, so getting the chance to play another game is meaningful to our players."

Northwestern could have simply settled for a 10-game schedule. The NCAA has already said schools will qualify for bowl games with a 5-5 record if they can't make up a postponed game.

But playing 10 games could have ramifications in both the polls and the bowl matchups for the Wildcats, a favorite to win the Big Ten. They're already playing a conference schedule that doesn't include Wisconsin or Michigan, two of the league's tougher teams.

Oregon St. gets Northern Arizona; Montana St. picks up WSU
CORVALLIS, Ore. -- Oregon State added Northern Arizona to its schedule Friday, replacing the home game with Montana State that was canceled.

The No. 22 Beavers will play Northern Arizona on Nov. 17, at a time to be announced.

Northern Arizona was to have played Oklahoma State on Saturday, but the game was postponed because of the attacks.

"Our goal as a program is to get better each week and qualify for the I-AA playoffs," Lumberjack coach Jerome Souers. "Given the success of the Oregon State program in the past few seasons, the game will certainly serve as a true playoff test for our program and an opportunity to showcase our team on a national stage."

Oregon State announced Thursday it was postponing its Saturday home game against Montana State, acknowledging it would be difficult to reschedule because of the teams' conflicting schedules. Montana State plays host to rival Montana on Nov. 17 in the season finale, with the Division I-AA playoffs starting a week later.

Oregon State had a two-week window after game with Oregon was pushed back from Nov. 17 to Dec. 1 earlier this year to accommodate ABC-TV. The new schedule will give the Beavers a week to prepare for Oregon.

Northern Arizona's regular season ends Nov. 10 at Sacramento State, so it was able to fit in Oregon State.

Like Montana State, Northern Arizona is a I-AA team that plays in the Big Sky Conference. The Lumberjacks went 3-8 last season and defeated Stephen F. Austin 10-3 in its season opener.

Meanwhile, Montana State has filled its football schedule by adding a game with Pac-10 member Washington State on Oct. 18 in Pullman.

MSU Athletic Director Glenn Lewis said the school has found a reasonable alternative in the game against the Cougars.

"Playing at Washington State gives us a game that is regional in nature with the least amount of travel," he said.

Bobcat coach Mike Kramer also approved of the decision.

"This was an opportunity that, given the circumstances, we simply couldn't let pass us by," Kramer said. "Playing the game on a Thursday night gives us an extra two days to prepare for Northern Arizona, a conference opponent, and that will help us as well."

Arkansas State, Nicholls State set tentative makeup date
JONESBORO, Ark. -- Arkansas State and Nicholls State have tentatively agreed to reschedule their football game for Nov. 22, Thanksgiving Day.

The teams were to have met last weekend but the game was canceled.

Nicholls State, a member of Division I-AA, was awaiting approval by the NCAA Management Council of a proposal by the I-AA football committee to move the postseason playoffs back one week to Dec. 1. That approval was delivered Wednesday.

Arkansas State coach Joe Hollis, also the school's athletic director, said the two schools have agreed to the date, despite Nicholls State's scheduling hitch.

"We understand Nicholls State's situation in regard to the I-AA playoffs and know that all members of the Southland Conference must be available when the playoffs start in order for the Dec. 1 move to be approved by the Management Council."

The makeup game would be played at Jonesboro.

Division I-AA playoffs pushed back a week
MISSOULA -- An NCAA management council on Wednesday gave final approval to move the NCAA Division I-AA playoffs back one week.

The move will allow the University of Montana to reschedule its game against Idaho, which was canceled last week because of the terrorist attacks.

Montana athletic director Wayne Hogan said that game is now set for Nov. 24 in Missoula. The Division I-AA playoffs, originally set to start that day, now are scheduled to begin Dec. 1. The championship will be Dec. 21, Hogan said.

Hogan said he spoke with Idaho athletic director Mike Bohn on Tuesday, and said that Bohn is ready to reschedule the game.

Meanwhile, Portland State has rescheduled its game against Sacramento State for Nov. 24.

Portland State, which has not played at PGE Park since the former Civic Stadium was remodeled, last played in its season opener Sept. 1, a 16-13 win at Stephen F. Austin. The Vikings had the following week off.

ESPN.com senior writer Andy Katz contributed to this report.