If you are tuning in to college football’s opening weekend, there is a great chance you will spend a few hours watching the ESPN family of networks. That is because many of college football’s marquee match ups on opening weekend will be airing on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNEWS, SEC Network, ACC Network Extra and ESPN3.
In total, 40 games will air on the ESPN networks from Thursday, Sept. 1 through Monday, Sept. 5.
“We have been looking forward to week 1 since the day after last season’s College Football Playoff National Championship,” said ESPN senior coordinating producer Lee Fitting in a statement.
“It is the best opening weekend college football has ever had and ESPN’s networks have the most marquee games and the best overall schedule in the industry.”
So where can you tune in to see your favorite team play and who will be calling the game?
The full schedule can be seen below:
Friday, Aug. 26
| Time (ET) | Game | Network |
| 10 p.m. | Hawaii vs. Cal from ANZ Stadium in Sydney, Australia Allen Bestwick, Mike Bellotti and Warren Smith |
ESPN |
Saturday, Aug. 27
| Time (ET) | Game | Network |
| 7:30 p.m. | FCS Kickoff: No. 6 Charleston Southern at No. 1 North Dakota State Adam Amin, Mack Brown, Molly McGrath |
ESPN |
Week 1
Thursday, Sept. 1
| Time (ET) | Game | Network |
| 7 p.m. | Charlotte at Louisville | ACC Network Extra* |
| Tulane at Wake Forest | ACC Network Extra | |
| Presbyterian at Central Michigan | ESPN3 | |
| Tennessee-Martin at Cincinnati | ESPN3 | |
| Maine at UConn | ESPN3* | |
| 7:30 p.m. | Appalachian State at No. 11 Tennessee Brent Musburger, Jesse Palmer, Laura Rutledge |
SEC Network |
| Indiana at Florida International Mike Couzens, Clint Stoerner |
ESPNU | |
| William & Mary at NC State | ACC Network Extra | |
| 8 p.m. | South Carolina at Vanderbilt Mark Jones, Rod Gilmore, Quint Kessenich |
ESPN |
| 9 p.m. | Montana State at Idaho | ESPN3* |
Friday, Sept. 2
| Time (ET) | Game | Network |
| 6 p.m. | Mississippi Valley State at Eastern Michigan | ESPN3 |
| 7 p.m. | Colgate at Syracuse | ACC Network Extra |
| Albany at Buffalo | ESPN3 | |
| Ball State at Georgia State | ESPN3* | |
| 8 p.m. | Colorado State vs. Colorado from Sports Authority Field at Mile High in Denver, Colo. Adam Amin, Mack Brown, Molly McGrath |
ESPN |
| 9 p.m. | Toledo at Arkansas State
Roy Philpott, Clint Stoerner |
ESPNU |
Saturday, Sept. 3
| Time (ET) | Game | Network |
| 7:30 a.m. | Georgia Tech vs. Boston College from Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland Jason Benetti, Kelly Stouffer, Paul Carcaterra |
ESPN2 |
| Noon | 2016 AdvoCare Texas Kickoff: No. 5 Oklahoma vs. No. 18 Houston from NRG Stadium in Houston Dave Pasch, Greg McElroy, Tom Luginbill |
ABC |
| Hawaii at No. 3 Michigan Mike Patrick, Ed Cunningham, Dr. Jerry Punch |
ESPN | |
| Western Michigan at Northwestern Clay Matvick, Dusty Dvoracek |
ESPNU | |
| South Alabama at Mississippi State David Neal, Matt Stinchcomb, Olivia Harlan |
SEC Network | |
| Eastern Kentucky at Purdue Dave Lamont, Ray Bentley |
ESPNEWS | |
| Boise State at Louisiana-Lafayette | ESPN3* | |
| 12:30 p.m. | Liberty at Virginia Tech | ACC Network Extra* |
| 1:30 p.m. | Villanova at Pittsburgh | ACC Network Extra |
| 3:30 p.m. | No. 6 LSU vs. Wisconsin from Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wis. Steve Levy, Brian Griese, Todd McShay |
ABC |
| Miami (Ohio) at No. 23 Iowa Eamon McAnaney, John Congemi |
ESPNU | |
| Richmond at Virginia | ACC Network Extra | |
| 4 p.m. | Louisiana Tech at Arkansas Beth Mowins, Anthony Becht, Rocky Boiman |
SEC Network |
| 5:30 p.m. | 2016 Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game: No. 13 Georgia vs. No. 19 North Carolina from Georgia Dome in Atlanta TV: Bob Wischusen, Brock Huard, Allison Williams Radio: Marc Kestcher, Tom Ramsey |
ESPN and ESPN Radio |
| 6 p.m. | North Carolina Central at Duke | ACC Network Extra |
| Florida A&M at Miami (Fla.) | ACC Network Extra | |
| Western Carolina at East Carolina | ESPN3 | |
| 6:30 p.m. | VMI at Akron | ESPN3 |
| 7 p.m. | Southeast Missouri State at Memphis | ESPN3 |
| South Carolina State at UCF | ESPN3 | |
| Towson at South Florida | ESPN3 | |
| Rhode Island at Kansas | ESPN3* | |
| Oklahoma Panhandle State at Sam Houston State | ESPN3 | |
| 7:30 p.m. | Southern Mississippi at Kentucky Anish Shroff, Ahmad Brooks |
ESPNU |
| UMass at Florida Tom Hart, Andre Ware, Cole Cubelic |
SEC Network | |
| 8 p.m. | No. 12 USC vs. No. 1 Alabama from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas TV: Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Samantha Ponder Radio: Bill Rosinski, David Norrie, and Ian Fitzsimmons |
ABC and ESPN Radio |
| Coastal Carolina at Lamar | ESPN3* | |
| 9 p.m. | No. 2 Clemson at Auburn Brent Musburger, Jesse Palmer, Kaylee Hartung |
ESPN |
Sunday, Sept. 4
| Time | Game | Network |
| 1 p.m. | 2016 MEAC/SWAC Challenge: Alcorn State vs. Bethune-Cookman
Eric Clemons, Jay Walker |
ESPN |
| 6 p.m. | Texas Southern vs. Prairie View A&M Mark Neely, Forrest Conoly |
ESPNU |
| 7:30 p.m. | No. 9 Notre Dame at Texas Joe Tessitore, Todd Blackledge, Holly Rowe |
ABC |
Monday, Sept. 5
| Time | Game | Network |
| 8 p.m. | 2016 Camping World Kickoff: No. 14 Ole Miss vs. No. 4 Florida State from Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Fla. TV: Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Samantha Ponder Radio: Bill Rosinski, David Norrie, Ian Fitzsimmons |
ESPN and ESPN Radio |
*Not exclusive
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