In the immortal words of Bruce Buffer, “Ladies and gentlemen, it’s time!” Week 3 of the 2016 college football season kicks off on Thursday night with the No. 6 Houston Cougars taking on AAC foe Cincinnati.
Interestingly enough, the two teams kicking off Week 3 are two teams linked to potential Big 12 expansion. With a national audience on ESPN, it is a great opportunity for both programs to prove they belong in the Power 5.
For Houston, Thursday night marks the return of star quarterback Greg Ward Jr., who is a Heisman candidate, after he was forced to miss last weekend with a shoulder injury.
It should be interesting to see how the Cougars perform as they look to advance to 3-0 and potentially crash the College Football Playoff party.
How can you tune in to tonight’s Week 3 kickoff? Here is all of the information you will need to catch the action from the opening kickoff:
Date: Saturday, Sept. 10
Start Time: 8:00 p.m. ET
Location: Bristol, Tennessee
Venue: Bristol Motor Speedway
TV Info: ABC
Live Stream: WatchESPN
Week 3 TV Schedule:
Thursday, Sept. 15, 2016
| Matchup | Time (ET) | TV / Online |
|---|---|---|
| (6) Houston at Cincinnati | 7:30 pm | ESPN / WatchESPN |
Friday, Sept. 16, 2016
| Matchup | Time (ET) | TV / Online |
|---|---|---|
| (21) Baylor at Rice | 8:00 pm | ESPN / WatchESPN |
| Arkansas State at Utah State | 9:00 pm | CBSSN / CBSSports.com |
| Arizona State at UTSA | 9:30 pm | ESPN2 / WatchESPN |
Saturday, Sept. 17, 2016
| Matchup | Time (ET) | TV / Online |
|---|---|---|
| Akron at Marshall | Noon | CBSSN / CBSSports.com |
| (2) Florida State at (10) Louisville | Noon | ABC / WatchESPN |
| Georgia State at (9) Wisconsin | Noon | BTN / BTN2Go |
| Iowa State at TCU | Noon | FS1 / FS Go |
| Kansas at Memphis | Noon | ESPNU / WatchESPN |
| (25) Miami, FL at Appalachian State | Noon | ESPN / WatchESPN |
| Middle Tennessee at Bowling Green | Noon | ASN / ESPN3 |
| New Mexico at Rutgers | Noon | ESPNews / WatchESPN |
| North Dakota State at (13) Iowa | Noon | ESPN2 / WatchESPN |
| Ohio at (15) Tennessee | Noon | SECN / WatchESPN |
| South Carolina State at (5) Clemson | Noon | RSN / ACCNExtra |
| Temple at Penn State | Noon | BTN / BTN2Go |
| Vanderbilt at Georgia Tech | 12:30 pm | ACCN / ACCNExtra |
| Virginia at UConn | 1:30 pm | SNY / ESPN3 |
| Idaho at Washington State | 2:00 pm | Pac-12N / Pac-12.com |
| North Carolina A&T at Tulsa | 2:00 pm | ESPN3 |
| Florida Atlantic at Kansas State | 2:30 pm | FSN / FS Go |
| Eastern Kentucky at Ball State | 3:00 pm | ESPN3 |
| Fresno State at Toledo | 3:00 pm | ESPN Extra / ESPN3 |
| UNLV at Central Michigan | 3:00 pm | ESPN3 |
| (1) Alabama at (19) Ole Miss | 3:30 pm | CBS / CBSSports.com |
| Boston College at Virginia Tech | 3:30 pm | ESPNU / WatchESPN |
| Colorado at (4) Michigan | 3:30 pm | BTN / BTN2Go |
| FIU at UMass | 3:30 pm | ASN / ESPN3 |
| James Madison at North Carolina | 3:30 pm | RSN / ACCNExtra |
| Monmouth at Kent State | 3:30 pm | ESPN3 |
| (22) Oregon at Nebraska | 3:30 pm | ABC / WatchESPN |
| Pittsburgh at Oklahoma State | 3:30 pm | ESPN / WatchESPN |
| San Diego State at Northern Illinois | 3:30 pm | CBSSN / CBSSports.com |
| USF at Syracuse | 3:30 pm | ACCNExtra |
| Western Kentucky at Miami, OH | 3:30 pm | ESPNEx/BCSN/TWC / ESPN3 |
| East Carolina at South Carolina | 4:00 pm | SECN / WatchESPN |
| New Mexico State at Kentucky | 4:00 pm | SECN Alt. / WatchESPN |
| Northern Colorado at Colorado State | 4:00 pm | ROOT Sports / MWN |
| UC Davis at Wyoming | 4:00 pm | WyoVision |
| Western Michigan at Illinois | 4:00 pm | ESPNews / WatchESPN |
| Idaho State at Oregon State | 5:00 pm | Pac-12N / Pac-12.com |
| Eastern Michigan at Charlotte | 6:00 pm | CUSA.TV |
| Old Dominion at NC State | 6:00 pm | ACCNExtra |
| ULM at Georgia Southern | 6:00 pm | ESPN3 |
| Delaware at Wake Forest | 6:30 pm | ACCNExtra |
| Army at UTEP | 7:00 pm | ASN / Stream |
| Liberty at SMU | 7:00 pm | ESPN3 |
| Louisiana Tech at Texas Tech | 7:00 pm | FSN / FS Go |
| Maryland at UCF | 7:00 pm | CBSSN / CBSSports.com |
| Mississippi State at (20) LSU | 7:00 pm | ESPN2 / WatchESPN |
| Navy at Tulane | 7:00 pm | ASN/NESN / ESPN3 |
| South Alabama at UL Lafayette | 7:00 pm | ESPN3 |
| (17) Texas A&M at Auburn | 7:00 pm | ESPN / WatchESPN |
| Troy at Southern Miss | 7:00 pm | beIN SPORTS / Stream |
| (16) Georgia at Missouri | 7:30 pm | SECN / WatchESPN |
| (12) Michigan State at (18) Notre Dame | 7:30 pm | NBC / NBCSports.com |
| North Texas at (23) Florida | 7:30 pm | ESPNU / WatchESPN |
| (3) Ohio State at (14) Oklahoma | 7:30 pm | FOX / FS Go |
| Texas State at (24) Arkansas | 7:30 pm | SECN Alt. / WatchESPN |
| Duke at Northwestern | 8:00 pm | BTN / BTN2Go |
| Portland State at (8) Washington | 8:00 pm | Pac-12N / Pac-12.com |
| USC at (7) Stanford | 8:00 pm | ABC / WatchESPN |
| Buffalo at Nevada | 9:00 pm | MWN |
| UCLA at BYU | 10:15 pm | ESPN2 / WatchESPN |
| (11) Texas at California | 10:30 pm | ESPN / WatchESPN |
| Utah at San Jose State | 10:30 pm | CBSSN / CBSSports.com |
| Hawaii at Arizona | 10:45 pm | Pac-12N / Pac-12.com |
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