College football is finally back my friends!
This year it seems to have snuck up on us. The actual college football season was overshadowed a little bit by the sport’s own off-field scandals, the NFL lockout, as well as most of us enjoying our summer; but, as scheduled, the college football season continues on.
Here are some of the marquee games to look at this week, then the entire college football TV schedule for week 1.
This Week’s College Football Marquee Matchups
- Akron-Ohio State Date: Saturday, September 3rd
- Minnesota-USC Kickoff Time: 12:00 pm
- Minnesota-USC TV: ESPN
No. 3 Oregon vs No. 4 LSU
- Oregon-LSU Date: Saturday, September 3rd
- Oregon-LSU Kickoff Time: 8:oo pm
- Oregon-LSU TV: ABC
- Boise State-Georgia Date:Saturday, September 3rd
- Boise State-Georgia Kickoff Time: 8:00 pm
- Boise State-Georgia TV: ESPN
College Football Week 1 TV Schedule
| DATE | MATCHUP | KICKFF TIME | TV | |
| Thur. 9-1 | Murray State at Louisville | 6:00pm | ESPN U | |
| Thur. 9-1 | Villanova at Temple | 7:oopm | ESPN 3 | |
| Thur. 9-1 | South Carolina State at Central Michigan | 7:oopm | TBA | |
| Thur. 9-1 | North Texas at Florida International | 7:oopm | ESPN 3 | |
| Thur. 9-1 | New Hamphshire at Toledo | 7:oopm | ESPN 3 | |
| Thur. 9-1 | Fordham at Connecticut | Postponed | ESPN 3 | |
| Thur. 9-1 | Western Carolina at Georgia Tech | 7:30pm | ESPN 3 | |
| Thur. 9-1 | North Carolina Central at Rutgers | 7:30pm | ESPN 3 | |
| Thur. 9-1 | UNLV at No.11 Wisconsin | 8:oopm | ESPN | |
| Thur. 9-1 | No.20 Mississippi State at Memphis | 8:oopm | FSN | |
| Thur. 9-1 | Wake forest at Syracuse | 8:oopm | ESPN 3 | |
| Thur. 9-1 | Montana State at Utah | 8:oopm | KJZZ | |
| Thur. 9-1 | Bowling Green at Idaho | 9:00pm | ESPN 3 | |
| Thur. 9-1 | Kentucky vs Western Kentucky | 9:15pm | ESPN U | |
| Thur. 9-1 | UC Davis at Arizona State | 10:00pm | FSAZ | |
| Fri. 9-2 | Youngstown State at No.17 Michigan State | 7:30pm | Big Ten Network | |
| Fri. 9-2 | No.14 TCU at Baylor | 8:oopm | ESPN | |
| Sat. 9-3 | Akron at No.18 Ohio State | 12:00pm | ESPN | |
| Sat. 9-3 | Miami(OH) at No.21 Missouri | 12:00pm | FSN | |
| Sat. 9-3 | Utah State at No. 23 Auburn | 12:00pm | ESPN 2 | |
| Sat. 9-3 | Northwester at Boston College | 12:00pm | ESPN U | |
| Sat. 9-3 | Indiana State at Penn State | 12:00pm | Big Ten Network | |
| Sat. 9-3 | Tennessee Tech at Iowa | 12:00pm | Big Ten Network | |
| Sat. 9-3 | Middle Tennessee at Purdue | 12:00pm | Big Ten Network | |
| Sat. 9-3 | Kent State at No.2 Alabama | 12:20pm | ESPN 3 | |
| Sat. 9-3 | Appalachian State at No.13 Virginia Tech | 12:30pm | ESPN 3 | |
| Sat. 9-3 | South Dakota at Air Force | 2:00pm | MTN | |
| Sat. 9-3 | Louisiana-Monroe at No.6 Florida State | 3:30pm | ESPN U | |
| Sat. 9-3 | Chattanooga at No.10 Nebraska | 3:30pm | Big Ten Network | |
| Sat. 9-3 | South Florida at No.16 Notre Dame | 3:30pm | NBC | |
| Sat. 9-3 | Minnestoa at No.25 USC | 3:30pm | ABC | |
| Sat. 9-3 | Western Michigan at Michigan | 3:30pm | ABC | |
| Sat. 9-3 | James Madison at North Carolina | 3:30pm | ESPN 3 | |
| Sat. 9-3 | Troy at Clemson | 3:30pm | ESPN 3 | |
| Sat. 9-3 | UCLA at Houston | 3:30pm | FSN | |
| Sat. 9-3 | Arkansas State at Illinois | 3:30pm | Big Ten Network | |
| Sat. 9-3 | Delaware at Navy | 3:30pm | CBSSN | |
| Sat. 9-3 | Southeastern Louisiana at Tulane | 3:30pm | TBA | |
| Sat. 9-3 | Sacramento State at Oregon State | 4:00pm | TBA | |
| Sat. 9-3 | BYU at Ole Miss | 4:45pm | ESPN | |
| Sat. 9-3 | San Jose State at No.7 Stanford | 5:00pm | CBSA | |
| Sat. 9-3 | Idaho State at Washington State | 5:00pm | TBA | |
| Sat. 9-3 | Liberty at North Carolina State | 6:00pm | ESPN 3 | |
| Sat. 9-3 | Colorado State at New Mexico | 6:00pm | MTN | |
| Sat. 9-3 | Buffalo at Pittsburgh | 6:00pm | ESPN 3 | |
| Sat. 9-3 | William & Mary at Virgnia | 6:00pm | ESPN 3 | |
| Sat. 9-3 | Montana at Tennessee | 6:00pm | ESPN 3 | |
| Sat. 9-3 | Louisiana-Lafayette at No.9 Oklahoma | 7:00pm | FCSC | |
| Sat. 9-3 | East Carolina at No.12 South Carolina | 7:00pm | ESPN 3 | |
| Sat. 9-3 | Missouri State at No.15 Arkansas | 7:00pm | ESPN 3 | |
| Sat. 9-3 | Florida Atlantic at California | 7:00pm | ESPN U | |
| Sat. 9-3 | Fresno State at California | 7:00pm | CBSCA | |
| Sat. 9-3 | Northen Iowa at Iowa State | 7:00pm | TBA | |
| Sat. 9-3 | Richmond at Duke | 7:00pm | ESPN 3 | |
| Sat. 9-3 | Eastern Washington at Washington | 7:00pm | TBA | |
| Sat. 9-3 | Indiana at Ball State | 7:00pm | ESPN 3 | |
| Sat. 9-3 | Charleston Southern at UCF | 7:00pm | BHSN | |
| Sat. 9-3 | Austin Peavy at Cincinnati | 7:00pm | ESPN 3 | |
| Sat. 9-3 | Howard at Eastern Michigan | 7:00pm | TBA | |
| Sat. 9-3 | McNeese State at Kansas | 7:00pm | TBA | |
| Sat. 9-3 | Eastern Kentucky at Kansas State | 7:00pm | TBA | |
| Sat. 9-3 | Army at Northern Illinois | 7:00pm | ESPN 3 | |
| Sat. 9-3 | Texas at Texas Tech | 7:00pm | TBA | |
| Sat. 9-3 | Elon at Vanderbilt | 7:30pm | ESPN 3 | |
| Sat. 9-3 | Tulsa at No.1 Oklahoma | 8:00pm | FX | |
| Sat. 9-3 | No.3 Oregon at No.4 LSU | 8:00pm | ABC | |
| Sat. 9-3 | No.5 Boise State at No.19 Georgia | 8:00pm | ESPN | |
| Sat. 9-3 | Ohio at New Mexico State | 8:00pm | ESPN 3 | |
| Sat. 9-3 | Rice at Texas | 8:00pm | Longhorn Network | |
| Sat. 9-3 | Stony Brrok at UTEP | 9:00pm | TW El Paso | |
| Sat. 9-3 | Weber State at Wyoming | 9:00pm | TBA | |
| Sat. 9-3 | Northern Arizona at Arizona | 10:00pm | FSAZ | |
| Sat. 9-3 | Cal Poly at San Diego State | 10:00pm | MTN | |
| Sat. 9-3 | Louisiana Tech at Southern Miss | 10:00pm | FSN | |
| Sat. 9-3 | Colorado at Hawaii | 10:15pm | ESPN 2 | |
| Sun. 9-4 | Marshall at No.24 West Virgina | 3:30pm | ESPN | |
| Sun. 9-4 | Southern Methodist at No.8 Texas A&M | 7:30pm | FSN | |
| Mon. 9-5 | Miami(FL) at Maryland | 8:00pm | ESPN | |

