College football TV schedule: Week 1 games, TV info
College football begins in earnest this week with Week 1 games starting on Thursday.
Florida travels to Utah on Thursday in the return game from last year's Gators home upset. The back-to-back defending Pac-12 champions can put themselves in a good spot as a darkhorse CFP contender with a win, especially if it happens without quarterback Cam Rising (recovering from a torn ACL in January's Rose Bowl).
As is the case during most Week 1 slates, games are scheduled from Thursday to Monday. LSU-Florida State is the game of the week on Sunday in Orlando, while Clemson faces Duke in Durham on Monday night.
Here's a look at this week's college football TV schedule:
College football Week 1 TV schedule
All times Central
Thursday, August 31
6 p.m. — Kent State at UCF, FOX Sports 1
6 p.m. — Elon at Wake Forest, ACC Network
6:30 p.m. — NC State at UConn, CBS Sports Network
7 p.m. — Nebraska at Minnesota, FOX
7 p.m. — Florida at Utah, ESPN
7 p.m. — South Dakota at Missouri, SEC Network
9 p.m. — Southern Utah at Arizona State, Pac-12 Network
Friday, September 1
6 p.m. — Central Michigan at Michigan State, FOX Sports 1
6 p.m. — Miami (OH) at Miami (FL), ACC Network
6:30 p.m. — Louisville at Georgia Tech, ESPN
7 p.m. — Missouri State at Kansas, ESPN+
10 p.m. — Stanford at Hawaii, CBS Sports Network
Saturday, September 2
11 a.m. — Tennessee vs. Virginia at Nissan Stadium, ABC
11 a.m. — Colorado at TCU, FOX
11 a.m. — Arkansas State at Oklahoma, ESPN
11 a.m. — Utah State at Iowa, FS1
11 a.m. — Ball State at Kentucky, SEC Network
11 a.m. — Fresno State at Purdue, Big Ten Network
11 a.m. — Northern Illinois at Boston College, ACC Network
11 a.m. — Louisiana Tech at SMU, ESPNU
11 a.m. — Bowling Green at Liberty, CBS Sports Network
11 a.m. — East Carolina at Michigan, Peacock
1 p.m. — Mercer at Ole Miss, SEC Network+ and ESPN+
1 p.m. — Northern Iowa at Iowa State, ESPN+
2 p.m. — Portland State at Oregon, Pac-12 Network
2:30 p.m. — Ohio State at Indiana, CBS
2:30 p.m. — Tennessee State at Notre Dame, NBC
2:30 p.m. — Boise State at Washington, ABC
2:30 p.m. — Rice at Texas, FOX
2:30 p.m. — UMass at Auburn, ESPN
2:30 p.m. — Buffalo at Wisconsin, FS1
2:30 p.m. — Towson at Maryland, Big Ten Network
2:30 p.m. — Wofford at Pitt, ACC Network
2:30 p.m. — South Florida at Western Kentucky, CBS Sports Network
2:30 p.m. — Colgate at Syracuse, ACC Network Extra and ESPN+
2:30 p.m. — Eastern Kentucky at Cincinnati, ESPN+
3 p.m. — SE Louisiana at Mississippi State, SEC Network
3 p.m. — Cal at North Texas, ESPNU
3 p.m. — Western Carolina at Arkansas, SEC Network+ and ESPN+
5 p.m. — UT Martin at Georgia, SEC Network+ and ESPN+
5:30 p.m. — Nevada at USC, Pac-12 Network
6 p.m. — New Mexico at Texas A&M, ESPN
6 p.m. — UTSA at Houston, FS1
6 p.m. — Washington State at Colorado State, CBS Sports Network
6 p.m. — Army at UL Monroe, NFL Network
6 p.m. — Alabama A&M at Vanderbilt, SEC Network+ and ESPN+
6 p.m. — Central Arkansas at Oklahoma State, ESPN+
6 p.m. — SEMO at Kansas State, ESPN+
6 p.m. — Texas State at Baylor, ESPN+
6:30 p.m. — North Carolina vs. South Carolina in Charlotte, ABC
6:30 p.m. — West Virginia at Penn State, NBC
6:30 p.m. — Texas Tech at Wyoming, CBS
6:30 p.m. — MTSU at Alabama, SEC Network
6:30 p.m. — Toledo at Illinois, Big Ten Network
7 p.m. — Old Dominion at Virginia Tech, ACC Network
7 p.m. — South Alabama at Tulane, ESPNU
9:15 p.m. — Sam Houston at BYU, FS1
9:30 p.m. — Coastal Carolina at UCLA, ESPN
9:30 p.m. — Idaho State at San Diego State, CBS Sports Network
Sunday, September 3
11 a.m. — Northwestern at Rutgers, CBS
2 p.m. — Florida A&M vs. Jackson State, ESPN
2:30 p.m. — Oregon State at San Jose State, CBS
6 p.m. — Fort Valley State at Tuskegee, ESPNU
6:30 p.m. — Florida State vs. LSU in Orlando, ABC
Monday, September 4
7 p.m. — Clemson at Duke, ESPN
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