By Ryan
Prepared for some collegiate pigskin? There are 28 games over the next five days on all of ESPN/ABC’s TV, radio, web and mobile media properties. Fifteen of the top 25 teams are in action on ESPN networks this weekend, including No. 3 Oklahoma, No. 5 Alabama, No. 6 Ohio State, No. 7 Virginia Tech and No. 8 Mississippi.
ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU And ABC College Football Kickoff Week Schedule Sept. 3-7
Thursday, Sept. 3
South Carolina at N.C. State, 7pm ET, ESPN
North Texas at Ball State, 7:30pm ET, ESPNU
Oregon at Boise State, 10:15pm ET, ESPN
Friday, Sept. 4
Tulsa at Tulane, 8pm ET, ESPN
Saturday, Sept. 5
Navy at Ohio State, 12pm ET, ESPN
Minnesota at Syracuse, 12pm ET, ESPN2
Kentucky vs. Miami (Ohio) [from Cincinnati], 12pm ET, ESPNU
Regional Games, 3:30pm ET, ABC: Georgia at Oklahoma State, Western Michigan at Michigan or Baylor at Wake Forest (one of the games not airing on ABC will air on ESPN2)
Jackson State at Mississippi State, 3:30pm ET, ESPNU
Missouri vs. Illinois, 3:30pm ET, ESPN
Dick’s Sporting Goods Cowboys Classic: BYU vs. Oklahoma [from Cowboys Stadium in Dallas], 7pm ET, ESPN
Louisiana Tech at Auburn, 7pm ET, ESPNU
Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game: Alabama vs. Virginia Tech [from Atlanta], 8pm ET, ABC
Maryland at California, 10pm ET, ESPN2
LSU at Washington, 10:30pm ET, ESPN
Prairie View A&M at Texas Southern, 10:30pm ET, ESPNU
Sunday, Sept. 6
MEAC/SWAC Challenge: Grambling State vs. South Carolina State [from Orlando], 2pm ET, ESPN2
Mississippi at Memphis, 3:30pm ET, ESPN
Monday, Sept. 7
Cincinnati at Rutgers, 4pm ET, ESPN
Miami at Florida State, 8pm ET, ESPN
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