Opening weekend college football schedule and highlights
Highlights
Thursday, Aug. 28
Boise State vs. Ole Miss
ESPN, 8pm ET Live
The Georgia Dome in Atlanta hosts the season-opening Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game between the Boise State Broncos and the Ole Miss Rebels.
Friday, Aug. 29
Colorado State vs. Colorado
FOX Sports 1, 9pm ET
It’s the Rocky Mountain Showdown rivalry game tonight at Denver’s Sports Authority Field at Mile High as the Colorado State Rams take on the Colorado Buffaloes.
Saturday, Aug. 30
West Virginia vs. Alabama
ABC & ESPN2, 3:30pm ET
College football’s opening weekend continues today with this big Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game matchup between the West Virginia Mountaineers and the Alabama Crimson Tide in Atlanta’s Georgia Dome. The game airs on both ABC and ESPN2.
Florida State vs. Oklahoma State
ABC, 8pm ET
A big night of college football features the national champion Florida State Seminoles vs. the Oklahoma State Cowboys in the 2014 AdvoCare Cowboys Classic at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on ABC.
Wisconsin vs. LSU
ESPN, 9pm ET
ESPN airs the Wisconsin Badgers vs. the LSU Tigers in the AdvoCare Texas Kickoff at NRG Stadium in Houston.
Sunday, Aug. 31
SMU at Baylor
FOX Sports 1, 7:30pm ET
The Baylor Bears play their first game in new McLane Stadium in Waco, Texas, as they host the SMU Mustangs in this primetime matchup.
Monday, Sept. 1
Miami at Louisville
ESPN, 8pm ET
The Louisville Cardinals welcome the Miami Hurricanes to Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium for Louisville’s first football game as a member of the ACC. This game also marks the return of head coach Bobby Petrino, who coached at Louisville from 2003-06.
College Football Opening Weekend Schedules by TV Network
FOX/FOX Sports Networks
Thursday, Aug. 28
Rutgers at Washington State (10pm ET, FOX Sports 1)
Saturday, Aug. 30
Troy at UAB (12pm ET, FOX College Sports)
North Dakota State at Iowa State (12pm ET, FOX Sports 1)
Central Arkansas at Texas Tech (7pm ET, FSN)
Samford at TCU (7pm ET, FSN)
Fresno State at USC (7:30pm ET, FOX/FOX Deportes)
NBC
Saturday, Aug. 30
Rice at Notre Dame, 3:30pm ET
SEC Network
Thursday, Aug. 28
Texas A&M at South Carolina, 6pm ET
Temple at Vanderbilt, 9:15pm ET
Saturday, Aug. 30
Tennessee-Martin at Kentucky, 12pm ET
Arkansas at Auburn, 4pm ET
Southern Mississippi at Mississippi State, 7:30pm ET
Sunday, Aug. 31
Utah State at Tennessee, 7pm ET
CBS Sports Network
Thursday, Aug. 28
Tulane at Tulsa, 8pm ET
Friday, Aug. 29
Bowling Green at Western Kentucky, 7:30pm ET
Saturday, Aug. 30
Ohio State vs. Navy (M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore), 12pm ET
Northern Arizona at San Diego State, 7pm ET
Washington at Hawaii, 10:30pm ET
BTN
Thursday, Aug. 28
Eastern Illinois at Minnesota, 7pm ET
Friday, Aug. 29
Jacksonville State at Michigan State, 10:30pm ET
Saturday, Aug. 30
Northern Iowa at Iowa, 12pm ET
Youngstown State at Illinois, 12pm ET
Florida Atlantic at Nebraska, 3:30pm ET
James Madison at Maryland, 3:30pm ET
Pac-12 Network
Thursday, Aug. 28
Idaho State at Utah, 7:30pm ET
Weber State at Arizona State, 10:30pm ET
Saturday, Aug. 30
UC Davis at Stanford, 4pm ET
South Dakota at Oregon, 10:30pm ET
ESPN Networks
Date | Time (ET) | Game/Commentators | Network |
Wed, Aug 27 | 7 p.m. | Abilene Christian at Georgia State Ryan Ruocco & Charles Arbuckle |
ESPNU |
Thu, Aug 28 | 6 p.m. | No. 21 Texas A&M at No. 9 South Carolina Brent Musburger, Jesse Palmer, Maria Taylor & Kaylee Hartung |
SEC Network |
7 p.m. | Wake Forest at Louisiana-Monroe Dave Lamont & David Diaz-Infante |
ESPNU | |
7 p.m. | Howard at Akron Michael Reghi & Jerod Cherry |
ESPN3 | |
7 p.m. | Presbyterian at Northern Illinois Wayne Randazzo & Bob Chmeil |
ESPN3 | |
7 p.m. | Tennessee-Chattanooga at Central Michigan Shawn Kenney & John Gregory |
ESPN3 | |
8 p.m. | 2014 Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game: Boise State vs. No. 18 Ole Miss (Atlanta) ESPN: Rece Davis, David Pollack, Todd Blackledge & Samantha Ponder Radio: Bill Rosinski, David Norrie & Joe Schad |
ESPN & ESPN Radio | |
8 p.m. | Cal Poly at New Mexico State Trey Bender & Jay Taylor |
ESPN3 | |
9:15 p.m. | Temple at Vanderbilt Dave Neal, Andre Ware & Laura Rutledge |
SEC Network | |
10 p.m. | North Dakota at San Jose State Paul Loeffler & Pat Hill |
ESPN3 | |
Fri, Aug 29 | 7 p.m. | BYU at Connecticut Dave Flemming, Danny Kanell & Allison Williams |
ESPN |
7:30 p.m. | Villanova at Syracuse Dave Popkin & Al Groh |
ESPN3 | |
9 p.m. | Texas-San Antonio at Houston Mike Couzens & Charles Arbuckle |
ESPNU | |
10:30 p.m. | UNLV at Arizona Mark Neely, Mike Bellotti & Dawn Davenport |
ESPN | |
Sat, Aug 30 | 8:30 a.m. | 2014 Croke Park Classic: Penn State vs. Central Florida (Dublin, Ireland) Mike Patrick, Ed Cunningham, Jeannine Edwards & Kenny Mayne |
ESPN2 |
Noon | No. 7 UCLA at Virginia Bob Wischusen, Matt Millen & Quint Kessenich |
ESPN | |
Noon | Appalachian State at Michigan Beth Mowins, Joey Galloway & Paul Carcaterra |
ESPN2 | |
Noon | Western Michigan at Purdue Adam Amin & John Congemi |
ESPNU | |
Noon | Indiana State at Indiana Mike Corey & Dan Hawkins |
ESPNEWS | |
Noon | Tennessee-Martin at Kentucky Tom Hart, Matt Stinchcomb & Heather Mitts |
SEC Network | |
Noon | Delaware at Pittsburgh Dave Weekley & Mickey Matthews |
ESPN3 | |
12:30 p.m. | Georgia Southern at NC State | ESPN3 * | |
12:30 p.m. | Wofford at Georgia Tech | ESPN3 * | |
2 p.m. | Colgate at Ball State Jim Barbar & Mark Herrmann |
ESPN3 | |
2 p.m. | Nicholls State at Air Force Peter Young & Pat Hill |
ESPN3 | |
3 p.m. | Boston College at Massachusetts (Foxborough, Mass.) Bob Picozzi & Matt Chatham |
ESPN3 | |
3:30 p.m. | 2014 Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game: West Virginia vs. No. 2 Alabama (Atlanta) ABC/ESPN2: Dave Pasch, Brian Griese & Tom Luginbill Radio: Marc Kestecher, Trevor Matich & Ian Fitzsimmons |
ABC & ESPN2 ** & ESPN Radio | |
Cal at Northwestern Mark Jones, Rod Gilmore & Jessica Mendoza |
ABC & ESPN2 ** | ||
3:30 p.m. | South Dakota State at No. 24 Missouri Clay Matvick, Anthony Becht & Cara Capuano |
ESPNU | |
3:30 p.m. | Duquesne at Buffalo Jonathan Yardley & Vonnie Holiday |
ESPN3 | |
3:30 p.m. | Marshall at Miami (Ohio) Shawn Kenney & Rocky Boiman |
ESPN3 | |
4 p.m. | William & Mary at Virginia Tech Craig Minervini & Ray Bentley |
ESPNEWS | |
4 p.m. | Arkansas at No. 6 Auburn Brent Musburger, Jesse Palmer & Maria Taylor |
SEC Network | |
5:30 p.m. | No. 16 Clemson at No. 12 Georgia Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge & Holly Rowe |
ESPN | |
6 p.m. | Elon at Duke Roy Phillpot & Stan Lewter |
ESPN3 | |
6 p.m. | Liberty at No. 23 North Carolina Ryan Rose & Forest Conoly |
ESPN3 | |
6 p.m. | Morgan State at Eastern Michigan Dan Gutowsky & Dustin Fox |
ESPN3 | |
6 p.m. | Ohio at Kent State Michael Reghi & Jerod Cherry |
ESPN3 | |
6 p.m. | Holy Cross at Albany Doug Sherman & Ken Dunek |
ESPN3 | |
7 p.m. | Idaho at Florida Anish Shroff, Kelly Stouffer & Niki Noto |
ESPNU | |
7 p.m. | New Hampshire at Toledo Wayne Randazzo & John Gregory |
ESPN3 | |
7 p.m. | Montana State at Arkansas State Brock Bowling & Wayne Gandy |
ESPN3 | |
7 p.m. | Southern at Louisiana-Lafayette Matt Stewart & Cole Cubelic |
ESPN3 | |
7 p.m. | Arkansas Pine-Bluff at Texas State Brett Dolan & Curtis Baham |
ESPN3 | |
7 p.m. | Austin Peay at Memphis Joel Meyers & Chad Brown |
ESPN3 | |
7 p.m. | Western Carolina at South Florida Drew Fellios & Doug Graber |
ESPN3 | |
7:30 p.m. | Southern Miss at Mississippi State Dave Neal, Andre Ware & Laura Rutledge |
SEC Network | |
7:30 p.m. | Fresno State at No. 15 USC Rich Cellini, Tom Ramsay & David Shore |
ESPN Radio | |
8 p.m. | 2014 Cowboys Classic: No. 1 Florida State vs. Oklahoma State (Arlington) ABC: Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit & Heather Cox Radio: Bill Rosinski, David Norrie & Joe Schad |
ABC & ESPN Radio | |
8 p.m. | NC Central at East Carolina Dave Lamont & David Diaz-Infante |
ESPNEWS | |
8 p.m. | North Texas at Texas Kevin Dunn & Ahmad Brooks |
Longhorn Network | |
9 p.m. | 2014 AdvoCare Texas Kickoff: No. 14 Wisconsin vs. No. 13 LSU (Houston) Sean McDonough, Chris Spielman & Todd McShay |
ESPN | |
Sun, Aug 31 | 11:45 a.m. | 2014 MEAC/SWAC Challenge Presented by Disney: Alabama A&M vs. North Carolina A&T (Orlando) Mark Neely, Jay Walker & Tiffany Greene |
ESPN |
7 p.m. | Utah State at Tennessee Joe Tessitore, Brock Huard & Shannon Spake |
SEC Network | |
Mon, Sep 1 | 8 p.m. | Miami (Fla.) at Louisville Rece Davis, Jesse Palmer, David Pollack & Samantha Ponder |
ESPN |
* Local blackout may apply
** Reverse mirror in which ESPN2 will regionalize two games on ABC to markets not receiving the telecast