ESPN opens the 2017 COLLEGE FOOTBALL season with the best schedule of any network, a five-day slate (Aug. 31- Sept. 4) featuring No. 2 Florida State vs. No. 3 Alabama, the Big Ten's best teams - including No. 1 Ohio State and No. 5 Penn State, the defending COLLEGE FOOTBALL Playoff National Champion No. 7 Clemson Tigers and top 25, non-conference showdowns: ACC vs. Big 12 and Big Ten vs. SEC. The opening weekend slate sets the table for ESPN's season schedule, which is loaded with high-stake games from all 10 FBS conferences.
"Our opening week schedule demonstrates ESPN's leading position in college football," said Nick Dawson, ESPN vice president of programming and acquisitions. "The marquee games and teams we air over Labor Day weekend begin a season-long campaign where ESPN will have the deepest schedule featuring the nation's best teams, all culminating with exclusive coverage of the COLLEGE FOOTBALL Playoff." ABC's Saturday Night Football First Three WeeksESPN/ABC's Week 1 Schedule
Date | Time (ET) | Game | Network |
Thu, Aug. 31 | 8 p.m. | No. 1 Ohio State at Indiana | ESPN |
Fri, Sept. 1 | 9 p.m. | Utah State at No. 11 Wisconsin | ESPN |
Sat, Sept. 2 | Noon | Akron at No. 5 Penn State | ABC |
Kent State at No. 7 Clemson | ESPN | ||
3 p.m. | NC State vs. South Carolina from Charlotte | ESPN | |
3:30 p.m. | No. 14 Michigan vs. No. 21 Florida from Arlington, Texas | ABC | |
6:15 p.m. | Appalachian State at No. 13 Georgia | ESPN | |
8 p.m. | 2017 Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game: No. 2 Florida State vs. No. 3 Alabama from Atlanta | ABC | |
9:30 p.m. | 2017 AdvoCare Texas Kickoff: BYU vs. No. 12 LSU from Houston | ESPN | |
Sun, Sept. 3 | 2:30 p.m. | 2017 MEAC/SWAC Challenge: South Carolina State at Southern | ESPN2 |
7:30 p.m. | No. 20 West Virginia vs. No. 22 Virginia Tech from Landover, Md. | ABC | |
Mon, Sept. 4 | 8 p.m. | 2017 Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game: Tennessee vs. Georgia Tech from Atlanta | ESPN |
ABC's Saturday Night Football: Week 2
Date | Time (ET) | Game | Network |
Sat, Sept. 9 | 7:30 p.m. | No. 8 Oklahoma at No. 1 Ohio State | ABC |
ABC's Saturday Night Football: Week 3
Date | Time (ET) | Game | Network |
Sat, Sept. 16 | 8 p.m. | No. 15 Miami at No. 2 Florida State | ABC |
Additional games for ESPN's networks weeks 0, 1, 2, and 3 schedule will be announced at a later date
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