ESPN's College Football Schedule Begins with Best Kickoff Week Ever

ESPN's industry-leading COLLEGE FOOTBALL schedule begins with the sport's best kickoff week ever, highlighted by seven marquee games over the course of Labor Day Weekend (Sept.3-Sept. 5):

Saturday, Sept. 3

2016 AdvoCare Texas Kickoff: 3 Oklahoma vs. No. 15 Houston from NRG Stadium in Houston (Noon ET, ABC)
No. 5 LSU vs. Wisconsin from Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisc. (3:30 p.m., ABC)
2016 Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game: 22 North Carolina vs. No. 18 Georgia from Georgia Dome in Atlanta (5:30 p.m., ESPN)
No. 20 USC vs. No. 1 Alabama from AT&T Stadium in Arlington 8 p.m., ABC)
No. 2 Clemson at Auburn from Auburn, Ala. (9 p.m., ESPN)

Sunday, Sept. 4

10 Notre Dame at Texas from Austin (7:30 p.m., ABC)

Monday, Sept. 5

2016 Camping World Kickoff: 11 Ole Miss vs. No. 4 Florida State from Camping World Stadium in Orlando (8 p.m., ESPN)
Overall, 16 ranked teams will begin their campaign on ESPN's networks during the season's first full week (Sept. 1-Sept. 5).

100 Consecutive Hours of COLLEGE FOOTBALL Programming and Remote Studio Presence in Week 1

ESPN's entire Field & Stream Kickoff Week schedule will have 100 consecutive hours of COLLEGE FOOTBALL programming** beginning Thursday, Sept. 1, at 7 p.m. through Monday, Sept. 5, including more than 45 games across ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNEWS, SEC Network, ACC Network Extra and ESPN3.

College GameDay Built by The Home Depot from Green Bay, Wisc. (Sept. 3), SEC NATION from Knoxville, Tenn. (Sept. 1) and College Station, Texas (Sept. 3), and COLLEGE FOOTBALL Countdown from Austin (Sept. 4) and Orlando (Sept. 5) will surround the game telecasts. SPORTSCENTER will also have a presence in 10 different cities throughout the weekend - Arlington, Atlanta, Austin, Baton Rouge, La. College Station, Texas, Green Bay, Wisc., Houston and Orlando.

ESPN's 2016-17 COLLEGE FOOTBALL Schedule College football's best kickoff week ever jumpstarts ESPN's entire season schedule which will feature more than 800 games and 20 conferences. The regular season will conclude with six conference championship games (Dec. 2-3), leading into COLLEGE FOOTBALL Playoff Selection Day (Dec. 4).

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