ESPN Gameday will broadcast live from Knoxville, the site of the game between the Florida Gators and the Tennessee Volunteers. Both teams are 2-0 overall.
Listed below are the games with TV, time and network. The schedule is also optimized for printing:
| Thursday, September 14, 2012 | ||||
| Game | Time (ET) | Network | Online | |
| Rutgers at South Florida | 7:30 p.m. | ESPN (HD) | ESPN3 | |
| Friday, September 15, 2012 | ||||
| Washington State at UNLV | 9:00 p.m. | ESPN (HD) | — | |
| Saturday, September 16, 2012 | ||||
| Arkansas State at Nebraska | 12:00 p.m. | ESPN2 (HD) | ESPN3 | |
| California at Ohio State | 12:00 p.m. | ABC (HD) | — | |
| Charleston Southern at Illinois | 12:00 p.m. | BTN (HD) | btn2go | |
| Eastern Michigan at Purdue | 12:00 p.m. | BTN (HD) | btn2go | |
| UL Lafayette at Oklahoma State | 12:00 p.m. | FSN/FCSC | — | |
| Northern Illinois at Army | 12:00 p.m. | CBSSN (HD) | — | |
| TCU at Kansas | 12:00 p.m. | FX (HD) | — | |
| Virginia Tech at Pittsburgh | 12:00 p.m. | ESPNU (HD) | ESPN3 | |
| Wake Forest at Florida State | 12:00 p.m. | ESPN (HD) (3D) | ESPN3 | |
| Western Michigan at Minnesota | 12:00 p.m. | BTN (HD) | btn2go | |
| Bethune-Cookman at Miami (FL) | 12:00 p.m. | — | ESPN3 | |
| ULM at Auburn | 12:21 p.m. | SEC Network/ESPN-GP | ESPN3 | |
| Connecticut at Maryland | 12:30 p.m. | ACCN (HD)/SNY/ESPN-GP | ESPN3 | |
| Presbyterian at Vanderbilt | 12:30 p.m. | CSCA/CSS/CST/ESPN-GP | ESPN3 | |
| Furman at Clemson | 3:00 p.m. | FSN (HD)/ESPN-GP | ESPN3 | |
| Tennessee Tech at Oregon | 3:00 p.m. | PAC-12 Network (HD) | Pac-12 | |
| Alabama at Arkansas | 3:30 p.m. | CBS (HD) | CBS | |
| Boston College at Northwestern | 3:30 p.m. | BTN (HD) | btn2go | |
| East Carolina at Southern Miss | 3:30 p.m. | CBSSN (HD) | — | |
| Navy at Penn State | 3:30 p.m. | ABC or ESPN2 (HD) | — | |
| North Carolina at Louisville | 3:30 p.m. | ABC or ESPN2 (HD) | — | |
| Northern Iowa at Iowa | 3:30 p.m. | BTN (HD) | btn2go | |
| Texas A&M at SMU | 3:30 p.m. | FSN (HD)/FCSA | — | |
| UMass at Michigan | 3:30 p.m. | BTN (HD) | btn2go | |
| Virginia at Georgia Tech | 3:30 p.m. | ESPNU (HD) | — | |
| Morgan State at Akron | 3:30 p.m. | — | ESPN3 | |
| Florida International at UCF | 4:00 p.m. | CSBA/CSS | — | |
| Miami (OH) at Boise State | 4:00 p.m. | NBCSN (HD) | — | |
| Portland State at Washington | 4:00 p.m. | FX (HD) | — | |
| Stony Brook at Syracuse | 4:00 p.m. | SNY/TWNY/ESPN-GP | ESPN3 | |
| J. Madison at West Virginia (at MD) | 4:30 p.m. | ROOT/MSN | — | |
| Florida at Tennessee | 6:00 p.m. | ESPN (HD) | — | |
| South Alabama at NC State | 6:00 p.m. | — | ESPN3 | |
| UTSA at Georgia State | 6:00 p.m. | — | Video | |
| Ohio at Marshall | 6:30 p.m. | — | Video | |
| Arizona State at Missouri | 7:00 p.m. | ESPN2 (HD) | — | |
| Bowling Green at Toledo | 7:00 p.m. | ESPN-GP | ESPN3 | |
| New Mexico at Texas Tech | 7:00 p.m. | FCSP | — | |
| North Texas at Kansas State | 7:00 p.m. | FSN/FCSA | — | |
| Sam Houston State at Baylor | 7:00 p.m. | FCSC | — | |
| UAB at South Carolina | 7:00 p.m. | FS South/ESPN-GP | ESPN3 | |
| Western Kentucky at Kentucky | 7:00 p.m. | ESPNU (HD) | — | |
| Delaware State at Cincinnati | 7:00 p.m. | — | ESPN3 | |
| Middle Tennessee at Memphis | 7:00 p.m. | — | Video | |
| Mississippi State at Troy | 7:00 p.m. | — | ESPN3 | |
| Nicholls State at Tulsa | 7:00 p.m. | — | Video | |
| Northwestern State at Nevada | 7:00 p.m. | — | Video | |
| Rice at Louisiana Tech | 7:00 p.m. | — | ESPN3 | |
| Florida Atlantic at Georgia | 7:30 p.m. | CSMA/CSS/CST/ESPN-GP | ESPN3 | |
| USC at Stanford | 7:30 p.m. | FOX (HD) | — | |
| Ball State at Indiana | 8:00 p.m. | BTN (HD) | btn2go | |
| Colorado at Fresno State | 8:00 p.m. | CBSSN (HD) | — | |
| Idaho at LSU | 8:00 p.m. | PPV (LA, ID)/ESPN-GP | ESPN3 | |
| Notre Dame at Michigan State | 8:00 p.m. | ABC (HD) | — | |
| Utah State at Wisconsin | 8:00 p.m. | BTN (HD) | btn2go | |
| Colorado State at San Jose State | 8:00 p.m. | — | ESPN3 | |
| New Mexico State at UTEP | 8:00 p.m. | — | ESPN3 | |
| North Dakota at San Diego State | 8:00 p.m. | KUSI | — | |
| Western Illinois at Iowa State | 8:00 p.m. | — | Video | |
| Texas at Ole Miss | 9:15 p.m. | ESPN (HD)/LHN | — | |
| BYU at Utah | 10:00 p.m. | ESPN2 (HD) | — | |
| San Diego St. at Fresno St. | 10:00 p.m. | KUSI | — | |
| Houston at UCLA | 10:30 p.m. | PAC-12 Network (HD) | Pac-12 | |
| South Carolina State at Arizona | 10:30 p.m. | PAC-12 Network (HD) | Pac-12 | |
| Lamar at Hawaii | 12:00 a.m. | KBTV/RSRM/Oceanic PPV | — | |