ESPN has announced the time and television for eleven FBS college football games in Week 1 of the 2017 season.
Coverage begins at 8:00pm ET on Thursday, Aug. 31 with Ohio State at Indiana. Saturday, Sept. 2 features seven games, while Friday, Sunday, and Monday (Labor Day) include one game each.
ESPN also announced on Thursday the time and television for one game in Week 2 and one game in Week 3. Oklahoma at Ohio State on Saturday, Sept. 9 will be televised by ABC at 7:30pm ET, while Miami (FL) at Florida State on Saturday, Sept. 16 will be televised by ABC at 8:00pm ET.
ESPN/ABC Week 1 Schedule
*All times Eastern.
Thursday, Aug. 31
Ohio State at Indiana – 8pm, ESPN
Friday, Sept. 1
Utah State at Wisconsin – 9pm, ESPN
Saturday, Sept. 2
Akron at Penn State – Noon, ABC
Kent State at Clemson – Noon, ESPN
NC State vs. South Carolina (in Charlotte) – 3pm, ESPN
Michigan vs. Florida (in Arlington) – 3:30pm, ABC
Appalachian State at Georgia – 6:15pm, ESPN
Florida State vs. Alabama (in Atlanta) – 8pm, ABC
BYU vs. LSU (in Houston) – 9:30pm, ESPN
Sunday, Sept. 3
West Virginia vs. Virginia Tech (in Landover, MD) – 7:30pm, ABC
Monday, Sept. 4
Tennessee vs. Georgia Tech (in Atlanta) – 8pm, ESPN
2017 College Football Schedules
Based on this schedule, it looks like ESPN College Game Day will be in Tuscaloosa.
Why? Bama & FSU are playing it Atlanta.
That would be an interesting atmosphere since there’s no game in Tuscaloosa that day.
I would’ve thought that the Michigan vs Florida game would be prime time as well, I guess this makes more sense to have them start at 3;30.
College Football games take way longer than 3 hours. Guessing that at least 1st Q of NC St v. USC will not really be on ESPN.
Bama-FSU Florida-Michigan good games
“What if” the BYU game goes into multiple overtimes, past Midnight, Central time. Does BYU “quit” cuz it is technically Sunday morning, and forfeit?