College Football - 'Week 0' and Week 1 (Aug. 24-Sept. 1)

[Andy]

We're back for 2019!

 

Two things to note for those playing the home game:

- The ACC Network designation in past years was a syndicated group of local stations. In case you've missed the 8 million commercials for it, it's now a full-blown network available on most (but not all, yet) services.

- For space/time reasons, I'll continue to limit the 'nationally available' listings to games you can get included with most cable/streaming subscriptions, so nothing there from ESPN+ (which costs extra). ESPN App (formerly listed as ESPN3) games will be listed.

- All times Eastern, just because that's how they appear on the tickers.

 

"Week Zero" Games (Aug. 24)

(8) Florida vs Miami - in Orlando (7 pm, ESPN)

Arizona at Hawaii (10:30 pm, CBSSN)

 

Top 25 games

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Georgia Tech at (1) Clemson (8 pm Thursday, ACC Network)

Duke vs (2) Alabama - in Atlanta (3:30 pm, ABC)

(3) Georgia at Vanderbilt (7:30 pm, ESPN)

Houston at (4) Oklahoma (7:30 pm Sunday, ABC)

Florida Atlantic at (5) Ohio State (12 pm, FOX)

Georgia Southern at (6) LSU (7:30 pm, SEC Network)

Middle Tennessee at (7) Michigan (7:30 pm, BTN)

(9) Notre Dame at Louisville (8 pm Monday, ESPN)

Louisiana Tech at (10) Texas (8 pm, LHN)

(11) Oregon vs (16) Auburn - in Arlington, TX (7:30 pm, ABC)

Texas State at (12) Texas A&M (8:30 pm Thursday, SEC Network)

Eastern Washington at (13) Washington (3 pm, Pac-12 Network)

(14) Utah at BYU (10:15 pm Thursday, ESPN)

Idaho at (15) Penn State (3:30 pm, BTN)

Florida A&M at (17) UCF (7:30 pm Thursday, CBSSN)

Tulsa at (18) Michigan State (7 pm Friday, FS1)

(19) Wisconsin at South Florida (7 pm Friday, ESPN)

Miami (OH) at (20) Iowa (7:30 pm, FS1)

Northern Iowa at (21) Iowa State (12 pm, FS1)

(22) Syracuse at Liberty (6 pm, ESPN+)

New Mexico State at (23) Washington State (10 pm, Pac-12 Network)

South Alabama at (24) Nebraska (12 pm, ESPN)

Northwestern at (25) Stanford (4 pm, FOX)

 

Other nationally available games

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UCLA at Cincinnati (7 pm Thursday, ESPN)

Morgan State at Bowling Green (7 pm Thursday, ESPN App)

Albany at Central Michigan (7 pm Thursday, ESPN App)

Wagner at UConn (7 pm Thursday, ESPN App)

Florida International at Tulane (8 pm Thursday, ESPN App)

South Dakota State at Minnesota (9 pm Thursday, FS1)

Kent State at Arizona State (10 pm Thursday, Pac-12 Network)

Northern Colorado at San Jose State (TBA Thursday)

 

Rice at Army (6 pm Friday, CBSSN)

Utah State at Wake Forest (7 pm Friday, ACC Network)

UMass at Rutgers (7:15 pm Friday, BTN)

Purdue at Nevada (9:30 pm Friday, CBSSN)

Colorado vs Colorado State - in Denver (10 pm Friday, ESPN)

Oklahoma State at Oregon State (10:30 pm Friday, FS1)

 

Ole Miss at Memphis (12 pm, ABC)

Akron at Illinois (12 pm, BTN - Regional)

Howard at Maryland (12 pm, BTN - Regional)

Toledo at Kentucky (12 pm, SEC Network)

East Carolina at NC State (12 pm, ACC Network)

Mississippi State vs UL Lafayette - in New Orleans (12 pm, ESPNU)

Boise State at Florida State (12 pm, ESPNEWS)

Indiana State at Kansas (12 pm, FSN)

Indiana vs Ball State - in Indianapolis (12 pm, CBSSN)

Bucknell at Temple (3 pm, ESPN App)

North Carolina vs South Carolina - in Charlotte (3:30 pm, ESPN)

Georgia State at Tennessee (3:30 pm, ESPNU)

Holy Cross at Navy (3:30 pm, CBSSN)

Colgate at Air Force (3:30 pm, ESPN App)

Portland State at Arkansas (4 pm, SEC Network)

Virginia Tech at Boston College (4 pm, ACC Network)

Montana State at Texas Tech (4 pm, FSN)

Incarnate Word at UTSA (6 pm, ESPN App)

UC Davis at California (6:30 pm, Pac-12 Network)

VMI at Marshall (6:30 pm, Stadium)

Monmouth at Western Michigan (7 pm, ESPN App)

Norfolk State at Old Dominion (7 pm, ESPN App)

Virginia at Pittsburgh (7:30 pm, ACC Network)

Missouri at Wyoming (7:30 pm, CBSSN)

Arkansas-Pine Bluff at TCU (8 pm, FSN)

Grambling at UL Monroe (8 pm, ESPN App)

Weber State at San Diego State (9 pm, Facebook)

Fresno State at USC (10:30 pm, ESPN)

Edited August 29, 2019 by Andy

[Old Style]

Florida did everything they could to hand this game to Miami. What a horsefeathers show on both sides.

[Andy]

Florida did everything they could to hand this game to Miami. What a horsefeathers show on both sides.

It was extremely enjoyable and disgustingly awful football. A perfect welcome back to CFB.

[Andy]

First hurricane casualty; Boise-FSU will now be in Tallahassee, not Jacksonville, and will start at noon, not 7.

[snoodmonger]

gonna be another brutally long season at KU

[UK]

Hopefully Syracuse can get me +5 wins this year.

[Derwood]

I watched maybe 10 minutes of the PSU game, but holy christ, how bad is Idaho?

[Derwood]

oh, and lol Tennesse

[OleMissCub]

[Andy]

Well, I guess Oklahoma QBs are going to win the Heisman every year now

[NOLA]

SEC is going to be more top heavy than ever this season. There’s about three great teams and some garbage at the bottom.

[Old Style]

Notre Dame appears to be overrated again.

[Andy]

Notre Dame appears to be overrated again.

Underrated in the last 2 preseason polls, but whatever.

 

Clunky game, largely played like ass, still beat a (likely bad, but still) Power 5 team on the road by 18. Nothing matters until the Georgia game.