College Football - "Week 0" and Week 1 (Aug. 28-Sept. 4)

[Andy]

AP poll just came out today, so here's your one-stop shop for in-season college football talk through Week 1.

 

I've decided to add ESPN+ under my definition of 'nationally available' after omitting it previously, since the Disney overlords have already won and within a few years we'll all be paying extra to watch games on that and whatever Fox Sports Plus is actually named when it inevitably shows up and whatever the hell else.

 

"Week Zero" (Aug. 28)

Nebraska at Illinois (1 pm, FOX)

UConn at Fresno State (2 pm, CBSSN)

Hawaii at UCLA (3:30 pm, ESPN)

UTEP at New Mexico State (9:30 pm, Bally Sports Arizona)

Southern Utah at San Jose State (10 pm, CBSSN)

 

Week 1

Top 25 games

------------------------------

(1) Alabama vs (14) Miami - in Atlanta (3:30 pm, ABC)

Tulane at (2) Oklahoma (12 pm, ABC)

(5) Georgia vs (3) Clemson - in Charlotte (7:30 pm, ABC)

(4) Ohio State at Minnesota (8 pm Thursday, FOX)

Kent State at (6) Texas A&M (8 pm, ESPNU)

Northern Iowa at (7) Iowa State (4:30 pm, ESPN+)

Miami (OH) at (8) Cincinnati (3 pm, ESPN+)

(9) Notre Dame at Florida State (7:30 pm Sunday, ABC)

(10) North Carolina at Virginia Tech (6 pm Friday, ESPN)

Fresno State at (11) Oregon (2 pm, Pac-12 Network)

(19) Penn State at (12) Wisconsin (12 pm, FOX)

Florida Atlantic at (13) Florida (7:30 pm, SEC Network)

San Jose State at (15) USC (5 pm, Pac-12 Network)

(16) LSU at UCLA (8:30 pm, FOX)

(17) Indiana at (18) Iowa (3:30 pm, BTN)

Montana at (20) Washington (8 pm, Pac-12 Network)

(23) UL Lafayette at (21) Texas (4:30 pm, FOX)

The Citadel at (22) Coastal Carolina (7 pm, ESPN+)

Weber State at (24) Utah (7:30 pm Thursday, Pac-12 Network)

Southern Utah at (25) Arizona State (10:30 pm Thursday, Pac-12 Network)

 

Other nationally available games

---------------------------------------------------

Wednesday

UAB vs Jacksonville State - in Montgomery, AL (7:30 pm, ESPN)

 

Thursday

Boise State at UCF (7 pm, ESPN)

Wagner at Buffalo (7 pm, ESPN3)

Long Island at Florida International (7 pm, ESPN3)

Western Illinois at Ball State (7 pm, ESPN+)

East Carolina vs Appalachian State - in Charlotte (7:30 pm, ESPNU)

South Florida at NC State (7:30 pm, ACC Network)

UC Davis at Tulsa (7:30 pm, ESPN+)

Bowling Green at Tennessee (8 pm, SEC Network)

UT Martin at Western Kentucky (8 pm, ESPN+)

Eastern Washington at UNLV (10 pm, Regional Sports Networks/Stadium)

 

Friday

Old Dominion at Wake Forest (7 pm ACC Network)

Duke at Charlotte (7 pm, CBSSN)

Saint Francis (PA) at Eastern Michigan (7 pm, ESPN3)

South Dakota at Kansas (8 pm, ESPN+)

Michigan State at Northwestern (9 pm, ESPN)

South Dakota State at Colorado State (9 pm, FS1)

Northern Colorado at Colorado (9 pm, Pac-12 Network)

 

Saturday

Western Michigan at Michigan (12 pm, ESPN)

Stanford vs Kansas State - in Arlington, TX (12 pm, FS1)

Fordham at Nebraska (12 pm, BTN - Regional)

Temple at Rutgers (12 pm, BTN - Regional)

Army at Georgia State (12 pm, ESPNU)

UL Monroe at Kentucky (12 pm, SEC Network)

Colgate at Boston College (12 pm, ACC Network)

Holy Cross at UConn (12 pm, CBSSN)

Lafayette at Air Force (2 pm, Stadium)

Rice at Arkansas (2 pm, ESPN+)

West Virginia at Maryland (3:30 pm, ESPN)

Marshall at Navy (3:30 pm, CBSSN)

Louisiana Tech at Mississippi State (4 pm, ESPNU)

Central Michigan at Missouri (4 pm, SEC Network)

UMass at Pittsburgh (4 pm, ACC Network)

Gardner-Webb at Georgia Southern (6 pm, ESPN3)

Campbell at Liberty (6 pm, ESPN3)

Texas Tech vs Houston - at NRG Stadium (7 pm, ESPN)

Oregon State at Purdue (7 pm, FS1)

UTSA at Illinois (7 pm, BTN)

Syracuse at Ohio (7 pm, CBSSN)

Norfolk State at Toledo (7 pm, ESPN3)

Central Arkansas at Arkansas State (7 pm, ESPN3)

Southern at Troy (7 pm, ESPN3)

Monmouth at Middle Tennessee (7 pm, ESPN3)

Eastern Illinois at South Carolina (7 pm, ESPN+)

Akron at Auburn (7 pm, ESPN+)

Baylor at Texas State (7 pm, ESPN+)

Missouri State at Oklahoma State (7 pm, ESPN+)

Nicholls at Memphis (7 pm, ESPN+)

Abilene Christian at SMU (7 pm, ESPN+)

William & Mary at Virginia (7:30 pm, Regional Sports Networks/ESPN3)

Northern Illinois at Georgia Tech (7:30 pm, ACC Network)

Northwestern State at North Texas (7:30 pm, ESPN3)

East Tennessee State at Vanderbilt (8 pm, ESPN+)

Southern Miss at South Alabama (8 pm, ESPN+)

Duquesne at TCU (8 pm, ESPN+)

Bethune-Cookman at UTEP (9 pm, ESPN3)

Arizona vs BYU - in Las Vegas (10:30 pm, ESPN)

Nevada at California (10:30 pm, FS1)

New Mexico State at San Diego State (10:30 pm, CBSSN)

Utah State at Washington State (11 pm, Pac-12 Network)

 

Monday

Louisville vs Ole Miss - in Atlanta (8 pm, ESPN)

Edited September 2, 2021 by Andy

[NOLA]

UCLA with a doubleheader vs Hawaii and LSU might be a lot to ask.

[PackLandVA]

Big Ten coming outta the gates strong with a few conference matchups. And, no, I'm not referring to Illinois and Nebraska.

[NewUserName]

Big Ten coming outta the gates strong with a few conference matchups. And, no, I'm not referring to Illinois and Nebraska.

 

I live 25 miles from Champaign and was completely oblivious that Illinois/Neb was supposed to play in Ireland but was moved back to Champaign. I missed all of that

[NOLA]

Stop.

 

[Andy]

That came out last week and their AD Trev Alberts categorically denied those would be a thing this season. Many people noted the inclusion of the words 'this season'.

[Andy]

Oklahoma at Tulane moving to Norman because of Hurricane Ida.

[Andy]

Temple/Rutgers moved from tonight to Saturday afternoon because of now-Tropical Storm Ida causing floods in the Northeast.

[Derwood]

Apparently Penn State is running the Air Raid offense this year? Might be a very entertaining disaster

[OleMissCub]

A breakthrough case for Lane

 

[NOLA]

I know it’s not going to last, but you have to love the confidence that Tulane has come out with against Oklahoma. That QB Pratt is the real deal.

[Derwood]

Hot damn, great win on the road for Penn State

[champaignchris]

I know it’s not going to last, but you have to love the confidence that Tulane has come out with against Oklahoma. That QB Pratt is the real deal.

 

That ended up being a great game.

 

That’ll be a real good QB match up when Tulane plays Ole Miss in 2 weeks.

[Old Style]

Man, Tulane got my hopes up when they recovered that onside kick.

[Andy]

Hot damn, great win on the road for Penn State

Graham Mertz was absolutely brutal in that game. Felt like every single red zone pass was into triple coverage.

 

But obviously PSU defense gets some credit for making him look bad too. Let's hope they look past my Ball State Cardinals next week.

[Derwood]

Hot damn, great win on the road for Penn State

Graham Mertz was absolutely brutal in that game. Felt like every single red zone pass was into triple coverage.

 

But obviously PSU defense gets some credit for making him look bad too. Let's hope they look past my Ball State Cardinals next week.

 

Sean Clifford was ass as well. Overthrew three wide open receivers for easy touchdowns.

[NOLA]

Kayshon Boutte is the most LSU WR name ever.

[UMFan83]

Football is a little tougher without Deshaun Watson or Trevor Lawrence at QB

[Old Style]

More embarrassing: Indinia jerseys for the Hoosiers or Kansas fans storming the field after beating an FCS team?

[Derwood]

LSU is bad at tackling

[NOLA]

LSU is bad at tackling

Just bad at defense, period. Going to be a long season.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

It wouldn’t be week 1 of CFB without some really badly played games.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Huh, losing to that team in sissy blue, Ed O?

[OleMissCub]

Huh, losing to that team in sissy blue, Ed O?

 

he'll likely lose to another team wearing sissy blue later this season

[OleMissCub]

Vandy got destroyed by FCS East Tennessee State. They are years away from ever being even remotely competitive in any SEC game.