College football begins this week, and we have your viewer’s guide

College Football Returns With a Four‑Day Kickoff Weekend

College football is back, and the opening weekend delivers a massive slate stretching from Thursday through Monday. Fans can settle in for wall‑to‑wall action across ABC, FOX, ESPN, CBS, NBC, TNT, ACCN, BTN, SECN and multiple streaming platforms. The schedule features ranked teams, neutral‑site showdowns, conference openers and dozens of regional broadcasts.

Below is the complete viewing guide for all four days, including networks, times and broadcast crews.

Thursday, September 3

Massachusetts at Rutgers 6:00 PM ET — BTN Jason Horowitz, Anthony Herron

Akron at Wake Forest 7:00 PM ET — ACCN Matt Schick, Forrest Conoly

Bethune‑Cookman at UCF 7:00 PM ET — ESPN+ Eric Rothman, Doc Holliday

Merrimack at Delaware 7:00 PM ET — ESPN+

West Georgia at Kennesaw State 7:00 PM ET — ESPN+

Albany at Buffalo 7:00 PM ET — ESPN+ Michael Reghi, Je’Rod Cherry

Colorado at Georgia Tech 8:00 PM ET — ESPN Matt Barrie, Chase Daniel

UAPB at 25 Missouri 8:00 PM ET — SECN Chuckie Kempf, Dustin Fox

Eastern Illinois at Minnesota 8:00 PM ET — Peacock / NBCSN Jason Benetti, Yogi Roth

Idaho at 21 Utah 9:00 PM ET — ESPNU Pete Sousa, Leger Douzable

UAB at Illinois 9:00 PM ET — BTN Mark Followill, Rhett Lewis

Friday, September 4

San José State at Eastern Michigan 6:30 PM ET — ESPN+ Evan Stockton, Marcus Ray

Indiana State at Purdue 7:00 PM ET — BTN Chris Vosters, Ryan Kerrigan

N.C. A&T at Georgia State 7:00 PM ET — ESPN+

Toledo at Michigan State 8:00 PM ET — FS1 Noah Reed, Petros Papadakis

Long Island at Kansas 8:00 PM ET — ESPNU Mark Neely, Jeff Woody

UTEP at 10 Oklahoma 8:00 PM ET — SECN+ Ted Emrich, Fozzy Whittaker

Fresno State at 14 USC 9:00 PM ET — FOX Connor Onion, Robert Griffin III

Saturday, September 5

East Carolina at 13 Alabama 12:00 PM ET — ABC Bob Wischusen, Louis Riddick

North Texas at 6 Indiana 12:00 PM ET — FOX Gus Johnson, Joel Klatt

Oregon State at 23 Houston 12:00 PM ET — ESPN / Disney+ Anish Shroff, Andre Ware

Ohio at Nebraska 12:00 PM ET — FS1 Eric Collins, Spencer Tillman

Coastal Carolina at West Virginia 12:00 PM ET — TNT J.B. Long, Mike Golic Jr., Coy Wire

New Hampshire at Syracuse 12:00 PM ET — ACCN Roxy Bernstein, Dave Clawson

Bryant at Army 12:00 PM ET — CBSSN

Liberty at James Madison 12:00 PM ET — ESPNU Cooper Boardman, Craig Haubert

Tarleton State at Bowling Green 12:00 PM ET — ESPN+ Kelsie Kasper, Ryan Cavanaugh

Lafayette at Connecticut 12:00 PM ET — WWAX (Hartford), uconnhuskies.com

Miami (OH) at Pittsburgh 12:30 PM ET — CW Thom Brennaman, Jason Cabinda

Ball State at 1 Ohio State 12:30 PM ET — BTN Jeff Levering, Jake Butt

Kent State at South Carolina 12:45 PM ET — SECN Taylor Zarzour, Matt Stinchcomb

Youngstown State at Kentucky 1:00 PM ET — SECN+ Kevin Fitzgerald, Charlie Strong

Southeast Missouri State at Iowa State 1:00 PM ET — ESPN+ Shawn Kenney, Todd Doxzon

Duquesne at Air Force 1:00 PM ET — MW+

Rhode Island at Temple 2:00 PM ET — ESPN+

Tennessee State at 3 Georgia 3:00 PM ET — SECN+ Clay Matvick, Rocky Boiman

Baylor vs Auburn (Atlanta) 3:30 PM ET — ABC / Disney+ Joe Tessitore, Jesse Palmer

Boise State at 2 Oregon 3:30 PM ET — CBS Brad Nessler, Charles Davis

Boston College at Cincinnati 3:30 PM ET — FOX Tim Brando, Devin Gardner

Texas State at 5 Texas 3:30 PM ET — ESPN Roy Philpott, Brock Osweiler

Marshall at 18 Penn State 3:30 PM ET — FS1 Jack Kizer, Mark Helfrich

Tulane at Duke 3:30 PM ET — ACCN Jorge Sedano, Rodney McLeod

Towson at Navy 3:30 PM ET — CBSSN Chris Lewis, Randy Cross

Furman at 20 Tennessee 3:30 PM ET — SECN+ Richard Cross, Max Starks

The Citadel at Charlotte 3:30 PM ET — ESPN+

UT Rio Grande Valley at UTSA 3:30 PM ET — ESPN+

Maine at Appalachian State 3:30 PM ET — ESPN+

Fordham at North Dakota State 3:30 PM ET — ABC North Dakota / MW+

Oklahoma State at Tulsa 3:45 PM ET — ESPNU Mike Corey, Barrett Brooks

Northern Illinois at 22 Iowa 4:15 PM ET — BTN Mark Followill, Rhett Lewis

North Alabama at Arkansas 4:15 PM ET — SECN Dave Neal, Cole Cubelic

Alcorn State at Southern Miss 5:00 PM ET — ESPN+

Wyoming at Colorado State 6:00 PM ET — USA Nate Gatter, Ryan Leaf

Norfolk State at Old Dominion 6:00 PM ET — ESPN+

Missouri State at 8 Texas A&M 7:00 PM ET — ESPN Lowell Galindo, Kirk Morrison

Abilene Christian at 12 Texas Tech 7:00 PM ET — FS1 Dan Hellie, Robert Smith

Idaho State at Utah State 7:00 PM ET — CBSSN Jordan Kent, Robert Turbin

Austin Peay at Vanderbilt 7:00 PM ET — SECN+ Courtney Lyle, Rene Ingoglia

Nicholls at Kansas State 7:00 PM ET — ESPN+ Mark Neely, Jeff Woody

Arkansas State at Memphis 7:00 PM ET — ESPN+

Houston Christian at Rice 7:00 PM ET — ESPN+

Florida International at South Florida 7:00 PM ET — ESPN+

Murray State at Middle Tennessee 7:00 PM ET — ESPN+ Jake Rose, Jeremy Kellem

Eastern Kentucky at Jacksonville State 7:00 PM ET — ESPN+

Charleston Southern at Georgia Southern 7:00 PM ET — ESPN+ Adam Young, Frank Sulkowski

SE Louisiana at South Alabama 7:00 PM ET — ESPN+

Sam Houston at Troy 7:00 PM ET — ESPN+ Will Kollmeyer, Ben Stanfield

Clemson at 11 LSU 7:30 PM ET — ABC Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit

Western Michigan at 16 Michigan 7:30 PM ET — NBC Noah Eagle, Todd Blackledge

ULM at Mississippi State 7:30 PM ET — ESPNU Doug Sherman, Tom Luginbill

VMI at Virginia Tech 7:30 PM ET — ACCN Wes Durham, Max Browne

Northwestern State at Louisiana Tech 7:30 PM ET — ESPN+

Florida Atlantic at Florida 7:45 PM ET — SECN Matt Schumacker, Aaron Murray

Hampton at Maryland 8:00 PM ET — BTN

South Dakota State at Northwestern 8:00 PM ET — BTN / DTV 610‑1 Lisa Byington, Tanner Morgan

Utah Tech at 14 BYU 8:00 PM ET — ESPN+ Pete Sousa, Leger Douzable

Lamar at Louisiana 8:00 PM ET — ESPN+

Mercyhurst at New Mexico State 9:00 PM ET — ESPN+

Portland State at San Diego State 9:30 PM ET — USA Ted Robinson, Darius Walker

Northern Arizona at Arizona 9:30 PM ET — ESPN+ Chris Sylvester, Jordan Reid

UNLV at Hawai‘i 10:00 PM ET — CW Chris Fisher, Cody Kessler, Marshall Newhouse

Central Michigan at New Mexico 10:00 PM ET — FS1 Carlo Jiménez, Petros Papadakis

Morgan State at Arizona State 10:00 PM ET — ESPN+ James Westling, Michael Bumpus

Mississippi Valley State at Sacramento State 10:00 PM ET — ESPN+ Will Iger, Mo Hasan

UCLA at California 10:30 PM ET — ESPN Tom Hart, Roddy Jones

Western Kentucky at Nevada 10:30 PM ET — CBSSN Rich Waltz, Adam Breneman

Sunday, September 6

Washington State at 17 Washington 4:00 PM ET — NBC Paul Burmeister, Yogi Roth

24 Louisville vs 9 Ole Miss (Nashville) 7:30 PM ET — ABC Sean McDonough, Greg McElroy

Wisconsin vs 4 Notre Dame (Green Bay) 7:30 PM ET — NBC Dan Hicks, Jason Garrett

Monday, September 7

19 SMU (Game details pending release)

College football’s opening weekend delivers nonstop action, national brands, rivalry energy and dozens of regional matchups. Fans have four full days to settle in and enjoy the return of the sport.