College football schedule 2017: ESPN, ABC set TV times for loaded Week 1

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ESPN and ABC's college football TV schedule for Week 1 features a blockbuster double-header on ABC.

Florida will play Michigan on Sept. 2 at 3:30 p.m. ET in the Advocare Kickoff Classic at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. That game will be followed by the Chick-Fil-A Kickoff game between Alabama and Florida State at 8 p.m. at the Falcons' new Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. 

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Meanwhile, ESPN will open the 2017 college football season with the Big Ten opener between Ohio State and Indiana on Thursday, Aug. 31, at 8 p.m..

Here's a look at the full college football TV schedule on ABC and ESPN for Week 1: 

College football schedule: Week 1 TV times

DATE GAME TIME TV
Aug. 31 Ohio State at Indiana 8 p.m. ESPN
Sept. 1 Utah State at Wisconsin 9 p.m. ESPN
Sept. 2 Akron at Penn State 12 p.m. ABC
Sept. 2 Kent State at Clemson 12 p.m. ESPN
Sept. 2 N.C. State vs. South Carolina (Charlotte, N.C.) 3 p.m. ESPN
Sept. 2 Florida vs. Michigan (Arlington, TX) 3:30 p.m. ABC
Sept. 2 Appalachian State at Georgia 6:15 p.m. ESPN
Sept. 2 Florida State vs. Alabama (Atlanta) 8 p.m. ABC
Sept. 2 BYU vs. LSU (Houston) 9:30 p.m. ESPN
Sept. 3 South Carolina St. vs. Southern 2:30 p.m. ESPN2
Sept. 3 West Virginia vs. Virginia Tech (Landover, Md.) 7:30 p.m. ESPN
Sept. 4 Tennessee vs. Georgia Tech (Atlanta) 8 p.m. ESPN

ESPN also announced that Oklahoma at Ohio State will be televised on ABC at 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 9; Miami at Florida State will be televised at 8 p.m. on Sept. 16 on ABC. 

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Bill Bender graduated from Ohio University in 2002 and started at The Sporting News as a fantasy football writer in 2007. He has covered the College Football Playoff, NBA Finals and World Series for SN. Bender enjoys story-telling, awesomely-bad 80s movies and coaching youth sports.