College football schedule today: Full TV guide to watch Week 1 games on ESPN & more channels

Zac Al-Khateeb

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It's missing its usual flair for the dramatic, but college football finally, mercifully returns to television screens this week.

The college football season begins in earnest on Thursday with a pair of games featuring Group of 5 and FCS talent. The action will continue two days later, the first fall football Saturday, when six teams kick off their respective season. The opening weekend of college football ends with a primetime event on Labor Day.

Among the notable teams to play this week: American Athletic Conference's Memphis, SMU and Navy; Conference USA's UAB and Southern Miss; and independents BYU and Army.

Here's everything you'll need for college football's Week 1 schedule, including TV schedule, final scores and how to watch every game live. All times are Eastern.

MORE: Watch select NCAA football games live with fuboTV (7-day trial)

College football schedule Week 1: What games are on today?

You can keep up with live scores and stats with SN's live scoreboard.

Thursday, Sept. 3

Game Time (ET) TV channel
Central Arkansas at UAB 8 p.m. ESPN3
South Alabama at Southern Miss 9 p.m. CBS Sports Network, fuboTV

Saturday, Sept. 5

Game Time (ET) TV channel
Eastern Kentucky at Marshall 1 p.m. ESPN, fuboTV
Middle Tennessee at Army 1:30 p.m. CBSSN, fuboTV
SMU at Texas State 4:30 p.m. ESPN, fuboTV
Houston Baptist at North Texas 7:30 p.m. ESPN3
Arkansas State at Memphis 8 p.m. ESPN, fuboTV
Stephen F. Austin at UTEP 9 p.m. ESPN3

Monday, Sept. 7

Game Time (ET) TV channel
BYU at Navy 8 p.m. ESPN, fuboTV

MORE: College football Week 1 picks against the spread

How to watch, live stream college football games

The Week 1 games involving ranked teams will be televised live on national TV, with games appearing on ESPN and CBS Sports Network. Live streaming options include WatchESPN, CBS All Access or fuboTV, which offers a seven-day free trial.

College football scores Week 1

Thursday, Sept. 3

Game
UAB 45, Central Arkansas 35
South Alabama 32, Southern Miss 21

Saturday, Sept. 5

Game
Marshall 59, Eastern Kentucky 0
Army 42, Middle Tennessee
SMU 31, Texas State
North Texas 57, Houston Baptist 31
Memphis 37, Arkansas State 24
UTEP 24, Stephen F. Austin 14

Monday, Sept. 7

Game
BYU 55, at Navy 3

Zac Al-Khateeb

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Zac Al-Khateeb has been part of The Sporting News team since 2015 after earning his Bachelor's (2013) and Master's (2014) degrees in journalism at the University of Alabama. Prior to joining TSN, he covered high school sports and general news in Alabama. A college sports specialist, Zac has been a voter for the Biletnikoff Award and Heisman Trophy since 2020.