College football Week 1 TV schedule: How to watch the Top 25 games

Colleen Thomas

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Week 1 of the college football season starts a bit earlier than you'd think, and it's going to be a 10-day long event. But hey, we're not complaining!

Cal and Hawai'i kick off the college football season Friday, August 26 in Sydney, Australia. Six days later, the other 126 teams open their seasons with a Labor Day weekend college football marathon, spanning from Thursday, September 1 to Monday, September 5.

It's time to start planning your TV viewing schedule for the first week of college football.

PREDICTIONS: SEC | Big Ten | Big 12 | ACC | Pac 12

Here's all the info — dates, times, TV channels — for how to watch the Top 25 teams in Week 1.

Thursday, September 1

Charlotte at No. 19 Louisville, 7 p.m., ESPN3

Appalachian State at No. 9 Tennessee, 7:30 p.m., SEC Network

Friday, September 2

Furman at No. 12 MIchigan State, 7 p.m., BTN

Northwestern State at No. 23 Baylor, 7:30 p.m., TBD

Kansas State at No. 8 Stanford, 9 p.m., FS1

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Saturday, September 3

No. 3 Oklahoma vs. No. 15 Houston, 12 p.m., ABC

Bowling Green at No. 6 Ohio State, 12 p.m., BTN

Hawaii at No. 7 Michigan, 12 p.m., ESPN

Rutgers at No. 14 Washington, 2 p.m., PAC12

No. 16 UCLA at Texas A&M, 3:30 p.m., CBS

No. 5 LSU vs. Wisconsin, 3:30 p.m., ABC

Miami (Ohio) at No. 17 Iowa, 3:30 p.m., ESPNU

Southeastern Louisiana at No. 21 Oklahoma State, 3:30 p.m., TBD

UC Davis at No. 24 Oregon, 5 p.m., PAC12

No. 18 Georgia vs. No. 22 North Carolina, 5:30 p.m., ESPN

UMass at No. 25 Florida, 7:30 p.m., SEC Network

No. 20 USC vs. No. 1 Alabama, 8 p.m., ABC

South Dakota State at No. 13 TCU, 8 p.m., TBD

No. 2 Clemson at Auburn, 9 p.m., ESPN

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Sunday, September 4

No. 10 Notre Dame at Texas, 7:30 p.m., ABC

Monday, September 5

No. 11 Ole Miss vs. No. 4 Florida State, 8 p.m., ESPN

 

Colleen Thomas

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Colleen Thomas is an Associate Editor at Sporting News. She joined Sporting News in 2014.