Saturday College Football Schedule and Open Thread

Saturday of Week 1 is here, and while I like that the silly neutral-site games are less and less of a feature of opening weekend... well, it also means that the actual schedule on opening weekend kind of sucks.

But hey, football’s back.

11:00 AM CT

• Virginia vs. Tennessee (in Nashville) (ABC)
• Colorado at TCU (FOX)
• Arkansas State at Oklahoma (ESPN)
• Utah State at Iowa (FS1)
• Bowling Green at Liberty (CBS Sports)
• Louisiana Tech at SMU (ESPNU)
• Ball State at Kentucky (SEC Network)
• Fresno State at Purdue (BTN)
• Northern Illinois at Boston College (ACC Network)
• East Carolina at Michigan (Peacock)
• Long Island at Ohio (ESPN+)

12:00 PM CT

• Western Carolina at Arkansas (SEC Network+)
• Robert Morris at Air Force (MW Video)
• Maryville at Sewanee (stream)

12:30 PM CT

• Cumberland at Webber International (stream)

1:00 PM CT

• Mercer at Ole Miss (SEC Network+)
• East Tennessee State at Jacksonville State (ESPN+)
• Northern Iowa at Iowa State (ESPN+)
• Akron at Temple (ESPN+)
• Rhodes at Westminster (stream)

2:00 PM CT

• Portland State at Oregon (Pac-12 Network)

2:30 PM CT

• Ohio State at Indiana (CBS)
• Boise State at Washington (ABC)
• Rice at Texas (FOX)
• Tennessee State at Notre Dame (NBC)
• UMass at Auburn (ESPN)
• Buffalo at Wisconsin (FS1)
• South Florida at Western Kentucky (CBS Sports)
• Towson at Maryland (BTN)
• Wofford at Pittsburgh (ACC Network)
• Eastern Kentucky at Cincinnati (ESPN+)
• Gardner-Webb at Appalachian State (ESPN+)

3:00 PM CT

• SE Louisiana at Mississippi State (SEC Network)
• California at North Texas (ESPNU)
• Colgate at Syracuse (ESPN+)
• Bryant at UNLV (MW Video)

5:00 PM CT

• UT-Martin at Georgia (SEC Network+)
• South Carolina State at Charlotte (ESPN+)
• Monmouth at Florida Atlantic (ESPN+)
• The Citadel at Georgia Southern (ESPN+)
• Bucknell at James Madison (ESPN+)
• Albany at Marshall (ESPN+)

5:30 PM CT

• Nevada at USC (Pac-12 Network)
• Maine at Florida International (ESPN+)

6:00 PM CT

• New Mexico at Texas A&M (ESPN)
• UTSA at Houston (FS1)
• Army at UL Monroe (NFL Network)
• Washington State at Colorado State (CBS Sports)
• Southeast Missouri State at Kansas State (ESPN+)
• Texas State at Baylor (ESPN+)
• Central Arkansas at Oklahoma State (ESPN+)
• Bethune-Cookman at Memphis (ESPN+)
• Alcorn State at Southern Miss (ESPN+)
• Stephen F. Austin at Troy (ESPN+)
• Chattanooga at North Alabama (ESPN+)
• Austin Peay at Southern Illinois (ESPN+)

6:30 PM CT

• West Virginia at Penn State (NBC)
• North Carolina vs. South Carolina (in Charlotte) (ABC)
• Texas Tech at Wyoming (CBS)
• Middle Tennessee at Alabama (SEC Network)
• Toledo at Illinois (BTN)

7:00 PM CT

• South Alabama at Tulane (ESPNU)
• Old Dominion at Virginia Tech (ACC Network)

7:30 PM CT

• Northwestern State at Louisiana (ESPN+)

8:00 PM CT

• Western Illinois at New Mexico State (ESPN+)
• Incarnate Word at UTEP (ESPN+)

9:00 PM CT

• Northern Arizona at Arizona (Pac-12 Network)

9:15 PM CT

• Sam Houston at BYU (FS1)

9:30 PM CT

• Coastal Carolina at UCLA (ESPN)
• Idaho State at San Diego State (CBS Sports)