The first week of college football season is finally here. Strictly speaking, it arrived last week when Eastern Washington defeated Sam Houston State in an FCS tilt. And FBS play opened on Wednesday night when Georgia Southern needed a last-second field goal to knock off Abilene Christian. But the portion of the college football season that most people care about (for better or worse) starts on Thursday night when South Carolina and Texas A&M christen the SEC Network by playing the first live game on the fledgling channel.
For South Carolina and SEC fans, the excitement spills over into Saturday with an intriguing if not suspenseful matchup between Arkansas and 2014 road opponent Auburn. Two more of the Gamecocks' 2014 foes take the field against one another in prime time as Clemson and Georgia kick off at 5:30 p.m. EDT.
Check out the entire week one schedule right here:
8:30 a.m. |
Penn State |
at |
UCF |
12:00 p.m. |
Appalachian State |
at |
Michigan |
12:00 p.m. |
Indiana State |
at |
Indiana |
12:00 p.m. |
North Dakota State |
at |
Iowa State |
12:00 p.m. |
#5 Ohio State |
vs (Baltimore) |
Navy |
12:00 p.m. |
Troy |
at |
UAB |
12:00 p.m. |
#7 UCLA |
at |
Virginia |
12:00 p.m. |
UT Martin |
at |
Kentucky |
12:00 p.m. |
Western Michigan |
at |
Purdue |
12:00 p.m. |
Youngstown State |
at |
Illinois |
12:00 p.m. |
Delaware |
at |
Pittsburgh |
12:30 p.m. |
Georgia Southern |
at |
NC State |
12:30 p.m. |
Wofford |
at |
Georgia Tech |
2 p.m. |
Nicholls State |
at |
Air Force |
2 p.m. |
Colgate |
at |
Ball State |
3 p.m. |
Boston College |
at |
UMass |
3 p.m. |
Southern Utah |
at |
Nevada |
3:30 p.m. |
#2 Alabama |
vs (Atlanta) |
West Virginia |
3:30 p.m. |
California |
at |
Northwestern |
3:30 p.m. |
Florida Atlantic |
at |
#22 Nebraska |
3:30 p.m. |
James Madison |
at |
Maryland |
3:30 p.m. |
Rice |
at |
#17 Notre Dame |
3:30 p.m. |
South Dakota State |
at |
#24 Missouri |
3:30 p.m. |
Duquesne |
at |
Buffalo |
3:30 p.m. |
Marshall |
at |
Miami (OH) |
3:30 p.m. ASN |
Hampton |
at |
Old Dominion |
4 p.m. |
Arkansas |
at |
#6 Auburn |
4 p.m. |
Montana |
at |
Wyoming |
4 p.m. |
Portland State |
at |
Oregon State |
4 p.m. |
UC Davis |
at |
#11 Stanford |
4 p.m. |
Williams & Mary |
at |
Virginia Tech |
5:30 p.m. |
#16 Clemson |
at |
#12 Georgia |
6 p.m. |
Liberty |
at |
#23 North Carolina |
6 p.m. |
Elon |
at |
Duke |
6 p.m. |
Ohio |
at |
Kent State |
6 p.m. |
Morgan State |
at |
Eastern Michigan |
7 p.m. |
Central Arkansas |
at |
Texas Tech |
7 p.m. |
Idaho |
at |
Florida |
7 p.m. |
Louisiana Tech |
at |
#4 Oklahoma |
7 p.m. |
Northern Arizona |
at |
San Diego State |
7 p.m. |
Samford |
at |
TCU |
7 p.m. ULIVE |
Stephen F. Austin |
at |
#20 Kansas State |
7 p.m. |
Western Carolina |
at |
South Florida |
7 p.m. |
Arkansas Pine Bluff |
at |
Texas State |
7 p.m. |
Austin Peay |
at |
Memphis |
7 p.m. |
Bethune Cookman |
at |
Florida International |
7 p.m. |
Montana State |
at |
Arkansas State |
7 p.m. |
Southern |
at |
Louisiana Lafayette |
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Savannah State |
at |
Middle Tennessee |
7 p.m. |
New Hampshire |
at |
Toledo |
7:30 p.m. |
Fresno State |
at |
#15 USC |
7:30 p.m. |
Southern Miss |
at |
Mississippi State |
8 p.m. |
#1 Florida State |
vs (Arlington) |
Oklahoma State |
8 p.m. |
NC Central |
at |
East Carolina |
8 p.m. |
North Texas |
at |
Texas |
8 p.m. |
UTEP |
at |
New Mexico |
9 p.m. |
#13 LSU |
vs (Houston) |
#14 Wisconsin |
10:30 p.m. |
South Dakota |
at |
#3 Oregon |
10:30 p.m. |
#25 Washington |
at |
Hawaii |
7:00 p.m. |
Utah State |
at |
Tennessee |
7:30 p.m. |
SMU |
at |
#10 Baylor |
8:00 p.m. |
Miami (FL) |
at |
Louisville |