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College Football Week 1 Open Thread - Early Edition

College football returns to our television screens today. Let's watch it together!

Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports

College football has returned to our televisions. It's a beautiful thing. Games have been going on since Thursday, but there's a pretty solid lineup of games today, with games in each timeslot to keep you engaged and in front of your television from 11:00 a.m. CDT until bedtime. I've put the entire schedule down below, so that you can decide what games you want to watch for yourself, but here are the early games that I'm going to be watching (times are CDT):

  • 11:00 - No. 2 Oklahoma vs. No. 15 Houston
  • 11:00 - Missouri @ West Virginia
  • 2:30 - No. 5 LSU vs. Wisconsin
  • 2:30 - No. 16 UCLA at Texas A&M
  • 4:30 - No. 18 Georgia vs. No. 22 North Carolina

If we do things the way we have in the past, we'll kick off another open thread for the evening slate. What games are you watching?

Saturday, Sept. 3

Game Time TV / Online streaming
Georgia Tech vs. Boston College (Ireland) 7:30:00 a.m. ET ESPN2 / WatchESPN
Boise State at UL Lafayette Noon ET ASN / WatchESPN
Bowling Green at No. 6 Ohio State Noon ET BTN / BTN2Go
EKU at Purdue Noon ET ESPNews / WatchESPN
Fordham at Navy Noon ET CBSSN
Hawaii at No. 7 Michigan Noon ET ESPN / WatchESPN
Howard at Maryland Noon ET BTN / BTN2Go
Missouri at West Virginia Noon ET FS1 / FS Go
No. 3 Oklahoma vs. No. 15 Houston (NRG Stadium) Noon ET ABC / WatchESPN
South Alabama at Mississippi State Noon ET SECN / WatchESPN
Western Michigan at Northwestern Noon ET ESPNU / WatchESPN
Liberty at Virginia Tech 12:30 p.m. ET ACCN / WatchESPN
Villanova at Pittsburgh 1:30 p.m. ET ACCNExtra
Abilene Christian at Air Force 2 p.m. ET MWN
Rutgers at No. 14 Washington 2 p.m. ET Pac-12N / Pac-12.com
Kent State at Penn State 3:30 p.m. ET BTN / BTN2Go
No. 5 LSU vs. Wisconsin (Green Bay) 3:30 p.m. ET ABC / WatchESPN
Miami (Ohio) at No. 17 Iowa 3:30 p.m. ET ESPNU / WatchESPN
Murray State at Illinois 3:30 p.m. ET BTN / BTN2Go
Richmond at Virginia 3:30 p.m. ET ACCNExtra
SE Louisiana at No. 21 Oklahoma State 3:30 p.m. ET FSN / FS Go
Texas State at Ohio 3:30 p.m. ET CBSSN
No. 16 UCLA at Texas A&M 3:30 p.m. ET CBS / CBSSports.com
Louisiana Tech at Arkansas 4 p.m. ET SECN / WatchESPN
UC Davis at No. 24 Oregon 5 p.m. ET Pac-12N / Pac-12.com
No. 18 Georgia vs. No. 22 North Carolina (Atlanta) 5:30 p.m. ET ESPN / WatchESPN
Austin Peay at Troy 6 p.m. ET WatchESPN
Florida A&M at Miami, FL 6 p.m. ET ACCNExtra
Hampton at Old Dominion 6 p.m. ET CUSA.tv
NC Central at Duke 6 p.m. ET ACCNExtra
Savannah State at Georgia Southern 6 p.m. ET WatchESPN
Southern Illinois at Florida Atlantic 6 p.m. ET CUSA.tv
Western Carolina at East Carolina 6 p.m. ET WatchESPN
VMI at Akron 6:30 p.m. ET WatchESPN
Alabama A&M at Middle Tennessee 7 p.m. ET TBA
Alabama State at UTSA 7 p.m. ET KMYS-CW 35
Rhode Island at Kansas 7 p.m. ET Jayhawk TV
San Jose State at Tulsa 7 p.m. ET CBSSN
SE Missouri State at Memphis 7 p.m. ET WatchESPN
SMU at North Texas 7 p.m. ET ASN
South Carolina State at UCF 7 p.m. ET WatchESPN
Southern at ULM 7 p.m. ET WatchESPN
Towson at USF 7 p.m. ET WatchESPN
Southern Miss at Kentucky 7:30 p.m. ET ESPNU / WatchESPN
UMass at No. 25 Florida 7:30 p.m. ET SECN / WatchESPN
EWU at Washington State 8 p.m. ET Pac-12N / Pac-12.com
Fresno State at Nebraska 8 p.m. ET BTN / BTN2Go
New Mexico State at UTEP 8 p.m. ET beIN SPORTS
Northern Iowa at Iowa State 8 p.m. ET Cyclones.tv
South Dakota State at No. 13 TCU 8 p.m. ET FSN / FS Go
Stephen F. Austin at Texas Tech 8 p.m. ET FSN / FS Go
No. 20 USC vs. No. 1 Alabama (Arlington) 8 p.m. ET ABC / WatchESPN
New Hampshire at San Diego State 8:30 p.m. ET TBA
No. 2 Clemson at Auburn 9 p.m. ET ESPN / WatchESPN
Arizona vs. BYU (Glendale) 10:30 p.m. ET FS1 / FS Go
Northern Illinois at Wyoming 10:30 p.m. ET CBSSN
Northern Arizona at Arizona State 10:45 PM Pac-12N / Pac-12.com

College Football is back! Let's enjoy it together.