ESPN’s college football opening weekend schedule released
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ESPN’s 2016 college football opening weekend schedule was released Monday.
Headlining the slate is defending College Football Playoff national champion Alabama, who opens up against No. 19 USC on Sept. 3 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC. Also featured during opening weekend will be No. 1 Oklahoma, No. 3 Florida State, No. 4 Clemson, No. 6 LSU and No. 7 Michigan.
See the schedule below.
Thursday, Sept. 1
• South Carolina vs. Vanderbilt, 8 p.m. ET, ESPN
Saturday, Sept. 3
• Georgia Tech vs. Boston College (in Ireland), 7:30 a.m. ET, ESPN2
• No. 1 Oklahoma vs. No. 13 Houston, Noon ET, ABC
• Hawaii vs. No. 7 Michigan, Noon ET, ESPN
• No. 6 LSU vs. Wisconsin, 3:30 p.m. ET, ABC
• No. 21 Georgia vs. No. 20 UNC, 5:30 p.m. ET, ESPN
• No. 19 USC vs. No. 2 Alabama, 8 p.m. ET, ABC
• No. 4 Clemson vs. Auburn, 9 p.m. ET, ESPN
• BECHT: Oklahoma leads too-early Top 25
Sunday, Sept. 4
• No. 9 Notre Dame vs. Texas, 7:30 p.m. ET, ABC
Monday, Sept. 5
• No. 12 Ole Miss vs. No. 3 Florida State, 8 p.m. ET, ESPN
