How to watch Alabama vs. Florida State online: Live stream, TV channel

The Alabama Crimson Tide and Florida State Seminoles meet in a rare match-up to open the 2017 college football season on Sept. 2 at Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

Alabama opens the season at No. 1 in the preseason poll. They reached the national championship last year before losing to Clemson.

Florida State was ranked No. 3 in the preseason poll behind Alabama and Ohio State. The Seminoles are coming off a 10–3 season that ended with a 33–32 victory over Michigan in the Orange Bowl.

ESPN's College GameDay will be at the Alabama vs. Florida State game to kick off the season.

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How to watch the game

Game time: 8 p.m. ET

TV channel: ABC

Live stream: You can watch the game online here.

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