(Pictured: College Football Hall of Famer Randy Cross (UCLA) will be on the call as Navy hosts No. 5 Houston on Saturday at 3 p.m. ET on CBS Sports Network.)
The following schedule is for games from Division I (FBS and FCS) for the dates of Oct. 6-12, 2016. If you choose to reproduce this schedule, please credit The National Football Foundation and use the NFF logo, which can be downloaded here.
* All times Eastern
* FBS Rankings reflect the FWAA-NFF Super 16 Poll
* FCS Rankings reflect the STATS FCS Top 25 Poll
* Schedule organized by home team.
This schedule is compiled by Alan Cox. Any comments or updates, please email
news@footballfoundation.com.
*Due to Hurricane Matthew, a number of games on this week’s schedule have the potential to be postponed or cancelled. Those games that already have been are noted below. The NFF will update the online version as announcements are made.*
The American
|
Date
|
Time
|
Game
|
Network (Talent)
|
|
Thurs., Oct. 6
|
8:00 p.m.
|
Temple
at Memphis
|
ESPN
(Dave Flemming, Jesse Palmer, Laura Rutledge)
|
|
Fri., Oct. 7
|
8:00 p.m.
|
SMU
at Tulsa
|
ESPN2
(Mike Corey, Rene Ingoglia)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
11:30 a.m.
|
Cincinnati
at Connecticut
|
CBS Sports Network
(Dave Ryan, Corey Chavous, Melanie Collins)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
Noon
|
East Carolina
at South Florida
|
ESPNews
(Mike Couzens, Dan Hawkins)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
3:00 p.m.
|
(5) Houston
at Navy
|
CBS Sports Network
(John Sadak, Randy Cross1, Sheehan Stanwick-Burch)
|
|
Postponed to Nov. 5 due to hurricane
|
TBD
|
Tulane
at UCF
|
TBD
|
ACC
|
Date
|
Time
|
Game
|
Network (Talent)
|
|
Fri., Oct. 7
|
7:30 p.m.
|
(3) Clemson
at Boston College
|
ESPN
(Adam Amin, Mack Brown, Molly McGrath)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
Noon
|
Notre Dame
at NC State
|
ABC
(Dave Pasch, Greg McElroy2, Tom Luginbill)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
12:30 p.m.
|
Georgia Tech
at Pittsburgh
|
ACC Network/Raycom Sports, also ESPN3/ACC Network Extra (subject to blackout)
(Tom Werme, Dave Archer, Roddy Jones)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
3:30 p.m.
|
Virginia Tech
at North Carolina
|
ABC/ESPN2
(Dave Lamont, Ray Bentley, Alex Corddry)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
3:30 p.m.
|
Army
at Duke
|
ACC Network/ESPN3/RSN
(Wes Durham, James Bates, Niki Noto)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
7:00 p.m.
|
Syracuse
at Wake Forest
|
ACC Network/ESPN3/RSN
(Bob Rathbun, Takeo Spikes, Kelsey Wingert)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
8:00 p.m.
|
Florida State
at (10) Miami (Fla.)
|
ABC
(Chris Fowler3, Kirk Herbstreit3, Samantha Ponder)
|
Big Ten
|
Date
|
Time
|
Game
|
Network (Talent)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
Noon
|
Iowa
at Minnesota
|
ESPN2
(Beth Mowins, Anthony Becht, Rocky Boiman)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
Noon
|
Maryland
at Penn State
|
BTN
(Kevin Kugler, Matt Millen, Lisa Byington)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
3:30 p.m.
|
BYU
at Michigan State
|
ABC/ESPN2
(Mike Patrick, Ed Cunningham, Jerry Punch)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
3:30 p.m.
|
Indiana
at (2) Ohio State
|
ESPN
(Bob Wischusen, Brock Huard, Allison Williams)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
3:30 p.m.
|
Purdue
at Illinois
|
BTN
(Eric Collins, Glen Mason)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
7:00 p.m.
|
(4) Michigan
at Rutgers
|
ESPN2
(Jason Benetti, Kelly Stouffer, Paul Carcaterra)
|
Big 12
|
Date
|
Time
|
Game
|
Network (Talent)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
Noon
|
TCU
at Kansas
|
ESPNU
(Eamon McAnaney, John Congemi)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
Noon
|
Texas
vs. Oklahoma
(Dallas, Texas)
|
FOX Sports 1
(Gus Johnson, Joel Klatt, Shannon Spake)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
3:30 p.m.
|
Iowa State
at Oklahoma State
|
ESPNU
(Anish Shroff, Ahmad Brooks, Dawn Davenport)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
7:00 p.m.
|
Texas Tech
at Kansas State
|
ESPNU
(Clay Matvick, Dusty Dvoracek)
|
Conference USA
|
Date
|
Time
|
Game
|
Network (Talent)
|
|
Thurs., Oct. 6
|
8:00 p.m.
|
Western Kentucky
at Louisiana Tech
|
CBS Sports Network
(Jason Horowitz, Rick Neuheisel, Taylor Rooks)
|
|
Fri., Oct. 7
|
8:00 p.m.
|
UMass
at Old Dominion
|
CUSA TV
(Ted Alexander, Andy Mashaw, Doug Ripley)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
Noon
|
Southern Miss
at UTSA
|
American Sports Network
(Mike Gleason, ND Kalu)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
7:00 p.m.
|
Marshall
at North Texas
|
American Sports Network
(Ron Thulin, Keith Moreland)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
8:00 p.m.
|
Florida International
at UTEP
|
CUSA TV
(Jon Teicher, Bernie Ricono)
|
|
Sun., Oct. 9
(Tentative due to hurricane)
|
Noon
|
Charlotte
at Florida Atlantic
|
CUSA TV
(Ken LaVicka, Kris Bartels)
|
MAC
|
Date
|
Time
|
Game
|
Network (Talent)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
2:00 p.m.
|
Bowling Green
at Ohio
|
ESPN3
(Dave Weekley, John Gregory)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
3:00 p.m.
|
Miami (Ohio)
at Akron
|
ESPN3
(Michael Reghi, Dustin Fox)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
3:00 p.m.
|
Toledo
at Eastern Michigan
|
ESPN3/BCSN/TWC Sports
(Mason Lowry, Mike Robinson)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
3:30 p.m.
|
Ball State
at Central Michigan
|
American Sports Network/ESPN3
(Jeff McCarragher, Michael Young)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
3:30 p.m.
|
Kent State
at Buffalo
|
ESPN3
(Doug Sherman, Marcus Ray)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
6:30 p.m.
|
Northern Illinois
at Western Michigan
|
CBS Sports Network
(Ben Holden, Jay Feely, John Schriffen)
|
Mountain West
|
Date
|
Time
|
Game
|
Network (Talent)
|
|
Fri., Oct. 7
|
9:00 p.m.
|
Boise State
at New Mexico
|
CBS Sports Network
(Carter Blackburn, Aaron Taylor, Jenny Dell)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
3:30 p.m.
|
Air Force
at Wyoming
|
ROOT Sports
(Drew Goodman, Sed Bonner, Brad Thompson)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
4:30 p.m.
|
Hawaii
at San Jose State
|
Oceanic PPV
(Robert Kekaula, Rich Miano, Scott Robbs)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
7:00 p.m.
|
Fresno State
at Nevada
|
ESPN3
(Trey Bender, Jay Taylor)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
10:00 p.m.
|
Utah State
at Colorado State
|
CBS Sports Network
(Rich Waltz, Eric Davis, Cassie McKinney)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
10:30 p.m.
|
UNLV
at San Diego State
|
ESPNU
(Roy Philpott, Tom Ramsey)
|
Pac-12
|
Date
|
Time
|
Game
|
Network (Talent)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
4:00 p.m.
|
Colorado
at USC
|
Pac-12 Networks
(Roxy Bernstein, Anthony Herron, Lewis Johnson)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
7:30 p.m.
|
(6) Washington
at Oregon
|
FOX
(Joe Davis, Brady Quinn, Jenny Taft)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
9:00 p.m.
|
California
at Oregon State
|
Pac-12 Networks
(Ted Robinson, Yogi Roth, Cindy Brunson)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
10:00 p.m.
|
Arizona
at Utah
|
FOX Sports 1
(Tim Brando, Spencer Tillman, Bruce Feldman)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
10:30 p.m.
|
UCLA
at Arizona State
|
ESPN2
(Allen Bestwick, Mike Bellotti1, Kris Budden)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
10:30 p.m.
|
Washington State
at (14) Stanford
|
ESPN
(Mark Jones, Rod Gilmore, Quint Kessenich)
|
SEC
|
Date
|
Time
|
Game
|
Network (Talent)
|
|
Postponed
due to
hurricane
|
TBD
|
LSU
at Florida
|
TBD
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
Noon
|
Auburn
at Mississippi State
|
ESPN
(Tom Hart, Andre Ware1, Cole Cubelic)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
3:30 p.m.
|
(9) Tennessee
at (8) Texas A&M
|
CBS
(Verne Lundquist3, Gary Danielson, Allie LaForce)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
4:00 p.m.
|
Vanderbilt
at Kentucky
|
SEC Network
(Dave Neal, Matt Stinchcomb2, Olivia Harlan)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
7:00 p.m.
|
(1) Alabama
at (16) Arkansas
|
ESPN
(Joe Tessitore, Todd Blackledge, Holly Rowe)
|
|
Sun., Oct. 9
(moved due to hurricane)
|
2:30 p.m.
|
Georgia
at South Carolina
|
SEC Network
(Brent Musburger3, Jesse Palmer, Kaylee Hartung)
|
Sun Belt
|
Date
|
Time
|
Game
|
Network (Talent)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
3:30 p.m.
|
Texas State
at Georgia State
|
ESPN3
(Matt Stewart, Wayne Gandy)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
7:00 p.m.
|
Idaho
at Louisiana Monroe
|
ESPN3
(Shawn Kenney, Forrest Conoly)
|
|
Wed., Oct. 12
|
8:00 p.m.
|
Appalachian State
at Louisiana Lafayette
|
ESPN2
|
FCS
Big Sky
|
Date
|
Time
|
Game
|
Network (Talent)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
4:00 p.m.
|
Northern Colorado
at (4) Eastern Washington
|
SWX/WatchBigSky.com
(Sam Adams, Bill Ames)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
4:30 p.m.
|
Mississippi Valley State
at (10) Montana
|
Cowles Media
(Chris Byers, Grady Bennett, Mick Delaney)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
7:00 p.m.
|
Northern Arizona
at Montana State
|
ROOT Sports/DirecTV’s Audience Network
(Tom Glasgow, Jason Stiles, Jen Mueller)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
8:00 p.m.
|
UC Davis
at Southern Utah
|
WatchBigSky.com
(Art Challis, Devin Dixon)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
9:00 p.m.
|
Portland State
at Weber State
|
KJZZ/WatchBigSky.com
(Dave Fox, Alema Harrington, Tony Parks)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
9:00 p.m.
|
(24) North Dakota
at Sacramento State
|
WatchBigSky.com
(Jason Ross, Steve McElroy, Danny Sullivan)
|
Big South
|
Date
|
Time
|
Game
|
Network (Talent)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
1:00 p.m.
|
Missouri S&T
at Kennesaw State
|
Big South Network/Peachtree TV
(Brian Katrek, DJ Shockley, Nathan McCreary)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
6:00 p.m.
|
Presbyterian
at Gardner-Webb
|
ESPN3
(Mike Hogewood, Renaldo Wynn)
|
|
Postponed due to hurricane
|
TBD
|
Albany State (Ga.)
at (8) Charleston Southern
|
TBD
|
CAA
|
Date
|
Time
|
Game
|
Network (Talent)
|
|
Fri., Oct. 7
|
7:00 p.m.
|
New Hampshire
at Elon
|
ElonPhoenix.com
(David Hibbard, Taylor Durham)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
Noon
|
Rhode Island
at (14) Villanova
|
American Sports Network
(Dave Armstrong, Rich Baldinger)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
3:30 p.m.
|
(6) Richmond
at (16) Albany
|
Spectrum NY
(Rodger Wyland, Zach Bye)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
3:30 p.m.
|
Maine
at Delaware
|
Blue Hens TV
(Scott Klatzkin, Matt Janus, Michael Atunrase)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
3:30 p.m.
|
William & Mary
at (7) James Madison
|
Comcast/CAA TV
(Rob Carlin, Qadry Ismail)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
7:00 p.m.
|
Stony Brook
at Towson
|
Comcast/CAA TV
(Brent Harris, Andy Gresh, Travis Thomas)
|
Ivy League
|
Date
|
Time
|
Game
|
Network (Talent)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
12:30 p.m.
|
Stetson
at Brown
|
Ivy League Digital Network
(Scott Cordischi)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
1:00 p.m.
|
Dartmouth
at Yale
|
ESPN3
(Ron Vaccarro, Carm Cozza1)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
1:00 p.m.
|
Cornell
at (22) Harvard
|
One World Sports/Ivy League Digital Network
(Bill Spaulding, Jack Ford4)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
1:00 p.m.
|
Central Connecticut
at Penn
|
Ivy League Digital Network
(Brian Seltzer, Hench Murray)
|
MEAC
|
Date
|
Time
|
Game
|
Network (Talent)
|
|
Thurs., Oct. 6
|
7:30 p.m.
|
Norfolk State
at (18) North Carolina A&T
|
ESPNU
(Eric Clemons, Jay Walker)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
1:00 p.m.
|
Monmouth
at Howard
|
None
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
2:00 p.m.
|
Hampton
at Delaware State
|
YouTube
(Roland DeVries, Byron Dixon, Derek Slayton)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
4:00 p.m.
|
Florida A&M
at North Carolina Central
|
NCCU Sports Network
(Chris Hooks, Joe Simmons)
|
|
Postponed due to hurricane
|
TBD
|
Morgan State
at Savannah State
|
TBD
|
|
Postponed due to hurricane
|
TBD
|
Bethune-Cookman
at South Carolina State
|
TBD
|
Missouri Valley
|
Date
|
Time
|
Game
|
Network (Talent)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
3:00 p.m.
|
(15) Youngstown State
at (23) Illinois State
|
ESPN3/CSN Chicago
(Kurt Pegler, Andy King)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
3:00 p.m.
|
(1) North Dakota State
at Missouri State
|
ESPN3/NBC North Dakota
(Brian Shawn, Lee Timmerman, Beth Hoole)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
3:00 p.m.
|
(11) Northern Iowa
at South Dakota
|
ESPN3/Midco SN
(Andre Fields, Jay Olsen, Carla Metts)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
4:00 p.m.
|
Indiana State
at (13) Western Illinois
|
ESPN3
(Mick Shaffer, Danan Hughes, Sara Dayley)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
7:00 p.m.
|
(12) South Dakota State
at Southern Illinois
|
ESPN3
(Darren Kinnard, Mike Trude, Danny Valle)
|
Northeast
|
Date
|
Time
|
Game
|
Network (Talent)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
3:00 p.m.
|
St. Francis
at Robert Morris
|
ESPN3
(Paul Dottino, Kevin Gilbride, John Schmeelk)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
6:00 p.m.
|
Columbia
at Wagner
|
NEC Front Row
(Pete Mundo, John Jastremski)
|
Ohio Valley
|
Date
|
Time
|
Game
|
Network (Talent)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
2:00 p.m.
|
Tennessee Tech
at (3) Jacksonville State
|
ESPN3
(Kevin Ingram, Bob Belvin)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
3:00 p.m.
|
Austin Peay
at Tennessee-Martin
|
OVC Digital Network
(Tom Britt, Chris Brinkley, John Abel)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
6:00 p.m.
|
Southeast Missouri State
at Eastern Kentucky
|
OVC Digital Network
(Greg Stotelmyer, Jim Tirey, Wes Chandler)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
7:00 p.m.
|
Tennessee State
at (19) Eastern Illinois
|
OVC Digital Network
(Mike Bradd, Jack Ashmore)
|
Patriot League
|
Date
|
Time
|
Game
|
Network (Talent)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
12:30 p.m.
|
Colgate
at Lehigh
|
Patriot League Network/Service Electric 2 Sports
(Steve Degler, Mike Yadush, Al Di Carlo)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
1:00 p.m.
|
Lafayette
at Fordham
|
Campus Insiders
(Ray Crawford, Tom Kelleher)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
1:00 p.m.
|
Princeton
at Georgetown
|
Patriot League Network
(Jeremy Huber, Emory Hunt, Mike Nebrich, Anna Tarullo)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
1:05 p.m.
|
Bucknell
at Holy Cross
|
Patriot League Network/Charter
(Andy Lacombe, Jim Andreoli)
|
Pioneer
|
Date
|
Time
|
Game
|
Network (Talent)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
1:00 p.m.
|
Marist
at Butler
|
ButlerSports.com
(Mark Minner, Mark Pearson)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
1:00 p.m.
|
Morehead State
at Dayton
|
Spectrum Ohio/YouTube
(Mike Hartsock, Jared Phillips)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
2:00 p.m.
|
Drake
at Valparaiso
|
ESPN3
(Todd Ickow, David Huseman)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
4:00 p.m.
|
Davidson
at San Diego
|
TheW.tv
(Jack Cronin, JT Rogan)
|
|
Postponed due to hurricane
|
TBD
|
Campbell
at Jacksonville
|
TBD
|
Southern
|
Date
|
Time
|
Game
|
Network (Talent)
|
|
Thurs., Oct. 7
|
7:00 p.m.
|
North Greenville (S.C.)
at (9) The Citadel
(game moved to North Greenville)
|
ESPN3
(Kevin Fitzgerald, Sadath Jean-Pierre)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
1:00 p.m.
|
Samford
at Furman
|
ESPN3
(Bob Mihalic, Don Clardy)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
1:30 p.m.
|
East Tennessee State
at VMI
|
ESPN3
(Wade Branner, Dave Harding)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
4:00 p.m.
|
Mercer
at (5) Chattanooga
|
SoCon Digital Network
(Jim Reynolds, Todd Agne, Will Poindexter)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
7:00 p.m.
|
Wofford
at Western Carolina
|
American Sports Network
(Pete Yanity, Will Merritt, Katie Miller)
|
Southland
|
Date
|
Time
|
Game
|
Network (Talent)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
4:00 p.m.
|
Stephen F. Austin
at Nicholls State
|
American Sports Network
(Lyn Rollins, Rene Nadeau, Tatum Everett)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
7:00 p.m.
|
(20) McNeese State
at Southeastern Louisiana
|
ESPN3/Cox Sports Television
(Sean Kelley, Deuce McAllister, Carley McCord)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
7:00 p.m.
|
Kentucky Wesleyan
at Northwestern State
|
NSUDemons.com
(Patrick Netherton, Richard deVargas, Tony Taglavore)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
7:00 p.m.
|
Lamar
at Abilene Christian
|
ACU TV
(Grant Boone, Bob Slater, Mary Kate Rotenberry)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
7:00 p.m.
|
(2) Sam Houston State
at Incarnate Word
|
ESPN3
(Lincoln Rose, Shea Walker, Brooke Bentley)
|
SWAC
|
Date
|
Time
|
Game
|
Network (Talent)
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
3:00 p.m.
|
Alcorn State
at Alabama A&M
|
None
|
|
Sat., Oct. 8
|
3:00 p.m.
|
Alabama State
at Prairie View A&M
|
ROOT Sports Southwest
(Tom Franklin, Ken Moore)
|
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2 - Former NFF National Scholar-Athlete
3 - NFF Outstanding Contribution to Amateur Football honoree
4 - NFF Board Member
