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2016 NFF Weekly TV Schedule for NCAA Division I Football - Week 1

The following schedule is for games from Division I (FBS and FCS) for the dates of Sept. 1-5, 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 and John Loop. Any comments or updates, please email
news@footballfoundation.com.
 

The American 

Date

Time

Game

Network (Talent)

Thurs., Sept. 1

7:00 p.m.

Tennessee-Martin
at Cincinnati

ESPN3

(Jim Barbar, Dustin Fox)

Thurs., Sept. 1

7:00 p.m.

Maine
at Connecticut

American Sports Network/ESPN3

(Mike Gleason, Andy Gresh, Hali Oughton)

Fri., Sept. 2

7:00 p.m.

Army
at Temple

CBS Sports Network

(Dave Ryan, Corey Chavous, Melanie Collins)

Sat., Sept. 3

Noon

(3) Oklahoma
at (14) Houston

ABC

(Dave Pasch, Greg McElroy2, Tom Luginbill)

Sat., Sept. 3

Noon

Fordham
at Navy

CBS Sports Network

(John Sadak, Randy Cross1, Sheehan Stanwick-Burch)

Sat., Sept. 3

6:00 p.m.

Western Carolina
at East Carolina

ESPN3

(Matt Stewart, Watson Brown)

Sat., Sept. 3

7:00 p.m.

Towson
at South Florida

American Sports Network/ESPN3

(Mike Gleason, Michael Young)

Sat., Sept. 3

7:00 p.m.

San Jose State
at Tulsa

CBS Sports Network

(Carter Blackburn, Aaron Taylor, Jenny Dell)

Sat., Sept. 3

7:00 p.m.

South Carolina State
at UCF

ESPN3

(Drew Fellios, Doug Graber)

Sat., Sept. 3

7:00 p.m.

Southeast Missouri State
at Memphis

ESPN3

(Trey Bender, Pete Najarian)


ACC

Date

Time

Game

Network (Talent)

Thurs., Sept. 1

7:00 p.m.

Charlotte
at Louisville

RSN

(Wes Durham, James Bates, Jenn Hildreth)

Thurs., Sept. 1

7:00 p.m.

Tulane
at Wake Forest

ESPN3/ACC Network Extra

(Taylor Zarzour, Al Groh)

Thurs., Sept. 1

7:30 p.m.

William & Mary
at N.C. State

ESPN3/ACC Network Extra

(Matt Stewart, Stan Lewter)

Fri., Sept. 2

7:00 p.m.

Colgate
at Syracuse

ESPN3/ACC Network Extra

(Doug Sherman, Matt Chatham)

Sat., Sept. 3

7:30 a.m.

Georgia Tech
vs. Boston College
(Dublin, Ireland)

ESPN2

(Jason Benetti, Kelly Stouffer, Paul Carcaterra)

Sat., Sept. 3

12:30 p.m.

Liberty
at Virginia Tech

ESPN3/ACC Network Extra

(Tom Werme, Dave Archer, Roddy Jones)

Sat., Sept. 3

1:30 p.m.

Villanova
at Pittsburgh

ESPN3/ACC Network Extra

(Dave Weekley, John Gregory)

Sat., Sept. 3

3:30 p.m.

Richmond
at Virginia

ESPN3/ACC Network Extra

(Bob Picozzi, Tom O’Brien)

Sat., Sept. 3

6:00 p.m.

N.C. Central
at Duke

ESPN3/ACC Network Extra

(Shawn Kenney, Stan Lewter)

Sat., Sept. 3

6:00 p.m.

Florida A&M
at Miami (Fla.)

ESPN3/ACC Network Extra

(Joel Meyers, Rene Ingoglia)

Mon., Sept. 5

8:00 p.m.

(12) Ole Miss
vs. (4) Florida State
(Orlando, Fla.)

ESPN

(Chris Fowler3, Kirk Herbstreit3, Samantha Ponder)


Big Ten

Date

Time

Game

Network (Talent)

Thurs., Sept. 1

9:00 p.m.

Oregon State
at Minnesota

BTN

(Eric Collins, Glen Mason, Michelle McMahon)

Fri., Sept. 2

7:00 p.m.

Furman
at (13) Michigan State

BTN

(Justin Kutcher, Jim Miller, Johnny Kane)

Sat., Sept. 3

Noon

Eastern Kentucky
at Purdue

ESPNews

(Dave LaMont, Ray Bentley)

Sat., Sept. 3

Noon

Howard
at Maryland

BTN
(Chris Denari, Scott McBrien)

Sat., Sept. 3

Noon

Western Michigan
at Northwestern

ESPNU

(Clay Matvick, Dusty Dvoracek)

Sat., Sept. 3

Noon

Hawaii
at (7) Michigan

ESPN

(Mike Patrick, Ed Cunningham, Jerry Punch)

Sat., Sept. 3

Noon

Bowling Green
at (6) Ohio State

BTN

(Kevin Kugler, Matt Millen, Lisa Byington)

Sat., Sept. 3

3:30 p.m.

(5) LSU
vs. Wisconsin
(Green Bay, Wis.)

ABC

(Steve Levy, Brian Griese2, Todd McShay)

Sat., Sept. 3

3:30 p.m.

Kent State
at Penn State

BTN

(Scott Graham, Chuck Long1)

Sat., Sept. 3

3:30 p.m.

Miami (Ohio)
at Iowa

ESPNU

(Eamon McAnaney, John Congemi)

Sat., Sept. 3

3:30 p.m.

Murray State
at Illinois

BTN

(Eric Collins, J Leman2, Rick Pizzo)

Sat., Sept. 3

8:00 p.m.

Fresno State
at Nebraska

BTN

(Joe Beninati, Glen Mason, Damon Benning)


Big 12

Date

Time

Game

Network (Talent)

Fri., Sept. 2

7:30 p.m.

Northwestern State
at Baylor

FOX Sports Net

(Mark Followill, Ben Leber, Brian

Baldinger, Lesley McCaslin)

Sat., Sept. 3

Noon

Missouri
at West Virginia

FOX Sports 1

(Tim Brando, Spencer Tillman, Bruce Feldman)

Sat., Sept. 3

3:30 p.m.

Southeastern Louisiana
at Oklahoma State

FOX Sports Net

(Brendan Burke, Brian Baldinger, Christian Steckel)

Sat., Sept. 3

7:00 p.m.

Rhode Island
at Kansas

ESPN3/Jayhawk TV

(Dave Stewart, Danan Hughes, Leif Lisec)

Sat., Sept. 3

8:00 p.m.

Northern Iowa
at Iowa State

Cyclones.tv

(Brent Blum, Sage Rosenfels)

Sat., Sept. 3

8:00 p.m.

South Dakota State
at (11) TCU

FOX Sports Net

(Mark Followill, Ben Leber, Lesley McCaslin)

Sat., Sept. 3

8:00 p.m.

Stephen F. Austin
at Texas Tech 

FOX Sports Net

(Ron Thulin, Gary Reasons1, Abby Hornacek)

Sun., Sept. 4

7:30 p.m.

(10) Notre Dame
at Texas

ABC

(Joe Tessitore, Todd Blackledge, Holly Rowe)


Conference USA

Date

Time

Game

Network (Talent)

Thurs., Sept. 1

7:30 p.m.

Indiana
at FIU

ESPNU

(Mike Couzens, Rene Ingoglia)

Thurs., Sept. 1

8:00 p.m.

Rice
at Western Kentucky

CBS Sports Network

(Ben Holden, Jay Feely, John Schriffen)

Sat., Sept. 3

6:00 p.m.

Hampton
at Old Dominion

CUSA.TV

(Ted Alexander, Andy Mashaw)

Sat., Sept. 3

6:00 p.m.

Southern Illinois
at Florida Atlantic

CUSA.TV

(Ken LaVicka, Kris Bartels)

Sat., Sept. 3

7:00 p.m.

Alabama State
at UTSA

KMYS-CW 35 San Antonio

(Don Harris, Chuck Miketinac, Hector Ledesma)

Sat., Sept. 3

7:00 p.m.

Alabama A&M
at Middle Tennessee 

CUSA.TV

(Jake Rose, DeJuan Buford, Paige Patton)

Sat., Sept. 3

7:00 p.m.

SMU
at North Texas

American Sports Network

(Jeff McCarragher, ND Kalu)

Sat., Sept. 3

8:00 p.m.

New Mexico State
at UTEP

BeIN Sports

(Matt Martucci, Brett Romberg, Jordan Daigle)


MAC

Date

Time

Game

Network (Talent)

Thurs., Sept. 1

7:00 p.m.

Presbyterian
at Central Michigan

ESPN3

(Michael Reghi, Marcus Ray)

Fri., Sept. 2

6:00 p.m.

Mississippi Valley State
at Eastern Michigan

ESPN3

(Dan Gutowsky, Mark Herrmann1)

Fri., Sept. 2

7:00 p.m.

Albany
at Buffalo

ESPN3

(Robert Lee, Tyoka Jackson)

Sat., Sept. 3

3:30 p.m.

Texas State
at Ohio

CBS Sports Network

(Ben Holden, Jay Feely)

Sat., Sept. 3

6:30 p.m.

VMI
at Akron

ESPN3

(Keith Morehouse, Jerod Cherry2)


Mountain West

Date

Time

Game

Network (Talent)

Thurs., Sept. 1

8:00 p.m.

Weber State
at Utah State

MW Network/Campus Insiders/Twitter

(Ari Wolfe, Darius Walker)

Thurs., Sept. 1

9:00 p.m.

South Dakota
at New Mexico

ROOT Sports

(Marc Stout, Sed Bonner, Brad Thompson)

Thurs., Sept. 1

10:00 p.m.

Jackson State
at UNLV

MW Network/Campus Insiders

(Ray Crawford, Caleb Herring, Shae Peppler)

Fri., Sept. 2

9:30 p.m.

Cal Poly
at Nevada

MW Network

(Ryan Radtke, Kevin Grimes)

Sat., Sept. 3

2:00 p.m.

Abilene Christian
at Air Force

MW Network/Campus Insiders/Twitter

(Ray Crawford, Darius Walker, Shae Peppler)

Sat., Sept. 3

8:30 p.m.

New Hampshire
at San Diego State

None

Sat., Sept. 3

10:30 p.m.

Northern Illinois
at Wyoming

CBS Sports Network

(Dwayne Ballen, Adam Archuleta, Cassie McKinney)


Pac-12

Date

Time

Game

Network (Talent)

Thurs., Sept. 1

8:00 p.m.

Southern Utah
at Utah

Pac-12 Networks

(Roxy Bernstein, Anthony Herron, Lewis Johnson)

Fri., Sept. 2

8:00 p.m.

Colorado State
vs. Colorado
(Denver)

ESPN

(Adam Amin, Mack Brown, Molly McGrath)

Fri., Sept. 2

9:00 p.m.

Kansas State
at (8) Stanford

FOX Sports 1

(Gus Johnson, Joel Klatt, Shannon Spake)

Sat., Sept. 3

2:00 p.m.

Rutgers
at (15) Washington

Pac-12 Networks

(Roxy Bernstein, Anthony Herron, Lewis Johnson

Sat., Sept. 3

5:00 p.m.

UC Davis
at Oregon

Pac-12 Networks

(Ted Robinson, Yogi Roth, Cindy Brunson)

Sat., Sept. 3

8:00 p.m.

Eastern Washington
at Washington State

Pac-12 Networks

(J.B. Long, Glenn Parker, Jill Savage)

Sat., Sept. 3

10:30 p.m.

Arizona
vs. BYU
(Glendale, Ariz.)

FOX Sports 1

(Joe Davis, Brady Quinn, Jenny Taft)

Sat., Sept. 3

10:45 p.m.

Northern Arizona
at Arizona State

Pac-12 Networks

(Guy Haberman, Evan Moore, Drea Avant)


SEC

Date

Time

Game

Network (Talent)

Thurs., Sept. 1

7:30 p.m.

Appalachian State
at (9) Tennessee

SEC Network

(Brent Musburger3, Jesse Palmer, Laura Rutledge)

Thurs., Sept. 1

8:00 p.m.

South Carolina
at Vanderbilt

ESPN

(Mark Jones, Rod Gilmore, Quint Kessenich)

Sat., Sept. 3

Noon

South Alabama
at Mississippi State

SEC Network

(David Neal, Matt Stinchcomb2, Olivia Harlan)

Sat., Sept. 3

3:30 p.m.

(16) UCLA
at Texas A&M

CBS

(Verne Lundquist3, Gary Danielson, Allie LaForce)

Sat., Sept. 3

4:00 p.m.

Louisiana Tech
at Arkansas

SEC Network

(Beth Mowins, Anthony Becht, Rocky Boiman)

Sat., Sept. 3

5:30 p.m.

Georgia
vs. North Carolina
(Atlanta)

ESPN

(Bob Wischusen, Brock Huard, Allison Williams)

Sat., Sept. 3

7:30 p.m.

Southern Mississippi
at Kentucky

ESPNU

(Anish Shroff, Ahmad Brooks)

Sat., Sept. 3

7:30 p.m.

UMass
at Florida

SEC Network

(Tom Hart, Andre Ware1, Cole Cubelic)

Sat., Sept. 3

8:00 p.m.

USC
vs. (1) Alabama
(Arlington, Texas)

ABC

(Chris Fowler3, Kirk Herbstreit3, Samantha Ponder)

Sat., Sept. 3

9:00 p.m.

(2) Clemson
at Auburn

ESPN

(Brent Musburger3, Jesse Palmer, Kaylee Hartung)


Sun Belt

Date

Time

Game

Network (Talent)

Thurs., Sept. 1

9:00 p.m.

Montana State
at Idaho

ESPN3/SWX

(Sam Adams, Bill Ames)

Fri., Sept. 2

7:00 p.m.

Ball State
at Georgia State

American Sports Network/ESPN3

(Jeff McCarragher, Michael Young)

Fri., Sept. 2

9:00 p.m.

Toledo
at Arkansas State

ESPNU

(Roy Philpott, Clint Stoerner)

Sat., Sept. 3

Noon

Boise State
at Louisiana-Lafayette

American Sports Network/ESPN3

(Doug Bell, Keith Moreland)

Sat., Sept. 3

6:00 p.m.

Austin Peay
at Troy

ESPN3

(David Saltzman, Jay Taylor)

Sat., Sept. 3

6:00 p.m.

Savannah State
at Georgia Southern

ESPN3

(Greg Mescall, Wayne Gandy)

Sat., Sept. 3

7:00 p.m.

Southern
at Louisiana-Monroe

ESPN3

(Brett Dolan, Brian Kinchen)


FCS

Big Sky

Date

Time

Game

Network (Talent)

Sat., Sept. 3

4:00 p.m.

Rocky Mountain (Mont.)
at Northern Colorado

Comcast Entertainment Television/WatchBigSky.com

Sat., Sept. 3

4:35 p.m.

Simon Fraser (Canada)
at Idaho State

WatchBigSky.com

(Jerry Miller, Mark Liptak)

Sat., Sept. 3

5:30 p.m.

Central Washington
at (17) Portland State

WatchBigSky.com

(Tom Hewitt, Mike Lund)

Sat., Sept. 3

8:00 p.m.

Saint Francis
at (13) Montana

Cowles Montana Media/Altitude 2/GoGriz.com

(Chris Byers, Grady Bennett, Mick Delaney, Shaun Rainey)

Sat., Sept. 3

9:05 p.m.

Western Oregon
at Sacramento State

WatchBigSky.com

(Jason Ross, Steve McElroy, Danny Sullivan)


Big South

Date

Time

Game

Network (Talent)

Sat., Sept. 3

11:45 a.m.

Kentucky State
at (7) Charleston Southern

Big South Network

(Kevin O’Rourke)

Sat., Sept. 3

7:00 p.m.

East Tennessee State
at Kennesaw State

Peachtree TV/Big South Network

(Brian Katrek, D.J. Shockley, Nathan McCreary)


CAA

Date

Time

Game

Network (Talent)

Thurs., Sept. 1

7:00 p.m.

(19) North Dakota
at Stony Brook

StonyBrookAthletics.com

(Josh Caray, Curt Hylton, Diane Caruso)

Thurs., Sept. 1

7:00 p.m.

Delaware State
at Delaware

BlueHens.com

(Scott Klatzkin, Matt Janus)

Sat., Sept. 3

3:30 p.m.

Gardner-Webb
at Elon

American Sports Network

(Dave Armstrong, Richard Baldinger)

Sat., Sept. 3

6:00 p.m.

Morehead State
at (12) James Madison 

MadiZONE HD SportsNet

(Curt Dudley, Adam Coolbaugh)


MEAC

Date

Time

Game

Network (Talent)

Sat., Sept. 3

2:00 p.m.

Holy Cross
at Morgan State

MorganStateBears.com

(Lamont Germany, Kelvin Bridgers)

Sat., Sept. 3

2:00 p.m.

Elizabeth City State (N.C.)
at Norfolk State

NSUSpartans.com

(Ross Gordon, Turrell Ducre)

Sat., Sept. 3

6:00 p.m.

Saint Augustine's (N.C.)
at (25) North Carolina A&T

None

Sun., Sept. 4

1:00 p.m.

Alcorn State
at Bethune-Cookman

ESPN

(Eric Clemons, Jay Walker)


Missouri Valley

Date

Time

Game

Network (Talent)

Thurs., Sept. 1

7:00 p.m.

Southwestern (Kan.)
at Missouri State

ESPN3

(Don West, Tom Ladd)

Thurs., Sept. 1

7:30 p.m.

Duquesne
at Youngstown State

ESPN3

(Jim Campbell, Tim Poszgai)

Sat., Sept. 3

3:00 p.m.

Butler
at Indiana State 

ESPN3

(Chase Eyrich, Tim Wells)

Sat., Sept. 3

7:00 p.m.

Valparaiso
at (10) Illinois State 

ESPN3

(Kurt Pegler, Andy King)


Northeast

Date

Time

Game

Network (Talent)

Thurs., Sept. 1

6:00 p.m.

Saint Anselm (N.H.)
at Wagner

NEC Front Row

(Pete Mundo, John Jastremski)

Thurs., Sept. 1

7:00 p.m.

Alderson-Broaddus (W.Va.)
at Robert Morris

NEC Front Row

(Chris Shovlin, Brian Cleary)

Fri., Sept. 2

6:00 p.m.

Lafayette
at Central Connecticut

NEC Front Row

(Bruce Biel, Marc Robbins)

Sat., Sept. 3

3:00 p.m.

Merrimack (Mass.)
at Bryant

NEC Front Row

(Tristan Hobbes, Tim Lynch)


Ohio Valley

Date

Time

Game

Network (Talent)

Thurs., Sept. 1

7:00 p.m.

Wofford
at Tennessee Tech

OVC Digital Network/WCTE-TV

(Tim Scruggs, Sam Brooks)

Thurs., Sept. 1

7:00 p.m.

North Alabama
at (3) Jacksonville State

OVC Digital Network

(Mickey Shadrix, Butch Barker)

Thurs., Sept. 1

7:00 p.m.

(20) Western Illinois
at Eastern Illinois

OVC Digital Network/WEIU

(Mike Bradd, Jack Ashmore)

Sat., Sept. 3

7:00 p.m.

Arkansas-Pine Bluff
at Tennessee State

OVC Digital Network

(Howard Gentry Jr., Daniel Fitzpatrick)


Patriot League

Date

Time

Game

Network (Talent)

Sat., Sept. 3

12:30 p.m.

Monmouth
at Lehigh

Patriot League Network/Service Electric 2 Sports

(Steve Degler, Mike Yadush, Al Di Carlo)

Sat., Sept. 3

1:00 p.m.

Davidson
at Georgetown

Patriot League Network

(Jeremy Huber, Scott Jackson)


Pioneer

Date

Time

Game

Network (Talent)

Thurs., Sept. 1

7:00 p.m.

Bluefield (W.Va.)
at Campbell

BigSouthSports.com

(Chris Hemeyer, Jay Sonnhalter, Andy Bowman)

Sat., Sept. 3

6:00 p.m.

Bucknell
at Marist

GoRedFoxes.com/Time Warner Cable SportsChannel

(Chris Watson, Marsh Canosa)

Sat., Sept. 3

7:00 p.m.

Sacred Heart
at Stetson

ESPN3

(Evan Weston, Cris Belvin, Taylor Patrizi)

Sat., Sept. 3

7:00 p.m.

Central State (Ohio)
at Dayton

None

Sat., Sept. 3

7:00 p.m.

Quincy (Ill.)
at Drake

GoDrakeBulldogs.com

(Chuck Reed)

Sat., Sept. 3

9:00 p.m.

Western New Mexico
at San Diego

WCCSports.com

(Jack Cronin, JT Rogan)


Southern

Date

Time

Game

Network (Talent)

Thurs., Sept. 1

7:00 p.m.

Mars Hill (N.C.)
at Samford

ESPN3

(Curt Bloom, Jay Galloway, Hattie Breece)

Thurs., Sept. 1

7:00 p.m.

(15) The Citadel
at Mercer

FOX Sports Southeast

(Darren Goldwater, Ray Goff, Lyndsay Rowley)

Thurs., Sept. 1

7:00 p.m.

Shorter (Ga.)
at (6) Chattanooga

SoCon Digital Network

(Jim Reynolds, Todd Agne, Will Poindexter)


Southland

Date

Time

Game

Network (Talent)

Thurs., Sept. 1

7:00 p.m.

Houston Baptist
at Central Arkansas

American Sports Network

(Lincoln Rose, Shea Walker, Kamady Rudd)

Sat., Sept. 3

7:00 p.m.

Texas A&M-Kingsville
at Incarnate Word

UIWCardinals.com

(Chris Reyes)

Sat., Sept. 3

7:00 p.m.

Tarleton State (Texas)
at (11) McNeese State

McNeeseSports.com

(Tom Hoefer, Johnny Suydam, Ron Hayes)

Sat., Sept. 3

7:00 p.m.

Oklahoma Panhandle State
at (2) Sam Houston State

ESPN3

(Randy McIlvoy, Ken Moore, Danielle Martin)

Sat., Sept. 3

8:00 p.m.

(16) Coastal Carolina
at Lamar

ESPN3

(Dan Gresham, Greg Kerr)


SWAC

Date

Time

Game

Network (Talent)

Sat., Sept. 3

7:00 p.m.

Virginia-Lynchburg
at Grambling State

None

Sun., Sept. 4

6:00 p.m.

Texas Southern
at Prairie View A&M

ESPNU

(Mark Neely, Forrest Conoly)

1 - College Football Hall of Famer
2 - Former NFF National Scholar-Athlete
3 - NFF Outstanding Contribution to Amateur Football honoree

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