College football national television schedule for the 2020-21 season
The college football season is underway and 1st Week is not as full-scaled this Labor Day weekend as we have become accustomed to over the years, but it still has enough to whet your appetite for pigskin.
6 games will be played on Saturday, September 5 with Navy playing and BYU the encore on Labor Day evening.
None of the 7 games taking place this weekend are of the top-25 variety as the ACC, Big 12 and SEC will all kick off later in September.
But there are some potentially key non-power schools taking the field in their first games of the season.
Below are games scheduled for national networks with listed times p.m. Eastern unless otherwise noted. Dates and times are subject to change.
Saturday, Sept. 5
Eastern Kentucky at Marshall, ESPN, 1 p.m.
Middle Tennessee at Army, CBSSN, 1:30 p.m.
SMU at Texas State, ESPN, 4:30 p.m.
Arkansas State at Memphis, ESPN, 8 p.m.
Monday, Sept. 7
Brigham Young at Navy, ESPN, 8 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 10
Alabama-Birmingham at Miami (Fla.), ACC, 8 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 11
SMU at TCU, FS1, 9 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 12
Charlotte at Appalachian State, ESPN2, noon
Eastern Kentucky at West Virginia, FS1, noon
Louisiana-Lafayette at Iowa State, ESPN, noon
Louisiana Tech at Baylor, Fox, noon
Syracuse at North Carolina, ACC, noon
Louisiana-Monroe at Army, CBSSN, 1:30 p.m.
Duke at Notre Dame, NBC, 2:30 p.m.
Arkansas State at Kansas State, FS1, 3:30 p.m.
Georgia Tech at Florida State, ABC, 3:30 p.m.
Texas-San Antonio at Texas State, ESPN2, 3:30 p.m.
Austin Peay at Pittsburgh, ACC, 4 p.m.
Clemson at Wake Forest, ABC, 7:30 p.m.
Tulane at South Alabama, ESPN2, 7:30 p.m.
Tulsa at Oklahoma State, ESPN/ESPNU, 7:30 p.m.
Western Kentucky at Louisville, ACC, 8 p.m.
Coastal Carolina at Kansas, FS1, 10 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 18
Houston at Memphis, ESPN, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 19
Austin Peay at Cincinnati, ESPN, noon
Liberty at Western Kentucky, ESPNU, noon
Louisiana-Lafayette at Georgia State, ESPN2, noon
Navy at Tulane, ABC, noon
Syracuse at Pittsburgh, ACC, noon
Appalachian State at Marshall, CBSSN, 1:30 p.m.
South Florida at Notre Dame, USA, 2:30 p.m.
Central Florida at Georgia Tech, ESPN, 3:30 p.m.
BYU at Army, CBS, 3:30 p.m.
Florida Atlantic at Georgia Southern, ESPN2, 4 p.m.
The Citadel at Clemson, ACC, 4 p.m.
Troy at Middle Tennessee, ESPNU, 4 p.m.
SMU at North Texas, CBSSN, 6 p.m.
Louisiana Tech at Southern Mississippi, ESPN2, 7:30 p.m.
Texas State at Louisiana-Monroe, ESPNU, 7:30 p.m.
Wake Forest at North Carolina State, ACC, 8 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 24
Alabama-Birmingham at South Alabama, ESPN, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 25
Memphis at Texas-San Antonio, CBSSN, 8 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 26
Florida at Mississippi, ESPN, noon
Kansas State at Oklahoma, Fox, noon
Kentucky at Auburn, SEC, noon
Mississippi State at LSU, CBS, 3:30 p.m.
Texas at Texas Tech, Fox, 3:30 p.m.
Georgia at Arkansas, SEC, 4 p.m.
South Florida at Florida Atlantic, CBSSN, 6 p.m.
Alabama at Missouri, ESPN, 7 p.m.
Tennessee at South Carolina, SEC, 7:30 p.m.
Troy at Brigham Young, ESPN, 10:15 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 3
Missouri at Tennessee, SEC, noon
South Carolina at Florida, ESPN, noon
Abilene Christian at Army, CBSSN, 1:30 p.m.
Texas A&M at Alabama, CBS, 3:30 p.m.
Mississippi at Kentucky, SEC, 4 p.m.
Auburn at Georgia, ESPN, 7:30 p.m.
LSU at Vanderbilt, SEC, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 7
Louisiana-Lafayette at Appalachian State, ESPN, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 8
Tulane at Houston, ESPN, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 9
Louisville at Georgia Tech, ESPN, 7 p.m.
Campbell at Wake Forest, ACC, 8 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 10
Oklahoma vs. Texas, Dallas, Fox, noon
The Citadel at Army, CBSSN, 1:30 p.m.
Florida State at Notre Dame, NBC, 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 14
Appalachian State at Georgia Southern, ESPN, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 15
Georgia State at Arkansas State, ESPN, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 16
SMU at Tulane, ESPN2 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 17
Army at Texas-San Antonio, CBSSN, 1:30 p.m.
Louisville at Notre Dame, NBC, 2:30 p.m.
Marshall at Louisiana Tech, CBSSN, 6 p.m.
Vanderbilt at Missouri, SEC, 7:30 p.m.
Georgia at Alabama, CBS, 8 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 22
Arkansas State at Appalachian State, ESPN, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 23
Tulsa at South Florida, ESPN, 7:30 p.m.
Louisiana-Lafayette at Alabama-Birmingham, CBSSN, 8 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 24
Mercer at Army, CBSSN, 1:30 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 29
South Alabama at Georgia Southern, ESPN, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 30
Marshall at Florida International, CBSSN, 7 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 31
Kentucky at Missouri, SEC, noon
LSU at Auburn, CBS, 3:30 p.m.
Mississippi at Vanderbilt, SEC, 4 p.m.
North Texas at Texas-El Paso, CBSSN, 4 p.m.
Mississippi State at Alabama, ESPN, 7 p.m.
Arkansas at Texas A&M, SEC, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 5
SMU at Temple, ESPN, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 6
Miami (Fla.) at North Carolina State, ESPN, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 7
Air Force at Army, CBS, 11:30 a.m.
Florida at Georgia, CBS, 3:30 p.m.
Vanderbilt at Mississippi State, SEC, 4 p.m.
Louisiana Tech at North Texas, CBSSN, 6 p.m.
Clemson at Notre Dame, NBC, 7 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 13
Florida Atlantic at Florida International, CBSSN, 7 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 14
Middle Tennessee at Marshall, CBSSN, 1:30 p.m.
Alabama at LSU, CBS, 6 p.m.
Southern Mississippi at Western Kentucky, CBSSN, 6 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 20
Syracuse at Louisville, ESPN, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 21
Georgia Southern at Army, CBSSN, 1:30 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 27
Southern Mississippi at Alabama-Birmingham, CBSSN, 3:30 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 12
Army vs. Navy, Philadelphia, CBS, 3 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 1
Rose Bowl - College Football Playoff semifinal, 5 p.m., ESPN
Sugar Bowl - College Football Playoff semifinal, 8:45 p.m., ESPN
Monday, Jan. 13
College Football Playoff championship game, 8 p.m., ESPN
