ESPN and ABC on Tuesday announced the game times for the kickoff weekend, beginning with an SEC matchup on Thursday, Sept. 1 (South Carolina at Vanderbilt) and wrapping up Labor Day with an SEC (Ole Miss) vs. ACC (Florida State) game at 8 p.m. in Orlando, Fla.
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In between, the season’s first Saturday starts at 7:30 a.m. ET when Georgia Tech and Boston College square off in Dublin, Ireland, followed by one of the more attractive games of the day at noon ET: Oklahoma vs. Houston at NRG Stadium. LSU and Wisconsin play the marquee afternoon game — at the Packers’ historic Lambeau Field.
USC vs. defending national champion Alabama at 8 p.m. ET in Arlington, Texas, and Clemson at Auburn at 9 p.m. ET get the prime-time treatment.
Two of the game’s historic programs — Notre Dame and Texas — meet Sunday evening in Austin.
ESPN/ABC College Football Week 1 (All times ET)
Thursday, Sept. 1
South Carolina at Vanderbilt, 8 p. m. (ESPN)
Saturday, Sept. 3
Georgia Tech vs. Boston College in Dublin, Ireland, 7:30 a. m. (ESPN2) Oklahoma vs. Houston at NRG Stadium, Houston, noon (ABC) Hawaii at Michigan, noon (ESPN) LSU vs. Wisconsin at Lambeau Field, Green Bay, Wis. ,3:30 p. m. (ABC) Georgia vs. North Carolina in Atlanta, 5:30 p. m. (ESPN) USC vs. Alabama in Arlington, Texas, 8 p. m. (ABC) Clemson at Auburn, 9 p. m. (ESPN)
Sunday, Sept. 4
Notre Dame at Texas, 7:30 p. m. (ABC)
Monday, Sept. 5
Ole Miss vs. No. 4 Florida State in Orlando, Fla. , 8 p. m. (ESPN)
