ESPN Reveals Networks’ Early 2017 CFB Broadcast Schedule

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The start of the 2017 college football season is three months away, but ESPN is already building anticipation for the new season.

ESPN announced this week, the broadcast schedule for the 2017 college football season across its networks.  The networks’ season launches with a five-day slate of games running from Aug. 31 to Sept. 4. That schedule includes a 2-3 matchup between Florida State and Alabama on ABC’s Saturday Night Football.

Ohio State and Oklahoma will also go toe-to-toe on the weekly broadcast for what will be the teams’ fourth showdown.  Before that though, the Buckeyes will open the ESPN networks’ 2017 college football broadcast schedule Aug. 31 as the team takes on Indiana.  Other matchups scheduled for the networks’ opening stretch include Penn State facing Akron Sept. 2 on ABC, N.C. State facing South Carolina the same day in Charlotte on ESPN and Tennessee facing Georgia Tech in Atlanta Sept. 4 on ESPN.

The current schedule for the ESPN networks’ first three weeks of games is noted below.  Audiences should note more games will be announced at a later date.

ESPN/ABC’s Week 1 Schedule

Date	Time (ET)	Game	Network
Thu, Aug. 31	8 p.m.	No. 1 Ohio State at Indiana	ESPN
Fri, Sept. 1	9 p.m.	Utah State at No. 11 Wisconsin	ESPN
Sat, Sept. 2	Noon	Akron at No. 5 Penn State	ABC
		Kent State at No. 7 Clemson	ESPN
	3 p.m.	NC State vs. South Carolina from Charlotte	ESPN
	3:30 p.m.	No. 14 Michigan vs. No. 21 Florida from Arlington, Texas	ABC
	6:15 p.m.	Appalachian State at No. 13 Georgia	ESPN
	8 p.m.	2017 Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game: No. 2 Florida State vs. No. 3 Alabama from Atlanta	ABC
	9:30 p.m.	2017 AdvoCare Texas Kickoff: BYU vs. No. 12 LSU from Houston	ESPN
Sun, Sept. 3	2:30 p.m.	2017 MEAC/SWAC Challenge: South Carolina State at Southern	ESPN2
	7:30 p.m.	No. 20 West Virginia vs. No. 22 Virginia Tech from Landover, Md.	ABC
Mon, Sept. 4	8 p.m.	2017 Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game: Tennessee vs. Georgia Tech from Atlanta	ESPN

ABC’s Saturday Night Football: Week 2

Date	Time (ET)	Game	Network
Sat, Sept. 9	7:30 p.m.	No. 8 Oklahoma at No. 1 Ohio State	ABC

ABC’s Saturday Night Football: Week 3

Date	Time (ET)	Game	Network
Sat, Sept. 16	8 p.m.	No. 15 Miami at No. 2 Florida State	ABC

Additional games for ESPN’s networks weeks 0, 1, 2, and 3 schedule will be announced at a later date
Rankings are from Mark Schlabach’s post spring games Top 25 on ESPN.com

More information on the ESPN networks’ college football broadcast schedule is available online now along with all of the latest college football news at:

 

 

 

Website: http://www.espn.com/college-football

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/CFBonESPN

Twitter: http://twitter.com/espncfb

 

 

 

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ESPN Releases Preliminary Big Ten Football Schedule For SNF Broadcasts

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ESPN has released the current 2014 Big Ten Football schedule for its weekly Saturday Night Football schedule.

This season’s Big Ten Saturday Night Football schedule opens with a matchup between the Ohio State Buckeyes and Virginia Tech Hokies on Saturday, September 6^th. The game is scheduled for an 8pm ET start time. The Buckeyes were ranked number seven overall in an ESPN pre-season poll. The current schedule has one of the biggest matches in college football on Saturday, November 8^th with Ohio State facing off against The Michigan State Spartans. The Spartans defeated the Buckeyes last year 34-24 in the Big Ten Championship. That game is schedule for an 8pm ET start time.

Chris Fowler and Kirk Herbstreit will have the call for the matchup between the Hokies and Buckeyes on September 6^th. The current schedule of games includes coverage across the ESPN family of networks each week. It is listed below.

2014 Big Ten Schedule on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 (as of July 10)

Date	Time (ET)	Game	Network
Sat, Sep 6	8 p.m.	Virginia Tech at No. 7 Ohio State	ESPN
Sat, Sep 20	8 p.m.	Miami (Fla.) at Nebraska	ABC, ESPN or ESPN2
Sat, Oct 4	8 p.m.	Nebraska at No. 4 Michigan State	ABC, ESPN or ESPN2
Sat, Oct 11	7 p.m.	Penn State at No. 21 Michigan	ESPN or ESPN2
Sat, Oct 25	8 p.m.	No. 7 Ohio State at Penn State	ABC, ESPN or ESPN2
Sat, Nov 1	8 p.m.	Illinois at No. 7 Ohio State	ABC, ESPN or ESPN2
Sat, Nov 8	8 p.m.	No. 7 Ohio State at No. 4 Michigan State	ABC

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