The wait is nearly over. The 2016 college football season kicks off this Friday, August 26. And ESPN will have full coverage of Week 0.
The 2016 college football season kicks off this Friday night on ESPN when California and Hawaii face off live from ANZ Stadium in Sydney, Australia. ESPN will carry full coverage of the game beginning at 10pm ET. Allen Bestwick, Mike Bellotti and Warren Smith will have the call for the game.
Friday’s live international event will be followed up Saturday night by a matchup between defending Big South Champion and #6 ranked Charleston Southern on the road against five-time defending champion and #1 North Dakota State at 7:30pm ET. Adam Amin, Mack Brown, and Molly McGrath will have the call for that game live from Fargo, North Dakota. It will mark the first time that the trio will have worked together on an ESPN broadcast.
As an additional bonus for college football fans, ESPN will air a special one-hour edition of College GameDay Saturday morning at 11am. Rece Davis, Kirk Herbstreit, Desmond Howard, David Pollack and Lee Corso (via satellite) will look ahead at the season to come in this week’s special season preview edition of College GameDay. The weekly college football broadcast will officially launch its 2016 season next Saturday, September 3rd from Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin ahead of the Badgers’ game against the LSU Tigers.
The full broadcast schedule for the ESPN networks’ college football preview shows is noted in whole below.
Date |
Time (ET) |
Show |
Commentators |
Network |
Mon, Aug. 22 |
7 p.m. – 8 p.m. |
2016 SEC College Football Preview Show |
Matt Schick, Tom Luginbill, Kevin Carter |
ESPNU |
|
8 p.m. – 9 p.m. |
2016 ACC College Football Preview Show |
Anish Shroff, Mike Bellotti, Charles Arbuckle |
ESPNU |
Tue, Aug. 23 |
7 p.m. – 8 p.m. |
2016 Big Ten College Football Preview Show |
Brendan Fitzgerald, Tom Luginbill, Jason Sehorn |
ESPNU |
|
8 p.m. – 9 p.m. |
2016 Big 12 College Football Preview Show |
Anish Shroff, Kevin Carter, Jason Sehorn |
ESPNU |
Wed, Aug. 24 |
7 p.m. – 8 p.m. |
2016 Pac-12 College Football Preview Show |
Brendan Fitzgerald, Mike Bellotti, Charles Arbuckle |
ESPNU |
|
8 p.m. – 9 p.m. |
National College Football Preview |
Matt Schick, Mike Bellotti, Tom Luginbill |
ESPNU |
|
8:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. |
The Herbies Preseason Special |
Rece Davis, Kirk Herbstreit |
ESPN2 |
Sat, Aug. 27 |
11 a.m. – noon |
College GameDay Season Preview |
Rece Davis, Kirk Herbstreit, Desmond Howard, David Pollack, Lee Corso (via satellite) |
ESPN |
Sun, Aug. 28 |
1 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. |
The Heisman Trophy Preview Show |
Joe Tessitore, Desmond Howard, Danny Kanell |
ESPN |
|
1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. |
Championship Drive: College Football Season Preview |
Rece Davis |
ESPN |
More information on the ESPN networks’ coverage of the 2016 college football season is available online now along with all of the latest college football headlines at:
Website: http://espn.go.com/college-football
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