UK Fan at Mt. Rushmore wants the complete Week 1 football schedule
One week from today, football will be back on your televisions, a blessed sight for fans across this great land of ours. Earlier this week, ESPN released its complete schedule for Week 1, which I’ve copied below (I added a few CBS games as well). If you’re looking to plan your first few weeks of viewing, bookmarking this page is a good idea.
As you know, Kentucky opens the season with Southern Miss at 7:30 p.m. on ESPNU. According to this schedule, Anish Shroff and Ahmad Brooks will call the game. The duo called the UK/Louisiana Lafayette game last season. Here’s a picture to refresh your memories:
And now, the rest of the schedule, which uses rankings from ESPN’s “Way Too Early Top 25”:
Friday, August 26
| Time (ET) | Game | Network |
| 10 p.m. | Hawaii vs. Cal from ANZ Stadium in Sydney, Australia Allen Bestwick, Mike Bellotti and Warren Smith |
ESPN |
Thursday, September 1
| Time (ET) | Game | Network |
| 7 p.m. | Charlotte at Louisville | ACC Network Extra |
| Tulane at Wake Forest | ACC Network Extra | |
| Presbyterian at Central Michigan | ESPN3 | |
| Tennessee-Martin at Cincinnati | ESPN3 | |
| Maine at UConn | ESPN3 | |
| 7:30 p.m. | Appalachian State at No. 11 Tennessee Brent Musburger, Jesse Palmer, Laura Rutledge |
SEC Network |
| Indiana at Florida International Mike Couzens, Clint Stoerner |
ESPNU | |
| William & Mary at NC State | ACC Network Extra | |
| 8 p.m. | South Carolina at Vanderbilt Mark Jones, Rod Gilmore, Quint Kessenich |
ESPN |
| 8 p.m. | Rice at Western Kentucky | CBSSN |
| 9 p.m. | Montana State at Idaho | ESPN3 |
Friday, September 2
| Time (ET) | Game | Network |
| 6 p.m. | Mississippi Valley State at Eastern Michigan | ESPN3 |
| 7 p.m. | Colgate at Syracuse | CBS Sports Network |
| 7 p.m. | Army at Temple | ACC Network Extra |
| Albany at Buffalo | ESPN3 | |
| Ball State at Georgia State | ESPN3 | |
| 8 p.m. | Colorado State vs. Colorado from Sports Authority Field at Mile High in Denver, Colo. Adam Amin, Mack Brown, Molly McGrath |
ESPN |
| 9 p.m. | Kansas State at Stanford | FS1 |
| 9 p.m. | Toledo at Arkansas State
Roy Philpott, Clint Stoerner |
ESPNU |
Saturday, September 3
Photo by UK Athletics
| Time (ET) | Game | Network |
| 7:30 a.m. | Georgia Tech vs. Boston College from Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland Jason Benetti, Kelly Stouffer, Paul Carcaterra |
ESPN2 |
| Noon | 2016 AdvoCare Texas Kickoff: No. 5 Oklahoma vs. No. 18 Houston from NRGStadium in Houston Dave Pasch, Greg McElroy, Tom Luginbill |
ABC |
| Hawaii at No. 3 Michigan Mike Patrick, Ed Cunningham, Dr. Jerry Punch |
ESPN | |
| Western Michigan at Northwestern Clay Matvick, Dusty Dvoracek |
ESPNU | |
| South Alabama at Mississippi State David Neal, Matt Stinchcomb, Olivia Harlan |
SEC Network | |
| Eastern Kentucky at Purdue Dave Lamont, Ray Bentley |
ESPNEWS | |
| Boise State at Louisiana-Lafayette | ESPN3 | |
| 12:30 p.m. | Liberty at Virginia Tech | ACC Network Extra |
| 1:30 p.m. | Villanova at Pittsburgh | ACC Network Extra |
| 3:30 p.m. | No. 6 LSU vs. Wisconsin from Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wis. Steve Levy, Brian Griese, Todd McShay |
ABC |
| Miami (Ohio) at No. 23 Iowa Eamon McAnaney, John Congemi |
ESPNU | |
| Richmond at Virginia | ACC Network Extra | |
| No. 22 UCLA at No. 21 Texas A&M | CBS | |
| 4 p.m. | Louisiana Tech at Arkansas Beth Mowins, Anthony Becht, Rocky Boiman |
SEC Network |
| 5:30 p.m. | 2016 Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game: No. 13 Georgia vs. No. 19 North Carolina from Georgia Dome in Atlanta Bob Wischusen, Brock Huard, Allison Williams |
ESPN and ESPN Radio |
| 6 p.m. | North Carolina Central at Duke | ACC Network Extra |
| Florida A&M at Miami (Fla.) | ACC Network Extra | |
| Western Carolina at East Carolina | ESPN3 | |
| 6:30 p.m. | VMI at Akron | ESPN3 |
| 7 p.m. | Southeast Missouri State at Memphis | ESPN3 |
| South Carolina State at UCF | ESPN3 | |
| Towson at South Florida | ESPN3 | |
| Rhode Island at Kansas | ESPN3 | |
| Oklahoma Panhandle State at Sam Houston State | ESPN3 | |
| 7:30 p.m. | Southern Mississippi at Kentucky Anish Shroff, Ahmad Brooks |
ESPNU |
| UMass at Florida Tom Hart, Andre Ware, Cole Cubelic |
SEC Network | |
| 8 p.m. | No. 12 USC vs. No. 1 Alabama from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Samantha Ponder |
ABC and ESPN Radio |
| Coastal Carolina at Lamar | ESPN3 | |
| 9 p.m. | No. 2 Clemson at Auburn Brent Musburger, Jesse Palmer, Kaylee Hartung |
ESPN |
Sunday, September 4
| Time | Game | Network |
| 1 p.m. | 2016 MEAC/SWAC Challenge: Alcorn State vs. Bethune-Cookman
Eric Clemons, Jay Walker |
ESPN |
| 6 p.m. | Texas Southern vs. Prairie View A&M Mark Neely, Forrest Conoly |
ESPNU |
| 7:30 p.m. | No. 9 Notre Dame at Texas Joe Tessitore, Todd Blackledge, Holly Rowe |
ABC |
Monday, September 5
| Time | Game | Network |
| 8 p.m. | 2016 Camping World Kickoff: No. 14 Ole Miss vs. No. 4 Florida State from Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Fla.
Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Samantha Ponder |
ESPN and ESPN Radio |
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