Almost 1K college FB games set for ESPN outlets

• Heather Dinich, ESPN Senior Citizen WriterMay 30, 2024, 06:44 PM ET

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DESTIN, Fla.– ESPN on Thursday revealed it will reveal roughly 1,000 college football games throughout all platforms this season starting in Week 0 of the routine season and concluding with the CFP Championship Game Presented by AT&T on Monday, Jan. 20, at Mercedes-Benz Arena in Atlanta.The Red River

Rivalry in Dallas between Texas and Oklahoma– their very first as members of the SEC– is Oct. 12 at 3:30 ET on ABC or ESPN. ABC will have a triple-header on Black Friday (Nov. 29) featuring Oklahoma State at Colorado (twelve noon), Mississippi State at Ole Miss (3:30 p.m.) and Georgia Tech at Georgia (7:30 p.m.).

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Several groups will be making their home debuts on ESPN in 2024 as members of new conferences. Deion Sanders and Colorado start their Huge 12 campaign hosting nine-time FCS champion North Dakota State at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 29.

Oklahoma and Texas have home games as newcomers to the SEC. The Sooners welcome Temple at 7 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 30, before the Longhorns host Colorado State at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 31.

Signing up with the ACC this summer season, Stanford invites 2023 CFP runner-up TCU to the Farm at 10:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 30. Arizona plays New Mexico as a member of the Big 12 at 10:30 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 31.

New Alabama head coach Kalen DeBoer will lead the Crimson Tide for the first time against Western Kentucky at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 31, on ESPN. On ESPN+, Utah, California and SMU all make their home debuts in their new conferences by hosting in-state challengers. Utah takes on Southern Utah on Big 12 Now on ESPN+, while the Bears and Mustangs make their launching on ACCNX/ESPN+ by welcoming UC Davis and Houston Christian, respectively.The Big Ten announced the Minnesota-Wisconsin game, which has been played on the final Saturday of the routine season or earlier in the fall, will shift to Black Friday, Nov. 29, for a twelve noon ET kickoff on CBS. The Nebraska-Iowa game, which had been played during a midday slot on Black Friday, will now be played that night for a 7:30 p.m. ET kickoff on NBC. Minnesota and Wisconsin, who have played the longest uninterrupted competition in the FBS, have actually used the last regular-season Saturday every year because 2013.

“Saturday Night Football Provided by Capital One” go back to the Duke’s Mayo Classic, this time including a Week 2 matchup between Tennessee and NC State at 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 7, from Charlotte’s Bank of America Stadium. At 3:30 p.m., SEC on ABC includes its very first all-SEC showdown between South Carolina and Kentucky from Kroger Field. Starting Week 2 in the noon ABC window is a renewed rivalry between Arkansas and Oklahoma State from Stillwater. The groups fulfilled almost 50 times in between 1912 and 1980 but have not taken on in more than 4 decades.Week 2 on ESPN likewise includes Alabama in prime-time television for the 2nd straight week as it hosts South Florida at 7 p.m., followed by Mississippi State on the road versus Arizona State at 10:30 p.m.Week 3 ushers in an SEC on ABC tripleheader, the very first

of the brand-new conference rights contract. LSU takes a trip to South Carolina for a midday match from Williams-Brice Arena. At 3:30 p.m., Florida hosts Texas A&M in The Swamp. Kentucky hosts Georgia on”Saturday Night Football”at 7:30 p.m.Week 3 on ESPN begins with Arizona State at Texas State at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 12. UNLV and Kansas use Friday the 13th at 7 p.m., before a four-game schedule on ESPN for Saturday, Sept. 14. Florida State and former Memphis head coach Mike Norvell welcome Memphis at midday on ESPN, followed by either Oklahoma and Tulane or the Backyard Brawl in between West Virginia and Pittsburgh at 3:30 p.m.In prime-time television, Texas hosts UTSA at 7 p.m., and California hosts San Diego State at 10:30 p.m. On ESPN2 in the late window, Liberty takes a trip to New Mexico State to take on the Quick Lane Bowl champ Aggies at 10:15 p.m.As announced in December, ESPN’s”College GameDay Built by The Home Depot”will kick off the 2024 college football season in Dublin, Ireland, when ACC competitors Florida State and Georgia Tech

play at twelve noon on ESPN in the 2024 Aer Lingus College Football Classic at Aviva Arena on Aug. 24. The show’s journey overseas marks its very first outside the United States.Historic competitions and entertaining matches will fill ESPN’s Saturday schedule throughout the season, consisting of Georgia at Alabama (Saturday, Sept. 28, at 7:30 p.m., ABC ), Notre Dame vs. Navy(Saturday, Oct. 26, at twelve noon, ABC or ESPN), Florida vs. Georgia(Saturday, Nov. 2, at 3:30 p.m., ABC), and Yale at Harvard(Saturday, Nov. 23, time and platform TBD). ESPN will also display the ACC, American, Big 12, MAC, SEC, Sun Belt and SWAC national championship the very first weekend of December as ESPN platforms conclude their signature coverage of conference action. The American gets the ABC action began on Friday, Dec. 6, at 8 p.m. The SEC championship will be relayed on ABC for the first time since 2000, arranged for 4 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 7. The ACC champion and the Dr Pepper Big 12 Champion will both be transmitted Saturday on ABC with times TBD.ESPN platforms will also feature champions from the MAC(noon, ESPN ), Sun Belt(7:30 p.m., ESPN)and the SWAC (time TBD, ESPN2 ). There is likewise a new scheduling format for SEC games throughout all ESPN platforms, with the chance for teams and fans to know approximate start times for the entire season. Television windows (i.e., early midday to 1 p.m. ET start, afternoon 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. ET start

, or night 6 to 8 p.m. ET start)will be announced for all staying SEC-controlled games on June 11, with choose games tagged as flex games between the afternoon and night windows.Each SEC school will continue to play one nonconference game of its selecting on the ESPN +/ SEC Network+digital platform. The rest of the games will be launched on June 11. ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg contributed to this report.