After last week’s college football appetizer it’s finally time for the main course.
We have our first College Football Saturday of the season this weekend, but a few more games to hold us over over the next few days.
On Thursday, we will be getting a full 11 games featuring FBS teams with a few Power Five matchups sprinkled in. The two big ones will be a battle of Urban Meyer’s former teams in Florida and Utah, followed by a Big Ten West showdown between Nebraska and Minnesota.
Here is the full schedule of games for Thursday, August 31 (all times ET, Power Five schools in bold):
- Elon at Wake Forest, 7 pm, ACC Network
- Kent State at UCF, 7 pm, FS1
- Rhode Island at Georgia State, 7 pm, ESPN+
- St. Francis (PA) at Western Michigan, 7 pm, ESPN+
- NC State at UConn, 7:30 pm, CBS Sports Network
- Florida at No. 14 Utah, 8 pm, ESPN
- Nebraska at Minnesota, 8 pm, FOX
- South Dakota at Missouri, 8 pm, SEC Network
- Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Tulsa, 8 pm, ESPN+
- North Carolina A&T at UAB, 8 pm, ESPN+
- Southern Utah at Arizona State, 10 pm, Pac-12 Network
There will be another six games on Friday before the main slate of games on Saturday.
We’re just hours away from beginning the best part of the year!