They said it couldn't be done, but here we are. College football's first week is upon us. Indeed, its first day is upon us.
The opening week's highlights include neutral-site games between Michigan and Alabama, Auburn and Clemson, and Notre Dame and Navy, debuts by teams newly joining the SEC and Big 12 and such, new homes for Urban Meyer and Mike Leach, and some pretty great opening night games for a change.
Related: The Top 25 || Previewing Every Team || 2012's New Uniforms || All-Americans
There's worthwhile college football content for the next five days, actually, as Friday finds Boise State, Stanford and Michigan State replacing their star quarterbacks, Sunday includes ... ummm, Louisville should be good, and Labor Day night could turn out to be the ACC Coastal title game. Important things!
Related: 2012's Best Saturdays || The Best Games Of Every Weekend
Here we have the TV schedule for the first week of football, amended to account for Texas A&M-Louisiana Tech's postponement to Oct. 13 and UTSA-South Alabama's move to Saturday (also, plenty more games are on ESPN3, so check there if you don't get your team's channel):
Thursday, August 30
7:00 p.m. ET
UCF
at
Akron
ESPN3.com
7:00 p.m. ET
Eastern Mich
at
Ball State
ESPN3.com
7:00 p.m. ET
SE Missouri State
at
Central Mich
ESPN3.com
7:00 p.m. ET
Towson
at
Kent State
CSN Plus Baltimore
7:00 p.m. ET
9 South Carolina
at
Vanderbilt
ESPN
7:15 p.m. ET
Northern Colorado
at
Utah
Pac-12 Network
7:30 p.m. ET
UMass
at
UConn
ESPN3.com, Big East TV
7:30 p.m. ET
Texas A&M
Shreveport, LA
Louisiana Tech
ESPN U
7:30 p.m. ET
McNeese State
at
Middle Tennessee
ESPN3.com
7:30 p.m. ET
UCLA
at
Rice
CBSSN
7:30 p.m. ET
UTSA
at
South Alabama
ESPN3.com
7:30 p.m. ET
S.C. State
at
Georgia State
CSS
8:00 p.m. ET
Sacramento State
at
New Mexico State
AggieVision
8:00 p.m. ET
Southern Utah
at
Utah State
KMYU
9:00 p.m. ET
Eastern Wash
at
Idaho
10:15 p.m. ET
Washington State
at
BYU
ESPN
10:30 p.m. ET
Northern Arizona
at
Arizona State
Pac-12 Network
11:00 p.m. ET
Minnesota
at
UNLV
CBSSN
Friday, August 31
7:00 p.m. ET
Villanova
at
Temple
ESPN3.com
7:30 p.m. ET
Tennessee
Atlanta, GA
NC State
ESPN U
8:00 p.m. ET
Wagner
at
Florida Atlantic
ESPN3.com
8:00 p.m. ET
24 Boise State
at
13 Michigan State
ESPN
10:00 p.m. ET
San Jose State
at
21 Stanford
Pac-12 Network
Saturday, September 1
9:00 AM ET
Notre Dame
Dublin, Ireland
Navy
CBS
12:00 p.m. ET
Appalachian State
at
East Carolina
FSN
12:00 p.m. ET
Western Mich
at
Illinois
ESPN U
12:00 p.m. ET
Miami (Ohio)
at
18 Ohio State
Big Ten Network
12:00 p.m. ET
Ohio
at
Penn State
ESPN
12:00 p.m. ET
Northwestern
at
Syracuse
ESPN 2
12:00 p.m. ET
Troy
at
UAB
FCS
12:00 p.m. ET
Marshall
at
11 West Virginia
FX
12:21 p.m. ET
Buffalo
at
6 Georgia
SEC Network
12:30 p.m. ET
Elon
at
North Carolina
ACC Network
2:00 p.m. ET
Idaho State
at
Air Force
School Website
2:00 p.m. ET
UTSA
at
South Alabama
ESPN3.com
3:00 p.m. ET
Nevada
at
California
Pac-12 Network
3:00 p.m. ET
William & Mary
at
Maryland
ESPN3.com
3:00 p.m. ET Nicholls at Oregon State Pac-12 Network
3:00 p.m. ET
Richmond
at
Virginia
RSN, CSN-MA
3:30 p.m. ET
Miami-Florida
at
Boston College
ABC or ESPN 2
3:30 p.m. ET
Bowling Green
at
23 Florida
ESPN
3:30 p.m. ET
Tulsa
at
Iowa State
FSN
3:30 p.m. ET
Southern Miss
at
17 Nebraska
ABC or ESPN 2
3:30 p.m. ET
Iowa
Chicago, IL
Northern Illinois
ESPN U
3:30 p.m. ET
Eastern Kentucky
at
Purdue
Big Ten Network
3:30 p.m. ET
Northern Iowa
at
12 Wisconsin
Big Ten Network
4:00 p.m. ET
Colorado
Denver, CO
Colorado State
FX
4:30 p.m. ET
Furman
at
Samford
CSS
5:00 p.m. ET
Southern
at
New Mexico
6:00 p.m. ET
Murray State
at
7 Florida State
ESPN3.com
6:00 p.m. ET
Youngstown State
at
Pittsburgh
ESPN3.com
6:30 p.m. ET
Liberty
at
Wake Forest
ESPN3.com
7:00 p.m. ET
Jacksonville State
at
10 Arkansas
Pay-per-view
7:00 p.m. ET
14 Clemson
Atlanta, GA
Auburn
ESPN
7:00 p.m. ET
FIU
at
Duke
ESPN3.com
7:00 p.m. ET
South Dakota State
at
Kansas
Jayhawk TV
7:00 p.m. ET
Lamar
at
UL Lafayette
School Website
7:00 p.m. ET
North Texas
at
3 LSU
ESPN U
7:00 p.m. ET
Tennessee-Martin
at
Memphis
7:00 p.m. ET
Jackson State
at
Miss State
FSN
7:00 p.m. ET
SE Louisiana
at
Missouri
Pay-per-view
7:00 p.m. ET
Savannah State
at
19 Oklahoma State
FCS
7:00 p.m. ET
Central Arkansas
at
Ole Miss
Pay-per-view
7:00 p.m. ET
Chattanooga
at
So Florida
ESPN3.com
7:00 p.m. ET
Northwestern State
at
Texas Tech
FSN-SW+
7:00 p.m. ET
Austin Peay
at
Western Kentucky
ESPN3.com
7:00 p.m. ET
Robert Morris
at
North Dakota State
ESPN3.com
7:00 p.m. ET
Grambling State
Shreveport, LA
Alcorn State
SWAC TV
7:10 p.m. ET
Missouri State
at
22 Kansas State
K-State HD.TV
7:30 p.m. ET
Hawai'i
at
1 USC
FOX
8:00 p.m. ET
8 Michigan
Arlington, TX
2 Alabama
ABC
8:00 p.m. ET
Texas State
at
Houston
CSS
8:00 p.m. ET
Indiana State
at
Indiana
Big Ten Network
8:00 p.m. ET
Wyoming
at
15 Texas
Longhorn Network
8:00 p.m. ET
Rutgers
at
Tulane
CBSSN
8:05 p.m. ET
Carroll
at
Portland State
CSN
10:00 p.m. ET
Weber State
at
Fresno State
School Website
10:30 p.m. ET
Toledo
at
Arizona
ESPN U
10:30 p.m. ET
Arkansas State
at
5 Oregon
ESPN
10:30 p.m. ET
4 Oklahoma
at
UTEP
FSN
10:30 p.m. ET
San Diego State
at
Washington
Pac-12 Network
Sunday, September 2
12:00 p.m. ET
Bethune-Cookman
at
Alabama State
ESPN
3:30 p.m. ET
Kentucky
at
25 Louisville
ESPN
6:30 p.m. ET
SMU
at
Baylor
FSN
Monday, September 3
8:00 p.m. ET
Georgia Tech
at
16 Virginia Tech
ESPN
While we’re here, let’s watch some of the many fine college football videos from SB Nation’s YouTube channel :
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