The following schedule is for FBS games for the dates of Aug. 30-Sept. 3, 2018. If you choose to reproduce this schedule, please credit The National Football Foundation and use the NFF logo, which can be downloaded here.

* All times Eastern
* FBS Rankings reflect the FWAA-NFF Super 16 Poll
* Schedule organized by home team. Neutral site games are listed in the conference section of the team closest to the game's location.

This schedule is compiled by Alan Cox. Any comments or updates, please email news@footballfoundation.com.
 
 

The American

Date	Time	Game	Network (Talent)
Thurs., Aug. 30	7:00 p.m.	UCF at UConn	ESPNU (Clay Matvick, Dan Orlovsky, Paul Carcaterra)
Thurs., Aug. 30	8:00 p.m.	Wake Forest at Tulane	CBS Sports Network (Ben Holden, Jay Feely)
Sat., Sept. 1	Noon	Villanova at Temple	ESPNews (Clay Matvick, Dan Orlovsky)
Sat., Sept. 1	6:00 p.m.	North Carolina A&T State at East Carolina	ESPN3 (Josh Appel, Stan Lewter)
Sat., Sept. 1	6:00 p.m.	Elon at USF	ESPN3 (Drew Fellios, Forrest Conoly)
Sat., Sept. 1	7:00 p.m.	Mercer at Memphis	ESPN3 (Mike Watts, Tyoka Jackson)
Sat., Sept. 1	7:00 p.m.	Central Arkansas at Tulsa	ESPN3 (Trey Bender, Watson Brown)

 

ACC

Date	Time	Game	Network (Talent)
Fri., Aug. 31	7:00 p.m.	Army at Duke	ESPNU (Roy Philpott, Tom Ramsey)
Sat., Sept. 1	Noon	James Madison at NC State	ESPNU (Mike Corey, Rene Ingoglia)
Sat., Sept. 1	12:20 p.m.	Furman at (2) Clemson	Raycom Sports, also ESPN3/ACC Network Extra (subject to blackout) (Tom Werme, Dave Archer, Lericia Harris)
Sat., Sept. 1	12:30 p.m.	Alcorn State at Georgia Tech	RSN (Wes Durham, James Bates, Rebecca Kaple)
Sat., Sept. 1	1:00 p.m.	UMass at Boston College	ACC Network (Doug Sherman, Matt Chatham)
Sat., Sept. 1	3:30 p.m.	Albany at Pittsburgh	ACC Network (Joel Meyers, Dustin Fox)
Sat., Sept. 1	6:00 p.m.	Richmond at Virginia	ACC Network (Shawn Kenney, John Gregory)
Mon., Sept. 3	8:00 p.m.	Virginia Tech at Florida State	ESPN (Chris Fowler3, Kirk Herbstreit3, Maria Taylor)

 

Big Ten

Date	Time	Game	Network (Talent)
Thurs., Aug. 30	7:00 p.m.	New Mexico State at Minnesota	Big Ten Network (Lisa Byington, James Laurinaitis, Michelle McMahon)
Thurs., Aug. 30	8:00 p.m.	Northwestern at Purdue	ESPN (Dave Flemming, Kirk Herbstreit3,  Maria Taylor)
Fri., Aug. 31	7:00 p.m.	Utah State at (11) Michigan State	Big Ten Network (Brandon Gaudin, Glen Mason, Elise Menaker)
Fri., Aug. 31	9:00 p.m.	Western Kentucky at (4) Wisconsin	ESPN (Jason Benetti, Kelly Stouffer, Olivia Dekker)
Sat., Sept. 1	Noon	Oregon State at (6) Ohio State	ABC (Dave Pasch, Greg McElroy2, Tom Luginbill)
Sat., Sept. 1	Noon	Texas at Maryland (Landover, MD)	FS1 (Joe Davis, Brady Quinn, Bruce Feldman)
Sat., Sept. 1	Noon	Kent State at Illinois	Big Ten Network (Mike Monaco, J Leman2)
Sat., Sept. 1	Noon	Texas State at Rutgers	Big Ten Network (Chris Vosters, Shaun O'Hara)
Sat., Sept. 1	3:30 p.m.	Appalachian State at (10) Penn State	Big Ten Network (Kevin Kugler, Matt Millen, Lisa Byington)
Sat. Sept. 1	3:30 p.m.	Northern Illinois at Iowa	Big Ten Network (Joe Beninati, Chuck Long1, Ally Sturm)
Sat., Sept. 1	8:00 p.m.	Akron at Nebraska	FOX (Tim Brando, Spencer Tillman, Holly Sonders)

 

Big 12

Date	Time	Game	Network (Talent)
Thurs., Aug. 30	8:00 p.m.	Missouri State at Oklahoma State	FS1 (Gus Johnson, Joel Klatt, Jenny Taft)
Sat., Sept. 1	Noon	Florida Atlantic at (7) Oklahoma	FOX (Gus Johnson, Joel Klatt, Jenny Taft)
Sat., Sept. 1	Noon	Southern at (16) TCU	FOX Sports Net (Mark Followill, Brian Baldinger, Lesley McCaslin)
Sat., Sept. 1	Noon	Ole Miss vs. Texas Tech (Houston, TX)	ESPN (Mark Jones, Dusty Dvoracek, Molly McGrath)
Sat., Sept. 1	7:00 p.m.	Nicholls State at Kansas	Jayhawk TV/ESPN+ (Dave Stewart, Danan Hughes, Kennetra Pulliams)
Sat., Sept. 1	7:00 p.m.	South Dakota at Kansas State	ESPN3 (Brian Smoller, Travis Tannahill)
Sat., Sept. 1	8:00 p.m.	Abilene Christian at Baylor	FOX Sports Net (Brendan Burke, David Anderson, CT Steckel)
Sat., Sept. 1	8:00 p.m.	South Dakota State at Iowa State	Cyclone TV (Brent Blum, Sage Rosenfels)

 

Conference USA

Date	Time	Game	Network (Talent)
Thurs., Aug. 30	8:00 p.m.	Savannah State at UAB	ESPN+ (Mike Grace, Scot Harrison)
Sat., Sept. 1	Noon	Houston at Rice	CBS Sports Network (Ben Holden, Jay Feely)
Sat., Sept. 1	6:00 p.m.	Fordham at Charlotte	ESPN+ (Bobby Rosinski, Jay Sonnhalter, Libby Clark)
Sat., Sept. 1	7:00 p.m.	Indiana at FIU	CBS Sports Network (Brad Johansen, Danny Kanell2)
Sat., Sept. 1	7:00 p.m.	Jackson State at Southern Miss	ESPN+ (Jason Baker, Jeff Posey)
Sat., Sept. 1	7:30 p.m.	SMU at North Texas	Stadium (Chris Hassel, AJ Hawk, Kristen Balboni)
Sat., Sept. 1	7:30 p.m.	Northern Arizona at UTEP	ESPN3 (Andy Morgan, Trevor Vittatoe)

 

MAC

Date	Time	Game	Network (Talent)
Thurs., Aug. 30	7:00 p.m.	Central Connecticut at Ball State	ESPN+ (Jim Barbar, Mark Herrmann1)
Fri., Aug. 31	6:00 p.m.	Syracuse at Western Michigan	CBS Sports Network (Dave Ryan, Corey Chavous, Lauren Gardner)
Fri., Aug. 31	6:30 p.m.	Monmouth at Eastern Michigan	ESPN+ (Dan Gutowsky, Marcus Ray)
Sat., Sept. 1	2:00 p.m.	Howard at Ohio	ESPN+ (Dave Weekley, Hutson Mason)
Sat., Sept. 1	3:30 p.m.	Marshall at Miami (OH)	ESPN+ (Jim Barbar, Bobby Carpenter)
Sat., Sept. 1	6:00 p.m.	Delaware State at Buffalo	ESPN3 (Robert Lee, Jerod Cherry2)
Sat., Sept. 1	7:00 p.m.	VMI at Toledo	ESPN3 (Michael Reghi, Barrett Brooks)

 

Mountain West

Date	Time	Game	Network (Talent)
Thurs., Aug. 30	10:00 p.m.	UC Davis at San Jose State	None
Fri., Aug. 31	9:00 p.m.	Portland State at Nevada	Mountain West Network (John Ramey, Mike Edwards)
Fri., Aug. 31	9:30 p.m.	Colorado vs. Colorado State (Denver, CO)	CBS Sports Network (Carter Blackburn, Aaron Taylor, John Schriffen)
Sat., Sept. 1	2:00 p.m.	Stony Brook at Air Force	Stadium on Facebook (Ari Wolfe, Max Starks, Dani Kulpenger)
Sat., Sept. 1	3:30 p.m.	Washington State at Wyoming	CBS Sports Network (Rich Waltz, Aaron Murray2, A.J. Ross)
Sat., Sept. 1	8:00 p.m.	Incarnate Word at New Mexico	ESPN3 (David Saltzman, Doug Graber)
Sat., Sept. 1	10:00 p.m.	Idaho at Fresno State	Stadium on Facebook (Dan Hellie, David Carr, Kelli Johnson)
Sat., Sept. 1	11:00 p.m.	Navy at Hawai'i	CBS Sports Network (John Sadak, Randy Cross1, Amanda Balionis)

 

Pac-12

Date	Time	Game	Network (Talent)
Thurs., Aug. 30	8:00 p.m.	Weber State at Utah	Pac-12 Networks (Roxy Bernstein, Anthony Herron, Lewis Johnson)
Fri., Aug. 31	9:00 p.m.	San Diego State at (14) Stanford	FS1 (Justin Kutcher, Demarco Murray, Petros Papadakis)
Sat., Sept. 1	4:00 p.m.	UNLV at (15) USC	Pac-12 Networks (Ted Robinson, Yogi Roth, Jill Savage)
Sat., Sept. 1	4:00 p.m.	North Carolina at California	FOX (Brian Custer, Ben Leber)
Sat., Sept. 1	7:00 p.m.	Cincinnati at UCLA	ESPN (Bob Wischusen, Brock Huard, Allison Williams)
Sat., Sept. 1	8:00 p.m.	Bowling Green at Oregon	Pac-12 Networks (Roxy Bernstein, Anthony Herron, Lewis Johnson)
Sat., Sept. 1	10:30 p.m.	UTSA at Arizona State	FS1 (Chris Myers, James Laurinaitis)
Sat., Sept. 1	10:45 p.m.	BYU at Arizona	ESPN (Adam Amin, Rod Gilmore, Quint Kessenich)

 

SEC

Date	Time	Game	Network (Talent)
Thurs., Aug. 30	8:30 p.m.	Northwestern State at Texas A&M	SEC Network (Tom Hart, Jordan Rodgers, Cole Cubelic)
Sat., Sept. 1	Noon	Coastal Carolina at South Carolina	SEC Network (Taylor Zarzour, Matt Stinchcomb1,4, Kris Budden)
Sat., Sept. 1	3:30 p.m.	Austin Peay at (3) Georgia	ESPN (Beth Mowins, Anthony Becht, Rocky Boiman)
Sat., Sept. 1	3:30 p.m.	(5) Washington vs. (9) Auburn (Atlanta, GA)	ABC (Steve Levy, Brian Griese2, Todd McShay)
Sat., Sept. 1	3:30 p.m.	West Virginia vs. Tennessee (Charlotte, NC)	CBS (Brad Nessler, Gary Danielson, Jamie Erdahl)
Sat., Sept. 1	3:30 p.m.	Central Michigan at Kentucky	ESPNU (Kevin Brown, Andre Ware1)
Sat., Sept. 1	4:00 p.m.	UT Martin at Missouri	SEC Network (Mark Neely, Barrett Jones4, Alex Corddry)
Sat., Sept. 1	4:00 p.m.	Eastern Illinois at Arkansas	SEC Network (Dave Neal, DJ Shockley, Dawn Davenport)
Sat., Sept. 1	7:30 p.m.	Stephen F. Austin at Mississippi State	ESPNU (Mike Couzens, Kirk Morrison)
Sat., Sept. 1	7:30 p.m.	Charleston Southern at Florida	SEC Network (Tom Hart, Jordan Rodgers, Cole Cubelic)
Sat., Sept. 1	7:30 p.m.	Middle Tennessee at Vanderbilt	SEC Network (Anish Shroff, Ahmad Brooks, Roddy Jones)
Sat., Sept. 1	8:00 p.m.	Louisville vs. (1) Alabama (Orlando, FL)	ABC (Chris Fowler3, Kirk Herbstreit3, Maria Taylor)
Sun., Sept. 2	7:30 p.m.	(8) Miami (FL) vs. LSU (Arlington, TX)	ABC (Sean McDonough, Todd Blackledge, Holly Rowe)

 

Sun Belt

Date	Time	Game	Network (Talent)
Thurs., Aug. 30	7:00 p.m.	Kennesaw State at Georgia State	ESPN+ (Matt Stewart, Wayne Gandy)
Thurs., Aug. 30	8:00 p.m.	Southeastern Louisiana at UL Monroe	ESPN+ (Graham Doty, J.D. Byars)
Sat., Sept. 1	6:00 p.m.	Boise State at Troy	ESPNews (Dave LaMont, Ray Bentley)
Sat., Sept. 1	6:00 p.m.	South Carolina State at Georgia Southern	ESPN+ (Greg Talbott, Danny Waugh)
Sat., Sept. 1	7:00 p.m.	Grambling State at Louisiana	ESPN3 (Dan McDonald, Gerald Broussard)
Sat., Sept. 1	7:00 p.m.	Southeast Missouri State at Arkansas State	ESPN+ (Roger Twibell, Pete Cordelli, Rich Zvosec)
Sat., Sept. 1	7:00 p.m.	Louisiana Tech at South Alabama	ESPN+ (J.D. Byars, Pat Greenwood, Lauren Estes)

 

FBS Independents

Date	Time	Game	Network (Talent)
Sat., Sept. 1	6:00 p.m.	Old Dominion at Liberty	ESPN3 (Matt Warner, Joe Jauch, Bobbie Bohlig)
Sat., Sept. 1	7:30 p.m.	(13) Michigan at (12) Notre Dame	NBC (Mike Tirico, Doug Flutie1,2, Kathryn Tappen)

¹ - College Football Hall of Famer
² - NFF National Scholar-Athlete
³ - NFF Outstanding Contribution to Amateur Football honoree
⁴ - NFF William V. Campbell Trophy® recipient