The 2016 COLLEGE FOOTBALL season begins on ESPN with two games and a number of previews shows leading into the sport's best opening week ever over Labor Day Weekend (Sept. 1-Sept. 5).
COLLEGE FOOTBALL PREVIEW Shows
The two games will be wrapped around a series of preview shows across ESPN's networks:
Additionally, ESPNU will air one-hour preview shows for each of the power five conferences this week, beginning with the SEC and ACC (Aug. 22), then continuing with the Big Ten and Big 12 (Aug. 23) and concluding with the Pac-12 (Aug. 24). The SEC Network will also have team specific shows at 8 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. each night.
ESPN COLLEGE FOOTBALL PREVIEW Programming (Aug. 22-28)
Date | Time (ET) | Show | Commentators | Network |
Mon, Aug. 22 | 7 p.m. - 8 p.m. | 2016 SEC COLLEGE FOOTBALL PREVIEW Show | Matt Schick, Tom Luginbill, Kevin Carter | ESPNU |
8 p.m. - 9 p.m. | 2016 ACC COLLEGE FOOTBALL PREVIEW Show | Anish Shroff, Mike Bellotti, Charles Arbuckle | ESPNU | |
Tue, Aug. 23 | 7 p.m. - 8 p.m. | 2016 Big Ten COLLEGE FOOTBALL PREVIEW Show | Brendan Fitzgerald, Tom Luginbill, Jason Sehorn | ESPNU |
8 p.m. - 9 p.m. | 2016 Big 12 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PREVIEW Show | Anish Shroff, Kevin Carter, Jason Sehorn | ESPNU | |
Wed, Aug. 24 | 7 p.m. - 8 p.m. | 2016 Pac-12 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PREVIEW Show | Brendan Fitzgerald, Mike Bellotti, Charles Arbuckle | ESPNU |
8 p.m. - 9 p.m. | National COLLEGE FOOTBALL Preview | Matt Schick, Mike Bellotti, Tom Luginbill | ESPNU | |
8:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. | The Herbies Preseason Special | Rece Davis, Kirk Herbstreit | ESPN2 | |
Sat, Aug. 27 | 11 a.m. - noon | College GameDay Season Preview | Rece Davis, Kirk Herbstreit, Desmond Howard, David Pollack, Lee Corso (via satellite) | ESPN |
Sun, Aug. 28 | 1 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. | The Heisman Trophy Preview Show | Joe Tessitore, Desmond Howard, Danny Kanell | ESPN |
1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. | Championship Drive: COLLEGE FOOTBALL Season Preview | Rece Davis | ESPN |
SEC Network's schedule can be found here.
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