ESPN to Provide Complete Coverage of NCAA Division I Football Championship

ESPN's exclusive coverage of the NCAA Division I Football Championship begins on Saturday, Nov. 26, with all eight games from campus sites. ESPN will cover all 23 games from the Championship, including eight second round games (Dec. 3), the quarterfinals (Dec. 9-10), semifinals (Dec. 16-17) and the final (Jan 7).

ESPN3 will stream the first and second rounds as well as two of the quarterfinal games. The other two quarterfinals will air on ESPN or ESPN2, the semifinals on ESPN2 and ESPNU and the championship on ESPN2 from Frisco, Texas. A full schedule is below.

The field of 24 is made up of 10 automatic qualifiers and 14 at large bids. Complete information on the field can be found here.

Automatic Qualifiers (10)
Conference	School
Big Sky	Eastern Washington (10-1)
Big South	Charleston Southern (7-3)
Colonial Athletic Association	James Madison (10-1)
Missouri Valley	South Dakota State (8-3)
Northeast	Saint Francis (Pa.) (7-4)
Ohio Valley	Jacksonville State (10-1)
Patriot League	Lehigh (9-2)
Pioneer	San Diego (9-1)
Southern	The Citadel (10-1)
Southland	Sam Houston State (11-0)

At-Large (14)
Conference	School
Big Sky	Cal Poly (7-4)
Big Sky	North Dakota (9-2)
Big Sky	Weber State (7-4)
Colonial Athletic Association	New Hampshire (7-4)
Colonial Athletic Association	Richmond (8-3)
Colonial Athletic Association	Villanova (8-3)
Mid-Eastern Athletic	North Carolina A&T (9-2)
Missouri Valley	Illinois State (6-5)
Missouri Valley	North Dakota State (10-1)
Missouri Valley	Youngstown State (8-3)
Southern	Chattanooga (8-3)
Southern	Samford (7-4)
Southern	Wofford (8-3)
Southland	Central Arkansas (9-2)

ESPN's NCAA Division I Football Championship Schedule:

NCAA Division I Football Championship - First Round

Date	Time (ET)	Game	Network
Sat, Nov. 26	2 p.m.	Weber State at Chattanooga Jim Barber, Watson Brown	ESPN3
		North Carolina A&T at Richmond Michael Reghi, Doug Graber	ESPN3
		Lehigh at New Hampshire Bob Picozzi, Marcus Ray	ESPN3
		Saint Francis (PA) at Villanova Mike Watts, Stan Lewter	ESPN3
		Charleston Southern at Wofford Drew Fellios, Forrest Conoly	ESPN3
	3 p.m.	Illinois State at Central Arkansas Shawn Kenney, Chad Brown	ESPN3
	5 p.m.	Samford at Youngstown State Robert Lee, Dustin Fox	ESPN3
	7 p.m.	San Diego at Cal Poly Trey Bender, Jay Taylor	ESPN3

NCAA Division I Football Championship - Second Round

Date	Time (ET)	Game	Network
Sat, Dec. 3	2 p.m.	Lehigh or New Hampshire at No. 4 James Madison	ESPN3
		Samford or Youngstown State at No. 3 Jacksonville State	ESPN3
	3 p.m.	Saint Francis (PA) or Villanova at No. 8 South Dakota State	ESPN3
		Weber State or Chattanooga at No. 5 Sam Houston State	ESPN3
	3:30 p.m.	San Diego or Cal Poly at No. 1 North Dakota State
	4 p.m.	Illinois State or Central Arkansas at No. 2 Eastern Washington	ESPN3
	6 p.m.	North Carolina A&T or Richmond at No. 7 North Dakota	ESPN3
		Charleston Southern or Wofford at No. 6 The Citadel	ESPN3

NCAA Division I Football Championship - Quarterfinals

Date	Time (ET)	Game	Network
Friday, Dec. 9	7 p.m.	Football Championship - Quarterfinal	ESPN2
Saturday, Dec. 10	Noon	Football Championship - Quarterfinal	ESPN
	TBD	Football Championship - Quarterfinal	ESPN3
	TBD	Football Championship - Quarterfinal	ESPN3

NCAA Division I Football Championship - Semifinals

Date	Time (ET)	Game	Network
Friday, Dec. 16	7 p.m.	Football Championship - Semifinal	ESPN2
Saturday, Dec. 17	6:30 p.m.	Football Championship - Semifinal	ESPNU

NCAA Division I Football Championship - Championship

Date	Time (ET)	Game	Network
January, 7, 2017	Noon	Football Championship - Championship	ESPN2

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