The 2011 college football season begins Thursday and ESPN is set to provide coverage of 44 games over five days across multiple platforms that make up it’s network.
Here is the week one schedule on the WWL, with announcer assignments:
| Date | Time (ET) | Game | Network |
| Thu, Sep 1 | 6 p.m. | Murray State at Louisville
Rob Stone, Danny Kanell & Allison Williams
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ESPNU |
| 7 p.m. | North Texas at Florida International
Kevin Corke & Doug Graber
|
ESPN3.com | |
| 7 p.m. | Villanova at Temple
Scott Graham & Chuck Cecil
|
ESPN3.com | |
| 7 p.m. | Western Illinois at Sam Houston State
TBD
|
ESPN3.com | |
| 7:30 p.m. | Western Carolina at Georgia Tech
Ryan Rose & Warrick Dunn
|
ESPN3.com | |
| 7:30 p.m. | Fordham at Connecticut
Bob Picozzi & Christian Fauria
|
ESPN3.com | |
| 7:30 p.m. | North Carolina Central at Rutgers
Dave Popkin & Rob Harley
|
ESPN3.com | |
| 7:30 p.m. | West Alabama at South Alabama
TBD
|
ESPN3.com | |
| 8 p.m. | UNLV at No. 11 Wisconsin
Rece Davis, Craig James, Jesse Palmer & Jenn Brown
ESPN 3D: Dave Lamont, Tim Brown & David Diaz-Infante
|
ESPN / ESPN3.com / ESPN 3D | |
| 8 p.m. | Wake Forest at Syracuse
Dave Weekley & John Bunting
|
ESPN3.com | |
| 9 p.m. | Bowling Green at Idaho
TBD
|
ESPN3.com | |
| 9:15 p.m. | Kentucky vs. Western Kentucky (from Nashville)
Dave Neal, Andre Ware & Cara Capuano
|
ESPNU | |
| Fri, Sep 2 | 8 p.m. | No. 14 TCU at Baylor
Joe Tessitore, Rod Gilmore & Samantha Steele
|
ESPN / ESPN3.com |
| Sat, Sep 3 | Noon | Akron at No. 18 Ohio State
Dave Pasch, Urban Meyer, Chris Spielman & Quint Kessenich
|
ESPN / ESPN3.com |
| Noon | Utah State at No. 23 Auburn
Beth Mowins, Mike Bellotti & Ivan Maisel
|
ESPN2 / ESPN3.com | |
| Noon | Northwestern at Boston College
Rob Stone & Danny Kanell
|
ESPNU | |
| Noon | Kent State at No. 2 Alabama
TBD
|
ESPN3.com | |
| 12:30 p.m. | Appalachian State at No. 13 Virginia Tech
Steve Martin, Dave Archer & Mike Hodgewood
|
ESPN3.com | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Minnesota at No. 25 USC
Carter Blackburn, Brock Huard & Shelley Smith
|
ABC and ESPN2 * /ESPN3.com | |
| Western Michigan at Michigan
Mike Patrick, Craig James & Jeannine Edwards
|
ABC and ESPN2 * /ESPN3.com | ||
| 3:30 p.m. | Louisiana Monroe at No. 6 Florida State
Pam Ward & Dan Hawkins
|
ESPNU | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Troy at Clemson
Joe Davis & Warrick Dunn
|
ESPN3.com | |
| 3:30 p.m. | James Madison at North Carolina
TBD
|
ESPN3.com | |
| 4:45 p.m. | BYU at Mississippi
Bob Wischusen, Bob Davie & Jessica Mendoza
|
ESPN / ESPN3.com | |
| 6 p.m. | Buffalo at Pittsburgh
John Sanders & John Bunting
|
ESPN3.com | |
| 6 p.m. | Liberty at North Carolina State
Darren Goldwater & Rene Ingoglia
|
ESPN3.com | |
| 6 p.m. | William & Mary at Virginia
Dave Weekley & John Gregory
|
ESPN3.com | |
| 6 p.m. | Montana at Tennessee
TBD
|
ESPN3.com | |
| 7 p.m. | Richmond at Duke
Neil Solondz & Jay Taylor
|
ESPN3.com | |
| 7 p.m. | Army at Northern Illinois
Shawn Kenney & Bob Chemeil
|
ESPN3.com | |
| 7 p.m. | Indiana at Ball State
Jim Barbar & Adam Archuletta
|
ESPN3.com | |
| 7 p.m. | Florida Atlantic at No. 22 Florida
Clay Matvick, Brian Griese & Allison Williams
|
ESPNU | |
| 7 p.m. | East Carolina at No. 12 South Carolina
TBD
|
ESPN3.com | |
| 7 p.m. | Missouri State at No. 15 Arkansas
TBD
|
ESPN3.com | |
| 7 p.m. | Austin Peay at Cincinnati
TBD
|
ESPN3.com | |
| 7:30 p.m. | Elon at Vanderbilt
TBD
|
ESPN3.com | |
| 8 p.m. | Cowboys Classic: No. 3 Oregon vs. No. 4 LSU (from Arlington)
Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit & Erin Andrews
|
ABC / ESPN Radio | |
| 8 p.m. | Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game: No. 5 Boise State vs. No. 19 Georgia (from Atlanta)
Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge & Holly Rowe
|
ESPN / ESPN3.com | |
| 8 p.m. | Ohio at New Mexico State
TBD
|
ESPN3.com | |
| 10:15 p.m. | Colorado at Hawaii
Dave Lamont & David Diaz-Infante
|
ESPN2 / ESPN3.com | |
| 10:30 p.m. | Grambling State at Alcorn State
Adam Amin & Jay Walker
|
ESPNU ** / ESPN3.com (at 7 p.m.) | |
| Sun, Sep 4 | Noon | MEAC/SWAC Challenge Presented by Disney: Prairie View A&M vs. Bethune Cookman (from Orlando)
Morgan & Jay Walker
|
ESPNU / ESPN3.com |
| 3:30 p.m. | Marshall at No. 24 West Virginia
Joe Tessitore, Rod Gilmore & Quint Kessenich
|
ESPN / ESPN3.com | |
| Mon, Sep 5 | 8 p.m. | Miami at Maryland
ESPN: Sean McDonough, Matt Millen & Heather Cox
ESPN 3D: Joe Tessitore, Tim Brown & Ray Bentley
ESPN Radio: Bill Rosinski, David Norrie & Joe Schad
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ESPN / ESPN3.com / ESPN Radio / ESPN 3D |
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