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TV, time and schedule Saturday

Vaseline September 7, 2024

The era of the 12-team college football playoffs is here, and the first games of the 2024 season have provided plenty of intriguing storylines and developments to digest. But Saturday’s schedule, featuring 75 games in Week 2 featuring at least one FBS team, will offer a little bit of everything as what happens on the field begins to outweigh the speculation of the preseason polls.

There’s a top-10 showdown between No. 3 Texas and No. 9 Michigan in the noon (ET) television window, and then a top-25 showdown between No. 12 Tennessee and No. 23 North Carolina State in prime time Saturday night. There are conference games in the Big Ten, SEC, ACC and Big 12, plus regional non-conference rivalry games (Iowa State vs. No. 21 Iowa, Colorado vs. Nebraska). There’s even a high-profile Group of Five conference playoff contender (Boise State) getting a chance for a big win against one of the Big Ten’s newest additions (No. 6 Oregon) to close out the weekend.

We’ve already seen some unexpected results in Week 1, and this week looks set to bring even more opportunities for surprises as college football re-establishes itself in the first month of its inaugural season with a 12-team playoff slate.

Below is the full schedule for Saturday in Week 2 of the 2024 American football season, including game times and how to watch:

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College Football Week 2 schedule

Saturday September 7th

All times Eastern

No. 3 Texas at No. 9 Michigan: 12:00 noon on FOX
Bowling Green at No. 8 Penn State: 12 noon on Big Ten Network
Arkansas at No. 17 Oklahoma State: 12:00 p.m. on ABC and ESPN+
No. 16 Kansas State at Tulane: 12 noon on ESPN
No. 23 Georgia Tech at Syracuse: 12:00 noon on ACC Network
Pittsburgh near Cincinnati: 12 noon on ESPN2
Troy at Memphis: 12 noon on ESPNU
Akron at Rutgers: 12 noon on Big Ten Network
Army at Florida Atlantic: 12 noon on CBS Sports Network
Rhode Island near Minnesota: 12 noon on Peacock
Merrimack at UConn: 12 noon on WFSB (in Connecticut), UCONN+
McNeese State at Texas A&M: 12:45pm on SEC Network
Tennessee Tech at No. 1 Georgia: 2:00 p.m. on ESPN+
Missouri State at Ball State: 2:00 p.m. on ESPN+
Saint Francis at Kent State: 2:30 p.m. on ESPN+
Utah Tech at UNLV: 3:00pm on MW Network
Northern Illinois at No. 7 Notre Dame: 3:30pm on NBC and Peacock
Baylor at No. 11 Utah: 3:30pm on FOX
Iowa State at No. 21 Iowa: 3:30pm on CBS and Paramount+
South Carolina near Kentucky: 3:30 p.m. on ABC and ESPN+
California at Auburn: 3:30 p.m. on ESPN2
Michigan State vs. Maryland: 3:30pm on Big Ten Network
Eastern Michigan at No. 25 Washington: 3:30pm on Big Ten Network
South Dakota near Wisconsin: 3:30pm on FS1
Charlotte near North Carolina: 3:30pm on ACC Network
Temple at Navy: 3:30 p.m. on CBS Sports Network
Idaho near Wyoming: 3:30 PM on TruTV and Max
Jacksonville State at No. 24 Louisville: 3:30 on ESPN+
Duquesne at Boston College: 3:30 p.m. on ESPN+
UMass in Toledo: 3:30 p.m. on ESPN+
UTSA at Texas State: 4:00 p.m. on ESPNU
Middle Tennessee State at No. 5 Ole Miss: 4:15pm on SEC Network
Marshall at Virginia Tech: 4:30pm on The CW Network
Florida A&M at No. 15 Miami: 6:00 p.m. on ESPN+
Albany near West Virginia: 6:00 p.m. on ESPN+
Central Michigan at Florida International: 6:00 p.m. on ESPN+
Gardner-Webb at James Madison: 6:00 p.m. on ESPN+
East Carolina at Old Dominion: 6:00 p.m. on ESPN+
South Alabama near Ohio: 6:00 p.m. on ESPN+
Sam Houston at UCF: 6:30 p.m. on ESPN+
South Florida at No. 4 Alabama: 7:00 p.m. on ESPN
Virginia at Wake Forest: 7:00 p.m. on ESPN2
No. 20 Kansas at Illinois: 7:00 PM on FS1
San Jose State in the Air Force: 7:00 p.m. on CBS Sports Network
Georgia South to Nevada: 7:00 PM on TruTV and Max
Buffalo at No. 10 Missouri: 7:00 p.m. on ESPN+
Samford near Florida: 7:00 p.m. on ESPN+
Cal Poly at Stanford: 7:00 p.m. on ESPN+
Tulsa at Arkansas State: 7:00 p.m. on ESPN+
UAB at UL-Monroe: 7:00 p.m. on ESPN+
Texas Southern at Rice: 7:00 p.m. on ESPN+
William and Mary at Coastal Carolina: 7:00 p.m. on ESPN+
Eastern Kentucky at Western Kentucky: 7:00 p.m. on ESPN+
Chattanooga at Georgia State: 7:00 p.m. on ESPN+
Louisiana at Kennesaw State: 7:00 p.m. on ESPN+
SO Louisiana at Southern Miss: 7:00 p.m. on ESPN+
Northern Colorado at Colorado State: 7:00 PM Altitude Sports (regional) and TheMW.com
No. 12 Tennessee vs. No. 23 North Carolina State (in Charlotte): 7:30 p.m. on ABC and ESPN+
Colorado near Nebraska: 7:30pm on NBC and Peacock
Western Michigan vs. No. 2 Ohio State: 7:30pm on Big Ten Network
Alcorn State at Vanderbilt: 7:30 p.m. on ESPNU
Nicholls at No. 19 LSU: 7:30 p.m. on ESPN+
Stephen F. Austin at North Texas: 7:30 p.m. on ESPN+
Houston at No. 13 Oklahoma: 7:45pm on SEC Network
Appalachian State at No. 22 Clemson: 8:00pm on ACC Network
Long Island at TCU: 8pm on ESPN+
Southern Utah at UTEP: 9:00 p.m. on ESPN+
Boise State at No. 6 Oregon: 10pm on Peacock
Texas Tech at Washington State: 10pm on FOX
Northern Arizona at No. 18 Arizona: 10pm on ESPN+
Sacramento State at Fresno State: 10pm on Fubo
Freedom at New Mexico State: 10:15 p.m. on ESPN2
Mississippi State at Arizona State: 10:30 p.m. on ESPN
Oregon State at San Diego State: 10:30 p.m. on CBS Sports Network
Utah State at No. 14 USC: 11:00 p.m. on Big Ten Network

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