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We’re about three-and-a-half months out from the start of the 2016 college football season, and although it’s still just May, now would be a good opportunity to completely clear your schedule for Week 1’s slate.
Just check out this ridiculous, mouth-watering schedule released by ESPN’s media zone on Tuesday, which features 12 of the network’s anticipated top 20 teams with four games of matchups between ranked teams as it pairs up with ABC for a colossal opening weekend:
Thursday, Sept. 1
- South Carolina at Vanderbilt (8 p.m. ET on ESPN)
Saturday, Sept. 3
- No. 5 Oklahoma vs. No. 18 Houston (noon ET on ABC)
- Hawaii at No. 3 Michigan (noon on ESPN)
- No. 6 LSU vs. Wisconsin (3:30 p.m. on ABC)
- No. 13 Georgia vs. No. 19 North Carolina (5:30 p.m. on ESPN)
- No. 12 USC vs. No. 1 Alabama (8 p.m. on ABC)
- No. 2 Clemson at Auburn (9 p.m. on ESPN)
*Before the pair of tripleheaders, ESPN2 will begin the day from across the Atlantic Ocean when Georgia Tech plays Boston College (7:30 a.m.) at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland
Sunday, Sept. 4
- No. 9 Notre Dame at Texas (7:30 p.m. on ABC)
Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 5
- No. 14 Ole Miss vs. No. 4 Florida State (8 p.m. ET on ESPN)
Tyler Waddell is a member of the Saturday Down South news team. He brings over five years of professional journalism experience and is closing in on a Bachelor's in sports management. Follow him on Twitter (@Tyler_Waddell).
