The timing of this year’s school football season will be another in the COVID-19 era.Instead of the general starting Hard WorkDay weekend, Power Five meetings start until the end of September.
The normal season almost comes with the end of the year holidays with convention championship games scheduled for now and the third week of December. The school football playoffs remain as scheduled with the semifinals on January 1. The last game of the season will be the championship game on January 11, 2020 in Miami Gardens, Florida.
Below are the matches scheduled for the national chains, with schedules shown in the afternoon.It’s unless otherwise specified. Dates and times are subject to change.
Saturday, September 5
Eastern Kentucky on Marshall, ESPN, 1 p.m.
Middle Tennessee in Army, CBSSN, 1:30 p.m.
SMU at Texas State, ESPN, 4:30 p.m.
Arkansas State in Memphis, ESPN, p.m.
Monday, September 7
Brigham Young in the Navy, ESPN, p.m.
Thursday September 10
Alabama-Birmingham in Miami, FL, ACC, p.m.
Friday, September 11
EMS at TCU, FS1, nine p.m.
Saturday September 12
Charlotte at Appalachian State, ESPN2, noon
East Kentucky to West Virginia, FS1, noon
Louisiana-Lafayette at Iowa State, ESPN, noon
Louisiana Tech in Baylor, Fox, at noon
Syracuse North Carolina, ACC, noon
Louisiana-Monroe to the Army, CBSSN, 1:30 p.m.
Duke at Notre Dame, NBC, 2:30 p.m.
State of Arkansas to the state of Kansas, FS1, 3:30 p.m.
Georgia Tech at Florida State, ABC, 3:30 p.m.
Texas-San Antonio in Texas State, ESPN2, 3:30 p.m.
Austin Peay in Pittsburgh, ACC, p.m.
Clemson at Wake Forest, ABC, 7:30 p.m.
Tulane South Alabama, ESPN2, 7:30 p.m.
Tulsa, Oklahoma, ESPN/ESPNU, 7:30 p.m.
West Kentucky in Louisville, ACC, p.m.
Carolina Coastal Kansas, FS1, 10 p.m.
Friday, September 18
Houston in Memphis, ESPN, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday September 19
Austin Peay in Cincinnati, ESPN, noon
Freedom in West Kentucky, UNSP, noon
Louisiana-Lafayette at Georgia State, ESPN2, noon
Navy in Tulane, ABC, noon
Syracuse to Pittsburgh, ACC, noon
Appalachian State in Marshall, CBSSN, 1:30 p.m.
South Florida in Notre Dame, USA, 2:30 p.m.
Central Florida at Georgia Tech, ESPN, 3:30 p.m.
BYU at Army, CBS, 3:30 p.m.
Florida Atlantic in Georgia Southern, ESPN2, p.m.
Clemson Citadel, ACC, p.m.
Troy to Middle Tennessee, ESPNU, p.m.
SMU North Texas, CBSSN, 6 p.m.
Louisiana Tech South Mississippi, ESPN2, 7:30 p.m.
State of Texas at Louisiana-Monroe, ESPNU, 7:30 p.m.
Wake Forest, North Carolina, ACC, p.m.
Thursday, September 24
Alabama-Birmingham south of Alabama, ESPN, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, September 25
Memphis, Texas-San Antonio, CBSSN, p.m.
Saturday, September 26
Florida Mississippi, ESPN, noon
Kansas State to Oklahoma, Fox, noon
Kentucky to Auburn, SEC, noon
Mississippi State at LSU, CBS, 3:30 p.m.
Texas at Texas Tech, Fox, 3:30 p.m.
Georgia to Arkansas, SEC, p.m.
South Florida at Florida Atlantic, CBSSN, 6 p.m.
Alabama, Missouri, ESPN, 7 p.m.
Tennessee, South Carolina, SEC, 7:30 p.m.
Troy to Brigham Young, ESPN, 10:15 p.m.
Saturday, October 3
Missouri Tennessee, SEC, noon
South Carolina to Florida, ESPN, noon
Abilene Christian in the Army, CBSSN, 1:30 p.m.
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Mississippi, Kentucky, SEC, p.m.
Auburn to Georgia, ESPN, 7:30 p.m.
LSU at Vanderbilt, SEC, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, October 7
Louisiana-Lafayette at Appalachian State, ESPN, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, October 8
Tulane in Houston, ESPN, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, October 9
Louisville at Georgia Tech, ESPN, 7 p.m.
Campbell at Wake Forest, ACC, p.m.
Saturday, October 10
Oklahoma vs. Texas, Dallas, Fox, noon
The Citadel in the Army, CBSSN, 1:30 p.m.
State of Florida at Notre Dame, NBC, 7 p.m.
Wednesday, October 14
Appalachian State in Georgia Southern, ESPN, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, October 15
State of Georgia in the state of Arkansas, ESPN, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, October 16
SMU at Tulane, ESPN2 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, October 17
Texas-San Antonio Army, CBSSN, 1:30 p.m.
Louisville at Notre Dame, NBC, 2:30 p.m.
Marshall at Louisiana Tech, CBSSN, 6 p.m.
Vanderbilt, Missouri, SEC, 7:30 p.m.
Georgia to Alabama, CBS, p.m.
Thursday, October 22
State of Arkansas to Appalachian State, ESPN, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, October 23
Tulsa South Florida, ESPN, 7:30 p.m.
Louisiana-Lafayette in Alabama-Birmingham, CBSSN, p.m.
Saturday, October 24
Mercer in the Army, CBSSN, 1:30 p.m.
Thursday, October 29
South Alabama in Georgia Southern, ESPN, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, October 30
Marshall at Florida International, CBSSN, 7 p.m.
Saturday, October 31
Kentucky, Missouri, SEC, noon
LSU at Auburn, CBS, 3:30 p.m.
Mississippi to Vanderbilt, SEC, p.m.
North Texas in Texas-El Paso, CBSSN, p.m.
Mississippi State in Alabama, ESPN, 7 p.m.
Arkansas a Texas A
Thursday, November 5
SMU at Temple, ESPN, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, November 6
Miami, Florida in the state of North Carolina, ESPN, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, November 7
Air Force in the Army, CBS, 11:30 a.m.
Florida to Georgia, CBS, 3:30 p.m.
Vanderbilt in the state of Mississippi, SEC, p.m.
Louisiana Tech in North Texas, CBSSN, 6 p.m.
Clemson at Notre Dame, NBC, 7 p.m.
Friday, November 13
Florida Atlantic at Florida International, CBSSN, 7 p.m.
Saturday, November 14
Middle Tennessee to Marshall, CBSSN, 1:30 p.m.
Alabama on LSU, CBS, 6 p.m.
South Mississippi West Kentucky, CBSSN, 6 p.m.
Friday, November 20
Syracuse in Louisville, ESPN, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, November 21
Georgia Southern to the Army, CBSSN, 1:30 p.m.
Friday, November 27
South Mississippi to Alabama-Birmingham, CBSSN, 3:30 p.m.
Saturday, December 12
Army v. Navy, Philadelphia, CBS, p.m.
Friday, January 1
Rose Bowl – College Football Playoff Semifinals, 5 p.m., ESPN
Sugar Bowl – College Football Playoff Semi-Finals, 8:45 p.m., ESPN
Monday January 13
College football championship game, p.m., ESPN