Week 1: College Football TV Channels, Live Streaming, Game Times- Aug. 31

MIAMI, FL, Sporting Alert – The college football season continues on Saturday with a loaded schedule and you can watch, listen, follow updates or stream live coverage of the day’s play.

A total of 14 games involving ranked teams will be on the fixtures for Saturday, including the only ranked v ranked battle in Week 1 between No. 11 Oregon against No. 16 Auburn in Texas.

No. 2 Alabama, No. 3 Georgia and No. 5 Ohio State are the top five teams featuring on Saturday, while No. 6 LSU, No. 7 Michigan and No. 10 Texas are all set to open their respective season at home.

Highlighting the fixtures this weekend though is the season opener between Oregon and Auburn at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, live on ABC and WatchESPN, starting at 7:30 pm.

This game will be a rematch of the 2010 championship game, which saw the Cam Newton-led Tigers securing a narrow victory.

According to ESPN’s Football Power Index, Auburn is the favorite to start the season with a win tonight, after being given a 53.4 percent chance to beat the Ducks in what is expected to be an action-packed contest in front of predicted very large crowd.

Meanwhile, second-ranked Alabama, the beaten finalist in last season’s college football playoff championship game, will open its season at a neutral site against Duke.

The Crimson Tide and the Blue Devils will battle in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, with game time set for 3:30 pm on ABC and streaming on WatchESPN.

As expected, ESPN’s Football Power Index is giving Alabama a 96.3 percent chance of winning this game, with junior quarterback and last year’s Heisman Trophy runner-up Tua Tagovailoa leading the way.

Elsewhere on Saturday, third-ranked Georgia opens on the road at Vanderbilt in Nashville, live on ESPN and streaming on WatchESPN.

New head coach, Ryan Day, who takes over from the retiring Urban Meyer, will guide No. 5 Ohio State when it plays host to Florida Atlantic in its campaign opener live on FOX and streaming on FoxSportsGo.com.

In other games involving ranked teams, No. 6 LSU entertains Georgia Southern, No. 7 Michigan welcomes Middle Tennessee, while the 10th ranked Texas hosts Louisiana Tech.

Elsewhere, Eastern Washington opens at No. 13 Washington, No. 15 Penn State takes on Idaho at Beaver Stadium, No. 21 Iowa State hosts Northern Iowa, No. 24 Nebraska hosts South Alabama, while the clash between No. 25 Stanford and Northwestern is expected to be a close one.

College Football TV Channels and Live Streaming

Saturday, August 31

Matchup Time (ET) TV/Streaming

South Alabama at 24 Nebraska 12:00 pm ESPN and WatchESPN 

Indiana vs Ball State (in Indianapolis, IN) 12:00pm CBSSN 

Toledo at Kentucky 12:00 pm SECN 

Ole Miss at Memphis 12:00 pm ABC and WatchESPN  

Northern Iowa at 21 Iowa State 12:00 pm Fox Sports 1 USA and FoxSportsGo.com

Indiana State at Kansas 12:00 pm FSN 

Mississippi State vs Louisiana (in New Orleans, LA) 12:00 pm ESPNU and WatchESPN 

Howard at Maryland 12:00 pm BTN 

Florida Atlantic at 5 Ohio State 12:00 pm FOX and FoxSportsGo.com 

East Carolina at NC State 12:00 pm ACCN 

Boise State at Florida State 12:00 pm ESPNews and WatchESPN

Akron at Illinois 12:00 pm BTN 

James Madison at West Virginia 2:00 pm ATTSN 

Rhode Island at Ohio 2:00 pm ESPN+ 

Bucknell at Temple 3:00 pm ESPN3 and WatchESPN  

Eastern Washington at 13 Washington 3:00 pm Pac-12N 

Eastern Michigan at Coastal Carolina 3:30 pm ESPN+ 

Georgia State at Tennessee 3:30 pm ESPNU and WatchESPN  

Holy Cross at Navy 3:30 pm CBSSN 

ETSU at Appalachian State 3:30 pm ESPN+ 

South Carolina vs North Carolina game in Charlotte, NC 3:30 pm ESPN and WatchESPN 

Duke vs 2 Alabama (in Atlanta, GA) 3:30 pm ABC and WatchESPN

Colgate at Air Force 3:30 pm ESPN3 and WatchESPN  

Idaho at 15 Penn State 3:30 pm BTN 

Portland State at Arkansas 4:00 pm SECN 

Virginia Tech at Boston College 4:00 pm ACCN 

Northwestern at 25 Stanford 4:00 pm FOX and FoxSportsGo.com 

Montana State at Texas Tech 4:00 pm FSN and FoxSportsGo.com 

Campbell at Troy 6:00 pm ESPN+ 

Incarnate Word at UTSA 6:00 pm ESPN3 and WatchESPN  

Sam Houston State at New Mexico 6:00 pm MWN 

22 Syracuse at Liberty 6:00 pm ESPN+ 

UC Davis at California 6:30 pm Pac-12N 

VMI at Marshall 6:30 pm Stadium 

Monmouth at Western Michigan 7:00 pm ESPN3 and WatchESPN 

Stephen F. Austin at Baylor 7:00 pm ESPN+ 

SMU at Arkansas State 7:00 pm ESPN+ 

Norfolk State at Old Dominion 7:00 pm ESPN3 and WatchESPN 

Nicholls at Kansas State 7:00 pm ESPN+ 

Illinois State at NIU 7:00 pm ESPN+ 

Alcorn State at Southern Miss 7:00 pm ESPN+ 

Abilene Christian at North Texas 7:30 pm ESPN+ 

16 Auburn vs 11 Oregon at ATT&T Stadium in Arlington, TX 7:30 pm ABC and WatchESPN 

3 Georgia at Vanderbilt 7:30 pm ESPN and WatchESPN 

Georgia Southern at 6 LSU 7:30 pm SECN 

Miami (Ohio) at 20 Iowa 7:30 pm Fox Sports 1 USA and FoxSportsGo.com 

Middle Tennessee at 7 Michigan 7:30 pm BTN 

Missouri at Wyoming 7:30 pm CBSSN 

Virginia at Pitt 7:30 pm ACCN 

Louisiana Tech at 10 Texas 8:00 pm LHN 

Grambling State at ULM 8:00 pm ESPN3 and WatchESPN 

Houston Baptist at UTEP 8:00 pm ESPN+ 

UAPB at TCU 8:00 pm FSN and FoxSportsGo.com 

Weber State at San Diego State 9:00 pm Facebook 

Southern Utah at UNLV 10:00 pm MWN 

New Mexico State at 23 Washington State 10:00 pm Pac-12N 

Fresno State at USC 10:30 pm ESPN and WatchESPN