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ESPN has set their announcer assignments for the first week of college football in addition to the schedule of games on the ESPN networks.
That includes Week 0, a rare one-week early start to the season that takes place August 26th, when California and Hawaii face off in Sydney, Australia. They'll do so with Allen Bestwick, Mike Bellotti and Warren Smith on the call.
One week later, the rest of the nation will be kicking off their seasons, one of which being the Kentucky Wildcats facing the Southern Miss Golden Eagles. That game will feature Anish Shroff and Ahmad Brooks calling the game, though no sideline reporter has been designated yet.
You may recall how Shroff was on the call for UK's opener in 2015, which featured Boom Williams welcoming the New Commonwealth Stadium with a bang:
Here is the entire schedule for the first week of college football in 2016:
Week 0
Friday, Aug. 26
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Time (ET) |
Game |
Network |
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10 p.m. |
Hawaii vs. Cal from ANZ Stadium in Sydney, Australia |
ESPN |
Saturday, Aug. 27
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Time (ET) |
Game |
Network |
|
7:30 p.m. |
FCS Kickoff: No. 6 Charleston Southern at No. 1 North Dakota State |
ESPN |
Week 1
Thursday, Sept. 1
|
Time (ET) |
Game |
Network |
|
7 p.m. |
Charlotte at Louisville |
ACC Network Extra* |
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Tulane at Wake Forest |
ACC Network Extra |
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Presbyterian at Central Michigan |
ESPN3 |
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Tennessee-Martin at Cincinnati |
ESPN3 |
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Maine at UConn |
ESPN3* |
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7:30 p.m. |
Appalachian State at No. 11 Tennessee |
SEC Network |
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Indiana at Florida International |
ESPNU |
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William & Mary at NC State |
ACC Network Extra |
|
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8 p.m. |
South Carolina at Vanderbilt |
ESPN |
|
9 p.m. |
Montana State at Idaho |
ESPN3* |
Friday, Sept. 2
|
Time (ET) |
Game |
Network |
|
6 p.m. |
Mississippi Valley State at Eastern Michigan |
ESPN3 |
|
7 p.m. |
Colgate at Syracuse |
ACC Network Extra |
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Albany at Buffalo |
ESPN3 |
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Ball State at Georgia State |
ESPN3* |
|
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8 p.m. |
Colorado State vs. Colorado from Sports Authority Field at Mile High in Denver, Colo. |
ESPN |
|
9 p.m. |
Toledo at Arkansas State Roy Philpott, Clint Stoerner |
ESPNU |
Saturday, Sept. 3
|
Time (ET) |
Game |
Network |
|
7:30 a.m. |
Georgia Tech vs. Boston College from Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland |
ESPN2 |
|
Noon |
2016 AdvoCare Texas Kickoff: No. 5 Oklahoma vs. No. 18 Houston from NRG Stadium in Houston |
ABC |
|
Hawaii at No. 3 Michigan |
ESPN |
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Western Michigan at Northwestern |
ESPNU |
|
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South Alabama at Mississippi State |
SEC Network |
|
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Eastern Kentucky at Purdue |
ESPNEWS |
|
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Boise State at Louisiana-Lafayette |
ESPN3* |
|
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12:30 p.m. |
Liberty at Virginia Tech |
ACC Network Extra* |
|
1:30 p.m. |
Villanova at Pittsburgh |
ACC Network Extra |
|
3:30 p.m. |
No. 6 LSU vs. Wisconsin from Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wis. |
ABC |
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Miami (Ohio) at No. 23 Iowa |
ESPNU |
|
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Richmond at Virginia |
ACC Network Extra |
|
|
4 p.m. |
Louisiana Tech at Arkansas |
SEC Network |
|
5:30 p.m. |
2016 Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game: No. 13 Georgia vs. No. 19 North Carolina from Georgia Dome in Atlanta |
ESPN and ESPN Radio |
|
6 p.m. |
North Carolina Central at Duke |
ACC Network Extra |
|
Florida A&M at Miami (Fla.) |
ACC Network Extra |
|
|
Western Carolina at East Carolina |
ESPN3 |
|
|
6:30 p.m. |
VMI at Akron |
ESPN3 |
|
7 p.m. |
Southeast Missouri State at Memphis |
ESPN3 |
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South Carolina State at UCF |
ESPN3 |
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Towson at South Florida |
ESPN3 |
|
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Rhode Island at Kansas |
ESPN3* |
|
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Oklahoma Panhandle State at Sam Houston State |
ESPN3 |
|
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7:30 p.m. |
Southern Mississippi at Kentucky |
ESPNU |
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UMass at Florida |
SEC Network |
|
|
8 p.m. |
No. 12 USC vs. No. 1 Alabama from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas Radio: Bill Rosinski, David Norrie, and Ian Fitzsimmons |
ABC and ESPN Radio |
|
Coastal Carolina at Lamar |
ESPN3* |
|
|
9 p.m. |
No. 2 Clemson at Auburn |
ESPN |
Sunday, Sept. 4
|
Time |
Game |
Network |
|
1 p.m. |
2016 MEAC/SWAC Challenge: Alcorn State vs. Bethune-Cookman Eric Clemons, Jay Walker |
ESPN |
|
6 p.m. |
Texas Southern vs. Prairie View A&M |
ESPNU |
|
7:30 p.m. |
No. 9 Notre Dame at Texas |
ABC |
Monday, Sept. 5
|
Time |
Game |
Network |
|
8 p.m. |
2016 Camping World Kickoff: No. 14 Ole Miss vs. No. 4 Florida State from Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Fla. Radio: Bill Rosinski, David Norrie, Ian Fitzsimmons |
ESPN and ESPN Radio |
*Not exclusive