The college football season is creeping ever closer, as Thursday marks the 100-day mark until the Week 0 slate begins. But the Week 0 slate will only be an appetizer for a loaded Week 1 schedule, and kickoff times for the biggest games of that weekend are beginning to trickle out as anticipation for the 2022 campaign ramps up.
Three games featuring six of the game’s biggest brands and three coaches debuting in new spots will be in the spotlight during the Week 1 action, beginning with defending national champion Georgia playing Oregon in Atlanta on Saturday, Sept. 3. Later that day, Ohio State will host Notre Dame in a gargantuan primetime battle.
Action continues Sunday, as well, with Florida State taking on LSU in New Orleans. Those are just a few of the big Week 1 matchups for which kickoff times and channels were revealed on Tuesday. More details will later be revealed about the kickoff times and channels for the rest of the action. But for now, let’s take a deeper look at the big games announced so far and help you start getting a TV viewing plan together.
Dates, times, television information and game breakdowns can be viewed below. All kickoff times Eastern.
Oregon vs. Georgia
Saturday, Sept. 3 — 3:30 p.m. on ABC
Considering that Georgia and Oregon are separated by nearly 2,700 miles and have only met once before, there will be a surprising amount of familiarity in this matchup. When the Ducks travel to Atlanta to face the defending national champions inside Mercedes-Benz Stadium, they will be playing their first game under new coach Dan Lanning. Of course, Lanning just so happens to be the mastermind who coordinated UGA’s historically dominant defense in the 2021 season.
Offensively, the Ducks’ quarterback is likely to be Auburn transfer Bo Nix, who also brings plenty of familiarity with the Bulldogs to the meeting from his three years with the Tigers. Nix went 0-3 against…
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