ESPN Recruits All-America College Football Kickoff Roster

The schedule also includes a full line-up of College GameDay Built by The Home Depot.

The season will conclude with all five post-season Bowl Championship Series bowls, highlighted by the Allstate BCS National Championship Jan. 9, at 8:30 p.m. ET, on ESPN, ESPN3.com, ESPN 3D and ESPN Radio.

Schedule highlights

• The season will kick off with 11 games Thursday, Sept. 1, including an ESPNU doubleheader: Murray State at Louisville at 6 p.m. followed by Kentucky vs. Western Kentucky from Nashville at 9:15 p.m.

• ESPN3.com will offer exclusive coverage of 13 games and 37 games overall.

• First weekend will include two Saturday night telecasts pitting teams from the Associated Press top 25 preseason rankings against each other:

• No. 3 Oregon vs. No. 4 LSU (in Cowboys Classic from Arlington) Sept. 3 at 8 p.m. on ABC

• No. 5 Boise State vs. No. 19 Georgia (in Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game from Atlanta) Sept. 3 at 8 p.m. on ESPN and ESPN3.com

• Overall, the weekend will kick off with 16 teams from the preseason poll. Additional teams include:

• No. 2 Alabama against Kent State Saturday, Sept. 3 at noon on ESPN3.com

• No. 6 Florida State against Louisiana-Monroe Saturday, Sept. 3, at 3:30 p.m. on ESPNU

• No. 11 Wisconsin against UNLV Thursday, Sept. 1, at 8 p.m. on ESPN, ESPN3.com and ESPN 3D.

• No. 12 South Carolina against East Carolina Saturday, Sept. 3, at 7 p.m. on ESPN3.com

• No. 13 Virginia Tech against Appalachian State Saturday, Sept. 3, at 12:30 p.m. on ESPN3.com

• No. 14 TCU at Baylor Friday, Sept. 2, at 8 p.m. on ESPN and ESPN3.com

• No. 15 Arkansas against Missouri State Saturday, Sept. 3, at 7 p.m. on ESPN3.com

• No. 18 Ohio State against Akron Saturday, Sept. 3, at noon on ESPN and ESPN3.com

• No. 22 Florida against Florida Atlantic Saturday, Sept. 3, at 7 p.m. on ESPNU

• No. 23 Auburn against Utah State Saturday, Sept. 3, at noon on ESPN2 and ESPN3.com

• No. 24 West Virginia against Marshall Sunday, Sept. 4, at 3:30 p.m. on ESPN and ESPN3.com

• No. 25 USC against Minnesota Saturday, Sept. 3, at 3:30 p.m. on ABC and ESPN2 and ESPN3.com

• A Labor Day telecast Monday, Sept. 5 will feature an ACC showdown and debut of two new head coaches: Miami with Al Golden at Maryland, led by Randy Edsall, at 8 p.m. on ESPN, ESPN3.com, ESPN 3D and ESPN Radio.