College football on television: Sept. 3

Huge slate of games, with plenty of marquee matchups, on television for this first Saturday of the college football season.

Kentucky’s opener against visiting Southern Miss is at 7:30 p.m. on ESPNU. Anish Shroff is handling play-by-play with Ahmad Brooks providing the color commentary.

Here is the full list of games, which starts at 7:30 a.m. in Dublin:

Saturday, Sept. 3

▪ 7:30 (am) - Boston College vs. Georgia Tech (ESPN2)

▪ 12:00 - Bowling Green at Ohio State (ESPN2)

▪ 12:00 - Eastern Kentucky at Purdue (ESPN News)

▪ 12:00 - Fordham at Navy (CBS Sports)

▪ 12:00 - Hawaii at Michigan (ESPN)

▪ 12:00 - Howard at Maryland (Big 10)

▪ 12:00 - Missouri at West Virginia (Fox Sports 1)

▪ 12:00 - South Alabama at Mississippi State (SEC)

▪ 12:00 - Western Michigan at Northwestern (ESPNU)

▪ 3:30 - Kent State at Penn State (Big 10)

▪ 3:30 - LSU vs. Wisconsin (ABC)

▪ 3:30 - Miami (O) at Iowa (ESPNU)

▪ 3:30 - SE Louisiana at Oklahoma State (Fox Sports South)

▪ 3:30 - Murray State at Illinois (Big 10)

▪ 3:30 - Texas State at Ohio (CBS Sports)

▪ 3:30 - UCLA at Texas A&M (CBS)

▪ 4:00 - Louisiana Tech at Arkansas (SEC)

▪ 5:30 - Georgia vs. North Carolina (ESPN)

▪ 7:00 - San Jose State at Tulsa (CBS Sports)

▪ 7:30 - Southern Miss at Kentucky (ESPNU)

▪ 7:30 - UMass at Florida (SEC)

▪ 8:00 - South Dakota State at TCU (Fox Sports South)

▪ 8:00 - Alabama vs. USC (ABC)

▪ 8:00 - Fresno State at Nebraska (Big 10)

▪ 9:00 - Clemson at Auburn (ESPN)

▪ 10:30 - Arizona vs. BYU (Fox Sports 1)

▪ 10:30 - Northern Illinois at Wyoming (CBS Sports)