Has Georgia surpassed Alabama as the best program in college football?
Dan Wolken looks at if Georgia can now be considered the team to beat in college football.
USA TODAY
It’s never too early to get excited − or complain − about the new college football season.
With the first game less than 90 days away, networks and conferences announced Wednesday the start times and channels for games in the first three weeks of the season.
Some of the biggest games of the season will take place in the opening weeks, including LSU and Florida State facing off in another neutral site game to start the year on Labor Day Sunday. The following week, two of the biggest college football programs face off again, as Texas travels to Tuscaloosa to face Alabama.
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Here is the schedule for the first three weeks of the 2023-24 college football season. All times listed are in Eastern.
Week 0
Sat., Aug. 26
- Navy vs. Notre Dame (Dublin, Ireland): 2:30 p.m., NBC
- Texas-El Paso at Jacksonville State: 5:30 p.m., CBSSN
- Ohio at San Diego State: 7 p.m., FS1
- Massachusetts at New Mexico State: 7 p.m., ESPN
- Hawaii at Vanderbilt: 7:30 p.m., SEC
- San Jose State at Southern California: 8 p.m., Pac-12
- Florida International at Louisiana Tech: 9 p.m., CBSSN
Week 1
Thurs., Aug. 31
- Elon at Wake Forest: 7 p.m., ACC Network
- Kent State at Central Florida: 7 p.m., FS1
- Saint Francis at Western Michigan: 7 p.m., ESPN+
- Rhode Island at Georgia State: 7 p.m., ESPN+
- Florida at Utah: 8 p.m., ESPN
- South Dakota at Missouri: 8 p.m., SEC Network
- Nebraska at Minnesota: 8 p.m., FOX
- Missouri State at Kansas: 8 p.m., ESPN+
- Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Tulsa: 8 p.m., ESPN+
- North Carolina A&T at Alabama-Birmingham: 8 p.m., ESPN+
- Southern Utah at Arizona State: 10 p.m., Pac-12 Network
Fri., Sept. 1
- Howard at Eastern Michigan: 6:30 p.m., ESPN+
- Miami (Ohio) vs. Miami (Fla.): 7 p.m., ACC Network
- Central Michigan at Michigan State: 7 p.m., FS1
- Louisville vs. Georgia Tech (Atlanta): 7:30 p.m., ESPN
- Stanford at Hawaii: 11 p.m., CBS Sports Network
Sat., Sept. 2
- Northern Illinois at Boston College: 12 p.m., ACC Network
- Louisiana Tech at SMU: 12 p.m., ESPNU
- Virginia vs. Tennessee (Nashville, Tenn.): 12 p.m., ABC
- Ball State at Kentucky: 12 p.m., SEC Network
- Arkansas State at Oklahoma: 12 p.m., ESPN
- Utah State at Iowa: 12 p.m., FS1
- Colorado at TCU: 12 p.m., Fox
- Fresno State at Purdue: 12 p.m., Big Ten Network
- Bowling Green at Liberty: 12 p.m., CBS Sports Network
- Northern Iowa at Iowa State: 2 p.m., ESPN+
- Long Island at Ohio: 2 p.m., ESPN+
- Akron at Temple: 2 p.m., ESPN+
- East Tennessee State at Jacksonville State: 2 p.m., ESPN+
- Mercer at Mississippi: 2 p.m., ESPN+
- Portland State at Oregon: 3 p.m., Pac-12 Network
- Ohio State at Indiana: 3:30 p.m, CBS
- Boise State at Washington: 3:30 p.m., ABC
- Massachusetts at Auburn: 3:30 p.m., ESPN
- Tennessee State at Notre Dame: 3:30 p.m., NBC/Peacock
- Wofford at Pittsburgh: 3:30 p.m., ACC Network
- Eastern Kentucky at Cincinnati: 3:30 p.m., ESPN+
- Gardner-Webb at Appalachian State: 3:30 p.m., ESPN+
- Buffalo at Wisconsin: 3:30 p.m., FS1
- Towson at Maryland: 3:30 p.m., Big Ten Network
- Rice at Texas: 3:30 p.m., Fox
- South Florida at Western Kentucky: 3:30 p.m., CBS Sports Network
- California at North Texas: 4 p.m., ESPNU
- Southeast Louisiana at Mississippi State: 4 p.m., SEC Network
- Western Carolina at Arkansas (Little Rock, Ark.): 4 p.m., ESPN+
- Colgate at Syracuse: 4 p.m., ESPN+
- Tennessee-Martin at Georgia: 6 p.m., ESPN+
- South Carolina State at Charlotte: 6 p.m., ESPN+
- Monmouth at Florida Atlantic: 6 p.m., ESPN+
- Bucknell at James Madison: 6 p.m., ESPN+
- Albany at Marshall: 6 p.m., ESPN+
- The Citadel at Georgia Southern: 6 p.m., ESPN+
- Maine at Florida International: 6:30 p.m., ESPN+
- Nevada at Southern California: 6:30 p.m., Pac-12 Network
- Washington State at Colorado State: 7 p.m., CBS Sports Network
- New Mexico at Texas A&M: 7 p.m., ESPN
- Alabama A&M at Vanderbilt: 7 p.m., ESPN+
- Texas State at Baylor: 7 p.m., ESPN+
- Southeast Missouri State at Kansas State: 7 p.m., ESPN+
- Central Arkansas at Oklahoma State: 7 p.m., ESPN+
- Alcorn State at Southern Miss: 7 p.m., ESPN+
- Stephen F. Austin at Troy: 7 p.m., ESPN+
- Bethune-Cookman at Memphis: 7 p.m., ESPN+
- Army at Louisiana- Monroe: 7 p.m., TBD
- Northern Arizona at Arizona: 7 p.m., Pac-12 Network
- Texas-San Antonio at Houston: 7 p.m., FS1
- Texas Tech at Wyoming: 7:30 p.m., CBS
- West Virginia at Penn State: 7:30 p.m., NBC
- North Carolina vs. South Carolina (Charlotte, N.C.): 7:30 p.m., ABC
- Middle Tennessee at Alabama: 7:30 p.m., SEC Network
- Northwestern State at Louisiana-Lafayette: 7:30 p.m., ESPN+
- Toledo at Illinois: 7:30 p.m., Big Ten Network
- South Alabama at Tulane: 8 p.m., ESPNU
- Old Dominion at Virginia Tech: 8 p.m., ACC Network
- Western Illinois at New Mexico State: 9 p.m., ESPN+
- Incarnate Word at Texas-El Paso: 9 p.m., ESPN+
- Sam Houston at Brigham Young: 10:15 p.m., FS1
- Idaho State at San Diego State: 10:30 p.m., CBS Sports Network
- Coastal Carolina at UCLA: 10:30 p.m., ESPN
Sun., Sept. 3
- Northwestern at Rutgers: 12 p.m., CBS
- Oregon State at San Jose State: 3:30 p.m., CBS
- LSU vs. Florida State (Orlando, Fla.): 7:30 p.m., ABC
Mon., Sept. 4
- Clemson at Duke: 8 p.m., ESPN
Week 2
Thurs., Sept. 7
- Murray State at Louisville: 7:30 p.m., ACC Network
Fri., Sept. 8
- Indiana State at Indiana: 7 p.m. or 8 p.m., Big Ten Network
Sat., Sept. 9
- Vanderbilt at Wake Forest: 11 a.m., ACC Network
- Notre Dame at North Carolina State: 12 p.m., ABC
- Utah at Baylor: 12 p.m., ESPN
- Purdue at Virginia Tech: 12 p.m., ESPN2
- James Madison at Virginia: 12 p.m., ESPNU
- Ball State at Georgia: 12 p.m., SEC Network
- Holy Cross at Boston College: 12 p.m., ESPN+
- Texas Southern at Toledo: 12 p.m., ESPN+
- Nebraska at Colorado: 12 p.m., Fox
- Youngstown State at Ohio State: 12 p.m., Big Ten Network
- Troy at Kansas State: 12 p.m., FS1
- South Carolina State at Georgia Tech: 1 p.m., ESPN+
- New Hampshire at Central Michigan: 1:30 p.m., ESPN+
- Eastern Illinois at Bowling Green: 2 p.m., ESPN+
- Charleston Southern at Clemson: 2:15 p.m., ACC Network
- Southern Utah at Brigham Young: 3 p.m., ESPN+
- Eastern Kentucky at Kentucky: 3 p.m., ESPN+
- Texas A&M at Miami (Fla.): 3:30 p.m., ABC
- Mississippi at Tulane: 3:30 p.m., ESPN2
- Miami (Ohio) at Massachusetts: 3:30 p.m., ESPN+
- Southern Illinois at Northern Illinois: 3:30 p.m., ESPN+
- UNLV at Michigan: 3:30 p.m., CBS
- Delaware at Penn State: 3:30 p.m., Peacock
- Richmond at Michigan State: 3:30 p.m., Big Ten Network
- Texas-El Paso at Northwestern: 3:30 p.m., Big Ten Network
- Iowa at Iowa State: 3:30 p.m., Fox
- Kent State at Arkansas: 4 p.m., SEC Network
- Southeast Louisiana at South Alabama: 5 p.m., ESPN+
- Tulsa at Washington: 5 p.m., Pac-12 Network
- Appalachian State at North Carolina: 5:15 p.m., ACC Network
- Duquesne at West Virginia: 6 p.m., ESPN+
- Lafayette at Duke: 6 p.m., ESPN+
- SMU at Oklahoma: 6 p.m., ESPN+
- Ohio at Florida Atlantic: 6 p.m., ESPN+
- New Mexico State at Liberty: 6 p.m., ESPN+
- Fordham at Buffalo: 6 p.m., ESPN+
- Louisiana-Lafayette at Old Dominion: 6 p.m., ESPN+
- Morgan State at Akron: 6 p.m., ESPN+
- Alabama-Birmingham at Georgia Southern: 6 p.m., ESPN+
- North Texas at Florida International: 6:30 p.m., ESPN+
- Oregon at Texas Tech: 7 p.m., Fox
- Texas at Alabama: 7 p.m., ESPN
- Middle Tennessee at Missouri: 7 p.m., ESPN+
- Florida A&M at South Florida: 7 p.m., ESPN+
- Northwestern State at Louisiana Tech: 7 p.m., ESPN+
- Houston Christian at Western Kentucky: 7 p.m., ESPN+
- Jackson State at Southern: 7 p.m., ESPN+
- Connecticut at Georgia State: 7 p.m., ESPN+
- Memphis at Arkansas State: 7 p.m., ESPN+
- Jacksonville State at Coastal Carolina: 7 p.m., ESPN+
- Central Florida at Boise State: 7 p.m., FS1
- Wisconsin at Washington State: 7:30 p.m., ABC
- McNeese at Florida: 7:30 p.m., ESPNU
- Arizona at Mississippi State: 7:30 p.m., SEC Network
- Furman at South Carolina: 7:30 p.m., ESPN+
- Grambling at LSU: 7:30 p.m., ESPN+
- UCLA at San Diego State: 7:30 p.m., CBS
- Charlotte at Maryland: 7:30 p.m., NBC
- Eastern Michigan at Minnesota: 7:30 p.m., Big Ten Network
- Temple at Rutgers: 7:30 p.m., Big Ten Network
- Nicholls State at TCU: 8 p.m., ESPN+
- Lamar State at Louisiana-Monroe: 8 p.m., ESPN+
- Air Force at Sam Houston State: 8 p.m., CBS Sports Network
- Southern Mississippi at Florida State: 8:30 p.m., ACC Network
- UC Davis at Oregon State: 9 p.m, Pac-12 Network
- Auburn at California: 10:30 p.m., ESPN
- Oklahoma State at Arizona State: 10:30 p.m., FS1
- Stanford at Southern California: 10:30 p.m., Fox
Week 3
Thurs., Sept. 14
- Navy at Memphis: 7:30 p.m., ESPN
- Bethune-Cookman at Miami (Fla.): 7:30 p.m., ACC Network
Fri., Sept. 15
- Army at Texas-San Antonio: 7 p.m., ESPN
- Virginia at Maryland: 7 p.m., FS1
Sat., Sept. 16
- Florida State at Boston College: 12 p.m., ABC
- LSU at Mississippi State: 12 p.m., ESPN
- Wake Forest at Old Dominion: 12 p.m., ESPN2 or ESPNU
- Iowa State at Ohio: 12 p.m., ESPN2 or ESPNU
- Kansas State at Missouri: 12 p.m., SEC Network
- Long Island at Baylor: 12 p.m., Big 12 Now on ESPN+
- Central Connecticut at Kent State: 12 p.m., ESPN+
- Louisville vs. Indiana (Indianapolis): 12 p.m., Big Ten Network
- Penn State at Illinois: 12 p.m., Fox
- Georgia Southern at Wisconsin: 12 p.m., Big Ten Network
- Liberty at Buffalo: 12 p.m. , CBS Sports Network
- Weber State at Utah: 2 p.m, Pac-12 Network
- Norfolk State at Temple: 2 p.m., ESPN+
- Indiana State at Ball State: 2 p.m., ESPN+
- Massacusetts at Eastern Michigan: 2 p.m., ESPN+
- Central Michigan at Notre Dame: 2:30 p.m., Peacock
- Alabama at South Florida: 3:30 p.m., ABC
- Oklahoma at Tulsa: 3:30 p.m., ESPN or ESPN2
- Minnesota at North Carolina: 3:30 p.m., ESPN or ESPN2
- Northwestern at Duke: 3:30 p.m., ACC Network
- East Carolina at Appalachian State: 3:30 p.m., ESPN+
- San Diego State at Oregon State: 3:30 p.m., FS1
- Virginia Tech at Rutgers: 3:30 p.m., Big Ten Network
- Western Michigan at Iowa: 3:30 p.m., Big Ten Network
- Florida International at Connecticut: 3:30 p.m., CBS Sports Network
- South Carolina at Georgia: 3:30 p.m., CBS
- Tulane at Southern Miss: 4 p.m., ESPNU
- Louisiana-Monroe at Texas A&M: 4 p.m., SEC Network
- Idaho at California: 4 p.m., Pac-12 Network
- Western Kentucky at Ohio State: 4 p.m., Fox
- Washington at Michigan State: 5 p.m., Peacock
- North Carolina Central at UCLA: 5 p.m., Pac-12 Network
- Northern Colorado at Washington State: 5 p.m., Pac-12 Network
- Georgia State at Charlotte: 6 p.m., ESPN+
- Villanova at Central Florida: 6:30 p.m., Big 12 Now on ESPN+
- Tennessee at Florida: 7 p.m., ESPN
- South Alabama at Oklahoma State: 7 p.m., Big 12 Now on ESPN+
- Tarleton State at Texas Tech: 7 p.m., Big 12 Now on ESPN+
- Miami (Ohio) at Cincinnati: 7 p.m., Big 12 Now on ESPN+
- Samford at Auburn: 7 p.m., ESPN+/SECN+
- Stony Brook at Arkansas State: 7 p.m., ESPN+
- Jackson State at Texas State: 7 p.m., ESPN+
- Prairie View A&M at SMU: 7 p.m., ESPN+
- Louisiana-Lafayette at Alabama-Birmingham: 7 p.m., ESPN+
- Texas Southern at Rice: 7 p.m., ESPN+
- North Texas at Louisiana Tech: 7 p.m., ESPN+
- Murray State at Middle Tennessee: 7 p.m., ESPN+
- San Jose State at Toledo: 7 p.m., ESPN+
- Duquesne at Coastal Carolina: 7 p.m., ESPN+
- James Madison at Troy: 7 p.m., TBD
- Vanderbilt at UNLV: 7 p.m., CBS Sports Network
- Northern Illinois at Nebraska: 7 p.m., FS1
- Pittsburgh at West Virginia: 7:30 p.m., ABC
- Brigham Young at Arkansas: 7:30 p.m., ESPN2
- Akron at Kentucky: 7:30 p.m., ESPNU
- Georgia Tech at Mississippi: 7:30 p.m., SEC Network
- Syracuse at Purdue: 7:30 p.m., NBC
- Bowling Green at Michigan: 7:30 p.m., Big Ten Network
- Florida Atlantic at Clemson: 8 p.m., ACC Network
- Wyoming at Texas: 8 p.m., Longhorn Network
- Sacramento State at Stanford: 8 p.m., Pac-12 Network
- Hawaii at Oregon: 8 p.m., Pac-12 Network
- TCU at Houston: 8 p.m., Fox
- Colorado State at Colorado: 10 p.m., ESPN
- Fresno State at Arizona State: 10:30 p.m., FS1
- Kansas at Nevada: 10:30 p.m., CBS Sports Network
- Texas-El Paso at Arizona: 11 p.m., Pac-12 Network
