College Football Games This Saturday: Full Schedule and TV

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Yes – college football is back this Saturday. Aug. 29 is Week 0, the 2026 season’s opening slate: eight FBS games, starting at noon ET with North Carolina and TCU from Dublin, Ireland, and running past midnight with Memphis-UNLV in Las Vegas. It’s a small menu by October standards, but every game counts and every game has the stage to itself.

This page is the season-long answer to “who’s playing Saturday” – refreshed each week with the full slate, times and networks. This week: the Belichick rematch in Ireland, USC’s opener on NBC, Florida State and Stanford at home, and a Vegas nightcap.

Here’s Saturday’s schedule, with our full viewing guide for every game linked below.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL 2026
College Football Games This Saturday
This week’s full slate – updated weekly all season
THIS SATURDAY
Aug. 29
Week 0 – the 2026 season opener
FBS GAMES
8
Headlined by UNC-TCU in Dublin
FIRST KICK
Noon ET
From Aviva Stadium, on ESPN
NEXT WEEK
Sept. 5
The first full Saturday – dozens of games
Saturday, Aug. 29: the Week 0 slate
All times Eastern; networks can shift before kickoff
Game Time / TV
North Carolina vs. No. 23 TCU (Dublin, Ireland) Noon – ESPN. Belichick’s year-two opener and a rematch of TCU’s 48-14 win
NC State at Virginia 3:30 PM – ESPN
San Jose State at USC 3:30 PM window – NBC and Peacock
New Mexico State at Florida State Evening – see our game guide for details
Hawaii at Stanford Late window – see our game guide for details
Memphis at UNLV 10 PM – FOX. The nightcap
What’s coming next Saturday
Sept. 5 – the first full slate
Game Window / TV
Clemson at LSU Primetime – ABC. The opening weekend headliner
Boise State at Oregon CBS
Louisville vs. Ole Miss (Nashville) ABC
Notre Dame vs. Wisconsin (Lambeau Field) Sunday, Sept. 6 – NBC and Peacock
SATURDAY NOTES
Every game counts
Week 0 games are full regular-season contests – records, rankings and stats all real from the first snap.
The windows to know
Noon, 3:30 and night – college football’s Saturday rhythm starts this week and holds through January.
Bookmark this page
It refreshes every week of the season with that Saturday’s slate – the fastest answer to “who’s playing today.”

The Headliner: Noon From Dublin

UNC-TCU opens the season on ESPN – Bill Belichick’s second-year debut against the team that routed his first. Full channel and streaming detail in our UNC-TCU guide, with background on why Week 0 exists.

The Afternoon and Evening

NC State-Virginia (3:30, ESPN – NC State-Virginia guide) and San Jose State-USC (NBC/Peacock – San Jose State-USC guide) share the afternoon, with Florida State (FSU guide) and Stanford (Hawaii-Stanford guide) hosting in the evening windows and Memphis-UNLV closing the night on FOX (Memphis-UNLV guide). Which network carries what – and why – is decoded in the full 2026 network map.

Next Saturday Is the Flood

Sept. 5 brings the first full slate of the season – Clemson-LSU in primetime on ABC, Boise State-Oregon on CBS, Louisville-Ole Miss in Nashville – followed by Notre Dame-Wisconsin at Lambeau Field on Sunday. From that weekend on, this page carries a full Saturday’s worth of games every week.

Quick Answers

Are there college football games this Saturday?

Yes – eight FBS games on Aug. 29, led by UNC-TCU in Dublin at noon ET on ESPN.

What time does college football start Saturday?

Noon Eastern, with games running through the 10 PM ET Memphis-UNLV kickoff.

When do ALL the teams play?

The first full Saturday is Sept. 5 – Labor Day weekend, when the complete national slate arrives.

The Bottom Line

This Saturday: eight Week 0 games, noon to midnight ET, headlined by Belichick’s UNC against TCU in Dublin on ESPN. Next Saturday: everything. Bookmark this page – it updates weekly with each Saturday’s full schedule through the end of the season.