2017 Preliminary Football TV Schedule
Conference USA has announced its preliminary television schedule for the 2017 football season. The current confirmed schedule features games to air nationally by all four of the league’s primary television partners, with additional games to be added prior to the beginning of the season, through additional league partnerships, along with selected games as part of other conference’s television deals.
National games will be broadcast on traditional linear television this season on ESPN Networks, CBS Sports Network, Stadium (formerly ASN and Campus Insiders) and beIN SPORTS. The majority of these exposures will take place on Saturday, with select Friday night telecasts also being featured.
Additionally, there will be a significant number of games that will be made available through streaming and through social media entities such as Twitter and Facebook Live.
“C-USA Football will be available this season on a number of platforms through our valued television partners,” said Conference USA Commissioner Judy MacLeod. “We look forward to an exciting conference season that our fans will be able to follow throughout the fall.”
The 2017 season begins on Saturday, August 26 when Rice becomes the first C-USA team to play a regular season game outside of the United States when the Owls face Stanford in Sydney, Australia. That game will air on ESPN.
The first full weekend of the regular season will feature games on six different networks, including Saturday doubleheaders on two of the league’s partners. STADIUM will make its conference debut with UAB’s return to the gridiron when the Blazers face Alabama A&M, followed by Houston at UTSA. CBS Sports Network will air a C-USA/SEC doubleheader with Kentucky at Southern Miss, along with Vanderbilt at Middle Tennessee.
beIN SPORTS makes its 2017 Conference USA debut on September 9 by showing FIU’s home opener against Alcorn State, the first of 10 Saturday evening games on the network.
ESPN3 will be a prominent entity to watch C-USA Football on, with 10 conference matchups on the initial schedule, with more to be added. Five non-conference games in September will also be shown on ESPN3.
The 2017 C-USA Championship game on Saturday, Dec. 2 is scheduled to air on either ESPN or ESPN 2. It marks the 13th-straight year that the C-USA Championship will air on the ESPN Networks. ESPN is also scheduled to carry all six of C-USA’s bowl games in which it has a guaranteed selection.
Additional Conference USA football television exposures will be released as soon as they are finalized.
2017 CONFERENCE USA FOOTBALL TELEVISION SCHEDULE
(Confirmed games as of June 7; Subject to change)
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Date Game Time (ET/CT) Network
Sat., Aug. 26 Stanford vs. Rice 10:00p ET/9:00p CT ESPN
Fri., Sept. 1 Charlotte at Eastern Michigan 6:30p ET/5:30p CT ESPN3
Fri., Sept. 1 Navy at Florida Atlantic 8:00p ET/7:00p CT ESPNU
Sat., Sept. 2 UTEP at Oklahoma 3:30p ET/2:30p CT FOX
Sat., Sept. 2 Alabama A&M at UAB 3:30p ET/2:30p CT Stadium
Sat., Sept. 2 Kentucky at Southern Miss 4:00p ET/3:00p CT CBSSN
Sat., Sept. 2 Houston at UTSA 7:00p ET/6:00p CT Stadium
Sat., Sept. 2 Vanderbilt at Middle Tennessee 8:00p ET/7:00p CT CBSSN
Sat., Sept. 9 Charlotte at Kansas State 12:00p ET/11:00a CT FSN
Sat., Sept. 9 Florida Atlantic at Wisconsin 12:00p ET/11:00a CT BTN
Sat., Sept. 9 UAB at Ball State 3:00p ET/2:00p CT ESPN3
Sat., Sept. 9 Middle Tennessee at Syracuse 3:30p ET/2:30p CT ACC Network/ESPN3
Sat., Sept. 9 Marshall at NC State 6:00p ET/5:00p CT ACC Network/ESPN3
Sat., Sept. 9 North Texas at SMU 7:00p ET/6:00p CT ESPN3
Sat., Sept. 9 Southern at Southern Miss 7:00p ET/6:00p CT Stadium
Sat., Sept. 9 Mississippi State at Louisiana Tech 7:30p ET/6:30p CT CBSSN
Sat., Sept. 9 Alcorn State at FIU TBA beIN SPORTS
Sat., Sept. 9 UTSA at Baylor 8:00p ET/7:00p CT FSN
Sat., Sept. 9 WKU at Illinois 8:00p ET/7:00p CT FSN
Fri., Sept. 15 Arizona at UTEP 10:15p ET/9:15p CT ESPN
Sat., Sept. 16 North Carolina at Old Dominion 3:30p ET/2:30p CT Stadium
Sat., Sept. 16 North Texas at Iowa 3:30p ET/2:30p CT ESPN2
Sat., Sept. 16 FIU at Indiana 3:30p ET/2:30p CT BTN
Sat., Sept. 16 Middle Tennessee at Minnesota 3:30p ET/2:30p CT BTN
Sat., Sept. 16 Louisiana Tech at WKU 7:00p ET/6:00p CT Stadium
Sat., Sept. 16 Southern Miss at UL Monroe 7:00p ET/6:00p CT ESPN3
Sat., Sept. 16 Bethune Cookman at Florida Atlantic 8:00p ET/7:00p CT beIN SPORTS
Sat., Sept. 16 Rice at Houston 8:00p ET/7:00p CT ESPN3
Sat., Sept. 23 UAB at North Texas 6:30p ET/5:30p CT beIN SPORTS
Sat., Sept. 23 Ball State at WKU 7:00p ET/6:00p CT Stadium
Sat., Sept. 30 UTEP at Army 3:30p ET/2:00p CT CBSSN
Sat., Sept. 30 Middle Tennessee at Florida Atlantic 7:00p ET/6:00p CT Stadium
Sat., Oct. 7 Florida Atlantic at Old Dominion 6:00p ET/5:00p CT Stadium
Sat., Oct. 7 Army at Rice 6:30p ET/5:30p CT beIN SPORTS
Sat., Oct. 7 FIU at Middle Tennessee 3:00p ET/2:00p CT ESPN3
Sat., Oct. 14 Old Dominion at Marshall 2:30p ET/1:30p CT ESPN3
Sat., Oct. 14 Middle Tennessee at UAB 6:30p ET/5:30p CT beIN SPORTS
Sat., Oct. 14 UTEP at Southern Miss 7:00p ET/6:00p CT Stadium
Fri., Oct. 20 WKU at Old Dominion TBA CBSSN
Fri., Oct. 20 Marshall at Middle Tennessee 7:00p ET/6:00p CT ESPN2
Sat., Oct. 21 UAB at Charlotte 6:30p ET/5:30p CT beIN SPORTS
Sat., Oct. 21 Southern Miss at Louisiana Tech 7:00p ET/6:00p CT Stadium
Sat., Oct. 21 North Texas at Florida Atlantic TBA ESPN3
Sat., Oct. 28 Florida Atlantic at WKU 4:30p ET/3:30p CT Stadium
Sat., Oct. 28 Old Dominion at North Texas TBA ESPN3
Fri., Nov. 3 Marshall at Florida Atlantic 6:00p ET/5:00p CT CBSSN
Sat., Nov. 4 Charlotte at Old Dominion 3:30p ET/2:30p CT ESPN3
Sat., Nov. 4 UTSA at FIU 7:00p ET/6:00p CT Stadium
Sat., Nov. 4 UTEP at Middle Tennessee 7:30p ET/6:30p CT beIN SPORTS
Sat., Nov. 11 Florida Atlantic at Louisiana Tech 3:30p ET/2:30p CT Stadium
Sat., Nov. 11 WKU at Marshall 6:30p ET/5:30p CT beIN SPORTS
Sat., Nov. 11 Middle Tennessee at Charlotte 2:00p ET/1:00p CT ESPN3
Sat., Nov. 11 UTEP at North Texas 5:00p ET/4:00p CT ESPN3
Fri., Nov. 17 Middle Tennessee at WKU 8:00p ET/7:00p CT CBSSN
Sat., Nov. 18 Army at North Texas 6:30p ET/5:30p CT beIN SPORTS
Sat., Nov. 18 FIU at Florida Atlantic 7:00p ET/6:00p CT Stadium
Sat., Nov. 18 Rice at Old Dominion 2:00p ET/1:00p CT ESPN3
Fri., Nov. 24 WKU at FIU 7:00p ET/6:00p CT beIN SPORTS
Sat., Nov. 25 Southern Miss at Marshall 2:30p ET/1:30p CT Stadium
Sat., Nov. 25 UTSA at Louisiana Tech TBA ESPN TBA
Sat., Nov. 25 Old Dominion at Middle Tennessee 3:00p ET/2:00p CT ESPN3
Sat., Nov. 25 North Texas at Rice 1 pm ET/12p CT ESPN3
Sat., Dec. 16 R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl 1:00p ET/12:00p CT ESPN
Sat., Dec. 16 Gildan New Mexico Bowl 4:30p ET/3:30p CT ESPN
Tue., Dec.19 Boca Raton Bowl 7:00p ET/6:00p CT ESPN
Thu., Dec. 21 St. Petersburg Bowl 8:00p ET/7:00p CT ESPN
Fri., Dec. 22 Bahamas Bowl 12:30p ET/11:30a CT ESPN
Tue., Dec. 26 Zaxby’s Heart of Dallas Bowl TBA ESPN
*Wed., Dec. 27 Independence Bowl 1:30p ET/12:30p CT ESPN
*secondary agreement if ACC or SEC cannot fill
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