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NCAA Division I Football Championship Begins Saturday
ESPN will continue its extensive season-long coverage of the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) – nearly 200 games involving more than 90 FCS programs – with every game of the NCAA Division I Football Championship. Action will begin Saturday, Nov. 29, with all eight first-round games on ESPN3.
Second-round games Saturday, Dec. 6, will originate from the campus of the top eight seeds and be carried on ESPN3. ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN3 will combine to carry the quarterfinals (Dec. 12-13), semifinals (Dec. 19-20) and Championship from Frisco, Texas (January 10).
ESPN NCAA Division I Football Championship First-Round and Second-Round Schedule
Schedule subject to change
Date | Time (ET) | Matchup/Commentator | Network |
Sat, Nov 29 | Noon | First Round: Sacred Heart at Fordham Bob Picozzi & Matt Chatham |
ESPN3 |
1 p.m. | First Round: Indiana State at Eastern Kentucky Michael Reghi & Dustin Fox |
ESPN3 | |
1 p.m. | First Round: Morgan State at Richmond Roy Philpott & Darius Walker |
ESPN3 | |
2 p.m. | First Round: Southeastern Louisiana at Sam Houston State Drew Fellios & Forrest Conoly |
ESPN3 | |
4 p.m. | First Round: San Diego at Montana Jim Barbar & Jay Walker |
ESPN3 | |
4 p.m. | First Round: South Dakota State at Montana State Trey Bender & Jay Taylor |
ESPN3 | |
4 p.m. | First Round: Liberty at James Madison Dave Weekley & John Gregory |
ESPN3 | |
8 p.m. | First Round: Stephen F. Austin at Northern Iowa Shawn Kenney & Al Groh |
ESPN3 | |
Sat, Dec 6 | 1 p.m. | Second Round: TBD at No. 1 New Hampshire | ESPN3 |
1 p.m. | Second Round: TBD at No. 8 Chattanooga | ESPN3 | |
1 p.m. | Second Round: TBD at No. 7 Coastal Carolina | ESPN3 | |
2 p.m. | Second Round: TBD at No. 3 Jacksonville State | ESPN3 | |
2 p.m. | Second Round: TBD at No. 5 Illinois State | ESPN3 | |
3:30 p.m. | Second Round: TBD at No. 2 North Dakota State | ESPN3 | |
4:30 p.m. | Second Round: TBD at No. 4 Eastern Washington | ESPN3 | |
4:30 p.m. | Second Round: TBD at No. 6 Villanova | ESPN3 |
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