It’s not the official start of the college football season, but it’s close enough: 0Week 0 of the 2021 season is rapidly shutting in, carrying with it one more year of storylines.

The usual questions, as usual, remain: “Who will make the College Football Playoff? Who wins the Heisman Trophy? Who will win the national championship?” Who will win the public title?” They stay tempting storylines, and significant ones: But the greatest storylines of the 2021 season could happen off the field after one of the most active offseasons in ongoing school football history.

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Right away, it seemed, by all accounts, to be the reformation of the Playoff from four to 12 groups would be the storyline of the year — that quickly assumed a lower priority with news that Oklahoma and Texas will escape from the Big 12 to join the SEC. That is the main demonstration of what will probably be another enormous round of gathering realignment, one that probably will leave the school football scene unrecognizable to eyewitnesses in 2021.

Moreover, the NCAA has granted student-athletes the most agency and mobility ever throughout the entire existence of the organization. That includes the one-time move rule, which permits competitors to be promptly qualified should they move to another school. Yet, the greater story is the capacity for competitors to benefit off their name, picture and similarity, which has effectively made critical paydays for school football’s stars.

Gracious, and the continuous COVID-19 pandemic. Maybe the Covid will lesserly affect the 2021 season since a few groups have announced huge immunization rates, however it’s too soon to say it will not anily affect the season by any means.

With every one of the storylines going on, you could nearly forget there was real football to be played for this present year, with genuine outcomes and results put together off the with respect to handle activity. Everything begins with Week 0, and Sporting News is here to ensure you realize how to observe each snap:

When is the primary school football match-up in 2021?

Date: Saturday, Aug. 28

The soonest affirmed game including FBS groups is Nebraska-Illinois in Champaign, Ill. It will start off at 1 p.m. ET on Saturday, Aug. 28. Following that, Hawaii and UCLA will start off their individual seasons in Pasadena, Calif., at 3:30 p.m. ET.

Three different games are scheduled to start off on Aug. 28, too: UTEP at New Mexico State; UConn at Fresno State; and Southern Utah at San Jose State. Those games’ occasions presently can’t seem not set in stone.

A combined 25 school football match-ups will happen between Week 0 and the authority beginning of the school football season on Sept. 4, however they will in any case be viewed as a component of the Week 1 record.

How to watch college football games in Week 0
TV: ESPN; CBS Sports Network; Fox; fuboTV (7-day free trial)
Live stream: ESPN App

Only two games will be nationally televised during college football’s unofficial opening weekend: Fox will air Nebraska at Illinois, while ESPN will communicate Hawaii at UCLA. Two different games will air on CBS Sports Network: UTEP at New Mexico State and UConn at Fresno State. Those with dynamic link memberships can simulcast those games on the ESPN application or fuboTV, which offers a seven-day free preliminary.

College football schedule 2020: Week 0
Five college football games are scheduled to take place during college football’s Week 0. Below is the opening weekend slate:

Saturday, Aug. 28