The following schedule is for games from Division I (FBS and FCS) for the dates of Aug. 26-27, 2017.
Due to a rule exception adopted by the NCAA, Hawai’i and teams that play at Hawai’i are now allowed to begin their season on the Saturday prior to Labor Day weekend, also dubbed “week zero.” A number of FCS teams also begin their seasons this weekend.
* All times Eastern
* FBS Rankings reflect the FWAA-NFF Super 16 Poll
* FCS Rankings reflect the STATS FCS Top 25 Poll
* Schedule organized by home team.
This schedule is compiled by Alan Cox. Any comments or updates, please email news@footballfoundation.com.
| Date | Time | Game | Network (Talent) |
| Sat., Aug. 26 | 2:30 p.m. | Oregon State at Colorado State | CBS Sports Network (Carter Blackburn, Aaron Taylor, Rick Neuheisel, Jenny Dell) |
| Sat., Aug. 26 | 7:30 p.m. | South Florida at San Jose State | CBS Sports Network (Ben Holden, Randy Cross1, John Schiffren) |
| Date | Time | Game | Network (Talent) |
| Sat., Aug. 26 | 10:00 p.m. | Rice vs. (14) Stanford (Sydney, Australia) | ESPN (Roy Philpott, Tom Ramsey, Quint Kessenich) |
| Date | Time | Game | Network (Talent) |
| Sat., Aug. 26 | 3:00 p.m. | Portland State at BYU | ESPN (Mark Neely, Trevor Matich, Kris Budden) |
| Sat., Aug. 26 | 6:00 p.m. | Hawai’i at UMass | Eleven Sports Network/NESNplus (Eric Frede, Andy Gresh) |
| Date | Time | Game | Network (Talent) |
| Sat., Aug. 26 | 7:00 p.m. | Colgate at (23) Cal Poly | ESPNU (Paul Loeffler, Pat Hill) |
| Date | Time | Game | Network (Talent) |
| Sat., Aug. 26 | Noon | Texas Southern at Florida A&M | ESPNU (Eric Clemons, Jay Walker, Tiffany Greene) |
| Date | Time | Game | Network (Talent) |
| Sat., Aug. 26 | 6:30 p.m. | (12) Chattanooga vs. (6) Jacksonville State (Montgomery, Ala.) | ESPN (Anish Shroff, Ahmad Brooks, Roddy Jones) |
| Date | Time | Game | Network (Talent) |
| Sun., Aug. 27 | 7:00 p.m. | (7) Richmond at (3) Sam Houston State | CANCELLED due to Hurricane Harvey |
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