It’s finally here! The 2010 college football season begins on Thursday, September 2. There are 18 football games on Thursday and four Top 25 teams will be in action.
2nd ranked Ohio State is the highest ranked team in action on Thursday. They host the Marshall Thundering Herd. 13th ranked Miami (FL) hosts Florida A&M and 24th ranked Utah hosts no. 15 Pittsburgh.
Other key non-conference games include Southern Miss at South Carolina and USC at Hawaii.
Listed below is the schedule of games with times, TV and tickets:
| Date | ACC | Time (ET) | Network |
| 7:30 p.m. | Big Ten | Marshall at Ohio State (2) | Buy Tickets |
| 7:30 p.m. | ESPN3.com | Florida A&M at Miami, FL (13) | Buy Tickets |
| 8:30 p.m. | Versus | Pittsburgh (15) at Utah (24) | Buy Tickets |
| 6:30 p.m. | ESPN3.com | Presbyterian at Wake Forest | Buy Tickets |
| 7:00 p.m. | Time-Warner | Rhode Island at Buffalo | Buy Tickets |
| 7:00 p.m. | — | Murray State at Kent State | Buy Tickets |
| 7:00 p.m. | — | Hampton at Central Michigan | Buy Tickets |
| 7:00 p.m. | — | SE Missouri State at Ball State | Buy Tickets |
| 7:30 p.m. | ESPN | Southern Miss at South Carolina | Buy Tickets |
| 7:30 p.m. | Big Ten | Towson at Indiana | Buy Tickets |
| 7:30 p.m. | ESPNU | Minnesota at Middle Tennessee State | Buy Tickets |
| 7:30 p.m. | ESPN3.com | Norfolk State at Rutgers | Buy Tickets |
| 8:00 p.m. | CSNC/CSNBA | Northern Illinois at Iowa State | Buy Tickets |
| 8:00 p.m. | — | Southeastern Louisiana at Tulane | Buy Tickets |
| 9:00 p.m. | — | Florida Atlantic at UAB | Buy Tickets |
| 9:00 p.m. | ALT | North Dakota at Idaho | Buy Tickets |
| 9:05 p.m. | — | Eastern Washington at Nevada | Buy Tickets |
| 11:00 p.m. | ESPN | USC at Hawaii | Buy Tickets |