2010 college football season begins on Thursday

By Kevin Kelley -

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 and TV.

Date ACC Time (ET)
7:30 p.m. Big Ten Marshall at Ohio State (2)
7:30 p.m. ESPN3.com Florida A&M at Miami, FL (13)
8:30 p.m. Versus Pittsburgh (15) at Utah (24)
6:30 p.m. ESPN3.com Presbyterian at Wake Forest
7:00 p.m. Time-Warner Rhode Island at Buffalo
7:00 p.m. Murray State at Kent State
7:00 p.m. Hampton at Central Michigan
7:00 p.m. SE Missouri State at Ball State
7:30 p.m. ESPN Southern Miss at South Carolina
7:30 p.m. Big Ten Towson at Indiana
7:30 p.m. ESPNU Minnesota at Middle Tennessee State
7:30 p.m. ESPN3.com Norfolk State at Rutgers
8:00 p.m. CSNC/CSNBA Northern Illinois at Iowa State
8:00 p.m. Southeastern Louisiana at Tulane
9:00 p.m. Florida Atlantic at UAB
9:00 p.m. ALT North Dakota at Idaho
9:05 p.m. Eastern Washington at Nevada
11:00 p.m. ESPN USC at Hawaii