AAC Sets Kick Times for 18 Games on ESPN Family of Networks

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The American Athletic Conference announced the TV schedule for 18 regular season games to be shown on the ESPN family of networks, according to collegefootballtalk.com.

The schedule details what day the games will be played, kick off times, and the respective ESPN channel (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3, ESPNU, and ESPNNews) where a game will be shown.

Here is the full list below (potential “must-see” games are highlighted):

Thurs., Sept. 3: Villanova at Connecticut – 7:30 p.m., ESPN3/SNY
Fri., Sept. 4: Baylor at SMU – 7 p.m., ESPN
Sat., Sept. 5: Florida A&M at South Florida – 7 p.m., ESPN3
Alabama A&M at Cincinnati – 7 p.m., ESPN3
Towson at East Carolina – 6 p.m., ESPN3
Tennessee Tech at Houston – 8 p.m., ESPN3
Missouri State at Memphis – 7 p.m., ESPN3
Sat., Sept. 19: Furman at Central Florida – 6 p.m., ESPN3
Maine at Tulane – 8 p.m., ESPN3
Sat., Sept. 26: James Madison at SMU – 7 p.m., ESPN3
Fri., Oct. 2: Memphis at South Florida – 7 p.m., ESPN2
Thurs., Oct. 8: SMU at Houston – 8 p.m., ESPN2
Fri., Oct. 16: Houston at Tulane – 9 p.m, ESPNU
Thurs., Oct. 22: Temple at East Carolina – 7 p.m., ESPN2
Fri., Oct. 23: Memphis at Tulsa – 8 p.m., ESPN
Fri., Oct. 30: East Carolina at Connecticut – 7 p.m., ESPNU
Fri., Nov. 6: Temple at SMU – 8 p.m., ESPN2
Thurs., Nov. 19: East Carolina at Central Florida – 7:30 p.m., ESPN 

All 18 of the scheduled games are finalized with ESPN — the network can’t cancel a game even if the participating teams have poor records. Keep in mind, however, that ESPN has the ability to add games to its 2015 college football schedule, as well as bump games that came across as average in the preseason, but became match-ups of highly-ranked teams, to a prime-time slot.

If a few of the preseason contenders in the AAC (Cincinnati, Memphis, Houston, UCF) perform well in non-conference action, or appear set for a possible undefeated season, ESPN may try to schedule a marque AAC conference game during a time slot that typically receives high ratings.

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