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Ohio State Buckeyes head coach Ryan Day and Texas Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian shake hands following a press conference at AT&T Stadium prior to the College Football Playoff semifinal at the Cotton Bowl Classic in Arlington, Texas on Jan. 9, 2025.

Official start times set for Ohio State-Texas, other marquee matchups

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Hey Siri, set a reminder for Aug. 30 at noon ET, and block my calendar the rest of that day.

College football season begins with a bang on the last Saturday in August, and official kickoff times were solidified for multiple must-see games in 2025.

The Big Noon Kickoff on Aug. 30 and an emphatic start to college football in 2025 opens with defending champion and likely preseason No. 1 Ohio State hosting Texas in Columbus. The game is a rematch of the College Football Playoff semifinal last season, when the Buckeyes scored 14 points in the fourth quarter of a 28-14 win at the Cotton Bowl on Jan. 10.

The Buckeyes-Longhorns heavyweight battle on Fox is scheduled to be followed by another set of historic powerhouses: Alabama visits Florida State for a 2:30 p.m. ET start the same afternoon with the nightcap featuring LSU at Clemson in a 7:30 p.m. ET date on ABC.

The following day features a standalone game in primetime, a Sunday night matchup, with Notre Dame at Miami (7:30 p.m. ET).

Michigan travels to play SEC foe Oklahoma for only the second time in history on Sept. 6 at 7:30 p.m. ET.

Defending SEC champion Georgia has the 3:30 p.m. ET slot for three of its biggest annual rivalries: at Tennessee (Sept. 13), against Florida (Nov. 1) and at Georgia Tech in Atlanta on Nov. 28.

The next day, Michigan hosts Ohio State at noon ET.

Projected Big Ten and national title contenders Oregon and Penn State are set for a 4:30 p.m. ET kickoff, airing on NBC, on Sept. 27.

Notre Dame has three known primetime games in South Bend for the first time since 2018. Those 7:30 p.m. ET kickoffs are against Texas A&M (Sept. 13), USC (Oct. 18) and Navy (Nov. 8).

–Field Level Media

Feb 6, 2025; New Orleans, LA, USA; Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels poses with the Offensive Rookie of the Year award during Super Bowl LIX NFL Honors at Saenger Theatre. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images

2025 NFL schedule: Commanders set for 8 standalone games

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Some oddities, notable facts and trends from the NFL’s schedule release on Wednesday:

Prepare for the Jayden Daniels show

The Washington Commanders are must-see TV these days with NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year quarterback Jayden Daniels at the helm, one year after they finished 12-5 and made it an unlikely march to the NFC Championship Game.

After years of few spotlight games nationally, the Commanders are slated for eight standalone games in 2025, tying the Kansas City Chiefs for the most. Five of those games are in primetime. This included a Christmas Day matchup vs. the NFC East-rival Cowboys on Netflix. They also play their first international since 2016, facing the Dolphins in Madrid, Spain, in Nov. 16.

Browns open vs. Bengals, no primetime games

It has been a hard — and much talked-about — fall for the Cleveland Browns, who begin the season at home against the in-state rival Cincinnati Bengals on Sept. 7. The Browns will play all of their games this year in the daytime.

Vikings’ J.J. McCarthy to make first start vs. Bears

Second-year QB J.J. McCarthy, who is expected to return from a meniscus tear to start for the Minnesota Vikings this season, will open the regular season with a Monday night road matchup against the NFC Central-rival Chicago Bears.

McCarthy was taken by the Vikings out of Michigan with the 10th pick of the 2024 draft. He sustained a right knee injury last August and missed the entire season.

Cowboys full of Thursday games

The Dallas Cowboys will play an NFL-high four games on Thursday night this season, including three of them over a five-week stretch. And the opponents for those games are no slouches: Week 13 — Kansas City Chiefs; Week 14 — Detroit Lions; Week 17 — Washington Commanders.

The Cowboys are coming off a season in which they went a disappointing 7-10.

Jets no longer primetime-worthy

Following a disappointing 5-12 season in 2024 and the departures of quarterback Aaron Rodgers and wide receiver Davante Adams, among others, the New York Jets are headed toward relative anonymity once again.

With Rodgers at the helm, they were among the leaders in primetime or standalone games, but in 2025, they are scheduled for just two of them. Thirteen of their games are slated to be in the early (1 p.m. ET) Sunday slot.

That should allow the team to “move in silence,” which has been new head coach Aaron Glenn’s stated goal.

Ravens draw rough early-season sked

The Baltimore Ravens start the season where their 2024 season came to an end: Buffalo. They lost to the Bills in the divisional playoffs in January and now must face them again in the opener, also on the road.

But that’s not the Ravens’ only challenging early-season matchup. Baltimore faces five teams that made the playoffs last season in its first six games. After playing at Buffalo, the Ravens host the Lions in Week 3, play at Kansas City in Week 4, then host the Houston Texans in Week 5 and the Los Angeles Rams in Week 6.

Things get challenging for them again late in the season, when they face both the Bengals and Steelers twice from Weeks 13 to 18.

Eagles, Cowboys square off on TNF in Week 1

The reigning Super Bowl champs, the Philadelphia Eagles, will open the season on Thursday, Sept. 4, at home vs. the Cowboys, their bitter NFC East rivals.

Chargers, Chiefs play in Sao Paulo in Week 1

The Chargers will head to Brazil to play the Chiefs for a Friday night game on Sept. 5.

That kicks off a international schedule that includes seven regular-season games. After the Brazil matchup, these are the international games:

Sunday, Sept. 28: Vikings-Steelers in Dublin

Sunday, Oct. 5: Vikings-Browns in London

Sunday, Oct. 12: Broncos-Jets in London

Sunday, Oct. 19: Rams-Jaguars in London

Sunday, Nov. 9: Falcons-Colts in Berlin

Sunday, Nov. 16: Commanders-Dolphins in Madrid

–Field Level Media