College Football Schedules Shaping Up

We're three days away from the Super Bowl, but that's not the only game on the mind of sports TV programmers -- because ESPN has already announced game times for seven college football games for next fall.

The slate includes several Atlantic Coast Conference teams, a doubleheader on Labor Day and four Thursday night games.

Here's the initial list:

• Saturday, Sept. 4. -- LSU vs. North Carolina (in Atlanta), TBA
• Monday, Sept. 6 -- Navy vs. Maryland (in Baltimore), 4 p.m., ESPN
• Monday, Sept. 6 -- Boise State vs. Virginia Tech (in Landover, Md.), 8 p.m., ESPN
• Thursday, Sept. 16 -- Cincinnati at N.C. State, 7:30 p.m., ESPN
• Thursday, Sept. 23 -- Miami at Pitt, 7:30 p.m., ESPN
• Thursday, Oct. 28 -- Florida State at N.C. State, 7:30 p.m., ESPN
• Thursday, Nov. 4 -- Georgia Tech at Virginia Tech, 7:30 p.m., ESPN