Week 0

Week 0 (or Week Zero) refers to the opening weekend of college football games in NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), in which a small number of games are played to begin the regular season, a week before the vast majority of teams begin their season in "Week 1".[1][2][3] Although the FBS football season has traditionally begun on the first Saturday before Labor Day, the NCAA has sporadically awarded waivers for games to be played a week earlier in order to bring a game to a national television audience, or as part of the "Hawaii Rule" which grants teams that play a game in Hawaii an extra regular season home game to offset travel costs. The first Week 0 game was the 1983 Kickoff Classic, in which No. 1 Nebraska defeated No. 4 Penn State, 44–6, at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.[4]

For the 2020 season, the NCAA issued a blanket waiver for Week 0 games by any team, in order to allow for scheduling flexibility amid the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]

Results

Week 0 games since 2002:

DateWinnerScoreLoserScoreLocation
August 24, 2019No. 8 Florida24Miami (FL)20Camping World Stadium
Orlando, Florida
(Camping World Kickoff)
August 24, 2019Hawaii45Arizona38Aloha Stadium
Honolulu, Hawaii
August 25, 2018Hawaii43Colorado State34Canvas Stadium
Fort Collins, Colorado
August 25, 2018UMass63Duquesne[lower-alpha 1]15Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium
Amherst, Massachusetts
August 25, 2018Rice31Prairie View A&M[lower-alpha 1]28Rice Stadium
Houston, Texas
August 25, 2018Wyoming29New Mexico State7Aggie Memorial Stadium
Las Cruces, New Mexico
August 26, 2017BYU20Portland State[lower-alpha 1]6LaVell Edwards Stadium
Provo, Utah
August 26, 2017Colorado State58Oregon State27Canvas Stadium
Fort Collins, Colorado[lower-alpha 2]
August 26, 2017No. 19 South Florida42San Jose State22CEFCU Stadium
San Jose, California
August 26, 2017No. 14 Stanford62Rice7Allianz Stadium
Sydney, Australia
(Sydney Cup)
August 26, 2016California51Hawaii31ANZ Stadium
Sydney, Australia
(Sydney Cup)
August 28, 2004Miami (OH)49Indiana State[lower-alpha 1]0Yager Stadium
Oxford, Ohio
August 28, 2004No. 1 USC24Virginia Tech13Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Los Angeles, California
(BCA Classic)
August 23, 2003No. 7 Kansas State42California28KSU Stadium
Manhattan, Kansas
(BCA Classic)
August 23, 2003San Jose State29Grambling State[lower-alpha 1]0Spartan Stadium
San Jose, California
(Literacy Classic)
August 22, 2002Colorado35Virginia29Scott Stadium
Charlottesville, Virginia
(Jim Thorpe Classic)
August 23, 2002No. 25 Wisconsin23Fresno State21Camp Randall Stadium
Madison, Wisconsin
(John Thompson Foundation Classic)
August 24, 2002No. 3 Florida State38Iowa State31Arrowhead Stadium
Kansas City, Missouri
(Eddie Robinson Classic)
August 24, 2002NC State34New Mexico14Carter–Finley Stadium
Raleigh, North Carolina
(BCA Classic)
August 24, 2002No. 13 Ohio State45Texas Tech21Ohio Stadium
Columbus, Ohio
(Pigskin Classic)
August 25, 2002No. 16 Virginia Tech63Arkansas State7Lane Stadium
Blacksburg, Virginia
(Hispanic College Fund Football Classic)

Rankings reflect preseason AP Poll.

Notes
  1. FCS/Div I-AA team.
  2. First game at Canvas Stadium.

See also
  • FCS Kickoff, a Week 0 game featuring two Division I FCS teams that has been played since 2014

References
  1. Sherman, Rodger (August 27, 2019). "Why the "Week 0" College Football Game Is Here to Stay". The Ringer.
  2. Northam, Mitchell (September 1, 2019). "When does the 2019 college football season start?". NCAA.com.
  3. Godfrey, Steven (February 3, 2020). "Let's do the WEEK ZERO BIG GAME thing every year". Banner Society.
  4. "College Football Week 0: Money, Ratings, and the NCAA Football Schedule". Off Tackle Empire. August 23, 2019.
  5. "Reports: NCAA permits teams to schedule 'Week 0' games". AL.com. 2020-07-28. Retrieved 2020-07-31.
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