All 11 of Louisiana’s Division-I college football programs will be in action this weekend for the first time in 2025.
Nicholls State and Southern helped kick off the new season in Week 0 with the Colonels’ 20-6 defeat of FCS-ranked Incarnate Word and the Jaguars’ 31-14 stumble to North Carolina Central.
But LSU, Tulane, Louisiana (Lafayette), Louisiana Tech, ULM, Southeastern Louisiana, McNeese State, Northwestern State and Grambling State will all join the fun this weekend beginning with a couple Thursday night games and culminating with a full day of football Saturday.
Here’s the rundown of who to watch, when, where and against whom.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 28
ULM vs. St. Francis — 6 p.m.
Malone Stadium (Monroe)
ESPN+
Northwestern State vs. Alcorn State — 7 p.m.
Turpin Stadium (Natchitoches)
ESPN+
SATURDAY, AUGUST 30
Tulane vs. Northwestern — 11 a.m.
Yulman Stadium (New Orleans)
ESPNU
Line: Tulane -4.5
Southern (0-1) at Mississippi Valley State — 4 p.m.
Rice-Totten Stadium (Itta Bena, Miss.)
Nicholls State (1-0) at Troy — 6 p.m.
Veterans Memorial Stadium (Troy, Ala.)
ESPN+
McNeese State vs. Louisiana College — 6 p.m.
Navarre Stadium (Lake Charles)
ESPN+
Grambling State vs. Langston — 6 p.m.
Independence Stadium (Shreveport)
No. 9 LSU at No. 4 Clemson  —  6:30 p.m.
Memorial Stadium (Clemson, S.C.)
ABC
Line: Â Clemson -4.5
Louisiana Tech vs. Southeastern Louisiana — 6:30 p.m.
Joe Aillet Stadium (Ruston)
ESPN+
Louisiana (Lafayette) vs. Rice — 7 p.m.
Cajun Field (Lafayette)
ESPN+
Line: Cajuns -10.5
