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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] 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:
Date
Winner
Score
Loser
Score
Location
August 29, 2020 California at UNLV Allegiant Stadium Paradise, Nevada [ a]
August 29, 2020 Hawaii at Arizona Arizona Stadium Tucson, Arizona
August 29, 2020 Idaho State [ b] New Mexico Dreamstyle Stadium Albuquerque, New Mexico
August 29, 2020 Marshall at East Carolina Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, North Carolina [ c]
August 29, 2020 Notre Dame at Navy Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, Maryland [ d]
August 29, 2020 New Mexico State at UCLA Rose Bowl Pasadena, California
August 29, 2020 UC Davis [ b] Nevada Mackay Stadium Reno, Nevada
August 24, 2019
No. 8 Florida
24
Miami (FL) 20
Camping World Stadium Orlando, Florida Camping World Kickoff )
August 24, 2019
Hawaii 45
Arizona 38
Aloha Stadium Honolulu, Hawaii
August 25, 2018
Hawaii 43
Colorado State 34
Canvas Stadium Fort Collins, Colorado
August 25, 2018
UMass 63
Duquesne [ b] 15
Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium Amherst, Massachusetts
August 25, 2018
Rice 31
Prairie View A&M [ b] 28
Rice Stadium Houston, Texas
August 25, 2018
Wyoming 29
New Mexico State 7
Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, New Mexico
August 26, 2017
BYU 20
Portland State [ b] 6
LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, Utah
August 26, 2017
Colorado State 58
Oregon State 27
Canvas Stadium Fort Collins, Colorado [ e]
August 26, 2017
No. 19 South Florida
42
San Jose State 22
CEFCU Stadium San Jose, California
August 26, 2017
No. 14 Stanford
62
Rice 7
Allianz Stadium Sydney, Australia
August 26, 2016
California 51
Hawaii 31
ANZ Stadium Sydney, Australia
August 28, 2004
Miami (OH) 49
Indiana State [ b] 0
Yager Stadium Oxford, Ohio
August 28, 2004
No. 1 USC
24
Virginia Tech 13
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, California BCA Classic )
August 23, 2003
No. 7 Kansas State
42
California 28
KSU Stadium Manhattan, Kansas BCA Classic )
August 23, 2003
San Jose State 29
Grambling State [ b] 0
Spartan Stadium San Jose, California
August 22, 2002
Colorado 35
Virginia 29
Scott Stadium Charlottesville, Virginia Jim Thorpe Classic )
August 23, 2002
No. 25 Wisconsin
23
Fresno State 21
Camp Randall Stadium Madison, Wisconsin John Thompson Foundation Classic)
August 24, 2002
No. 3 Florida State
38
Iowa State 31
Arrowhead Stadium Kansas City, Missouri Eddie Robinson Classic)
August 24, 2002
NC State 34
New Mexico 14
Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, North Carolina BCA Classic )
August 24, 2002
No. 13 Ohio State
45
Texas Tech 21
Ohio Stadium Columbus, Ohio Pigskin Classic )
August 25, 2002
No. 16 Virginia Tech
63
Arkansas State 7
Lane Stadium Blacksburg, Virginia Hispanic College Fund Football Classic )
Rankings reflect preseason AP Poll .
Notes
^ First game at Allegiant Stadium.
^ a b c d e f g FCS /Div I-AA team.^ Marks the 50th anniversary of the plane crash that killed 75 people, including 37 from the Marshall football team. The crash occurred on the team's return flight from a game at East Carolina.
^ Was originally scheduled to be played at Aviva Stadium in Dublin for the Emerald Isle Classic . The game was moved due to the COVID-19 pandemic .[ 6]
^ 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
^ Sherman, Rodger (August 27, 2019). "Why the "Week 0" College Football Game Is Here to Stay" . The Ringer . ^ Northam, Mitchell (September 1, 2019). "When does the 2019 college football season start?" . NCAA.com . ^ Godfrey, Steven (February 3, 2020). "Let's do the WEEK ZERO BIG GAME thing every year" . Banner Society . ^ "College Football Week 0: Money, Ratings, and the NCAA Football Schedule" . Off Tackle Empire . August 23, 2019.^ "Reports: NCAA permits teams to schedule 'Week 0' games" . AL.com . 2020-07-28. Retrieved 2020-07-31 .{{cite web }}: CS1 maint: url-status (link )^ Dinich, Heather (2 June 2020). "Notre Dame-Navy football game moving from Ireland to Maryland" . ESPN . Retrieved 11 June 2020 .
