Welcome back college football: 2017 season kicks off

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College football is back.

A handful of games kicked off Saturday in a soft opening, the so-called Week Zero, for the 2017 season — five games involving FBS teams, plus three other FCS games — starting with Oregon State at Colorado State in the Rams' brand new stadium.

The kickoff was a touchback.

Here is Saturday's full schedule involving FBS teams:

• Oregon State at Colorado State, 2:30, CBSSN
• Portland State at BYU, 3, ESPN
• Hawaii at UMass, 6
• No. 21 South Florida at San Jose State, 7:30, CBSSN
• No. 14 Stanford vs. Rice in Sydney, Australia, 10, ESPN

The season will end Jan. 8 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta in the College Football Playoff finale.

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Watch the first Ram Walk in the new Colorado State stadium

The first Ram Walk in the new Colorado State stadium as players enter the stadium after walking through a sea of fans.

Kevin Lytle

FCS teams beat the FBS to the punch, rather kick, Saturday, when Florida A&M hosted Texas Southern (noon ET kick). It was the first of three other FCS vs. FCS games on the schedule. The others:

Chattanooga at Jacksonville State, 6:30
Colgate at Cal Poly, 7:05

A Sunday game, Richmond at Sam Houston State, was postponed because of Hurricane Harvey.