The 2013 NCAA Football season is here. Well, it's about a week away. However, for those curious about Week 1 matchups, we bring you Thursday's schedule, which will feature some of the nation's top football programs. College football is back and it's here to stay. Where will you be when the season takes off?

Almost eight months removed from the Alabama Crimson Tide's beating of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, college football is back and will circulate until the end of the year. Saturdays will once again be important and relevant to the sports world as college football highlights will flood all sports media. Here is Thursday's schedule as USC and South Carolina highlight the schools in action.

Thursday's NCAA College Football Schedule
6 p.m. ET- North Carolina vs. South Carolina (6)
Liberty vs. Kent State

6:30 p.m. ET- Presbyterian vs. Wake Forest

7 p.m. ET- Indiana State vs. Indiana
UNLV vs. Minnesota
Tulsa vs. Bowling Green
Illinoi State vs. Ball State
Akron vs. UCF

7:30 p.m. ET- Southern Utah vs. South Alabama
Towson vs. Connecticut
Western Carolina vs. Middle Tennessee

8 p.m. ET- Utah State vs. Utah
Jackson State vs. Tulane

9:15 p.m. ET- Ole Miss vs. Vanderbilt

10 p.m. ET- Sacramento State vs. San Jose State

10:30 p.m. ET- Rutgers vs. Fresno State

11 p.m. ET- USC (24) vs. Hawaii  

There it is.

This is Thursday's complete opening day schedule for the NCAA season. There will be plenty more games to watch as the D-I season will continue from Friday evening all the way until Monday. Stay with Sports World Report as we will bring you Friday and Saturday schedules as those games quickly approach.