NEW YORK, Sept. 1, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- SiriusXM will offer subscribers its most extensive play-by-play schedule to date for college football's opening week, showcasing more than 60 live games from September 3-7.

The Week 1 schedule features every team from the Associated Press Top 25 poll, and is highlighted by #20 Wisconsin at #3 Alabama, Texas at #11 Notre Dame, #1 Ohio State at Virginia Tech and many more.  For the full schedule of opening week games on SiriusXM, go to www.siriusxm.com/collegefootballschedule.

Throughout the season, SiriusXM's extensive college sports coverage will feature dozens of college football games each week from the SEC, ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12, American Athletic and Mountain West conferences, plus Notre Dame, Army, Navy, and more.

In addition to live play-by-play, SiriusXM College Sports Nation (channel 84 on satellite radios, on the SiriusXM app and at SiriusXM.com) offers the most extensive college football coverage available on radio with daily news and analysis of teams and conferences across the country. 

SiriusXM College Sports Nation boasts a team of expert hosts that features Heisman Trophy winners, National Championship winners, and former star players and coaches.  New to the roster this year is legendary coach Lou Holtz, who will host The Playbook every Friday (1:00-4:00 pm ET) and the SiriusXM College Football Tailgate Show every Saturday (9:00 am – 12:00 pm ET); former head coach Brady Hoke, who will be on College Sports Today every Tuesday and Thursday (4:00–7:00 pm ET); Heisman Trophy-winner Matt Leinart, who will host College Sports Today every Monday (4:00–7:00 pm ET); and former head coach Butch Davis, who will host The Playbook every Monday and Tuesday (1:00-4:00 pm ET).

They join returning analysts Tim Brown, Eddie George, Brad Hopkins, Greg McElroy, Kirk Morrison, Rick Neuheisel, Houston Nutt, Gino Torretta and Phil Savage; as well as hosts Jack Arute, Rachel Baribeau, Chris Childers, Braden Gall, Mark Packer, Chris Spatola, Andy Staples and Taylor Zarzour.

During the 2015 season, SiriusXM College Sports Nation will also offer weekly one-on-one interviews with several head coaches including: Gary Patterson of #2 TCU, Mark Helfrich of #7 Oregon, Jimbo Fisher of #10 Florida State, Dabo Swinney of #12 Clemson and Les Miles of #14 LSU.

For more info on SiriusXM's college sports programming, visit www.siriusxm.com/collegesports.  Follow the SiriusXM College Sports Nation channel on Twitter @SiriusXMCollege.

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