NEW YORK, Aug. 26, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- SiriusXM will air a total of 56 live games for the opening week of the 2014 college football season, August 28 through September 1.

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.

The Week 1 schedule features every team from the Associated Press Top 25 poll, and is highlighted by three early season Top 25 matchups - #21 Texas A&M at #9 South Carolina, #16 Clemson at #12 Georgia, and #14 Wisconsin vs. #13 LSU.  For the full schedule of games on SiriusXM, go to www.siriusxm.com/collegefootballschedule.

In addition to live play-by-play, SiriusXM College Sports Nation (channel 91), SiriusXM's 24/7 college sports channel, offers a daily lineup of college sports talk programming that provides news, highlights 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 coaches and players, including Tim Brown, Eddie George, Gino Torretta, Gene Chizik, Greg McElroy, Gary Barnett, Dan Hawkins, Rick Neuheisel, Houston Nutt and Phil Savage; as well as Tim Brando, Jack Arute, Mark Packer, Bill King, Chris Childers and Taylor Zarzour.

SiriusXM College Sports Nation is available to subscribers on satellite radios, on the SiriusXM Internet Radio App and online at SiriusXM.com.

During the 2014 season, SiriusXM College Sports Nation will also offer exclusive weekly interviews with several head coaches including: Jimbo Fisher of #1 Florida State, Mark Helfrich of #3 Oregon, Bob Stoops of #4 Oklahoma, Art Briles of #10 Baylor, Les Miles of #13 LSU, and Dabo Swinney of #16 Clemson.

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

About SiriusXM

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