ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The season-opening game between the University of Michigan football team against the University of Florida, the AdvoCare Classic, will kick off at 3:30 p.m. ET/2:30 p.m. CT on Saturday, Sept. 2, from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
ABC will broadcast the game to a national audience during the opening weekend of the 2017 season.
This will be the fourth meeting between the Wolverines and Gators. U-M won all three previous matchups, with each game contested during the bowl season. The Wolverines earned bowl titles in the 2003 Outback Bowl (38-30), 2008 Capital One Citrus Bowl (41-35) and the 2016 Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl (41-7).