Region College Gameday

WOFFORD (0-0) AT CLEMSON (0-0)

Memorial Stadium, Clemson, S.C., 12:30 p.m., WBTV

The No. 12 Tigers are 11-3 against the Terriers, with Clemson winning the past four games. The last meeting was in 2011, a 35-27 Tigers win. … Clemson opens the 2015 season by playing five of its first six games at home.

TOWSON (0-0) AT EAST CAROLINA (0-0)

Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium, Greenville, N.C., 6 p.m.

The Pirates play the first of two “inaugural” games this season, hosting the Tigers in their season opener. … Towson, of the Colonial Athletic Association, lost to North Dakota State 35-7 in the 2013 FCS national championship game.

HOWARD (0-0) AT APPALACHIAN STATE (0-0)

Kidd Brewer Stadium, Boone, 3:30 p.m.

The Mountaineers open their second FBS season against the MEAC’s Bison. … App State is playing its first season opener at home in 14 years. … The Mountaineers ended the 2014 season on a six-game winning streak.

GARDNER-WEBB (0-0) AT SOUTH ALABAMA (0-0)

Ladd-Peebles Stadium, Mobile, Ala., 6 p.m.

The Bulldogs face the Jaguars for the first time. … It’s the first time G-W has played a Sun Belt team, although the Bulldogs faced Appalachian State and Georgia Southern before they joined the league.

DAVIDSON (0-0) AT THE CITADEL (0-0)

Johnson Hagood Stadium, Charleston, S.C., 6 p.m.

The Wildcats open against their former Southern Conference rival Bulldogs, at 57 games the second-longest running series in Davidson’s history. … VMI leads the series 31-24-4, and has won the past eight games.

WINGATE (0-0) AT JOHNSON C. SMITH (0-0)

Irwin Belk Complex, 6 p.m.

The Golden Bulls host the fellow Division II program Bulldogs of the South Atlantic Conference. … Wingate is 2-0 against J.C. Smith, but the last meeting was in 2002, a 24-0 Bulldogs win. … The Golden Bulls have won five straight home openers.

WEST GEORGIA (0-0) AT CATAWBA (0-0)

Shuford Stadium, Salisbury, 1:30 p.m.

The Indians face the Wolves – ranked fourth in the AFCA Division II preseason poll – for the first time in 14 years. … They last met in 2000, when Catawba won a D-II first-round playoff game over West Georgia 28-24.

Bill Kiser

This story was originally published September 4, 2015 at 4:58 PM with the headline "Region College Gameday."