The Missouri Valley Football Conference will have more than 50 events on ESPN’s networks during the 2016 season, Commissioner Patty Viverito has announced.

The Conference will produce eight league games as part of its 2016 Game of the Week package, with each streaming live on “Valley Football on ESPN3.”

ESPN will air the FCS Kickoff from Fargo to kick off the college season as five-time defending NCAA champion North Dakota State host Charleston Southern on Aug. 27. The league’s eight-game production schedule begins on Oct. 1. Approximately 50 additional games will stream live in conjunction with MVFC institutional packages, with all of those games carried on “Valley Football on ESPN3.” For the first time, the league will utilize instant replay during all of 40 of its conference games.

The 2016 conference package is below. Additional scheduling information will be added as schools formalize their institutional telecast agreements.

Aug. 27 – Charleston Southern at North Dakota State, 6:30 CT (ESPN)
Oct. 1 – Western Illinois at South Dakota State, 6 CT (ESPN3)
Oct. 8 – Indiana State vs. Western Illinois, 3 CT (ESPN3)
Oct. 15 – UNI at Youngstown State, 6 CT (ESPN3)
Oct. 22 – Illinois State at South Dakota, 2 CT (ESPN3)
Oct. 29 – Indiana State at Youngstown State, 3 CT (ESPN3)
Nov. 5 – South Dakota at Southern Illinois, 2 CT (ESPN3)
Nov. 12 – Missouri State at Illinois State, 12 CT (ESPN3)
Nov. 19 – South Dakota State at UNI, 4 CT (ESPN3)