Labor Day Weekend Sports Guide: Three College Football Showdowns, the U.S. Open and a Full MLB Slate Still to Come

Labor Day weekend is not slowing down as it moves toward its finish.

The biggest remaining events are concentrated across Sunday, September 6, and Monday, September 7: three nationally televised college football games, the next round of the U.S. Open and a full schedule of Major League Baseball games stretching from early afternoon into the night.

The centerpiece of Sunday’s football schedule comes in the evening, when No. 24 Louisville meets No. 9 Ole Miss at Nissan Stadium in Nashville. The game is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Eastern on ABC and gives both programs an early opportunity to make a statement in the expanded national spotlight.

At the same time, No. 4 Notre Dame faces Wisconsin at Lambeau Field. That game also begins at 7:30 p.m. Eastern, with NBC carrying the matchup. The setting adds a historic backdrop to a game that already features two of the sport’s most recognizable programs.

Sunday’s college football slate begins earlier with Washington State visiting No. 17 Washington. Kickoff is scheduled for 4 p.m. Eastern at Alaska Airlines Field at Husky Stadium, with the game set for NBC. The in-state rivalry gives viewers a late-afternoon start before the two prime-time contests take over.

The college football weekend concludes Monday night in Tallahassee. No. 19 SMU visits Florida State at 7:30 p.m. Eastern on ESPN. It is the only FBS game listed for Labor Day, giving the matchup a standalone window on the final night of the holiday weekend.

Tennis will provide another major focus. The U.S. Open’s main draw runs through September 13 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York, and the Round of 16 is scheduled across Sunday and Monday. That means the tournament’s remaining contenders will be competing for places in the quarterfinals as the season’s final Grand Slam enters its second week.

The exact matchups and court assignments can change as earlier rounds are completed, but the weekend represents an important sorting point in both singles draws. Players who advance will be only three wins from a championship, while the losing side of the bracket will see its tournament end in New York.

Baseball offers the most continuous action. Sunday’s Major League Baseball schedule begins shortly after noon Eastern with Milwaukee at Cincinnati. The afternoon slate also includes Atlanta at Philadelphia, Boston at Baltimore, Detroit at Cleveland, San Francisco at the New York Mets, the Chicago Cubs at Miami, Arizona at Houston, Toronto at Kansas City, Tampa Bay at Texas and the Athletics at Seattle.

The New York Yankees visit San Diego for a 4:10 p.m. Eastern game, while Minnesota plays the Chicago White Sox at 6:20 p.m. on Peacock. The day’s latest listed game sends Washington to Los Angeles to face the Dodgers at 10:10 p.m. Eastern.

That schedule gives fans several ways to build a holiday sports day: afternoon baseball, the Washington-Washington State rivalry, prime-time college football and late-night baseball from Dodger Stadium. Monday’s baseball schedule continues the regular-season push, while the U.S. Open remains the main international event on the calendar.

One notable omission is the NFL. The regular season has not yet begun, so pro football fans will have to wait until later in September for the league’s regular-season schedule to take over the sports calendar. For this Labor Day weekend, college football, tennis and baseball own the stage.

By Monday night, the holiday weekend will have delivered a useful preview of the fall sports rhythm: football games carrying the evening, baseball filling the daytime and the U.S. Open supplying a global championship chase in the background.