(STATS) -- ESPN executives would love the first FCS game of the 2017 college football season to resemble the close matchups between Chattanooga and Jacksonville State in recent years.The two nonconference rivals will square off again next year in the season-opening spotlight for the FCS level, Aug. 27 at the renovated Cramton Bowl in Montgomery, Ala. The Montgomery Kickoff Classic, announced Wednesday, will air on ESPN at 8 p.m. ET.The matchup, originally scheduled for Sept. 2 at Jacksonville State, will be the first at a neutral site since the FCS opener has aired on ESPN in 2014. The home team has won the first three Kickoffs -- Eastern Washington beat Sam Houston State in 14 before five-time FCS champion North Dakota State played in the last two matchups, losing to Montana last year and beating Charleston Southern two months ago.Its a great opportunity to showcase our program and FCS football to a massive audience, Jacksonville State athletic director Greg Seitz said.Added Chattanooga athletic director David Blackburn, We are thrilled to be chosen as a part of the kickoff to the 2017 college football season. Were grateful for the opportunity to showcase our university and compete against Jacksonville State on the national platform of ESPN.Since 2012, Jacksonville State has beaten Chattanooga four straight times, but only by three points or in overtime. Last season, the Gamecocks won twice, 23-20 in the season opener and 41-35 in overtime in the second round of the FCS playoffs. Chattanooga holds the series lead 25-15.Jacksonville State has won two straight outright titles in the Ohio Valley Conference and was the national runner-up last season. Chattanooga has won three straight championships in the Southern Conference, including an outright title in 2014.They arent playing each other this season. Jacksonville State (4-1) is ranked third in the STATS FCS Top 25 and Chattanooga (6-0) is fifth.The 25,000-seat Cramton Bowl is the site of the Raycom Media Camellia Bowl, which is controlled by ESPN. It was the home of the discontinued Blue-Gray Football Classic, which was played on Christmas Day. http://www.dolphinsrookiestore.com/Dolphins-Neville-Hewitt-Jersey/ . U.S. District Judge Lorna G. Schofield in Manhattan agreed that lawyers on both sides could make their formal requests by Nov. 8. A hearing is scheduled for a day earlier. 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The ratings of those games will be worth following.The good news for commissioner Roger Goodell is two divisions that typically get good ratings have the most teams battling for playoff spots. The NFC East has been a good ratings draw, thanks to its tradition and rivalries, and also because all four teams are in big markets. And three AFC West teams?could make the playoffs.To preview the most intriguing games, Im putting Week 17 aside. Goodell made sure years ago that the final week of the season would be filled with 16 divisional games with the hopes of division races being tight so that those games dictate playoff seeding. But you dont know until that final week what they will mean, so well leave those out.One factor in determining the best remaining games: Some teams already are running away with their division. The Patriots, Seahawks and Cowboys all havee at least two-game leads.dddddddddddd?Another thing to watch: There arent many matchups between two top quarterbacks. The Russell Wilson-Tom Brady matchup drew 22.5 million fans last Sunday night. But many of the top quarterbacks playing for the rest of the season are on losing teams --?Cam Newton, Drew Brees, Philip Rivers, Andy Dalton and Aaron Rodgers. Great quarterback matchups are ratings draws, but it appears to be different if the teams are losing. The Dalton-Eli Manning game last Monday night drew a 7.9 rating -- 0.7 below a Bengals-Texans game last season.Heres how I rank the games to watch down the stretch.1.?Kansas City Chiefs at Denver BroncosSunday, Nov. 27 at 8:30 p.m. ETThe Chiefs have a great chance to win the AFC West, thanks in part to their win in Oakland. This a matchup of two great defenses and two great coaches. Wholesale HoodiesNFL Shirts OutletJerseys NFL WholesaleCheap NFL Jerseys Free ShippingWholesale Jerseys CheapCheap NFL Jerseys ChinaWholesale JerseysWholesale NFL JerseysCheap NFL Jerseys ChinaCheap NFL Jerseys ' ' '