College Football Spring Practice: Start Dates and Spring Game Schedules

The 2011 college football season may have just ended, but that doesn't mean that the players and coaches go sit on the couch for seven months. No, first it was the recruiting process, and now it's time to begin preparing for spring practices.

These practices are extremely important as it will help the coaches answer questions and help them put together their depth chart for the upcoming season. This is also a chance for the younger players to prove themselves and earn more playing time than they probably would have normally received.

Majority of the spring practice dates have been announced for each team, so let's take a look and see when your team will hit the field.

You can check out all of the teams practices here on College Football Talk. 

SEC

Alabama: first practice — (TBD); spring game — April 14

LSU: first practice — March 1; spring game — March 31

Arkansas: first practice — March 14; spring game — April 21

Auburn: first practice — (TBD); spring game — April 14

Florida: first practice — (TBD); spring game — April 7

Georgia: first practice — (TBD); spring game — April 14

South Carolina: first practice — March 12; spring game — April 14

Texas A&M: first practice — (TBD); spring game — April 28

Pac-12

USC: first practice — March 6; spring game — April 14

Independent

Notre Dame: first practice — March 21; spring game — April 21

C-USA

Houston: first practice — March 21; spring game — April 13

Big 12

Baylor: first practice — March 19; spring game — April 14

West Virginia: first practice — March 11; spring game — April 21

Texas: first practice — Feb. 23; spring game — April 1

TCU: first practice — Feb. 25; spring game — April 5

Kansas State: first practice — April 4; spring game — April 21

Oklahoma: first practice — March 5; spring game — April 14

Oklahoma State: first practice — March 12; spring game — April 21

Big Ten

Wisconsin: first practice — (TBD); spring game — April 28

Ohio State: first practice — March 28; spring game — April 21

Iowa: first practice — March 24; spring game — April 14

Michigan: first practice — (TBD); spring game — April 14

Michigan State: first practice — March 27; spring game — April 28

Nebraska: first practice — March 4; spring game — April 14

Big East

Cincinnati: first practice — March 1; spring game — April 14

Pittsburgh: first practice — March 15; spring game — April 14

ACC

Clemson: first practice — March 7; spring game — April 14

Florida State: first practice — March 19; spring game — April 14

Georgia Tech: first practice — March 26 (tentative); spring game — April 20

Miami: first practice — March 3; spring game — April 14

Virginia: first practice — March 19; spring game — (TBD)

Virginia Tech: first practice — March 28; spring game — April 21

Randy Chambers is a B/R featured columnist that covers college football and the NFL. You can contact him @Randy_Chambers or [e-mail].