How many hours before your college football team kicks off do you usually start drinkin’?

Tailgating, drinking at home with friends, and just plain drinking go hand-in-hand with college football game day, especially on the day that your team is playing.

But in a sport with so many different kickoff times, each Saturday is a little bit different.

What’s your usual plan of attack?

Here’s a rough outline, for starters.

A wise time to start drinking: When you first wake up

These can be particularly brutal, especially if nursing a hangover from the night before. It might sound bleak, given your state when you wake up, but you could start with some alcohol in your coffee. A nice buzz before kickoff!

Bonus: You’ll have the whole day to watch the rest of the games on TV!

A wise time to start drinking: Breakfast beers!

Similar to 11 a.m, but with an extra hour to take down some brewskis. If you’re a bold individual who can drink hard liquor before noon, unlike me, more power to you.

A wise time to start drinking: 11 a.m.

This time slot is pretty perfect, given the amount of time both before and after the game. You can drink and watch the majority of the early games, and this should be over right when the later ones kick. This is within the safe zone to start drinking liquor, too.

A wise time to start drinking: Noon

A solid amount of time to kill before kickoff, and noon is past the point when you can still complain about being hungover.

A wise time to start drinking: Noon/1p.m.

We’re getting into the heart of the evening slate, so you can wet your whistle well beforehand.

A wise time to start drinking: 2/3 p.m.

This is probably a West Coast game, so it makes sense to slide the template for an 8 p.m. down a couple hours.

A wise time to start drinking: 7 p.m.

#MACTION is the perfect excuse to enjoy some adult beverages on a weeknight. Come November, this is also when the College Football Playoff rankings come out, so bonus excuse to drink while getting angry about these. Plus, what else are you gonna do on a Tuesday night?

A wise time to start drinking: 7 p.m

There’s more #MACtion games this night, and people are probably still arguing about the previous night’s rankings.

A wise time to start drinking: 6 or 7 p.m.

I’ve always loved Thursday nights, a lot of that coming from my family’s tradition of getting wings and beer nearly every Thursday night growing up. There’s usually a decent game on, in addition to NFL games now, and tomorrow’s Friday! Turn up and get an early start to your weekend, folks.

A wise time to start drinking: 5 p.m.

It’s Friday, we don’t need any justification here. Also, drinking early is helpful if, say, your team gets upset by Syracuse on the road. Sorry, Clemson fans.

A wise time to start drinking: Whenever you want

This is a holiday weekend for a lot of folks, and this Sunday is even better, fresh off the first full Saturday of the season, and there’s no work the next day! Whatever your plans consist of, drink at your leisure (if you do in fact have Monday off), and you’ll have some football to watch later in the day.

A wise time to start drinking: Whenever you want (again: unless you’re working lol ... or maybe if you are)

Holiday absence of rules apply here, so go wild.

A wise time to start drinking: Whenever necessary to start having fun (and/or dealing) with the relatives.

You’re gonna be drinking, eating, and watching football all day, so there’s really no exact time.

A wise time to start drinking: 5 p.m.

If you’re at the family residence where you’re spending the holidays, or just hanging out at home, why not turn up to get in the holiday spirit?

A wise time to start drinking: Noon, but pace yourself a bit.

These games will probably start around 5 p.m. ET or so, and they’re back-to-back, so this is seven-plus of meaningful football to get ready for. There are games starting at noon on this day, too

A wise time to start drinking: 7 p.m.

New Year’s Eve is a long night— at least if staying up past midnight is the goal. But if it sounds appealing to get worked up over any of these games you may have bet on, be my guest!

A wise time to start drinking: Noon, but since this is New Year’s Day, this may call for some hair of the dog before kickoff.

In some years, the first game is the Fiesta Bowl AT 10 O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING PT, folks. If you’re planning on going to the game, godspeed and good luck.