College Football: GameDay Live from Auburn; Prime-time Doubleheader Saturday
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College GameDay Built by The Home Depot – expanded to three hours and now beginning on ESPNU at 9 a.m. and continuing on ESPN at 10 a.m. every Saturday – will originate live from Auburn, Ala., Saturday, Sept. 18, the site of Clemson at No. 16 Auburn (televised on ESPN at 7 p.m.). Chris Fowler will host with analysts Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit and Desmond Howard. Erin Andrews will anchor several segments of the first hour on ESPNU and contribute reports, interviews and features during the ESPN portion of the two-time Emmy Award-winning program.
ESPN’s college football schedule this week will feature 13 teams in the Associated Press Top 25 poll, highlighted by an ESPN prime-time doubleheader Saturday, Sept. 18: Clemson at No. 16 Auburn at 7 p.m. and No. 9 Iowa at No. 24 Arizona at 10:30 p.m.
Additional highlights for Saturday, Sept. 18, include a split-national telecast featuring a ranked team in all three games on ABC and ESPN2 at 3:30 p.m.: No. 1 Alabama (at Duke), No. 8 Nebraska (at Washington) and No. 11 Wisconsin (against Arizona State). Other ranked teams in action include:
No. 6 Texas (at Texas Tech), No. 12 Arkansas (at Georgia), No. 15 LSU (against Mississippi State), No. 18 USC (at Minnesota), No. 19 Stanford (against Wake Forest), No. 21 West Virginia (against Maryland) and No. 22 Penn State (at Marshall).
| Thu, Sep 16 | 7:30 p.m. | Cincinnati at N.C. State Rece Davis, Craig James, Jesse Palmer & Jenn Brown |
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| Fri, Sep 17 | 8 p.m. | Kansas at Southern Mississippi Joe Tessitore & Rod Gilmore |
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| 10:15 p.m. | California at Nevada Mark Neely & David Norrie |
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| Sat, Sep 18 | Noon | No. 12 Arkansas at Georgia Dave Pasch, Chris Spielman, Bob Griese & Heather Cox |
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| Noon | Kent State at No. 22 Penn State Bob Wischusen & Brian Griese |
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| Noon | Maryland at No. 21 West Virginia Rob Stone & David Pollack |
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| 1:30 p.m. | East Carolina at Virginia Tech TBA |
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| 3:30 p.m. | Arizona State at No. 11 Wisconsin** Mike Patrick & Craig James |
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| No. 8 Nebraska at Washington ** Sean McDonough, Matt Millen & Shelley Smith |
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| No. 1 Alabama at Duke Beth Mowins, Ray Bentley & Jenn Brown |
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| 3:30 p.m. | No. 18 USC at Minnesota Dave Lamont & JC Pearson |
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| 3:30 p.m. | BYU at Florida State Pam Ward & Danny Kanell |
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| 7 p.m. | Clemson at No. 16 Auburn Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit & Erin Andrews Radio: Bill Rosinski, Rod Gilmore & Joe Schad ESPN 3D: Joe Tessitore, Tim Brown & |
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| 7 p.m. | Mississippi State at No. 15 LSU Clay Matvick, Herm Edwards & Jessica Mendoza |
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| 7 p.m. | Navy at Louisiana Tech TBA |
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| 8 p.m. | Notre Dame at Michigan State Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge & Holly Rowe |
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| No. 6 Texas at Texas Tech Ron Franklin, Ed Cunningham & Jeannine Edwards |
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| 10:30 p.m. | No. 9 Iowa at No. 24 Arizona Mark Jones, Bob Davie & Quint Kessenich |
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| 10:30 p.m. | UNLV at Idaho Mike Gleason & David Diaz-Infante |
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| 11:15 p.m. | Wake Forest at No. 19 Stanford Carter Blackburn, Brock Huard & Mike Bellotti |
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** Reverse mirror in which ESPN2 will regionalize the game to ABC markets not receiving
