BCS on ESPN Announce Teams Lineup Card: BCSonESPN2012LineUpCard
BCS on ESPN Surround Coverage – Pre-game, Bowls & Post-game:
| Date | Time (ET) | Show | Network |
| Mon, Jan 2 | 10 a.m. | College GameDay Built by The Home Depot | ESPNU |
| 11 a.m.–1 p.m. | College GameDay Built By The Home Depot | ESPN | |
| 4:30 p.m. | Rose Bowl Game Presented by VIZIO Pregame Show | ESPN | |
| 5 p.m. | Rose Bowl Game presented by VIZIO | ESPN | |
| 8:30 p.m. | Tostitos Fiesta Bowl | ESPN | |
| After Rose Bowl | BCS Countdown: Rose Bowl Postgame Presented by VIZIO | ESPNU | |
| After Fiesta Bowl | BCS Countdown: Tostitos Fiesta Bowl Postgame Show | ESPNU | |
| Tues, Jan 3 | 1 a.m. | 1977 Sugar Bowl: Pittsburgh vs. Georgia | ESPN Classic |
| 3 a.m. | 1989 Sugar Bowl: Florida State vs. Auburn | ESPN Classic | |
| 8 a.m. | 1991 Sugar Bowl: Tennessee vs. Virginia | ESPN Classic | |
| noon | 1990 Sugar Bowl: Miami vs. Alabama | ESPN Classic | |
| 2 p.m. | 2000 Sugar Bowl: Florida State vs. Virginia Tech | ESPN Classic | |
| 4 p.m. | 1995 Sugar Bowl: Florida State vs. Florida | ESPN Classic | |
| 6 p.m. | 1992 Sugar Bowl: Florida vs. Notre Dame | ESPN Classic | |
| 8:30 p.m. kick | Allstate Sugar Bowl | ESPN | |
| After Sugar Bowl | BCS Countdown: Allstate Sugar Bowl Postgame Show | ESPNU | |
| Wed, Jan 4 | 1 a.m. | 2011 Orange Bowl: Stanford vs. Virginia Tech | ESPN Classic |
| 3 a.m. | 2003 Orange Bowl: Iowa vs. USC | ESPN Classic | |
| 9 a.m. | 2005 Orange Bowl: Oklahoma vs. USC | ESPN Classic | |
| noon | 2001 Orange Bowl: Oklahoma vs. Florida State | ESPN Classic | |
| 2 p.m. | 2004 Orange Bowl: Miami vs. Florida State | ESPN Classic | |
| 4 p.m. | 2000 Orange Bowl: Michigan vs. Alabama | ESPN Classic | |
| 6 p.m. | 2006 Orange Bowl: Penn State vs. Florida State | ESPN Classic | |
| 8:30 p.m. kick | Discover Orange Bowl | ESPN | |
| After Orange Bowl | BCS Countdown: Discover Orange Bowl Postgame Show | ESPNU | |
| Sun, Jan 8 | 8 p.m. | The Experts: BCS Championship Edition | ESPNU |
| 9 p.m. | Road to the Allstate BCS National Championship: Alabama | ESPNU | |
| 10 p.m. | Road to the Allstate BCS National Championship: LSU | ESPNU | |
| 11 p.m. | ESPNU Film Room: BCS National Championship Edition | ESPNU | |
| Mon, Jan 9 | 6–10 a.m. | Mike and Mike in the Morning – (New Orleans, LA) | ESPN2 |
| 6 a.m. | Crunchtime: BCS National Championship Edition | ESPNU | |
| 7 a.m. | Road to the Allstate BCS National Championship: Alabama | ESPNU | |
| 8 a.m. | Road to the Allstate BCS National Championship: LSU | ESPNU | |
| 9 a.m. | ESPNU Film Room: BCS National Championship Edition | ESPNU | |
| 10 a.m. | The Herd with Colin Cowherd (New Orleans, LA) | ESPNU & ESPN Radio | |
| 1 p.m. | ESPNU All-Access: Alabama Football | ESPNU | |
| 1:30 p.m. | ESPNU All-Access: LSU Football | ESPNU | |
| 2 p.m. | The Experts: BCS National Championship Edition (New Orleans, LA) | ESPNU | |
| College Football Year In Review Special | ESPN2 | ||
| 3 p.m. | College Football Live At The BCS (New Orleans, LA) | ESPN | |
| Palmer and Pollack: BCS National Championship (New Orleans, LA) | ESPNU | ||
| 4-6 p.m. | BCS Countdown – BCS National Championship Pregame (New Orleans, LA) | ESPNU | |
| 4-5 p.m. | BCS Countdown – ESPN2 Simulcast with ESPNU | ESPN2 | |
| 5 p.m. | SportsNation | ESPN2 | |
| 6 p.m. | SportsNation: ESPNU BCS Special | ESPNU | |
| College GameDay Built By The Home Depot (New Orleans, LA) | ESPN | ||
| 7:50 p.m. | Allstate BCS National Championship Pregame Show | ESPN | |
| 8:20–8:30pm | Allstate BCS National Championship Showcase | ESPN | |
| 8:30 p.m. kick | Allstate BCS National Championship | ESPN | |
| After BCS Championship | Allstate BCS National Championship Postgame Show | ESPN |
| Date | Time (ET) | Bowl Game | PxP | Analyst | Reporter |
| Mon, Jan 2 | 5 p.m. | Rose Bowl Game presented by VIZIO | Dave Pasch | Chris Spielman | Tom Rinaldi |
| 8 p.m. | Tostitos Fiesta Bowl | Bill Rosinski | David Norrie | Joe Schad | |
| Tue, Jan 3 | 7:30 p.m. | Allstate Sugar Bowl | Sean McDonough | Matt Millen | Heather Cox |
| Wed, Jan 4 | 7:30 p.m. | Discover Orange Bowl | Joe Tessitore | Rod Gilmore | Quint Kessenich |
| Mon, Jan 9 | 7:30 p.m. | Allstate BCS National Championship | Mike Tirico | Todd Blackledge | Holly Rowe |
ESPN Mobile’s new ESPN Bowl Bound 2011 app for iPhone and Android devices is the fan’s ultimate companion throughout the college football and bowl season. The free app features GameCast and redirects to live games via the WatchESPN app to fans who receive their video subscription from an affiliated provider; Exclusive video highlights, analysis and interviews featuring ESPN’s Erin Andrews, Jenn Brown, Lou Holtz, Mark May, Jesse Palmer and other top ESPN football experts, players and coaches; Weekly bowl projection picks and analysis from ESPN experts Brad Edwards and Mark Schlabach; and personalization to follow favorite teams via Team Clubhouses. Fans will also be able to sign up for live game updates, news and in-game highlight video alerts. Full Gamecast mobile features will also be available throughout ESPN’s bowl coverage. Additionally, the ESPN Mobile Web site will include links directly to the live action from the game through the WatchESPN app on smartphones and tablets.
ESPN3 will once again carry 32 bowl games live, including all five BCS bowl games as well as exclusive coverage of the trophy presentations for each bowl game carried on ESPN networks. The live multi-screen sports network – available online at WatchESPN.com, on smartphones and tablets via the WatchESPN app and through ESPN on Xbox LIVE – carried more exclusive college football games than ever before with over 75 games during the regular season. Total minutes consumed of college football games on ESPN3 increased by 18% compared to 2010. (Source: Omniture, September-October 2011)
ESPN.com will provide in-depth coverage with an individual page for every BCS bowl game as well as a home page (https://espn.go.com/college-football/bowls) for every bowl game. Content will include an analysis of the matchups; bowl-related video; keys to who, why and what to watch; and season stats, rosters and team histories. ESPN.com will also have daily features, news stories and blog posts about each game, and key players, programs, personalities and predictions; SportsNation polls; live chats; commentary and humor from ESPN.com’s Page 2 section and more. On-site reporters for each BCS game include:
- Rose Bowl Game presented by VIZIO: Gene Wojciechowski, Brian Bennett and Ted Miller
- Tostitos Fiesta Bowl: Ivan Maisel, David Ubben and Kevin Gemmell
- Allstate Sugar Bowl: Heather Dinich, Adam Rittenberg and Mike Rothstein
- Discover Orange Bowl: Andrea Adelson and Heather Dinich
- Allstate BCS National Championship: Ivan Maisel, Mark Schlabach, Gene Wojciechowski, Edward Aschoff and Chris Low
ESPN Fantasy is also bringing back College Bowl Mania presented by General Motors on ESPN.com for the 2011-12 bowl season. The free game, which kicks off with the start of the first bowl game on December 17, requires players to not only pick the winner of all 35 games, but to also rank them in order of confidence. There is also the option to make picks without assigning confidence points. The first place finisher in each scoring system will be awarded a $2,000 Best Buy gift card.
ESPN International will televise the BCS National Championship game across six continents:
- ESPN America: https://es.pn/vIWi01
- Latin America (49 countries; 35.7 million households): Live on Latin-North, Latin-South, Caribbean, ESPN Brazil (includes BZ-HD) and Dos-Venezuela
- Israel and Sub-Saharan Africa (47 countries; 4.3 million households): Live on ESPN Israel and ESPN Africa
- PacRim (six countries; 2.6 million households): Live on ESPN PacRim
- Canada (12.5 million households): Live on TSN and RDS
- Asia (22 countries; 176 million households): Live on ESPN China, SE Asia, India, Taiwan, Philippines, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Japan (J Sports 2).
