College Football: Saturday Night Telecasts Showcase Five Top 10 Teams
ESPN’s college football game schedule for this week will showcase prime time telecasts involving five of the top 10 teams in the Associated Press poll on Saturday, Sept. 13:
- No. 3 Alabama against Southern Miss at 6 p.m. ET on ESPN2
- No. 10 LSU against Louisiana-Monroe at 7 p.m. on ESPNU
- No. 4 Oklahoma against Tennessee at 8 p.m. on ABC
- No. 9 USC at Boston College at 8 p.m. on ESPN
- No. 7 Texas A&M against Rice at 9 p.m. on ESPN2
The weekly ESPN Thursday and Friday night telecasts will also include a ranked team in each: No. 25 BYU against Houston Thursday, Sept. 11, at 9 p.m. and No. 8 Baylor at Buffalo Friday, Sept. 12, at 8 p.m. Additional highlights for Saturday, Sept. 13:
- An ESPN afternoon doubleheader will begin with No. 17 Virginia Tech against East Carolina at noon followed by Iowa State at in-state rival Iowa at 3:30 p.m.
- ABC will provide an afternoon doubleheader beginning at noon with Kent State at No. 22 Ohio State and Boise State at Connecticut as part of a split national telecast with ESPN2 reverse mirror coverage. The 3:30 p.m. game will feature Arkansas at Texas Tech.
- In addition to No. 10 LSU at 7 p.m., ESPNU will televise No. 16 Arizona State at Colorado at 10 p.m.
- An SEC Network tripleheader will kick off at noon with No. 20 Missouri against UCF followed by No. 14 Ole Miss against Louisiana-Lafayette at 4 p.m. The prime time matchup, which will also be broadcast on ESPN Radio, will pit Kentucky against conference foe Florida at 7:30 p.m.
ESPN Goal Line network will offer unlimited live cut-ins and highlights from numerous top college football games every Saturday noon to midnight. Zubin Mehenti will host the coverage with analyst Pete Najarian.
Every ESPN, ABC, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNEWS, ESPN3, SEC Network and Longhorn Network game will be available through WatchESPN, accessible online at WatchESPN.com, on smartphones and tablets via the WatchESPN app, through ESPN on Xbox LIVE, Amazon FireTV, Apple TV, Google Chromecast and Roku devices to fans who receive their video subscription from an affiliated provider.
ESPN, ABC, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3, ESPNEWS, SEC Network and ESPN Radio Schedule
| Date | Time (ET) | Game/Announcers | Network |
| Thu, Sep 11 | 7 p.m. | North Alabama at Mississippi College | ESPN3 |
| 9 p.m. | Houston at No. 25 BYU Rece Davis, Jesse Palmer, David Pollack & Samantha Ponder |
ESPN | |
| Fri, Sep 12 | 7 p.m. | Toledo at Cincinnati Eamon McAnaney, Dan Hawkins & Niki Noto |
ESPNU |
| 8 p.m. | No. 8 Baylor at Buffalo Dave Flemming, Danny Kanell & Allison Williams |
ESPN | |
| Sat, Sep 13 | Noon | Kent State at No. 22 Ohio State Bob Wischusen, Matt Millen & Quint Kessenich |
ABC & ESPN2 ** |
| Noon | Boise State at Connecticut Beth Mowins, Joey Galloway & Paul Carcaterra |
ABC & ESPN2 ** | |
| Noon | East Carolina at No. 17 Virginia Tech Dave Pasch, Brian Griese & Tom Luginbill |
ESPN | |
| Noon | Indiana at Bowling Green Mark Neely & David Diaz-Infante |
ESPNU | |
| Noon | Syracuse at Central Michigan Dave Lamont & Ray Bentley |
ESPNEWS | |
| Noon | UCF at No. 20 Missouri Dave Neal, Andre Ware & Laura Rutledge |
SEC Network | |
| Noon | Georgia Southern at Georgia Tech | ESPN3 * | |
| Noon | Massachusetts at Vanderbilt | ESPN3 * | |
| 12:30 p.m. | No. 21 Louisville at Virginia | ESPN3 * | |
| 1 p.m. | Eastern Illinois at Illinois State | ESPN3 * | |
| 2 p.m. | Air Force at Georgia State Shawn Kenney & Rocky Boiman |
ESPN3 | |
| 3 p.m. | Indiana State at Ball State Jim Barbar & John Gregory |
ESPN3 | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Iowa State at Iowa Sean McDonough, Chris Spielman & Todd McShay |
ESPN | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Arkansas at Texas Tech Mike Patrick, Ed Cunningham & Jeannine Edwards |
ABC | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Arkansas State at Miami (Fla.) Adam Amin & John Congemi |
ESPNU | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Kansas at Duke | ESPN3 * | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Incarnate Word at North Dakota State Trey Bender & Jay Taylor |
ESPN3 * | |
| 4 p.m. | Mississippi State at South Alabama Mike Couzens & Rene Ingoglia |
ESPNEWS | |
| 4 p.m. | Louisiana-Lafayette at No. 14 Ole Miss Tom Hart, Matt Stinchcomb & Heather Mitts |
SEC Network | |
| 4 p.m. | Drake at Western Illinois | ESPN3 | |
| 5 p.m. | Western Michigan at Idaho Peter Young & Pat Hill |
ESPN3 | |
| 6 p.m. | Southern Miss at No. 3 Alabama Joe Tessitore, Brock Huard & Shannon Spake |
ESPN2 | |
| 7 p.m. | Louisiana-Monroe at No. 10 LSU Clay Matvick, Anthony Becht & Dawn Davenport |
ESPNU | |
| 7 p.m. | Abilene Christian at Troy Drew Fellios & Forest Conoly |
ESPN3 | |
| 7 p.m. | Furman at Presbyterian | ESPN3 * | |
| 7 p.m. | Brevard at Liberty | ESPN3 * | |
| 7:30 p.m. | Kentucky at Florida TV: Brent Musburger, Jesse Palmer & Maria Taylor Radio: Bill Rosinski, David Norrie & Joe Schad |
SEC Network & ESPN Radio | |
| 8 p.m. | Tennessee at No. 4 Oklahoma Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit & Heather Cox |
ABC | |
| 8 p.m. | No. 9 USC at Boston College Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge & Holly Rowe |
ESPN | |
| 8 p.m. | Navy at Texas State Joel Meyers & Al Groh |
ESPNEWS | |
| 8 p.m. | Southeastern Louisiana at Tulane Dave Weekley & Brian Kinchen |
ESPN3 | |
| 9 p.m. | Rice at No. 7 Texas A&M Mark Jones, Rod Gilmore & Jessica Mendoza |
ESPN2 | |
| 10 p.m. | No. 16 Arizona State at Colorado Anish Shroff, Kelly Stouffer & Cara Capuano |
ESPNU |
* Local blackout may apply
** Reverse mirror in which ESPN2 will regionalize two games on ABC to markets not receiving the telecast
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