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College Football: Eight of Top 11 Teams Highlighted by No. 3 Ole Miss at No. 14 Texas A&M & No. 9 TCU at No. 5 Baylor
ESPN’s college football game schedule for Saturday, Oct. 11, will include eight of the top 11 ranked teams, highlighted by two of the top five against a ranked opponent.
- ESPN will televise three of the top seven ranked teams beginning at noon with No. 1 Florida State at Syracuse. A prime time doubleheader will showcase four SEC West Division programs: No. 7 Alabama at Arkansas at 6 p.m. followed by unbeaten No. 3 Ole Miss at No. 14 Texas A&M at 9 p.m.
- ABC will provide a split national telecast of No. 9 TCU at No. 5 Baylor in a matchup between unbeaten Big 12 squads and No. 8 Michigan State at Purdue at 3:30 p.m. with reverse mirror coverage on ESPN2.
- An ESPN2 night doubleheader will kick off with Penn State at Michigan, marking only the third night game from Michigan Stadium since its opening in 1927, at 7 p.m. followed by undefeated No. 10 Arizona against USC at 10:30 p.m.
- ABC will televise the Red River Rivalry pitting No. 11 Oklahoma against Texas from Dallas at noon.
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, Oct 9 | 7 p.m. | Shorter at Delta State | ESPN3 |
| 7:30 p.m. | BYU at Central Florida Rece Davis, Jesse Palmer, David Pollack & Samantha Ponder |
ESPN | |
| 7:30 p.m. | Hampton at North Carolina A&T Mark Neely & Jay Walker |
ESPNU | |
| Fri, Oct 10 | 9 p.m. | Washington State at No. 25 Stanford Dave Flemming, Danny Kanell & Allison Williams |
ESPN |
| 9:30 p.m. | San Diego State at New Mexico Eamon McAnaney & Dan Hawkins |
ESPNU | |
| Sat, Oct 11 | Noon | Texas vs. No. 11 Oklahoma (from Dallas) Sean McDonough, Chris Spielman & Todd McShay |
ABC |
| Noon | No. 1 Florida State at Syracuse Bob Wischusen, Matt Millen & Quint Kessenich |
ESPN | |
| Noon | Illinois at Wisconsin Beth Mowins, Joey Galloway & Paul Carcaterra |
ESPN2 | |
| Noon | Indiana at Iowa Adam Amin & John Congemi |
ESPNU | |
| Noon | Louisiana-Monroe at Kentucky Dave Neal, Andre Ware & Laura Rutledge |
SEC Network | |
| Noon | Tulsa at Temple Dave Lamont & Ray Bentley |
ESPNEWS | |
| Noon | Cincinnati at Miami (Fla.) | ESPN3 * | |
| 12:30 p.m. | Duke at No. 22 Georgia Tech | ESPN3 * | |
| 1 p.m. | Buffalo at Eastern Michigan Dan Gutowsky & Mickey Matthews |
ESPN3 | |
| 1 p.m. | Duquesne at Central Connecticut State | ESPN3 | |
| 2 p.m. | Miami (Ohio) at Akron Michael Reghi & Jerod Cherry |
ESPN3 | |
| 2 p.m. | Massachusetts at Kent State David Wilson & Dustin Fox |
ESPN3 | |
| 2 p.m. | Bowling Green at Ohio Dave Weekley & Rocky Boiman |
ESPN3 | |
| 2 p.m. | Coastal Carolina at Presbyterian | ESPN3 | |
| 2 p.m. | Arkansas State at Georgia State Matt Stewart & Wayne Gandy |
ESPN3 | |
| 2 p.m. | Southern Illinois at North Dakota State | ESPN3 * | |
| 3 p.m. | Western Michigan at Ball State Jim Barbar & Mark Herrmann |
ESPN3 | |
| 3 p.m. | New Mexico State at Troy Brock Bowling & Al Groh |
ESPN3 | |
| 3 p.m. | Jacksonville State at Tennessee State | ESPN3 | |
| 3:30 p.m. | No. 9 TCU at No. 5 Baylor Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge & Holly Rowe |
ABC & ESPN2 ** | |
| 3:30 p.m. | No. 8 Michigan State at Purdue Mike Patrick, Ed Cunningham & Jeannine Edwards |
ABC & ESPN2 ** | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Louisville at Clemson TV: Anish Shroff, Kelly Stouffer & Cara Capuano Radio: Bill Rosinski, David Norrie & Joe Schad |
ESPNU & ESPN Radio | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Boston College at NC State | ESPN3 * | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Liberty at Appalachian State Roy Philpott & Rene Ingoglia |
ESPN3 | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Wofford at Western Carolina | ESPN3 | |
| 4 p.m. | Tennessee-Chattanooga at Tennessee Tom Hart, Matt Stinchcomb & Heather Mitts |
SEC Network | |
| 4 p.m. | Northern Iowa at South Dakota | ESPN3 * | |
| 4 p.m. | McNeese State at Sam Houston State | ESPN3 * | |
| 4 p.m. | Austin Peay at Mercer | ESPN3 | |
| 5 p.m. | Central Michigan at Northern Illinois Shawn Kenney & Bob Chmeil |
ESPN3 | |
| 6 p.m. | No. 7 Alabama at Arkansas Joe Tessitore, Brock Huard & Shannon Spake |
ESPN | |
| 6 p.m. | Idaho at Georgia Southern Drew Fellios & Forrest Conoly |
ESPN3 | |
| 7 p.m. | Penn State at Michigan Mark Jones, Rod Gilmore & Jessica Mendoza |
ESPN2 | |
| 7 p.m. | No. 19 East Carolina at South Florida Clay Matvick & Anthony Becht |
ESPNU | |
| 7 p.m. | Incarnate Word at Northwestern State | ESPN3 | |
| 7:30 p.m. | LSU at Florida Brent Musburger, Jesse Palmer & Maria Taylor |
SEC Network | |
| 7:30 p.m. | Charleston Southern at Vanderbilt | ESPN3 * | |
| 8 p.m. | Connecticut at Tulane Mike Couzens & Brian Kinchen |
ESPNEWS | |
| 9 p.m. | No. 3 Ole Miss at No. 14 Texas A&M Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit & Heather Cox |
ESPN | |
| 10:15 p.m. | Air Force at Utah State Mark Neely & David Diaz-Infante |
ESPNU | |
| 10:30 p.m. | USC at No. 10 Arizona Dave Pasch, Brian Griese & Tom Luginbill |
ESPN2 | |
| Tue, Oct 14 | 8 p.m. | Louisiana-Lafayette at Texas State | ESPN2 |
* 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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