College Football: No. 1 Mississippi State, No. 2 Florida State & No. 4 Auburn at No. 7 Ole Miss
ESPN’s college football game schedule for this week will be highlighted by No. 1 Mississippi State (against Arkansas on Saturday, Nov. 1, at 7:15 p.m. ET on ESPN2), No. 2 Florida State (at Louisville on Thursday, Oct. 30, at 7:30 p.m. on ESPN) and No. 4 Auburn at No. 7 Ole Miss in a showdown between one-loss SEC West Division teams (Saturday, Nov. 1, at 7 p.m. on ESPN and ESPN Radio). The lineup will showcase two additional matchups between ranked teams on Saturday, Nov. 1:
- ABC will televise one-loss No. 10 TCU at No. 20 West Virginia at 3:30 p.m. as part of a split national telecast that also includes Purdue at No. 17 Nebraska with reverse mirror coverage on ESPN2.
- A late night ESPN telecast at 10:30 p.m. will pit one- loss No. 14 Arizona at No. 25 UCLA.
This week’s Saturday Night Football telecast at 8 p.m. on ABC will offer split national coverage of two one-loss teams hosting conference foes: No. 11 Kansas State against Oklahoma State and No. 13 Ohio State against Illinois. ESPN3 will also provide full coverage of both games.
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 30 | 7 p.m. | Valdosta State at West Alabama | ESPN3 |
| 7:30 p.m. | No. 2 Florida State at Louisville Rece Davis, Jesse Palmer, David Pollack & Samantha Ponder |
ESPN | |
| 7:30 p.m. | Troy at Georgia Southern Mark Neely & Jay Walker |
ESPNU | |
| Fri, Oct 31 | 8 p.m. | Cincinnati at Tulane Dave Flemming, Danny Kanell & Allison Williams |
ESPN2 |
| 8 p.m. | Tulsa at Memphis Eamon McAnaney & Dan Hawkins |
ESPNU | |
| Sat, Nov 1 | Noon | Wisconsin at Rutgers Dave Pasch, Brian Griese & Tom Luginbill |
ESPN |
| Noon | Maryland at Penn State Beth Mowins, Joey Galloway & Paul Carcaterra |
ESPN2 | |
| Noon | No. 24 Duke at Pittsburgh Adam Amin, John Congemi & Cara Capuano |
ESPNU | |
| Noon | No. 21 East Carolina at Temple Mike Corey & Ray Bentley |
ESPNEWS | |
| Noon | Louisiana-Monroe at Texas A&M Dave Neal, Andre Ware & Laura Rutledge |
SEC Network | |
| Noon | Central Connecticut State at Bryant | ESPN3 | |
| 12:30 p.m. | North Carolina at Miami (Fla.) | ESPN3 * | |
| 12:30 p.m. | Boston College at Virginia Tech | ESPN3 * | |
| 1 p.m. | Central Michigan at Eastern Michigan Michael Reghi & Dustin Fox |
ESPN3 | |
| 1 p.m. | Lafayette at Bucknell | ESPN3 * | |
| 1:30 p.m. | Furman at Virginia Military Institute | ESPN3 | |
| 2 p.m. | South Dakota at Youngstown State | ESPN3 * | |
| 2 p.m. | Presbyterian at Liberty | ESPN3 * | |
| 2:30 p.m. | Western Michigan at Miami (Ohio) Jim Barbar & John Gregory |
ESPN3 | |
| 3 p.m. | NC State at Syracuse | ESPN3 * | |
| 3 p.m. | Eastern Kentucky at Tennessee State | ESPN3 | |
| 3:30 p.m. | No. 10 TCU at No. 20 West Virginia Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit & Heather Cox |
ABC & ESPN2 ** | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Purdue at No. 17 Nebraska Mike Patrick, Ed Cunningham & Jeannine Edwards |
ABC & ESPN2 ** | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Virginia at Georgia Tech Anish Shroff & Kelly Stouffer |
ESPNU | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Florida vs. No. 9 Georgia (from Jacksonville, Fla.) | ESPN Radio | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Sacred Heart at Wagner | ESPN3 | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Georgia State at Appalachian State Drew Fellios & Forrest Conoly |
ESPN3 | |
| 3:30 p.m. | South Dakota State at North Dakota State | ESPN3 * | |
| 4 p.m. | Kentucky at Missouri Brent Musburger, Jesse Palmer & Maria Taylor |
SEC Network | |
| 4 p.m. | Houston at South Florida Mike Couzens & Rene Ingoglia |
ESPNEWS | |
| 4 p.m. | Texas State at New Mexico State | ESPN3 * | |
| 4 p.m. | Stephen F. Austin vs. Sam Houston State (Houston) | ESPN3 * | |
| 4 p.m. | The Citadel at Mercer | ESPN3 | |
| 5 p.m. | Arkansas State at Idaho Trey Bender & Pat Hill |
ESPN3 | |
| 5 p.m. | South Alabama at Louisiana-Lafayette Matt Stewart & Rocky Boiman |
ESPN3 | |
| 7 p.m. | No. 4 Auburn at No. 7 Ole Miss TV: Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge & Holly Rowe Radio: Bill Rosinski, David Norrie & Joe Schad |
ESPN & ESPN Radio | |
| 7 p.m. | Old Dominion at Vanderbilt Clay Matvick & Anthony Becht |
ESPNU | |
| 7 p.m. | Houston Baptist at Lamar | ESPN3 | |
| 7:15 p.m. | Arkansas at No. 1 Mississippi State Joe Tessitore, Brock Huard & Shannon Spake |
ESPN2 | |
| 7:30 p.m. | Tennessee at South Carolina Tom Hart, Matt Stinchcomb & Heather Mitts |
SEC Network | |
| 8 p.m. | Illinois at No. 13 Ohio State Sean McDonough, Chris Spielman & Todd McShay |
ABC & ESPN3 *** | |
| 8 p.m. | Oklahoma State at No. 11 Kansas State Bob Wischusen, Matt Millen & Quint Kessenich |
ABC & ESPN3 *** | |
| 10:30 p.m. | No. 14 Arizona at No. 25 UCLA Mark Jones, Rod Gilmore & Jessica Mendoza |
ESPN | |
| 10:45 p.m. | Wyoming at Fresno State Dave Lamont & David Diaz-Infante |
ESPN2 | |
| Tue, Nov 4 | 8 p.m. | Bowling Green at Akron | ESPN2 |
| 8 p.m. | Toledo at Kent State | ESPNU | |
| Wed, Nov 5 | 8 p.m. | Northern Illinois at Ball State | ESPN2 |
| 8 p.m. | Buffalo at Ohio | ESPNU |
* Local blackout may apply
** Reverse mirror in which ESPN2 will regionalize two games on ABC to markets not receiving the telecast
*** Both games will be available on ESPN3
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