College Football: Six Saturday Prime Time Telecasts including No. 3 Ole Miss, No. 4 Alabama & No. 5 Auburn
ESPN’s college football game schedule for Saturday, Oct. 25, will include six prime time telecasts involving at least one ranked team, highlighted by three of the top five: undefeated No. 3 Ole Miss at No. 24 LSU (7:15 p.m. ET on ESPN), one-loss No. 4 Alabama at Tennessee (7:30 p.m. on ESPN2) and one-loss No. 5 Auburn against South Carolina (7:30 p.m. on SEC Network).
Saturday night matchups involving a ranked team include No. 13 Ohio State, with a 5-1 record, at Penn State on ABC at 8 p.m.; one-loss No. 14 Arizona State at Washington at 10:45 p.m. on ESPN; and No. 21 Clemson against Syracuse on ESPNU at 7 p.m.
The Saturday afternoon lineup will be highlighted by three one-loss ranked teams beginning with No. 11 Kansas State against Texas and No. 16 Nebraska against Rutgers at noon on ESPN and ESPN2, respectively. ABC will televise No. 8 Michigan State against Michigan at 3:30 p.m.
Virginia Tech Thursday Night Record
ESPN’s Thursday night telecast will pit Miami (Fla.) at Virginia Tech at 8 p.m. It will mark Virginia Tech’s second straight ESPN Thursday night game this season and the program’s 29th overall, the most among all programs. The Hokies – with a 20-8 overall record and 11-4 at home in Thursday night games – have never hosted the Hurricanes on the weeknight series, but have played them twice on the road, losing both (16-14 in 2008 and 30-12 in 2012). Virginia Tech head coach Frank Beamer spoke about playing Thursday night games while at ESPN this summer.
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 |
| Tue, Oct 21 | 8 p.m. | Arkansas State at Louisiana-Lafayette Mike Couzens, Ray Bentley & Laura Rutledge |
ESPN2 |
| Thu, Oct 23 | 7 p.m. | Connecticut at No. 18 East Carolina Anish Shroff & Kelly Stouffer |
ESPNU |
| 8 p.m. | Miami (Fla.) at Virginia Tech Rece Davis, Jesse Palmer, David Pollack & Samantha Ponder |
ESPN | |
| Fri, Oct 24 | 7 p.m. | South Florida at Cincinnati Dave Lamont & Ray Bentley |
ESPN2 |
| 7:30 p.m. | Troy at South Alabama Eamon McAnaney & Dan Hawkins |
ESPNU | |
| 9 p.m. | BYU at Boise State Dave Flemming, David Diaz-Infante & Allison Williams |
ESPN | |
| Sat, Oct 25 | Noon | Texas at No. 11 Kansas State Dave Pasch, Brian Griese & Tom Luginbill |
ESPN |
| Noon | Rutgers at No. 16 Nebraska Beth Mowins, Joey Galloway & Paul Carcaterra |
ESPN2 | |
| Noon | Minnesota at Illinois Clay Matvick & Anthony Becht |
ESPNU | |
| Noon | Memphis at SMU Mike Couzens & Gene Chizik |
ESPNEWS | |
| Noon | UAB at Arkansas Dave Neal, Andre Ware & Laura Rutledge |
SEC Network | |
| 12:30 p.m. | North Carolina at Virginia | ESPN3 * | |
| 1 p.m. | Northern Illinois at Eastern Michigan Dan Gutowsky & John Gregory |
ESPN3 | |
| 1 p.m. | Saint Francis at Sacred Heart | ESPN3 | |
| 1 p.m. | Harvard at Princeton | ESPN3 | |
| 1:30 p.m. | Samford at Furman | ESPN3 | |
| 2 p.m. | Ohio at Western Michigan Michael Reghi & Dustin Fox |
ESPN3 | |
| 2 p.m. | Akron at Ball State Jim Barbar & Mark Herrmann |
ESPN3 | |
| 2 p.m. | Georgia Southern at Georgia State Matt Stewart & Pat Hill |
ESPN3 | |
| 2 p.m. | Massachusetts at Toledo * | ESPN3 | |
| 2:30 p.m. | Kent State at Miami (Ohio) Dave Weekley & Rocky Boiman |
ESPN3 | |
| 2:30 p.m. | Tennessee State at Eastern Illinois | ESPN3 | |
| 3 p.m. | Youngstown State at South Dakota State | ESPN3 | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Michigan at No. 8 Michigan State Sean McDonough, Chris Spielman & Todd McShay |
ABC | |
| 3:30 p.m. | No. 22 West Virginia at Oklahoma State Mike Patrick, Ed Cunningham & Quint Kessenich |
ESPN | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Oregon State at Stanford Bob Wischusen, Matt Millen & Jeannine Edwards |
ESPN2 | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Georgia Tech at Pittsburgh Adam Amin, John Congemi & Cara Capuano |
ESPNU | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Boston College at Wake Forest | ESPN3 * | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Central Michigan at Buffalo Doug Sherman & Jerod Cherry |
ESPN3 | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Gardner-Webb at Liberty | ESPN3 | |
| 3:30 p.m. | 2014 Magic City Classic: Alabama A&M at Alabama State (Birmingham, Ala.) Mark Neely & Jay Walker |
ESPN3 ^ | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Holy Cross at Lafayette | ESPN3 * | |
| 4 p.m. | UNLV at Utah State Mike Corey & Rene Ingoglia |
ESPNEWS | |
| 4 p.m. | Vanderbilt at Missouri Tom Hart, Matt Stinchcomb & Kayce Smith |
SEC Network | |
| 4 p.m. | Southeastern Louisiana at Stephen F. Austin | ESPN3 * | |
| 7 p.m. | Syracuse at No. 21 Clemson Anish Shroff & Kelly Stouffer |
ESPNU | |
| 7 p.m. | West Georgia at North Alabama | ESPN3 | |
| 7 p.m. | Indiana State at Southern Illinois | ESPN3 | |
| 7 p.m. | Texas State at Louisiana-Monroe Drew Fellios & Forrest Conoly |
ESPN3 | |
| 7:15 p.m. | No. 3 Ole Miss at No. 24 LSU TV: Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit & Heather Cox Radio: Bill Rosinski, David Norrie & Joe Schad |
ESPN & ESPN Radio | |
| 7:30 p.m. | No. 4 Alabama at Tennessee Joe Tessitore, Brock Huard & Shannon Spake |
ESPN2 | |
| 7:30 p.m. | South Carolina at No. 5 Auburn Brent Musburger, Jesse Palmer & Maria Taylor |
SEC Network | |
| 8 p.m. | No. 13 Ohio State at Penn State Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge & Holly Rowe |
ABC | |
| 8 p.m. | Nicholls State at Houston Baptist | ESPN3 | |
| 10:45 p.m. | No. 14 Arizona State at Washington Mark Jones, Rod Gilmore & Jessica Mendoza |
ESPN |
* Local blackout may apply
^ Available on ESPNU at 10 p.m.
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