College Football Schedule: 13 Undefeated Teams Featured including No. 8 Florida at No. 6 LSU Showdown

ESPN will showcase top college football matchups this week highlighted by 13 of the remaining 16 unbe
aten teams, the top eight ranked teams and four games between ranked squads.
An ESPN quadrupleheader Saturday, Oct. 17 will include five undefeated teams and six of the top 12 ranked programs beginning with No. 11 Florida State against Louisville at noon ET. The next two games will pit undefeated No. 7 Michigan State at No. 12 Michigan, whose only loss was to undefeated No. 4 Utah in the season-opener, at 3:30 p.m. followed by No. 8 Florida at No. 6 LSU in a showdown between two of the three unbeaten SEC squads at 7 p.m. The late telecast will match No. 4 Utah against Arizona State at 10 p.m.
Additional highlights for Saturday, Oct. 17:
- The schedule for ABC will include three undefeated teams beginning at noon: No. 17 Iowa at one-loss Northwestern and Memphis against one-loss No. 13 Ole Miss (ESPN2 will show the game viewers do not receive on ABC). The Saturday Night Football contest at 8 p.m. will feature undefeated No. 1 Ohio State against one-loss Penn State.
- Two games at 7 p.m. will feature a top five-team in each with No. 3 TCU at Iowa State on ESPN2 and No. 5 Clemson against Boston College on ESPNU.
Every ABC, ESPN, 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 and through Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Roku, Xbox 360 and Xbox One to fans who receive their video subscription from an affiliated provider.
ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3, ESPNEWS, SEC Network and ESPN Radio Schedule
Date | Time (ET) | Game / Commentators | Network |
Tue, Oct 13 | 8 p.m. | Arkansas State at South Alabama
Eamon McAnaney, Rocky Boiman |
ESPN2 |
Thu, Oct 15 | 7 p.m. | Auburn at Kentucky
Dave Flemming, Mack Brown, Allison Williams |
ESPN |
7 p.m. | Glenville State at Alderson-Broaddus | ESPN3 | |
7:30 p.m. | Alabama State at Arkansas-Pine Bluff
Mark Neely, Jay Walker |
ESPNU | |
10:30 p.m. | No. 18 UCLA at No. 15 Stanford
TV: Joe Tessitore, Jesse Palmer, David Pollack, Kaylee Hartung Radio: Bill Rosinski, David Norrie, Joe Schad |
ESPN & ESPN Radio | |
Fri, Oct 16 | 8 p.m. | Cincinnati at BYU
Adam Amin, Kelly Stouffer, Olivia Harlan |
ESPN |
9 p.m. | No. 24 Houston at Tulane
Shawn Kenney, Brian Kinchen |
ESPNU | |
10:30 p.m. | UNLV at Fresno State
Roy Philpott, Tom Ramsey |
ESPN2 | |
Sat, Oct 17 | Noon | No. 13 Ole Miss at Memphis
Tom Hart, Andre Ware, Laura Rutledge |
ABC & ESPN2 |
Noon | No. 17 Iowa at No. 20 Northwestern
Dave Pasch, Brian Griese, Tom Luginbill |
ABC & ESPN2 | |
Noon | Louisville at No. 11 Florida State
Bob Wischusen, Brock Huard, Shannon Spake |
ESPN | |
Noon | South Florida at Connecticut
Allen Bestwick, Dan Hawkins |
ESPNU | |
Noon | Tulsa at East Carolina
Mike Corey, Rene Ingoglia |
ESPNEWS | |
Noon | Louisiana Tech at Mississippi State
Mike Couzens, Cole Cubelic, Kevin Weidl |
SEC Network | |
Noon | West Virginia at No. 2 Baylor
Bill Rosinski, David Norrie, Joe Schad |
ESPN Radio | |
Noon | Duquesne at Bryant | ESPN3 | |
Noon | Western Michigan at Ohio | ESPN3 * | |
Noon | Eastern Michigan at No. 22 Toledo | ESPN3 * | |
Noon | William Penn at Peru State | ESPN3 * | |
Noon | Slippery Rock at Mercyhurst | ESPN3 * | |
12:30 p.m. | Pittsburgh at Georgia Tech | ESPN3 * | |
1 p.m. | Buffalo at Central Michigan
Michael Reghi, Josh Cribbs |
ESPN3 | |
1 p.m. | Gardner-Webb at Kennesaw State | ESPN3 | |
1 p.m. | Liberty at Monmouth | ESPN3 * | |
1 p.m. | Campbell at Stetson | ESPN3 * | |
1 p.m. | Edward Waters at Jacksonville | ESPN3 | |
1:30 p.m. | Chattanooga at VMI | ESPN3 | |
2 p.m. | Dayton at Valparaiso | ESPN3 * | |
2 p.m. | Western Carolina at Wofford | ESPN3 | |
2:30 p.m. | Northern Illinois at Miami (Ohio)
Dave Weekley, John Gregory |
ESPN3 | |
3 p.m. | Akron at Bowling Green
Dan Gutowsky, Dustin Fox |
ESPN3 | |
3 p.m. | Georgia State at Ball State
Jim Barbar, Mark Herrmann |
ESPN3 | |
3 p.m. | Illinois State at Missouri State | ESPN3 | |
3 p.m. | Seton Hill at Clarion | ESPN3 * | |
3 p.m. | The Citadel at Samford | ESPN3 | |
3 p.m. | Shorter at West Alabama | ESPN3 * | |
3 p.m. | Southern Illinois at Indiana State | ESPN3 * | |
3 p.m. | Grambling at Alcorn State | ESPN3 | |
3:30 p.m. | No. 19 Oklahoma at Kansas State
Dave Lamont, Ray Bentley, Dawn Davenport |
ABC | |
3:30 p.m. | No. 7 Michigan State at No. 12 Michigan
Sean McDonough, Chris Spielman, Todd McShay |
ESPN | |
3:30 p.m. | Nebraska at Minnesota
Eamon McAnaney, Rocky Boiman, Jane Slater |
ESPN2 | |
3:30 p.m. | Virginia Tech at Miami (Fla.)
Clay Matvick, John Congemi |
ESPNU | |
3:30 p.m. | Syracuse at Virginia | ESPN3 * | |
3:30 p.m. | Kent State at Massachusetts
Doug Sherman, Matt Chatham |
ESPN3 | |
3:30 p.m. | Idaho at Troy
Drew Fellios, Forrest Conoly |
ESPN3 | |
3:30 p.m. | South Dakota at North Dakota State | ESPN3 * | |
3:30 p.m. | Pennsylvania at Columbia | ESPN3 * | |
3:30 p.m. | Wagner at St. Francis (Pa.) | ESPN3 | |
4 p.m. | Vanderbilt at South Carolina
Dave Neal, Matt Stinchcomb, Kayce Smith |
SEC Network | |
4 p.m. | Nevada at Wyoming
Trey Bender, Chad Brown |
ESPN3 | |
4 p.m. | East Tennessee State at Mercer | ESPN3 | |
4 p.m. | South Dakota State at Youngstown State | ESPN3 | |
5 p.m. | Western Illinois at Northern Illinois | ESPN3 * | |
6 p.m. | New Mexico State at Georgia Southern
Matt Stewart, Al Groh |
ESPN3 | |
7 p.m. | No. 8 Florida at No. 6 LSU
Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge, Holly Rowe |
ESPN | |
7 p.m. | No. 3 TCU at Iowa State
Beth Mowins, Anthony Becht, Paul Carcaterra |
ESPN2 | |
7 p.m. | Boston College at No. 5 Clemson
Anish Shroff, Ahmad Brooks, Tiffany Greene |
ESPNU | |
7 p.m. | Wake Forest at North Carolina | ESPN3 * | |
7 p.m. | Appalachian State at Louisiana-Monroe
Brett Dolan, Brian Kinchen |
ESPN3 | |
7 p.m. | West Georgia at Delta State | ESPN3 | |
7 p.m. | McNeese State at Central Arkansas | ESPN3 | |
7:30 p.m. | Missouri at Georgia
Brent Musburger, Jesse Palmer, Maria Taylor |
SEC Network | |
8 p.m. | Penn State at No. 1 Ohio State
Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Heather Cox |
ABC | |
10 p.m. | Arizona State at No. 4 Utah
Mark Jones, Rod Gilmore, Quint Kessenich |
ESPN | |
10:30 p.m. | Oregon at Washington
Mike Patrick, Ed Cunningham, Dr. Jerry Punch |
ESPN2 | |
10:30 p.m. | San Diego State at San Jose State
Bob Picozzi, David Diaz-Infante |
ESPNU |
* Local blackout may apply
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