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College Football’s First Top 10 Matchup of the Season Highlights ESPN/ABC’s Week 3 Schedule
- ACC Showdown: No. 2 Florida State at No. 10 Louisville on ABC; ESPN College GameDay Built by The Home Depot and SportsCenter in Town
- Pac-12 on ABC’s Saturday Night Football: USC at No. 7 Stanford
- Thursday Night Football: No. 6 Houston on the Road at Cincinnati
ABC televises college football season’s first top 10 matchup of the season when No. 2 Florida State travels to No. 10 Louisville (Noon ET) with Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit and Samantha Ponder calling the game from Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium. Herbstreit and Ponder will work the game immediately following their regular duties on College GameDay Built by The Home Depot (9 a.m. on ESPN). Additionally, SportsCenter will have a presence from the ACC showdown as anchor Sara Walsh and reporter Michael Eaves will be in Louisville on Saturday, Sept. 17 (7 a.m. on ESPN).
ABC’s Saturday Night Football will feature a Pac-12 battle between USC and No. 7 Stanford (8 p.m.) from Stanford Stadium. Joe Tessitore, Todd Blackledge and Holly Rowe will be on the call of the Trojans-Cardinal’s 94th all-time meeting.
Overall, ESPN/ABC will televise 16 ranked teams in action this week. Additional game highlights:
- Houston on the Road: 6 Houston will travel outside of its city for the first time this season as they head to Cincinnati on Thursday, Sept. 15 (7:30 p.m. on ESPN).
- SEC in Prime Time: No. 17 Texas A&M at Auburn (ESPN at 7 p.m.), Mississippi State at No. 20 LSU (ESPN2 at 7 p.m.), and No. 16 Georgia at Missouri (SEC Network at 7:30 p.m.) begins conference play for the Aggies, Bulldogs and the trio of Tigers: Auburn, LSU and Missouri. No. 24 Arkansas will host Texas State (SEC Network Alternate at 7:30 p.m.)
- Pac-12 vs. Big Ten: 24 Oregon heads to undefeated Nebraska (3:30 p.m. on ABC) with the two schools matching up for the first time since 1986 and just the seventh time ever.
- Big 12 vs. Pac-12: 11 Texas will face their first road test of the season when they travel to California (10:30 p.m. on ESPN).
All games are Saturday, Sept. 17, unless noted
Week 3
| Date | Time (ET) | Game | Network |
| Thu, Sept. 15 | 7:30 p.m. | No. 6 Houston at Cincinnati Dave Flemming, Jesse Palmer, Laura Rutledge |
ESPN |
| Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Alcorn State Eric Clemons, Jay Walker |
ESPNU | ||
| Fri, Sept. 16 | 8 p.m. | No. 21 Baylor at Rice Adam Amin, Mack Brown, Molly McGrath |
ESPN |
| 9:30 p.m. | Arizona State at Texas-San Antonio Mark Neely, Ray Bentley |
ESPN2 | |
| Sat, Sept. 17 | Noon | No. 2 Florida State at No. 10 Louisville TV: Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Samantha Ponder Radio: Bill Rosinksi, David Norrie, Ian Fitzsimmons |
ABC and ESPN Radio |
| No. 25 Miami at Appalachian State Dave Pasch, Greg McElroy, Tom Luginbill |
ESPN | ||
| North Dakota State at No. 13 Iowa Beth Mowins, Anthony Becht, Rocky Boiman |
ESPN2 | ||
| Kansas at Memphis Eamon McAnaney, John Congemi |
ESPNU | ||
| Ohio at No. 15 Tennessee Tom Hart, Andre Ware, Cole Cubelic |
SEC Network | ||
| New Mexico at Rutgers Mike Corey, Rene Ingoglia |
ESPNEWS | ||
| South Carolina State at No. 5 Clemson | ACC Network Extra | ||
| Middle Tennessee at Bowling Green | ESPN3 | ||
| Dayton at Duquesne | ESPN3 | ||
| MidAmerica Nazarene at Benedictine | ESPN3 | ||
| 12:30 p.m. | Vanderbilt at Georgia Tech | ACC Network Extra | |
| 1:30 p.m. | Virginia at UConn | ESPN3 | |
| 2 p.m. | North Carolina A&T at Tulsa Drew Fellios, Watson Brown |
ESPN3* | |
| 3 p.m. | Eastern Kentucky at Ball State Jim Barbar, Mark Herrmann |
ESPN3* | |
| Fresno State at Toledo | ESPN3 | ||
| UNLV at Central Michigan Dan Gutowsky, Dustin Fox |
ESPN3* | ||
| Eastern Illinois at Illinois State | ESPN3 | ||
| Johnson C. Smith at Wofford | ESPN3* | ||
| 3:30 p.m. | No. 24 Oregon at Nebraska Bob Wischusen, Brock Huard, Allison Williams |
ABC | |
| Pittsburgh at No. 21 Oklahoma State Jason Benetti, Kelly Stouffer, Paul Carcaterra |
ESPN | ||
| Boston College at Virginia Tech Anish Shroff, Ahmad Brooks |
ESPNU | ||
| Monmouth at Kent State | ESPN3* | ||
| Western Kentucky at Miami (Ohio) | ESPN3 | ||
| South Florida at Syracuse Doug Sherman, Al Groh |
ACC Network Extra* | ||
| James Madison at North Carolina | ACC Network Extra | ||
| Florida International at UMass | ESPN3 | ||
| 4 p.m. | East Carolina at South Carolina David Neal, Matt Stinchcomb, Olivia Harlan |
SEC Network | |
| New Mexico State at Kentucky Taylor Zarzour, Jordan Rodgers, Kevin Weidl |
SEC Network Alternate | ||
| Western Michigan at Illinois Mike Couzens, Dan Hawkins |
ESPNEWS | ||
| Robert Morris at Youngstown State | ESPN3 | ||
| Tennessee Tech at Mercer | ESPN3* | ||
| 6 p.m. | Old Dominion at NC State Shawn Kenney, Forrest Conoly |
ACC Network Extra* | |
| Louisiana-Monroe at Georgia Southern Matt Stewart, Stan Lewter |
ESPN3* | ||
| 6:30 p.m. | Delaware at Wake Forest Dave Weekley, Tom O’Brien |
ACC Network Extra* | |
| 7 p.m. | No. 17 Texas A&M at Auburn Dave Flemming, Brian Griese, Todd McShay |
ESPN | |
| Mississippi State at No. 20 LSU Mike Patrick, Ed Cunningham, Dr. Jerry Punch |
ESPN2 | ||
| Liberty at SMU Brett Dolan, Chad Brown |
ESPN3* | ||
| Navy at Tulane | ESPN3 | ||
| Grambling at Jackson State Eric Clemons, Jay Walker |
ESPN3* | ||
| South Alabama at Louisiana-Lafayette | ESPN3* | ||
| Edward Waters at Jacksonville | ESPN3* | ||
| Murray State at Southern Illinois | ESPN3* | ||
| Cal Poly at South Dakota State | ESPN3 | ||
| Tennessee-Chattanooga at Furman | ESPN3* | ||
| Northern Michigan at Grand Valley State | ESPN3 | ||
| Stephen F. Austin at McNeese | ESPN3 | ||
| 7:30 p.m. | North Texas at No. 23 Florida Clay Matvick, Dusty Dvoracek |
ESPNU | |
| No. 16 Georgia at Missouri Brent Musburger, Jesse Palmer, Kaylee Hartung |
SEC Network | ||
| Texas State at No. 24 Arkansas Roy Philpott, Clint Stoerner |
SEC Network Alternate | ||
| 8 p.m. | USC at No. 7 Stanford Joe Tessitore, Todd Blackledge, Holly Rowe |
ABC | |
| Sam Houston State at Lamar | ESPN3* | ||
| West Texas A&M at Texas Permian Basin | ESPN3* | ||
| 10:15 p.m. | UCLA at BYU Allen Bestwick, Mike Bellotti, Kris Budden |
ESPN2 | |
| 10:30 p.m. | No. 11 Texas at California Mark Jones, Rod Gilmore, Quint Kessenich |
ESPN |
*ESPN3 or ACC Network Extra Exclusive
Rankings are per the Associated Press (Sept. 11)
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