College Football Week 7: ABC’s Saturday Night Football Features No. 2 Ohio State at No. 8 Wisconsin
- Top 25 SEC Matchup in Prime Time on ESPN
- Five Top 10 Teams Overall; 12 Top 25 Teams
ABC’s Saturday Night Football will air a top 10, Big Ten matchup when No. 2 Ohio State plays No. 8 Wisconsin (8 p.m.) from Camp Randall Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 15. Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit and Samantha Ponder will be in Madison, Wisconsin for the call of the game. On Saturday morning, College GameDay Built by The Home Depot (9 a.m.) televises live from the University of Wisconsin campus.
On ESPN in prime time, No. 12 Ole Miss will play No. 22 Arkansas (7 p.m.) in a top 25 SEC West matchup. Joe Tessitore, Todd Blackledge, and Holly Rowe will have the call from Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Additionally, ESPN3 offers the Command Center and sky cam options as secondary screen experiences.
ESPN/ABC also airs No. 3 Clemson, No. 7 Louisville, and No. 10 Nebraska during college football week 7:
- 3 Clemson will host NC State (noon on ABC)
- 7 Louisville will host Duke on Friday, Oct. 14 ( 7 p.m. on ESPN)
- 10 Nebraska is at Indiana (3:30 p.m. on ABC or ESPN2**)
Additional Top 25 Games:
- 13 Houston will host Tulsa (7 p.m. on ESPN2)
- 14 Florida State is in Tallahassee vs. Wake Forest (3:30 p.m. on ESPN)
- 15 Boise State vs. Colorado State (10:15 p.m. on ESPN2)
- 16 Miami will host North Carolina (3:30 p.m. on ABC or ESPN2**)
- 17 Virginia Tech at Syracuse (3:45 p.m. on ESPNU)
- 18 Florida is in Gainesville vs. Missouri (4 p.m. on SEC Network)
- 19 Oklahoma returns to Norman to play Kansas State (Noon on ESPN and ESPN Radio)
All games are Saturday, Oct. 15 unless noted
Please note: No. 25 Navy at East Carolina originally scheduled for Thursday, Oct.13 has been postponed to November 19. Per the American Conference, the postponement came about in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew and anticipated flooding in the Greenville and eastern North Carolina area this week.
Week 7
Date | Time (ET) | Game | Network |
Wed, Oct. 12 | 8 p.m. | Appalachian State at Louisiana-Lafayette Chris Cotter, Rocky Boiman, Quint Kessenich |
ESPN2 |
Fri, Oct. 14 | 7 p.m. | Duke at No. 7 Louisville Adam Amin, Mack Brown, Molly McGrath |
ESPN |
8 p.m. | Memphis at Tulane Roy Philpott, Charles Arbuckle |
ESPNU | |
10:15 p.m. | Mississippi State at BYU Tom Hart, Andrew Ware, Cole Cubelic |
ESPN | |
Sat, Oct. 15 | Noon | NC State at No. 3 Clemson Steve Levy, Brian Griese, Todd McShay |
ABC |
Kansas State at No. 19 Oklahoma TV: Mark Jones, Rod Gilmore, Quint KessenichRadio: Bill Rosinki, David Norrie, Ian Fitzsimmons |
ESPN and ESPN Radio | ||
Iowa at Purdue Anish Shroff, Tom Ramsey, Kevin Weidl |
ESPN2 | ||
Minnesota at Maryland Beth Mowins, Anthony Becht, Rocky Boiman |
ESPNU | ||
Vanderbilt at Georgia David Neal, Matt Stinchcomb, Olivia Harlan |
SEC Network | ||
Illinois at Rutgers Mike Couzens, Dan Hawkins |
ESPNEWS | ||
Missouri Valley at Central Methodist | ESPN3* | ||
Dayton at Jacksonville | ESPN3 | ||
12:30 p.m. | Georgia Southern at Georgia Tech | ACC Network Extra* | |
Pittsburgh at Virginia | ACC Network Extra* | ||
1 p.m. | Valparaiso at Stetson | ESPN3 | |
Wagner at Central Connecticut | ESPN3 | ||
North Carolina A&T at Bethune-Cookman Eric Clemons, Jay Walker |
ESPN3*** | ||
1:30 p.m. | Lenoir-Rhyne at Wingate | ESPN3 | |
2 p.m. | Eastern Michigan at Ohio Dave Weekley, Dustin Fox |
ESPN3 | |
West Chester at Bloomsburg | ESPN3* | ||
West Alabama at West Georgia | ESPN3 | ||
2:30 p.m. | Western Kentucky at Middle Tennessee | ESPN3 | |
Kent State at Miami (Ohio) Jim Barbar, John Gregory |
ESPN3 | ||
3 p.m. | South Dakota at Indiana State | ESPN3 | |
Western Illinois at Missouri State | ESPN3* | ||
VMI at Samford | ESPN3 | ||
Tennessee-Chattanooga at The Ciradel | ESPN3* | ||
3:30 p.m. | No. 10 Nebraska at Indiana Mike Patrick, Ed Cunningham, Dr. Jerry Punch |
ABC or ESPN2** | |
North Carolina at No. 16 Miami Dave Pasch, Greg McElroy, Tom Luginbill |
ABC or ESPN2** | ||
Wake Forest at No. 14 Florida State Bob Wischusen, Brock Huard, Allison Williams |
ESPN | ||
New Mexico vs. Air Force from The Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas Mike Corey, Al Groh |
ESPNEWS | ||
Georgia State at Troy Drew Fellios, Forrest Conoly |
ESPN3 | ||
Bowling Green at Toledo | ESPN3* | ||
Central Michigan at Northern Illinois Shawn Kenney, Marcus Ray |
ESPN3 | ||
Ball State at Buffalo Doug Sherman, Tyoka Jackson |
ESPN3 | ||
Louisiana Tech at Massachusetts | ESPN3* | ||
South Dakota State at North Dakota State | ESPN3* | ||
3:45 p.m. | No. 17 Virginia Tech at Syracuse Eamon McAnaney, John Congemi |
ESPNU | |
4 p.m. | Missouri at No. 18 Florida Brent Musburger, Jesse Palmer, Kaylee Hartung |
SEC Network | |
Abilene Christian at Sam Houston State | ESPN3 | ||
Southeastern Louisiana at Stephen F. Austin | ESPN3 | ||
Western Carolina at Mercer | ESPN3 | ||
Truman State at Grand Valley State | ESPN3* | ||
5 p.m. | New Mexico State at Idaho | ESPN3* | |
6 p.m. | New Haven at Stonehill | ESPN3 | |
California (PA) at Clarion | ESPN3* | ||
7 p.m. | No. 12 Ole Miss at No. 22 Arkansas Joe Tessitore, Todd Blackledge, Holly Rowe |
ESPN | |
Tulsa at No. 13 Houston Jason Benetti, Kelly Stouffer, Paul Carcaterra |
ESPN2 | ||
Iowa State at Texas Lowell Galindo, Ahmad Brooks, Keith Moreland, Dawn Davenport |
Longhorn Network | ||
South Alabama at Arkansas State Matt Stewart, Doug Graber |
ESPN3 | ||
Texas State at Louisiana-Monroe Joel Meyers, Brian Kinchen |
ESPN3 | ||
Northern Iowa at Youngstown State | ESPN3 | ||
Southern Illinois at Illinois State | ESPN3* | ||
Central Arkansas at McNeese | ESPN3 | ||
Robert Morris at Duquesne | ESPN3 | ||
Liberty at Kennesaw State | ESPN3 | ||
Southern Illinois at Illinois State | ESPN3* | ||
7:30 p.m. | Temple at UCF Dave Lamont, Rene Ingoglia |
ESPNU | |
Southern Mississippi at LSU Clay Matvick, Dusty Dvoracek |
SEC Network | ||
8 p.m. | No. 2 Ohio State at No. 8 Wisconsin Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Samantha Ponder |
ABC | |
10:15 p.m. | Colorado State at No. 15 Boise State Mark Neely, Ray Bentley, Cole Cubelic |
ESPN2 | |
10:30 p.m. | UCLA at Washington State Allen Bestick, Mike Bellotti, Kris Budden |
ESPN |
*Non Exclusive Game
**Regionalized Window
***Re-airing on ESPNU at 11 p.m. ET. Game was originally scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 13.
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