ESPN/ABC College Football Week 8 Slate: No. 2 Ohio State on ABC’s Saturday Night Football and Two Top 25 SEC Matchups in Prime Time
Unbeaten No. 2 Ohio State is at Penn State on Saturday, Oct. 22, as the Buckeyes make their second consecutive, Big Ten road appearance on ABC’s Saturday Night Football Presented by Walmart (8 p.m. ET). Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit and Samantha Ponder are on the call from Beaver Stadium in State College, Pa.
ESPN televises two Top 25, SEC prime-time matchups featuring No. 17 Arkansas at No. 21 Auburn (6 p.m.) followed by No. 23 Ole Miss at No. 25 LSU (9 p.m.). Joe Tessitore, Todd Blackledge, and Holly Rowe will be at Jordan-Hare Stadium in Auburn, Ala., for the call of the game, while Brent Musburger, Jesse Palmer and Kaylee Hartung head to Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, La. Additionally, ESPN3 will offer Command Center and Sky Cam second screen options for the Razorbacks-Tigers matchup.
Seven more AP Top 25 teams will be carried on an ESPN Network:
- 14 Boise State hosts BYU on Thursday, Oct. 20 (10:15 p.m. on ESPN with Data Center option on ESPN3).
- 7 Louisville is home vs. NC State (noon on ABC)
- 10 Wisconsin travels to Iowa (noon on ESPN with sky cam option on ESPN3)
- 22 North Carolina at Virginia (3 p.m. on ACC Network Extra)
- 8 Nebraska at home vs. Purdue (3:30 P.M. on ABC or ESPN2**)
- 12 West Virginia welcomes TCU (3:30 p.m. on ABC or ESPN2**)
- 11 Houston heads to SMU (7 p.m. on ESPN2)
All games on Saturday, Oct. 22 unless noted;
**Game is regionalized
ESPN’s Networks College Football Schedule (Week 8)
| Date | Time (ET) | Game | Network |
| Thu, Oct. 20 | 7 p.m. | Miami at Virginia Tech Dave Flemming, Jesse Palmer, Laura Rutledge |
ESPN |
| 7:30 p.m. | Troy at South Alabama Mark Neely, Jay Walker |
ESPNU | |
| 10:15 p.m. | BYU at No. 14 Boise State Jason Benetti, Kelly Stouffer, Paul Carcaterra |
ESPN | |
| Fri, Oct. 21 | 7 p.m. | South Florida at Temple Adam Amin, Mack Brown, Molly McGrath |
ESPN |
| Duquesne at Saint Francis (Pa.) | ESPN3 | ||
| 10:30 p.m. | Oregon at California Allen Bestwick, Mike Bellotti, Kris Budden |
ESPN | |
| San Jose State at San Diego State Mike Couzens, Dan Hawkins |
ESPN2 | ||
| Sat, Oct. 22 | Noon | NC State at No. 7 Louisville Bob Wischusen, Brock Huard, Allison Williams |
ABC |
| No. 10 Wisconsin at Iowa Steve Levy, Brian Griese, Todd McShay |
ESPN | ||
| Texas at Kansas State Beth Mowins, Anthony Becht, Rocky Boiman |
ESPN2 | ||
| Rutgers at Minnesota Anish Shroff, Ahmad Brooks |
ESPNU | ||
| Massachusetts at South Carolina Tom Hart, Andre Ware, Cole Cubelic |
SEC Network | ||
| UCF at UConn Mike Corey, Rene Ingoglia |
ESPNEWS | ||
| Miami (Ohio) at Bowling Green Dave Weekley, John Gregory |
ESPN3 | ||
| Central Michigan at Toledo | ESPN3* | ||
| Grand View at Peru State | ESPN3* | ||
| 12:30 p.m. | Syracuse at Boston College | ACC Network Extra* | |
| 1 p.m. | Ohio at Kent State Michael Reghi and Dustin Fox |
ESPN3 | |
| Bowie State at Virginia Union | ESPN3 | ||
| Harvard at Princeton | ESPN3* | ||
| Shorter at West Florida | ESPN3 | ||
| 1:30 p.m. | The Citadel at Wofford | ESPN3 | |
| 2 p.m. | Bethune-Cookman at Norfolk State Eric Clemons, Jay Walker |
ESPN3 | |
| Missouri State at Northern Iowa | ESPN3* | ||
| East Stroudsburg at Bloomsburg | ESPN3* | ||
| Edinboro at Slippery Rock | ESPN3* | ||
| 3 p.m. | Illinois State at South Dakota | ESPN3 | |
| Indiana State at Southern Illinois | ESPN3 | ||
| Youngstown State at South Dakota State | ESPN3* | ||
| Akron at Ball State Jim Barbar, Mark Herrman |
ESPN3 | ||
| No. 22 North Carolina at Virginia | ACC Network Extra* | ||
| 3:30 p.m. | TCU at No. 12 West Virginia Dave Pasch, Greg McElroy, Tom Luginbill |
ABC or ESPN2** | |
| Purdue at No. 8 Nebraska Mike Patrick, Ed Cunningham, Dr. Jerry Punch |
ABC or ESPN2** | ||
| Idaho at Appalachian State Matt Stewart, Forrest Conoly |
ESPN3 | ||
| Tennessee-Martin at Georgia State Drew Fellios, Wayne Gandy |
ESPN3 | ||
| Eastern Michigan at No. 20 Western Michigan | ESPN3* | ||
| Buffalo at Northern Illinois Shawn Kenney, Al Groh |
ESPN3 | ||
| Monmouth at Liberty | ESPN3* | ||
| 3:45 p.m. | Tulane at Tulsa Eamon McAnaney, John Congemi |
ESPNU | |
| 4 p.m. | Middle Tennessee at Missouri Dave Neal, Matt Stinchcomb, Olivia Harlan |
SEC Network | |
| 6 p.m. | No. 17 Arkansas at No. 21 Auburn Joe Tessitore, Todd Blackledge, Holly Rowe |
ESPN | |
| Presbyterian at Charleston Southern | ESPN3 | ||
| 7 p.m. | No. 11 Houston at SMU Jason Benetti, Kelly Stouffer, Paul Carcaterra |
ESPN2 | |
| Louisiana Tech at Florida International | ESPN3 | ||
| North Dakota State at Western Illinois | ESPN3 | ||
| Louisiana-Lafayette at Texas State | ESPN3* | ||
| Lamar at Central Arkansas | ESPN3 | ||
| 7:30 p.m. | Tennessee State at Vanderbilt Clay Matvick, Dusty Dvoracek |
ESPNU | |
| Mississippi State at Kentucky Mark Jones, Rod Gilmore, Quint Kessenich |
SEC Network | ||
| 8 p.m. | No. 2 Ohio State at Penn State Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Samantha Ponder |
ABC | |
| Georgia Southern at New Mexico State | ESPN3* | ||
| 9 p.m. | No. 23 Ole Miss at No. 25 LSU TV: Brent Musburger, Jesse Palmer, Kaylee HartungRadio: Bill Rosinski, David Norrie, Ian Fitzsimmons |
ESPN and ESPN Radio | |
| 10:30 p.m. | Wyoming at Nevada Dave Lamont, Tom Ramsey |
ESPN2 |
*Non-Exclusive Game
**Regionalized
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