College Football: No. 3 Clemson at No. 14 Louisville on ABC’s Saturday Night Football, Top 10 Teams throughout the Day Highlight ESPN’s Week 3 Slate

- 1 Alabama Hosts Colorado State, No. 12 LSU at Mississippi State in Prime Time
- 9 Oklahoma State at Pittsburgh at Noon, No. 10 Wisconsin at BYU at 3:30 p.m.
- Industry-Leading 60 Game Schedule
ABC’s Saturday Night Football Presented by Wells Fargo airs an ACC showdown between No. 3 Clemson and No. 14 Louisville (8 p.m. ET) to highlight ESPN’s industry-leading 60-game college football week 3 schedule. Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit and Maria Taylor will be at Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium to call the third consecutive SNF game featuring both a matchup of ranked teams and a top 3 team. College GameDay Built by the Home Depot (9 a.m. – noon) will also be onsite, the premier pregame show’s second consecutive year televising from the school.
***Week 3 Schedule Changes Due to Hurricane Irma***
The aforementioned Clemson-Louisville matchup was originally scheduled for 3:30 p.m., with Miami at Florida State airing at 8 p.m. However, the Miami-FSU game was postponed due to Hurricane Irma and has been rescheduled for Saturday, October 7. As a result, the Tigers-Cardinals game shifted to 8 p.m. and Notre Dame at Boston College shifted from noon to 3:30 p.m. remaining on ESPN. Additionally, Georgia Tech at UCF, scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 16 on ESPNEWS, has been canceled. A number of other network designations also changed. See below for a full week 3 schedule on ESPN’s Networks.
ESPN’s Networks Feature A Top 10 Team at Noon, 3:30 p.m. and Multiple in Prime Time
ESPN’s networks will feature multiple top 10 teams in week 3, including at noon and 3:30 p.m. and multiple in prime time. Among those top teams are No. 9 Oklahoma State and No. 10 Wisconsin both on the road, with the Cowboys playing at Pittsburgh (Noon on ESPN) and the Badgers at BYU (3:30 p.m. on ABC). Dave Pasch, Greg McElroy, and Tom Luginbill will be in Pittsburgh and Mike Patrick, Tommy Tuberville, and Paul Carcaterra will be in Provo, Utah. Additional highlights:
- SEC on ESPN: No. 1 Alabama and No. 12 LSU in prime time on ESPN2 and ESPN respectively. The Crimson Tide host Colorado State, while the Tigers travel to Mississippi State with both games kicking off at 7 p.m. Mark Jones, Rod Gilmore and Quint Kessenich will be in Tuscaloosa, Ala., while Joe Tessitore, Todd Blackledge and Holly Rowe head to Starkville, Miss. SEC Nation will also be in Starkville.
- Bruins Head East: For the first time ever, No. 25 UCLA travels to Memphis (noon, ABC). It is also just the second ever meeting between the Bruins-Tigers, with UCLA beating Memphis at home in 2014. Beth Mowins, Anthony Becht, and Rocky Boiman will be on the call.
- SEC Network with Full Slate: SEC Network airs five games, including Kentucky at South Carolina in prime time (7:30 p.m.) No. 15 Auburn hosting Mercer (4 p.m.) and No. 13 Georgia at home vs. Samford (7:30 p.m.) airs on SEC Network Alternate this week
All Games are Saturday, Sept. 16 unless noted
Date | Time (ET) | Game | Network |
Thu, Sept. 14 | 8 p.m. | New Mexico at Boise State Dave Flemming, Brock Huard, Laura Rutledge |
ESPN |
Fri, Sept. 15 | 7 p.m. | Illinois at No. 22 South Florida Dave Lamont, Mack Brown, Jen Lada |
ESPN |
Massachusetts at Temple Mike Corey, Rene Ingoglia |
ESPNU | ||
10:15 p.m. | Arizona at UTEP Adam Amin, Dusty Dvoracek, Molly McGrath |
ESPN | |
Sat, Sept. 16 | Noon | No. 25 UCLA at Memphis
Beth Mowins, Anthony Becht, Rocky Boiman |
ABC |
No. 9 Oklahoma State at Pittsburgh Dave Pasch, Greg McElroy, Tom Luginbilll |
ESPN | ||
UConn at Virginia Jason Benetti, Kelly Stouffer, Kris Budden |
ESPN2 | ||
Kansas at Ohio Clay Matvick, Kirk Morrison |
ESPNU | ||
Louisiana at Texas A&M Dave Neal, Matt Stinchcomb, Dawn Davenport |
SEC Network | ||
Edinboro at West Chester | ESPN3 | ||
Peru State at Missouri Valley | ESPN3 | ||
12:20 p.m. | Furman at NC State | ACC Network Extra | |
12:30 p.m. | Baylor at Duke | ACC Network Extra | |
1:00 p.m. | Grand Valley State at Michigan Tech | ESPN3 | |
Walsh at Jacksonville | ESPN3 | ||
The Citadel at East Tennessee State | ESPN3 | ||
2:00 p.m. | Central Connecticut State and Youngstown State | ESPN3 | |
3:00 p.m. | North Dakota at South Dakota | ESPN3 | |
Tennessee Tech at Ball State
Jim Barbar, Mark Herrmann |
ESPN3 | ||
Utah State at Wake Forest
Bill Roth, Christian Ponder |
ACC Network Extra | ||
3:30 p.m. | No. 10 Wisconsin at BYU Mike Patrick, Tommy Tuberville, Paul Carceterra |
ABC | |
Notre Dame at Boston College Steve Levy, Brian Griese, Todd McShay |
ESPN | ||
North Texas at Iowa Anish Shroff, Ahmad Brooks, Roddy Jones |
ESPN2 | ||
SMU at No. 20 TCU Roy Philpott, Tom Ramsey |
ESPNU | ||
Central Michigan at Syracuse
Doug Sherman, Matt Chatham |
ACC Network Extra | ||
4:00 p.m. | Purdue at Missouri Taylor Zarzour, Andre Ware, Olivia Harlan |
SEC Network | |
Mercer at No. 15 Auburn Joel Meyers, Brian Kinchen, Gabe Gross |
SEC Network Alternate | ||
6:00 p.m. | Colgate at Buffalo Greg Mescall, Marcus Ray |
ESPN3 | |
Carson-Newman at Wingate | ESPN3 | ||
Dartmouth at Stetson | ESPN3 | ||
Villanova at Lafayette | ESPN3 | ||
Indian State at Liberty | ESPN3 | ||
Tennessee-Martin at Chattanooga | ESPN3 | ||
7:00 p.m. | No. 12 LSU at Mississippi State Joe Tessitore, Todd Blackledge, Holly Rowe |
ESPN | |
Colorado State at No. 1 Alabama Mark Jones, Rod Gilmore, Quint Kessenich |
ESPN2 | ||
Idaho at Western Michigan Dan Gutowsky, Tyoka Jackson |
ESPN3 | ||
Tulsa at Toledo | ESPN3 | ||
Appalachian State at Texas State Tyler Denning, Stan Lewter |
ESPN3 | ||
Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Arkansas State Drew Fellios, Forrest Conoly |
ESPN3 | ||
Southern Miss at Louisiana-Monroe David Saltzman, Watson Brown |
ESPN3 | ||
Alabama A&M at South Alabama Matt Stewart, Doug Graber |
ESPN3 | ||
North Alabama at Valdosta State | ESPN3 | ||
Houston Baptist at Abilene Christian | ESPN3 | ||
Incarnate World at Stephen F. Austin | ESPN3 | ||
Lamar at Northwestern State | ESPN3 | ||
Tusculum at Limestone | ESPN3 | ||
Monmouth at Albany | ESPN3 | ||
Drake at South Dakota State | ESPN3 | ||
Jackson State at Grambling State* Eric Clemons, Jay Walker |
ESPN3 | ||
7:30 p.m. | No. 18 Kansas State at Vanderbilt Mike Couzens, John Congemi |
ESPNU | |
Kentucky at South Carolina Tom Hart, Jordan Rodgers, Cole Cubelic |
SEC Network | ||
Samford at No. 13 Georgia Mike Morgan, Barrett Jones, Desmond Purnell |
SEC Network Alternate | ||
8:00 p.m. | No. 3 Clemson at No. 14 Louisville Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Maria Taylor |
ABC | |
Rice at Houston Robert Lee, Stanford Routt |
ESPN3 | ||
Troy at New Mexico State | ESPN3 | ||
Cincinnati at Miami (Ohio) | ESPN3 | ||
8:30 p.m. | Texas at No. 4 USC Bill Rosinski, Dusty Dvoracek, Ian Fitzsimmons |
ESPN Radio | |
10:00 p.m. | San Jose State at Utah Mark Neely, Ray Bentley, Alex Corddry |
ESPN2 | |
10:30 p.m. | Ole Miss at California Bob Wischusen, Brock Huard, Allison WIlliams |
ESPN |
*Airing on-delay at 10 p.m. on ESPNU
Not all ESPN3 and ACC Network Extra games are exclusive
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