Week 13 of College Football Across ESPN Platforms Welcomes 16 Ranked Teams in Action, Plus SEC on ABC Tripleheader

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Week 13 of College Football Across ESPN Platforms Welcomes 16 Ranked Teams in Action, Plus SEC on ABC Tripleheader

Week 13 of college football features nearly 100 matchups across ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, SEC Network, ACC Network, ESPN+, SEC Network+, ACCNX and ESPN Radio this week, including 16 Top 25 squads from the Week 12 CFP rankings featured on ESPN platforms.

ABC presents another SEC on ABC tripleheader, led by ABC Saturday Night Football Presented by Capital One as No. 10 Alabama and Oklahoma face off in Norman. ESPN’s top commentary team of Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit and Holly Rowe will call the clash at 7:30 p.m. ET. At 3:30 p.m., No. 3 Texas welcomes Kentucky to the friendly confines of The Forty on ABC and ESPN Radio. Joe Tessitore, Jesse Palmer and Katie George will feature on the TV call while Roxy Bernstein, Max Starks and Mike Peasley will be live on the radio broadcast. At noon, No. 11 Ole Miss faces a tough road test against Florida in The Swamp. The Gators, coming off an upset of LSU in Gainesville, look to play spoiler to the Rebs’ postseason hopes. Bob Wischusen, Greg McElroy and Molly McGrath are set for the ABC call.

ESPN and ESPN2 boast ranked teams in all three windows Saturday. No. 6 BYU takes on the streaking Arizona State Sun Devils at 3:30 p.m. on ESPN, featuring Dave Pasch, Dusty Dvoracek and Taylor McGregor on the mic from Mountain America Stadium in Tempe. At noon on the network, No. 9 Miami hosts Wake Forest with Mark Jones, Roddy Jones and Quint Kessenich announcing the ACC action. In primetime, No. 15 Texas A&M travels to Auburn to face the Tigers at 7:30 p.m., as Dave Flemming, Louis Riddick and Kris Budden have the call.

ESPN2 sees No. 14 SMU on the road at Virginia at noon Saturday, as Roy Philpott, Sam Acho and Taylor Davis are on the call from Charlottesville. At 4 p.m., No. 19 Louisville hosts Pittsburgh with Mike Couzens, Brock Osweiler and Stormy Buonantony team up to announce the action. At 8 p.m., Brian Custer, Rod Gilmore and Lauren Sisler are on the mic from Manhattan to call No. 16 Kansas State vs. Cincinnati.

SEC Network notches a trio of ranked teams on its airwaves Saturday. In primetime, No. 22 LSU hosts Vanderbilt with Tom Hart, Jordan Rodgers and Cole Cubelic on the call at 7:45 p.m. At 4:15 p.m., No. 23 Missouri hits the road against Mississippi State as Taylor Zarzour, Matt Stinchcomb and Alyssa Lang announce the action. At 12:45 p.m., No. 12 Georgia hosts Massachusetts in non-conference play. Dave Neal, Max Starks and Ashley ShahAhmadi are set for the SECN early afternoon presentation.

Other highlighted matchups include:

  • No. 5 Indiana at No. 2 Ohio State | Saturday, 11:30 a.m. | ESPN Radio
    • Marc Kestecher, Kelly Stouffer, Ian Fitzsimmons
  • NC State at Georgia Tech | Thursday, 7:30 p.m. | ESPN
    • Matt Barrie, Dan Mullen, Harry Lyles Jr.
  • Temple at UTSA | Friday, 7 p.m. | ESPN2
    • Anish Shroff, Andre Ware, Paul Carcaterra
  • Yale at Harvard | Saturday, Noon | ESPNU
    • Eric Frede, Jack Ford
    • 140th meeting of The Game

ESPN+ Spotlight
Week 13 on ESPN+ is highlighted by a trio of ABC simulcasts: No. 11 Ole Miss at Florida, Kentucky at No. 3 Texas and No. 10 Alabama at Oklahoma. Additionally, SEC home action featuring No. 7 Tennessee (1 p.m., Lowell Galindo, Fozzy Whittaker, Marilyn Payne) and No. 21 South Carolina (4 p.m., Jay Alter, Rocky Boiman, Ashley Stroehlein) is set for the platform, with both matchups simulcast on SEC Network+. The Big 12 boasts a pair of conference clashes exclusively on ESPN+: at 3 p.m., Arizona takes on TCU with Richard Cross and Barrett Brooks on the call. At 3:30 p.m., Oklahoma State hosts Texas Tech featuring James Westling and Jay Sonnhalter announcing the action.

17 of the FCS Top 25 Coaches’ Poll in Week 13 will make appearances on ESPN+, including four matchups with ranked teams on each side of the ball: No. 1 North Dakota State vs. No. 4 South Dakota, No. 10 Montana vs. No. 2 Montana State, No. 3 South Dakota State vs. No. 18 Missouri State, and No. 11 Southeast Missouri State vs. No. 25 Tennessee State. Other ranked teams appearing on ESPN+ this week include No. 6 Incarnate Word, No. 8 Idaho, No. 9 Mercer, No. 12 Abilene Christian, No. 13 Illinois State, No. 16 Tarleton State, No. 17 Jackson State, No. 21 South Carolina State and No. 24 UT Martin, in addition to eight NCAA Division III first round games. Full ESPN+ schedule.

ESPN College Football Schedule and Commentator Assignments for Week 13
Rankings shown are Week 12 CFP Rankings

Date Time (ET) Game/Commentators Platform
Tue, Nov 19 7:30 p.m. Western Michigan at Central Michigan
Noah Reed, Craig Haubert
ESPN2
  8 p.m. Northern Illinois at Miami (Ohio)
Matt Schumacker, Dustin Fox
ESPN
Wed, Nov 20 7 p.m. Ohio at Toledo
Clay Matvick, Steve Addazio
ESPN2
  7 p.m. Buffalo at Eastern Michigan
Justin Kutcher, Rene Ingoglia
ESPNU
Thu, Nov 21 7 p.m. SE Louisiana at Nicholls ESPN+
  7:30 p.m. NC State at Georgia Tech
Matt Barrie, Dan Mullen, Harry Lyles Jr.
ESPN
Fri, Nov 22 7 p.m. Temple at UTSA
Anish Shroff, Andre Ware, Paul Carcaterra
ESPN2
Sat, Nov 23 11:30 a.m. No. 5 Indiana at No. 2 Ohio State
Marc Kestecher, Kelly Stouffer, Ian Fitzsimmons
ESPN Radio
Noon No. 11 Ole Miss at Florida
Bob Wischusen, Greg McElroy, Molly McGrath
ABC/ESPN+
Noon Wake Forest at No. 9 Miami
Mark Jones, Roddy Jones, Quint Kessenich
ESPN
Noon No. 14 SMU at Virginia
Roy Philpott, Sam Acho, Taylor Davis
ESPN2
Noon Yale at Harvard
Eric Frede, Jack Ford
ESPNU
Noon UConn at Syracuse
Chris Cotter, Mark Herzlich, Coley Harvey
ACC Network
Noon Cornell at Columbia ESPN+
Noon Lafayette at Lehigh ESPN+
Noon East Tennessee State at VMI ESPN+
Noon Brown at Dartmouth ESPN+
Noon NCAA DIII First Round:
Mt. St. Joseph (Ohio) at John Carroll (Ohio)
ESPN+
Noon NCAA DIII First Round:
Ursinus College at King’s (Pa.)
ESPN+
Noon NCAA DIII First Round: Maryville (Tenn.) at Berry ESPN+
Noon NCAA DIII First Round: Alfred State at Endicott ESPN+
12:30 p.m. Holy Cross at Georgetown ESPN+
12:45 p.m. Massachusetts at No. 12 Georgia
Dave Neal, Max Starks, Ashley ShahAhmadi
SEC Network
1 p.m. UTEP at No. 7 Tennessee
Lowell Galindo, Fozzy Whittaker, Marilyn Payne
ESPN+/SECN+
1 p.m. Eastern Illinois at Tennessee Tech ESPN+
1 p.m. Western Kentucky at Liberty ESPN+
1 p.m. San Diego at Morehead State ESPN+
1 p.m. Butler at Presbyterian ESPN+
1 p.m. Pennsylvania at Princeton ESPN+
1 p.m. Murray State at Southern Illinois ESPN+
1 p.m. North Dakota at Illinois State ESPN+
1 p.m. Merrimack at Fordham ESPN+
1 p.m. Colgate at Bucknell ESPN+
1 p.m. Drake at Stetson ESPN+
1 p.m. Howard at Morgan State ESPN+
1 p.m. North Carolina Central at Delaware State ESPN+
1 p.m. NCAA DIII First Round:
Northwestern-St. Paul at Wisconsin-La Crosse
ESPN+
1 p.m. NCAA DIII First Round:
Mary Hardin-Baylor (TX) at Trinity University (TX)
ESPN+
1 p.m. NCAA DIII First Round: Bethel (MN) at Coe ESPN+
1:30 p.m. Charleston Southern at Florida State
Shawn Kenney, Forrest Conoly
ESPN+/ACCNX
1:30 p.m. Norfolk State at South Carolina State ESPN+
2 p.m. Rice at UAB
Justin Kutcher, Dave Steckel
ESPN+
2 p.m. Bowling Green at Ball State
Michael Reghi, Jerod Cherry
ESPN+
2 p.m. Montana at Montana State ESPN+
2 p.m. Gardner-Webb at Western Illinois ESPN+
2 p.m. North Dakota State at South Dakota ESPN+
2 p.m. Indiana State at Northern Iowa ESPN+
2 p.m. Davidson at Valparaiso ESPN+
2 p.m. Incarnate Word at East Texas A&M ESPN+
2 p.m. North Alabama at Eastern Kentucky ESPN+
2 p.m. Chattanooga at Austin Peay ESPN+
2:30 p.m. New Mexico State at Middle Tennessee ESPN+
2:30 p.m. James Madison at App State ESPN+
3 p.m. Charlotte at Florida Atlantic
Ryan Urquhart, Patrick Murray, Natalie Kalibut
ESPN+
3 p.m. Arizona at TCU
Richard Cross, Barrett Brooks
ESPN+
3 p.m. Lindenwood at UT Martin ESPN+
3 p.m. Cal Poly at Weber State ESPN+
3 p.m. Eastern Washington at Northern Arizona ESPN+
3 p.m. South Dakota State at Missouri State ESPN+
3 p.m. Western Carolina at Samford ESPN+
3 p.m. Furman at Mercer ESPN+
3 p.m. Northwestern State at Houston Christian ESPN+
3 p.m. Abilene Christian at Stephen F. Austin ESPN+
3 p.m. Central Arkansas at Tarleton State ESPN+
3 p.m. Utah Tech at Southern Utah ESPN+
3 p.m. Prairie View A&M at Alabama State ESPN+
3 p.m. Jackson State at Alcorn State ESPN+
3 p.m. Florida International at Kennesaw State ESPN+
3 p.m. UL Monroe at Arkansas State ESPN+
3 p.m. South Alabama at Southern Miss ESPN+
3 p.m. NCAA DIII First Round:
Pomona-Pitzer at Whitworth
ESPN+
3:30 p.m. Kentucky at No. 3 Texas
TV: Joe Tessitore, Jesse Palmer, Katie George
Radio: Roxy Bernstein, Max Starks, Mike Peasley
ABC/ESPN+/
ESPN Radio
3:30 p.m. No. 6 BYU at Arizona State
Dave Pasch, Dusty Dvoracek, Taylor McGregor
ESPN
3:30 p.m. UCF at West Virginia
Mike Monaco, Kirk Morrison, Dawn Davenport
ESPNU
3:30 p.m. Stanford at California
Jorge Sedano, Orlando Franklin, Morgan Uber
ACC Network
3:30 p.m. Georgia Southern at Coastal Carolina ESPN+
3:30 p.m. Texas Tech at Oklahoma State
James Westling, Jay Sonnhalter
ESPN+
3:30 p.m. Florida Classic: Florida A&M at Bethune-Cookman
Tiffany Greene, Jay Walker
ESPN+
3:30 p.m. East Carolina at North Texas
Ted Emrich, LaDarrin McLane, Smacker Miles
ESPN+
3:30 p.m. Tulsa at South Florida
Jason Ross Jr, Tyoka Jackson
ESPN+
4 p.m. Pittsburgh at No. 19 Louisville
Mike Couzens, Brock Osweiler, Stormy Buonantony
ESPN2
4 p.m. Wofford at No. 21 South Carolina
Jay Alter, Rocky Boiman, Ashley Stroehlein
ESPN+/SECN+
4 p.m. Louisiana Tech at Arkansas
Matt Schumacker, Dustin Fox
ESPN+/SECN+
4 p.m. Northern Colorado at Portland State ESPN+
4:15 p.m. No. 23 Missouri at Mississippi State
Taylor Zarzour, Matt Stinchcomb, Alyssa Lang
SEC Network
4:30 p.m. Southeast Missouri State at Tennessee State ESPN+
5 p.m. Troy at Louisiana ESPN+
5 p.m. UC Davis at Sacramento State ESPN+
6 p.m. Idaho at Idaho State ESPN+
7 p.m. Georgia State at Texas State ESPN+
7:30 p.m. No. 10 Alabama at Oklahoma
Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Holly Rowe
ABC/ESPN+
7:30 p.m. No. 15 Texas A&M at Auburn
Dave Flemming, Louis Riddick, Kris Budden
ESPN
7:30 p.m. Marshall at Old Dominion
Courtney Lyle, Leger Douzable
ESPNU
7:45 p.m. Vanderbilt at No. 22 LSU
Tom Hart, Jordan Rodgers, Cole Cubelic
SEC Network
8 p.m. Cincinnati at No. 16 Kansas State
Brian Custer, Rod Gilmore, Lauren Sisler
ESPN2
8 p.m. Virginia Tech at Duke
Wes Durham, Tom Luginbill, Dana Boyle
ACC Network
8 p.m. Lamar at McNeese ESPN+

 

Amanda Brooks

Amanda is the Senior Director of Communications overseeing publicity strategy for ESPN’s entire college sports portfolio, including college football and the College Football Playoff, 40 NCAA Championships and ESPN's college networks. Amanda is a proud alum of Hendrix College in Conway, Ark., and earned her master's in ethics from Vanderbilt University. A native of Kent, Ohio, she is a die-hard Cleveland Guardians fan.
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