College Football: Six of Top Nine Teams Highlighted by No. 2 Alabama vs. No. 15 Ole Miss
ESPN’s college football game schedule for this week will include six of the top nine ranked programs, highlighted by an ESPN Saturday night doubleheader featuring two of the teams on September 19: No. 7 Georgia vs. South Carolina at 6 p.m. ET followed by No. 2 Alabama against No. 15 Ole Miss at 9:15 p.m.
Saturday also includes an ABC tripleheader with a top six program in each game: No. 4 Michigan State against Air Force at noon, No. 1 Ohio State against Northern Illinois at 3:30 p.m. and No. 6 USC against Stanford at 8 p.m. ESPN Radio will broadcast the ABC Saturday Night Football game and No. 18 Auburn at No. 13 LSU at 3:30 p.m.
In addition to top teams on Saturday, ESPN will televise ACC showdowns on Thursday and Friday night, both involving a ranked team. The Thursday night matchup on September 17 will pit No. 11 Clemson at Louisville at 7:30 p.m. and the Friday contest on September 18 will feature No. 9 Florida State at Boston College at 8 p.m.
Every ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNEWS, ESPN3, SEC Network and Longhorn Network game will be available through WatchESPN, accessible online at WatchESPN.com, on smartphones and tablets via the WatchESPN app and through Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Roku, Xbox 360 and Xbox One to fans who receive their video subscription from an affiliated provider.
ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3, ESPNEWS, SEC Network and ESPN Radio Schedule
| Date | Time (ET) | Game/Announcers | Network |
| Thu, Sep 17 | 7:30 p.m. | No. 11 Clemson at Louisville
TV: Rece Davis, Jesse Palmer, David Pollack, Kaylee Hartung Radio: Bill Rosinski, David Norrie & Joe Schad |
ESPN & ESPN Radio |
| 7:30 p.m. | Florida A&M at South Carolina State
Roy Philpott, Jay Walker |
ESPNU | |
| Fri, Sep 18 | 7:30 p.m. | Howard at Hampton (from Washington, D.C.)
Mark Neely, Jay Walker |
ESPNU |
| 8 p.m. | No. 9 Florida State at Boston College
Dave Flemming, Mack Brown, Allison Williams |
ESPN | |
| Sat, Sep 19 | Noon | Air Force at No. 4 Michigan State
Dave Pasch, Brian Griese, Tom Luginbill |
ABC |
| Noon | Connecticut at No. 22 Missouri
Adam Amin, Kelly Stouffer, Olivia Harlan |
ESPN | |
| Noon | Illinois at North Carolina
Beth Mowins, Anthony Becht, Paul Carcaterra |
ESPN2 | |
| Noon | South Florida at Maryland
Clay Matvick, John Congemi |
ESPNU | |
| Noon | Nevada at No. 17 Texas A&M
Tom Hart, Andre Ware, Laura Rutledge |
SEC Network | |
| Noon | Savannah State at Akron
Michael Reghi, Jerod Cherry |
ESPN3 | |
| Noon | Benedictine at Mid-America Nazarene | ESPN3 * | |
| 12:30 p.m. | No. 23 Northwestern at Duke | ESPN3 * | |
| 12:30 p.m. | Central Michigan at Syracuse | ESPN3 * | |
| 1 p.m. | Edinboro at East Stroudsburg | ESPN3 * | |
| 2 p.m. | Southeastern Louisiana at Ohio
Dave Weekley, John Gregory |
ESPN3 | |
| 2 p.m. | Tennessee State at Jacksonville State | ESPN3 | |
| 2 p.m. | Mercyhurst at Bloomsburg | ESPN3 * | |
| 2 p.m. | Winston-Salam State at Tuskegee | ESPN3 | |
| 2 p.m. | College of Faith (Ark.) at Valparaiso | ESPN3 * | |
| 3 p.m. | Memphis at Bowling Green | ESPN3 * | |
| 3 p.m. | Ball State at Eastern Michigan
Dan Gutowsky, Mickey Matthews |
ESPN3 | |
| 3 p.m. | Temple at Massachusetts
Bob Picozzi, Matt Chatham |
ESPN3 | |
| 3 p.m. | Drake at South Dakota | ESPN3 * | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Nebraska at Miami (Fla.)
Mark Jones, Rod Gilmore, Quint Kessenich |
ABC & ESPN2 | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Northern Illinois at No. 1 Ohio State
Mike Patrick, Ed Cunningham, Dr. Jerry Punch |
ABC & ESPN2 | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Virginia Tech at Purdue
Anish Shroff, Ahmad Brooks |
ESPNU | |
| 3:30 p.m. | William & Mary at Virginia
Shawn Kenney, Stan Lewter |
ESPN3 | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Cincinnati at Miami (Ohio)
Jim Barbar, Dustin Fox |
ESPN3 | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Chattanooga at Samford | ESPN3 * | |
| 3:30 p.m. | North Dakota at North Dakota State | ESPN3 * | |
| 3:30 p.m. | No. 18 Auburn at No. 13 LSU
Bill Rosinski, David Norrie & Joe Schad |
ESPN Radio | |
| 4 p.m. | Western Kentucky at Indiana
Mike Corey, Rene Ingoglia |
ESPNEWS | |
| 4 p.m. | Northwestern State at Mississippi State
Dave Neal, Matt Stinchcomb, Kayce Smith |
SEC Network | |
| 4 p.m. | Austin Peay at Vanderbilt
Mike Couzens, Cole Cubelic, Kevin Weidl |
SEC Network Alternate | |
| 4 p.m. | Saint Francis (Pa.) at Youngstown State | ESPN3 * | |
| 5 p.m. | Wofford at Idaho
Peter Young, Chad Brown |
ESPN3 | |
| 6 p.m. | South Carolina at No. 7 Georgia
Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge, Holly Rowe |
ESPN | |
| 6 p.m. | Furman at UCF
Drew Fellios, Forest Conoly |
ESPN3 | |
| 6 p.m. | Jackson State at Southern
Joel Meyers, Brian Kinchen |
ESPN3 | |
| 6 p.m. | The Citadel at Georgia Southern
Matt Stewart, Wayne Gandy |
ESPN3 | |
| 7 p.m. | Texas Tech at Arkansas
Bob Wischusen, Brock Huard, Shannon Spake |
ESPN2 | |
| 7 p.m. | Western Carolina at Tennessee
Allen Bestwick, Dan Hawkins |
ESPNU | |
| 7 p.m. | Murray State at Western Michigan
Alex Faust, Pete Najarian |
ESPN3 | |
| 7 p.m. | Missouri State at Arkansas State
Brock Bowling, Jay Taylor |
ESPN3 | |
| 7 p.m. | Southern Miss at Texas State
Trey Bender, George Wrighster |
ESPN3 | |
| 7 p.m. | McNeese State at Stephen F. Austin | ESPN3 | |
| 7 p.m. | Montana at Liberty | ESPN3 | |
| 7:30 p.m. | Florida at Kentucky
Brent Musburger, Jesse Palmer, Maria Taylor |
SEC Network | |
| 8 p.m. | Stanford at No. 6 USC
TV: Sean McDonough, Chris Spielman, Todd McShay Radio: Jason Benetti, Tom Ramsey, TBD |
ABC & ESPN Radio | |
| 8 p.m. | Iowa State at Toledo
Eamon McAnaney, Rocky Boiman |
ESPNEWS | |
| 8 p.m. | Maine at Tulane
Roy Philpott, Vonnie Holiday |
ESPN3 | |
| 8 p.m. | UTEP at New Mexico State | ESPN3 * | |
| 9:15 p.m. | No. 15 Ole Miss at No. 2 Alabama
Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Heather Cox |
ESPN |
* Local blackout may apply
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