Matchup of Undefeated Teams in Five Telecasts, Two between Ranked Squads
ESPN’s college football schedule this week is highlighted by telecasts of five of the week’s six Football Bowl Subdivision matchups between undefeated teams. Two of the games will include a matchup of ranked teams, both on Saturday, Sept. 15: No. 18 Florida at No. 23 Tennessee (6 p.m. ET on ESPN and ESPN Radio) and No. 20 Notre Dame at No. 10 Michigan State (8 p.m. on ABC). Additional games between unbeaten squads:
- The Thursday ESPN College Football Primetime game on September 13 at 7:30 p.m. will kick off the action with Rutgers at South Florida in a BIG EAST Conference showdown.
- ESPN will televise Wake Forest at ACC rival No. 5 Florida State on Saturday, Sept. 15, at noon. Wake Forest has defeated Florida State in four of the series’ six previous games, including a 35-30 victory over then-No. 23 Florida State last season.
- ESPN will televise No. 14 Texas of the Big 12 at Ole Miss of the SEC in a non-conference matchup on Saturday, Sept. 15, at 9:15 p.m. It will mark the first game between the programs since 1966.
Overall, ESPN networks will cover 14 teams ranked in the AP Top 25, including four games on ESPN3 on Saturday, Sept. 15: No. 3 LSU against Idaho at 8 p.m., No. 7 Georgia against Florida Atlantic at 7:30 p.m., No. 8 South Carolina against UAB at 7 p.m. and No. 11 Clemson against Furman at 3 p.m.
ESPN, ABC, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3, ESPN 3D and ESPN Radio Schedule
| Date | Time (ET) | Game / Commentators | Network |
| Thu, Sep 13 | 7:30 p.m. | Rutgers at South Florida Rece Davis, Jesse Palmer, David Pollack & Samantha Steele |
ESPN |
| 7:30 p.m. | Mississippi Valley State at Southern Joe Davis & Jay Walker |
ESPNU | |
| Fri, Sep 14 | 9 p.m. | Washington State at UNLV Carter Blackburn, Rod Gilmore & Jemele Hill |
ESPN |
| Sat, Sep 15 | Noon | California at No. 12 Ohio State Sean McDonough, Chris Spielman & Quint Kessenich |
ABC |
| Noon | Wake Forest at No. 5 Florida State Dave Pasch, Brian Griese & Jenn Brown |
ESPN & ESPN 3D | |
| Noon | Arkansas State at Nebraska Beth Mowins, Joey Galloway & Lewis Johnson |
ESPN2 | |
| Noon | No. 13 Virginia Tech at Pittsburgh Tom Hart & John Congemi |
ESPNU | |
| Noon | Bethune-Cookman at Miami Drew Fellios, Doug Garber & Tiffany Green |
ESPN3 | |
| Noon | Louisiana-Monroe at Auburn Dave Neal, Andre Ware & Cara Capuano |
ESPN3 & SEC Network | |
| 12:30 p.m. | Connecticut at Maryland | ESPN3 * & ACC Network | |
| 12:30 p.m. | Presbyterian at Vanderbilt Bob Neal & Cole Cubelic |
ESPN3 & CSS | |
| 3 p.m. | Furman at No. 11 Clemson | ESPN3 * & RSN | |
| 3:30 p.m. | North Carolina at No. 19 Louisville Bob Wischusen, Danny Kanell & Maria Taylor |
ABC & ESPN2 ** | |
| Navy at Penn State Mike Patrick, Ed Cunningham & Jeannine Edwards |
ABC & ESPN2 ** | ||
| 3:30 p.m. | Virginia at Georgia Tech Anish Shroff & Dan Hawkins |
ESPNU | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Morgan State at Akron Dan Gutowsky & Jerod Cherry |
ESPN3 | |
| 4 p.m. | Stony Brook at Syracuse | ESPN3 * & BIG EAST Network | |
| 6 p.m. | No. 18 Florida at No. 23 Tennessee Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge & Holly Rowe Radio: Bill Rosinski, David Norrie, Joe Schad |
ESPN & ESPN Radio | |
| 6 p.m. | South Alabama at NC State Bob Picozzi, Forrest Conoly & Sarah Stankavage |
ESPN3 | |
| 7 p.m. | Arizona State at Missouri Joe Tessitore, Matt Millen & Shelley Smith |
ESPN2 | |
| 7 p.m. | Western Kentucky at Kentucky Clay Matvick, Matt Stinchcomb & Allison Williams |
ESPNU | |
| 7 p.m. | Rice at Louisiana Tech Rich Hollenberg & Ralph Friedgen |
ESPN3 | |
| 7 p.m. | Mississippi State at Troy Shawn Kenney & John Bunting |
ESPN3 | |
| 7 p.m. | Bowling Green at Toledo Frank Giardina & TBD |
ESPN3 | |
| 7 p.m. | Delaware State at Cincinnati Jim Barbar, John Gregory & Rontina McCann |
ESPN3 | |
| 7 p.m. | North Carolina Central at Duke Dave Weekley, Stan Lewter & Beth McDade |
ESPN3 | |
| 7 p.m. | UAB at No. 8 South Carolina | ESPN3 * & FSN | |
| 7:30 p.m. | Florida Atlantic at No. 7 Georgia Matt Stewart & Chris Doering |
ESPN3 & CSS | |
| 8 p.m. | No. 20 Notre Dame at No. 10 Michigan State Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit & Heather Cox |
ABC | |
| 8 p.m. | Colorado State at San Jose State Trey Bender & John Fina |
ESPN3 | |
| 8 p.m. | Idaho at No. 3 LSU | ESPN3 | |
| 9:15 p.m. | No. 14 Texas at Mississippi Mark Jones, Brock Huard & Jessica Mendoza |
ESPN | |
| 10 p.m. | No. 25 BYU at Utah Mark Neely, Ray Bentley & Paul Carcaterra |
ESPN2 | |
| 10:30 p.m. | Howard at Norfolk State Joe Davis & Jay Walker |
ESPNU *** |
* Local blackout may apply
** Reverse mirror in which ESPN2 will regionalize two games on ABC to markets not receiving the telecast
*** Live on ESPN3 at 4 p.m. ET & same day delay on ESPNU
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