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ESPN College Football Schedule Includes Three Games between Ranked Teams
ESPN’s college football schedule this week will be highlighted by telecasts of three of the four matchups between ranked teams, all on Saturday, Oct. 13: No. 3 South Carolina at No. 9 LSU (8 p.m. ET on ESPN); the Red River Rivalry pitting No. 15 Texas vs. No. 13 Oklahoma from Dallas (noon on ABC); and No. 22 Texas A&M vs. No. 23 Louisiana Tech from Shreveport, a game postponed from opening weekend due to weather (9 p.m. on ESPNU).
Additional notes for Saturday, Oct. 13:
- ESPNU will televise four games, including three unbeaten – and four ranked – teams: No. 18 Louisville (at Pittsburgh at 11 a.m.), No. 4 Florida (at Vanderbilt at 6 p.m.) and No. 23 Louisiana Tech (against one-loss No. 22 Texas A&M at 9 p.m.)
- ESPNU and ESPN3 will combine to carry all three of the remaining undefeated BIG EAST teams: No. 18 Louisville (at Pittsburgh at 11 a.m. on ESPNU), No. 20 Rutgers (against Syracuse at noon on ESPN3 and the BIG EAST Network) and No. 21 Cincinnati (against Fordham at 7 p.m. on ESPN3).
- ESPN2 will televise No. 19 Mississippi State, one of four remaining unbeaten teams in the SEC, against conference rival Tennessee at 9 p.m. Mississippi State’s 5-0 record is its best start to a season since 1999. It is also only the fourth time Mississippi State has won its first five games in its 113 years of playing football. Tennessee leads the series 28-15-1, including wins in 9 of the last 10 games.
- ESPN platforms will carry 10 undefeated teams in action Saturday, Oct. 13: No. 3 South Carolina, No. 4 Florida, No. 5 West Virginia, No. 10 Oregon State, No. 18 Louisville, No. 19 Mississippi State, No. 20 Rutgers, No. 21 Cincinnati, No. 23 Louisiana Tech and Ohio.
ESPN, ABC, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3, ESPN 3D and ESPN Radio Schedule
Date | Time (ET) | Game / Commentators | Network |
Thu, Oct 11 | 7:30 p.m. | Western Kentucky at Troy Joe Davis & Jay Walker |
ESPNU |
9 p.m. | Arizona State at Colorado Rece Davis, Jesse Palmer, David Pollack & Samantha Steele |
ESPN | |
Fri, Oct 12 | 8 p.m. | Navy at Central Michigan Carter Blackburn, Rod Gilmore & Jemele Hill |
ESPN2 |
Sat, Oct 13 | 11 a.m. | No. 18 Louisville at Pittsburgh Tom Hart & John Congemi |
ESPNU |
Noon | No. 15 Texas vs. No. 13 Oklahoma (from Dallas) Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge & Holly Rowe |
ABC | |
Noon | Iowa at Michigan State Dave Pasch, Brian Griese & Jenn Brown |
ESPN & ESPN 3D | |
Noon | Northwestern at Minnesota Beth Mowins, Joey Galloway & Heather Mitts |
ESPN2 | |
Noon | Auburn at Ole Miss Dave Neal, Andre Ware & Cara Capuano |
ESPN3 & SEC Network | |
Noon | Syracuse at No. 20 Rutgers Eamon McAnaney, David Diaz-Infante & Paul Carcaterra |
ESPN3 * & BIG EAST Network | |
Noon | Lafayette at Yale | ESPN3 | |
12:30 p.m. | Duke at Virginia Tech | ESPN3 * & ACC Network | |
1 p.m. | Temple at Connecticut Dave Weekley & Rene Ingoglia |
ESPN3 | |
1:30 p.m. | Tennessee-Chattanooga at Furman | ESPN3 | |
2 p.m. | Akron at Ohio Dan Gutowsky & John Gregory |
ESPN3 | |
2 p.m. | Youngstown State at Illinois State | ESPN3 | |
2 p.m. | Liberty at Presbyterian | ESPN3 | |
2:30 p.m. | North Carolina at Miami (Fla.) Anish Shroff & Dan Hawkins |
ESPNU | |
3 p.m. | Western Michigan at Ball State Jim Barbar & Ben Leber |
ESPN3 | |
3 p.m. | Maryland at Virginia | ESPN3 * | |
3:30 p.m. | Illinois at No. 25 Michigan Bob Wischusen, Danny Kanell & Lewis Johnson |
ABC & ESPN ** | |
No. 5 West Virginia at Texas Tech Sean McDonough, Chris Spielman & Quint Kessenich |
ABC & ESPN ** | ||
No. 10 Oregon State at BYU Mike Patrick, Ed Cunningham & Jeannine Edwards |
ABC & ESPN3 | ||
3:30 p.m. | Stony Brook at Coastal Carolina | ESPN3 | |
3:30 p.m. | Miami (Ohio) at Bowling Green | ESPN3 * | |
3:30 p.m. | Buffalo at Northern Illinois | ESPN3 * | |
4 p.m. | Utah State at San Jose State Trey Bender & Jay Taylor |
ESPN3 * | |
4 p.m. | Indiana State at North Dakota State | ESPN3 | |
4 p.m. | Northwestern State at Southeastern Louisiana | ESPN3 | |
5:30 p.m. | Boston College at No. 12 Florida State Mark Jones, Brock Huard & Maria Taylor |
ESPN2 | |
6 p.m. | No. 4 Florida at Vanderbilt Clay Matvick, Matt Stinchcomb & Tom Luginbill |
ESPNU | |
7 p.m. | Kentucky at Arkansas | ESPN3 * | |
7 p.m. | Fordham at No. 21 Cincinnati Mike Gleason, John Bunting & Rontina McCann |
ESPN3 | |
7 p.m. | Western Illinois at South Dakota State | ESPN3 | |
7 p.m. | TCU at Baylor Bill Rosinkski, David Norrie & Ian Fitzsimmons |
ESPN Radio | |
8 p.m. | No. 3 South Carolina at No. 9 LSU Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit & Heather Cox |
ESPN | |
8 p.m. | Florida Atlantic at Louisiana-Monroe | ESPN3 | |
9 p.m. | Tennessee at No. 19 Mississippi State Joe Tessitore, Matt Millen & Allison Williams |
ESPN2 | |
9 p.m. | No. 22 Texas A&M vs. No. 23 Louisiana Tech (from Shreveport) Joe Davis & Kelly Stouffer |
ESPNU |
* Local blackout may apply
** Reverse mirror in which ESPN will regionalize two games on ABC to markets not receiving the telecast
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