College Football: ESPN & ABC Showcase No. 1 Alabama, No. 4 Ohio State & No. 5 Stanford in Prime Time
ESPN networks will carry four of the top five ranked teams - and nine of the top 15 - on Saturday, Sept. 28, highlighted by prime-time telecasts of No. 1 Alabama and No. 5 Stanford on ESPN and No. 4 Ohio State on ABC.
An ESPN Saturday night doubleheader will showcase No. 1 Alabama against undefeated SEC West Division rival No. 21 Ole Miss at 6:30 p.m. ET followed by No. 5 Stanford at one-loss Pac-12 North Division foe Washington State at 10 p.m. The ABC Saturday Night Football Presented by Windows telecast at 8 p.m. will feature No. 4 Ohio State at No. 23 Wisconsin in a matchup of Big Ten Leaders Division opponents.
Additional highlights for Saturday, Sept. 28:
· ABC, ESPN and ESPNU will each televise a top 15 team on the road at noon: No. 12 South Carolina at unbeaten UCF on ABC, No. 11 Oklahoma State at West Virginia on ESPN and No. 15 Miami (Fla.) at South Carolina on ESPNU.
· Two of the ACC's unbeaten and ranked teams will play 3:30 p.m. games against conference foes: No. 3 Clemson against Wake Forest on ESPNU and No. 8 Florida State at Boston College on ABC (ESPN2 will reverse mirror the game with Iowa at Minnesota).
· Two of the networks' 7 p.m. games will include a ranked team on the road: No. 10 Texas A&M at Arkansas on ESPN2 and ESPN Radio and No. 20 Florida at Kentucky on ESPNU.
All ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN3 games will be available through WatchESPN, accessible online at WatchESPN.com, on smartphones and tablets via the WatchESPN app, through ESPN on Xbox LIVE to Gold members and on Apple TV to fans who receive their video subscription from an affiliated provider.
ESPN Goal Line network will offer unlimited live cut-ins and highlights from numerous top college football games every Saturday beginning at noon. Goal Line is currently available to Time Warner Cable, Bright House Networks, Cox, Cablevision, Verizon FiOS TV, Comcast and Midcontinent Communications customers.
ESPN, ABC, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3, ESPNEWS, Longhorn Network and ESPN Radio Schedule
Thu, Sep 26 7:30 p.m. Virginia Tech at Georgia Tech
TV: Rece Davis, Jesse Palmer, David Pollack & Samantha Ponder
Radio: Bill Rosinski, David Norrie & Joe Schad ESPN & ESPN Radio
Howard at North Carolina A&T
Mark Neely & Jay Walker ESPNU
Fri, Sep 27 9 p.m. Utah State at San Jose State
Carter Blackburn, Danny Kanell & Allison Williams ESPN
Middle Tennessee State at BYU
Eamon McAnaney & Anthony Becht ESPNU
Sat, Sep 28 Noon No. 12 South Carolina at UCF
Dave Pasch, Brian Griese & Tom Luginbill ABC
No. 11 Oklahoma State at West Virginia
Bob Wischusen, Rod Gilmore & Quint Kessenich ESPN
Northern Illinois at Purdue
Beth Mowins, Joey Galloway & Paul Carcaterra ESPN2
No. 15 Miami (Fla.) at South Florida
Tom Hart & John Congemi ESPNU
12:21 p.m. South Alabama at Tennessee
Dave Neal, Andre Ware & Cara Capuano ESPN3 & SEC TV *
12:30 p.m. East Carolina at North Carolina ESPN3 & ACC Network *
Virginia at Pittsburgh ESPN3 & RSN *
1 p.m. Bryant at Wagner ESPN3
2 p.m. Navy at Western Kentucky
Mark Neely & Ray Bentley ESPNEWS
Hampton at South Carolina State ESPN3 ^
Charlotte at Presbyterian ESPN3
2:30 p.m. Akron at Bowling Green
Michael Reghi & Rocky Boiman ESPN3
Eastern Kentucky at Eastern Illinois ESPN3
3 p.m. Toledo at Ball State
Jim Barbar & John Gregory ESPN3
Troy at Duke
Shawn Kenney & John Bunting ESPN3
3:30 p.m. No. 8 Florida State at Boston College
Sean McDonough, Chris Spielman & Shannon Spake ABC & ESPN2 **
Iowa at Minnesota
Mike Patrick, Ed Cunningham & Jeannine Edwards ABC & ESPN2 **
Wake Forest at No. 3 Clemson
Anish Shroff, Kelly Stouffer & Brooke Weisbrod ESPNU
Central Michigan at NC State
John Sadak & Al Groh ESPN3
Connecticut at Buffalo
Bob Picozzi & KC Keeler ESPN3
6:30 p.m. No. 21 Ole Miss at No. 1 Alabama
Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge & Holly Rowe ESPN
7 p.m. No. 10 Texas A&M at Arkansas
TV: Mark Jones, Brock Huard & Kaylee Hartung
Radio: Marc Kestecher, David Norrie & Joe Schad ESPN2 & ESPN Radio
No. 20 Florida at Kentucky
Clay Matvick, Matt Stinchcomb & Dawn Davenport ESPNU
Kent State at Western Michigan
Dan Gutowsky & Dustin Fox ESPN3
Tulane at Louisiana-Monroe
Drew Fellios & Stan Lewter ESPN3
Wyoming at Texas State
Andrew Monaco & Kevin O'Connell Longhorn Network
Youngstown State at Southern Illinois ESPN3 *
Angelo State at Valdosta State ESPN3 *
Kentucky-Wesleyan at Liberty ESPN3 *
7:30 p.m. Arkansas State at Missouri
Matt Stewart, Chris Doering & Angela Mallen ESPN3 & RSN *
UAB at Vanderbilt ESPN3 & RSN *
8 p.m. No. 23 Wisconsin at No. 4 Ohio State
Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit & Heather Cox ABC
San Diego State at New Mexico State ESPN3 *
10 p.m. No. 5 Stanford at Washington State
Joe Tessitore, Matt Millen & Maria Taylor ESPN
10:15 p.m. Southern Miss at Boise State
Joe Davis & David Diaz-Infante ESPNU
10:30 p.m. USC at Arizona State
Dave Flemming, Mike Bellotti & Allison Williams ESPN2
* Local blackout may apply
** Reverse mirror in which ESPN2 will regionalize two games on ABC to markets not receiving the telecast
^ Available on ESPNU Sunday, Sept. 29, at 8 a.m.
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