College Football: 13 of 20 Remaining Undefeated Teams on ESPN Nets - Three Matchups between Unbeatens
The college football schedule across ESPN networks on Saturday, Oct. 5, will include 13 of the remaining 20 undefeated teams, highlighted by three matchups between unbeatens.
ESPN will kick off and end its coverage with a game between undefeated programs: No. 25 Maryland at No. 8 Florida State at noon and No. 15 Washington at No. 5 Stanford at 10:30 p.m. The ABC Saturday Night Football Presented by Windows telecast at 8 p.m. ET will pit No. 4 Ohio State at No. 16 Northwestern.
Additional highlights for Saturday, Oct. 5:
· ABC will televise two of the unbeaten teams at 3:30 p.m. in a reverse mirror with ESPN2: No. 19 Michigan against one-loss Minnesota and No. 3 Clemson at new ACC member Syracuse. The ABC window will also include one-loss No. 21 Oklahoma State against Kansas State.
· ESPNU will televise a showdown of ACC Coastal Division rivals pitting undefeated No. 14 Miami (Fla.) against one-loss Georgia Tech at 3:30 p.m.
· ESPN3 will showcase four of the unbeaten squads: No. 1 Alabama against Georgia State at 12:21 p.m., No. 7 Louisville at Temple at noon, Northern Illinois at Kent State at 3:30 p.m. and Missouri at Vanderbilt at 7:30 p.m.
In addition to undefeated teams in action, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN3 Saturday 7 p.m. games will involve at least one one-loss team: No. 24 Ole Miss at Auburn in a showdown of two one-loss SEC squads (ESPNU), No. 10 LSU at Mississippi State (ESPN & ESPN Radio), No. 18 Florida against Arkansas (ESPNU) and Cincinnati at South Florida (ESPN3).
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 and ESPN Radio Schedule
Date Time (ET) Matchup/Commentator Network
Thu, Oct 3 7:30 p.m. Texas at Iowa State
Rece Davis, Jesse Palmer, David Pollack & Samantha Ponder ESPN
Western Kentucky at Louisiana-Monroe
Mark Neely & Jay Walker ESPNU
Fri, Oct 4 9 p.m. Nevada at San Diego State
Carter Blackburn, Danny Kanell & Allison Williams ESPN
Sat, Oct 5 Noon No. 25 Maryland at No. 8 Florida State
Dave Pasch, Brian Griese & Tom Luginbill ESPN
Michigan State at Iowa
Beth Mowins, Joey Galloway & Paul Carcaterra ESPN2
Illinois at Nebraska
Tom Hart & John Congemi ESPNU
Rutgers at SMU
Dave Lamont & David Diaz-Infante ESPNEWS
No. 7 Louisville at Temple
Eamon McAnaney, Anthony Becht & Brooke Weisbrod ESPN3 & RSN *
Eastern Michigan at Buffalo
Michael Reghi & Doug Graber ESPN3 & RSN *
Ball State at Virginia ESPN3 & RSN *
12:21 p.m. Georgia State at No. 1 Alabama
Dave Neal, Andre Ware & Cara Capuano ESPN3 & SEC TV *
12:30 p.m. North Carolina at Virginia Tech ESPN3 & ACC Network *
1 p.m. Army at Boston College
Shawn Kenney & Pete Najarian ESPN3
Central Michigan at Miami (Ohio)
Jim Barbar & Rocky Boiman ESPN3
Columbia at Princeton
Dave Popkin & KC Keeler ESPN3
South Alabama at Troy ESPN3 *
Saint Francis at Central Connecticut State ESPN3
1:30 p.m. Elon at Furman ESPN3
2 p.m. Ohio at Akron
Dave Weekley & John Gregory ESPN3
3 p.m. Jacksonville State at Tennessee-Martin
Jim Barbar & John Gregory ESPN3
Western Michigan at Toledo ESPN3 *
Southern Illinois at South Dakota State ESPN3 *
3:30 p.m. Minnesota at No. 19 Michigan
Mike Patrick, Ed Cunningham & Jeannine Edwards ABC & ESPN2 **
No. 3 Clemson at Syracuse
Sean McDonough, Chris Spielman & Shannon Spake ABC & ESPN2 **
Kansas State at No. 21 Oklahoma State
Bob Wischusen, Rod Gilmore & Quint Kessenich ABC
Georgia Tech at No. 14 Miami (Fla.)
Anish Shroff, Kelly Stouffer & Nikki Noto ESPNU
NC State at Wake Forest ESPN3 & RSN *
Atlanta Football Classic: South Carolina State vs. North Carolina A&T
Joe Davis & Jay Walker ESPN3 ^
Northern Illinois at Kent State ESPN3 *
Massachusetts at Bowling Green ESPN3 *
4 p.m. McNeese State at Central Arkansas ESPN3 *
4:30 p.m. UCF at Memphis
Joe Meyers & Kevin O'Connell ESPN3
7 p.m. No. 10 LSU at Mississippi State
TV: Joe Tessitore, Matt Millen & Maria Taylor
Radio: Bill Rosinski, David Norrie & Joe Schad ESPN & ESPN Radio
Arkansas at No. 18 Florida
Mark Jones, Brock Huard & Kaylee Hartung ESPN2
No. 24 Ole Miss at Auburn
Clay Matvick, Matt Stinchcomb & Dawn Davenport ESPNU
Cincinnati at South Florida
John Sadak, Al Groh & Tiffany Greene ESPN3
Texas State at Louisiana-Lafayette ESPN3 *
7:30 p.m. Kentucky at No. 13 South Carolina ESPN3 & RSN *
Missouri at Vanderbilt
Matt Stewart, Chris Doering & Joe Budden ESPN3 & RSN *
8 p.m. No. 4 Ohio State at No. 16 Northwestern
Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit & Heather Cox ABC
10:30 p.m. No. 15 Washington at No. 5 Stanford
Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge & Holly Rowe ESPN
* Local blackout may apply
** Reverse mirror in which ESPN2 will regionalize two games on ABC to markets not receiving the telecast
^ Available on ESPNU Saturday, Oct. 5, at 10:30 p.m.
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