College Football: Nine Unbeatens & 13 Ranked Teams Highlighted by ESPN Prime Time Doubleheader
ESPN's college football schedule this week includes nine undefeated teams and 13 of the top 25 ranked programs, highlighted by an ESPN doubleheader on Saturday, Oct. 12: unbeaten No. 18 Michigan at Big Ten rival Penn State at 5 p.m. ET followed by one-loss No. 9 Texas A&M at Ole Miss at 8:30 p.m.
The action for Saturday will begin at noon with ABC and ESPN telecasts involving an unbeaten team: The Red River Rivalry pitting No. 12 Oklahoma against Texas from Dallas on ABC and undefeated No. 25 Missouri at No. 7 Georgia, with its only loss of the season coming to No. 3 Clemson, on ESPN.
Additional highlights:
· This week's ESPN Thursday night telecast on October 10 at 7:30 p.m. will pit unbeaten No. 8 Louisville against one-loss Rutgers in a showdown between American Athletic Conference members.
· ABC will televise two ranked teams at 3:30 p.m. in a reverse mirror with ESPN2: undefeated No. 3 Clemson against Boston College and No. 19 Northwestern at Wisconsin.
· An ESPN2 Saturday night doubleheader on October 12 will feature two unbeaten teams: No. 1 Alabama at Kentucky at 7 p.m. ET followed by No. 11 UCLA against California at 10:30 p.m.
· ESPNU will televise Pitt at No. 24 Virginia Tech in an ACC Coastal Division matchup between teams with one-loss on Saturday, Oct. 12, at noon.
· ESPN3 will showcase undefeated No. 23 Northern Illinois against Akron on Saturday, Oct. 12, at 5 p.m. while ESPNEWS will televise unbeaten Houston against Memphis at noon.
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
Date Time (ET) Matchup/Commentator Network
Thu, Oct 10 7:30 p.m. Rutgers at No. 8 Louisville
Rece Davis, Jesse Palmer, David Pollack & Samantha Ponder ESPN
South Carolina State at North Carolina Central
Mark Neely & Jay Walker ESPNU
Valdosta State at West Alabama ESPN3
10:30 p.m. Arizona at USC
Bill Rosinski, David Norrie & Joe Schad ESPN Radio
Fri, Oct 11 8:30 p.m. Temple at Cincinnati
Carter Blackburn, Danny Kanell & Allison Williams ESPN or ESPN2
Sat, Oct 12 Noon No. 12 Oklahoma vs. Texas (from Dallas)
Brent Musburger, Todd Blackledge & Heather Cox ABC
No. 25 Missouri at No. 7 Georgia
Dave Pasch, Brian Griese & Tom Luginbill ESPN
Indiana at Michigan State
Beth Mowins, Joey Galloway & Paul Carcaterra ESPN2
Pitt at No. 24 Virginia Tech
Tom Hart & John Congemi ESPNU
Memphis at Houston (from BBVA Compass Stadium)
Paul Loeffler & John Bunting ESPNEWS
South Florida at Connecticut
Eamon McAnaney, Anthony Becht & Brooke Weisbrod ESPN3 * & RSN
12:21 p.m. No. 14 South Carolina at Arkansas
Dave Neal, Andre Ware & Cara Capuano ESPN3 * & SEC TV
12:30 p.m. Navy at Duke ESPN3 * & RSN
2 p.m. Buffalo at Western Michigan
Dan Gutowsky & Rocky Boiman ESPN3
Western Carolina at Auburn ESPN3 *
Central Michigan at Ohio ESPN3 *
Missouri State at North Dakota State ESPN3 *
3 p.m. Kent State at Ball State
Jim Barbar & Mark Herrmann ESPN3
Miami (Ohio) at Massachusetts
Bob Picozzi & KC Keeler ESPN3
3:30 p.m. No. 19 Northwestern at Wisconsin
TV: Sean McDonough, Chris Spielman & Shannon Spake
Radio: Bill Rosinski, David Norrie & Joe Schad ABC & ESPN2 ** & ESPN Radio
Boston College at No. 3 Clemson
Bob Wischusen, Rod Gilmore & Quint Kessenich ABC & ESPN2 **
Virginia at Maryland
Anish Shroff & Kelly Stouffer ESPNU
Syracuse at NC State ESPN3 * & RSN
Troy at Georgia State ESPN3 * & RSN
4 p.m. South Dakota State at Western Illinois ESPN3 *
Northwestern State at Nicholls State ESPN3 *
5 p.m. No. 18 Michigan at Penn State
Joe Tessitore, Matt Millen & Maria Taylor ESPN
Akron at No. 23 Northern Illinois
Shawn Kenney & Bob Chmeil ESPN3
6 p.m. Gardner-Webb at Coastal Carolina ESPN3 *
Furman at Tennessee-Chattanooga ESPN3 *
7 p.m. No. 1 Alabama at Kentucky
Mark Jones, Brock Huard & Lewis Johnson ESPN2
Georgia Tech at BYU
Clay Matvick, Matt Stinchcomb & Dawn Davenport ESPNU
Louisiana-Monroe at Texas State
Andrew Monaco & Kevin O'Connell Longhorn Network
Idaho at Arkansas State
Brock Bowling & Warrick Dunn ESPN3
Bowling Green at Mississippi State ESPN3 * & RSN
Illinois State at Youngstown State ESPN3 *
8 p.m. Stephen F. Austin at Southeastern Louisiana ESPN3 *
8:30 p.m. No. 9 Texas A&M at Ole Miss
Brad Nessler, Kirk Herbstreit & Holly Rowe ESPN
10:30 p.m. California at No. 11 UCLA
Mike Patrick, Ed Cunningham & Jeannine Edwards ESPN2
Oregon State at Washington State
Joe Davis & Jay Walker ESPNU
Tue, Oct 15 8 p.m. Louisiana-Lafayette at Western Kentucky ESPN2
* Local blackout may apply
** Reverse mirror in which ESPN2 will regionalize two games on ABC to markets not receiving the telecast
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