College Football: Four of Top 6 in Action & Three Matchups between Ranked Teams in Prime
This week's college football schedule includes four of the top six teams as well as three games between teams in the current BCS Standings, all on Saturday, Nov. 30:
· Two of the top three teams, both undefeated, will kick off at noon with ABC televising No. 3 Ohio State at historic rival Michigan and ESPN covering No. 2 Florida State at in-state foe Florida.
· ESPN and ESPN2 will each provide prime time coverage of a top-six team against another squad in the BCS standings: No. 6 Clemson at No. 10 South Carolina at 7 p.m. on ESPN2 and No. 5 Missouri against No. 21 Texas A&M at 7:45 p.m. on ESPN.
· ABC's Saturday Night Football Presented by Windows at 8 p.m. will match No. 22 UCLA at No. 23 USC in a showdown between Los Angeles schools. ESPN Radio will also broadcast the game.
ESPN platforms will cover 13 weekday games around the Thanksgiving holiday, beginning with unbeaten No. 14 Northern Illinois against Western Michigan on Tuesday, Nov. 26, at 7 p.m. on ESPN2. ESPN's Thanksgiving Day game will pit Ole Miss at Mississippi State at 7:30 p.m.
The lineup for Friday, Nov. 29, will feature 10 games, including Iowa at Nebraska at noon on ABC, Miami (Fla.) at Pittsburgh at 3:30 p.m. on ABC and No. 19 UCF against South Florida at 8 p.m. on ESPN.
ESPN, ABC, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3, ESPNEWS and ESPN Radio Schedule
Date Time (ET) Matchup/Commentator Network
Tue, Nov 26 7 p.m. Western Michigan at No. 14 Northern Illinois
Dave Lamont, Ray Bentley & Quint Kessenich ESPN2
Thu, Nov 28 4 p.m. Turkey Day Classic: Stillman at Alabama State
Mark Neely & Jay Walker ESPNU
7:30 p.m. Ole Miss at Mississippi State
Rece Davis, Jesse Palmer, David Pollack & Maria Taylor ESPN
Fri, Nov 29 noon Iowa at Nebraska
Bob Wischusen, Rod Gilmore & Quint Kessenich ABC
SMU at Houston
Anish Shroff & Kelly Stouffer ESPN2
Toledo at Akron
Michael Reghi & Jerod Cherry ESPN3
1 p.m. Miami (Ohio) at Ball State
Frank Giardina & Mark Herrman ESPN3
1:30 p.m. Bowling Green at Buffalo
Eamon McAnaney, Anthony Becht & Brooke Weisbrod ESPNU
2 p.m. Eastern Michigan at Central Michigan
Mike Couzens & Bob Chmeil ESPN3
Massachusetts at Ohio
John Sanders & Dustin Fox ESPN3
Texas State at Troy
Brock Bowling & Warrick Dunn ESPN3
3:30 p.m. Miami (Fla.) at Pittsburgh
Dave Lamont, David Diaz-Infante & Niki Noto ABC
8 p.m. South Florida at No. 19 UCF
Carter Blackburn, Danny Kanell & Allison Williams ESPN
Sat, Nov 30 Noon No. 3 Ohio State at Michigan
Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge & Holly Rowe ABC
No. 2 Florida State at Florida
Dave Pasch, Brian Griese & Tom Luginbill ESPN & ESPN Radio
No. 24 Duke at North Carolina
Beth Mowins, Joey Galloway & Paul Carcaterra ESPN2
Rutgers at Connecticut
Marc Kestecher & Rene Ingoglia ESPNU
Temple at Memphis
Mark Neely & Ray Bentley ESPNEWS
12:21 p.m. Wake Forest at Vanderbilt
Dave Neal, Andre Ware & Cara Capuano ESPN3 * & SEC TV
12:30 p.m. Maryland at NC State ESPN3 * & ACC Network
2 p.m. Air Force at Colorado State
Paul Leoffler & Peter Vaas ESPN3
South Alabama at Georgia State
Ryan Rose & Mark Herrman ESPN3
3:30 p.m. Georgia at Georgia Tech
Bob Wischusen, Rod Gilmore & Quint Kessenich ABC
Penn State at No. 15 Wisconsin
Mike Patrick, Ed Cunningham & Jeannine Edwards ESPN
No. 9 Baylor at TCU
Joe Tessitore, Matt Millen & Kaylee Hartung ESPN2
Virginia Tech at Virginia
Tom Hart & John Congemi ESPNU
Boston College at Syracuse ESPN3 * & RSN
Idaho at New Mexico State ESPN3 *
4 p.m. Arkansas State at Western Kentucky
Dan Gutowsky & Forest Conoly ESPN3
7 p.m. No. 6 Clemson at No. 10 South Carolina
Mark Jones, Brock Huard & Jessica Mendoza ESPN2
Tennessee at Kentucky
Clay Matvick, Matt Stinchcomb & Dawn Davenport ESPNU
Louisiana-Monroe at Louisiana-Lafayette ESPN3 *
7:45 p.m. No. 21 Texas A&M at No. 5 Missouri
Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit & Heather Cox ESPN
8 p.m. No. 22 UCLA at No. 23 USC
Sean McDonough, Chris Spielman & Shannon Spake ABC & ESPN Radio
10:15 p.m. New Mexico at Boise State
Allen Bestwick & Mike Bellotti ESPN2
10:30 p.m. San Diego State at UNLV
Joe Davis & Dan Hawkins ESPNU
* Local blackout may apply
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