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College Football: Two Top 25 Matchups Plus Six Top 10 Teams Across ESPN Networks
ESPN’s college football schedule this weekend is highlighted by two top 25 games, plus six teams in the Top 10 of the poll:
- No. 3 Oklahoma vs. No. 11 Texas from the Cotton Bowl in Dallas (noon, ABC) and No. 15 Auburn at No. 10 Arkansas (7 p.m., ESPN/ESPN3) – both Saturday, Oct. 6
- No. 9 Oregon hosts California Thursday in the ESPN College Football Primetime Served by Applebee’s game (9 p.m., ESPN/ESPN3/ESPN 3D) and No. 5 Boise State travels to Fresno State Friday for the ESPN College Football Primetime Presented by Russell Athletic game (9 p.m., ESPN/ESPN3)
- No. 2 Alabama hosts Vanderbilt in an SEC tilt Saturday (7 p.m., ESPNU)
In addition, a three-game split-national telecast Saturday, Oct. 8, at 3:30 p.m. on ABC and ESPN includes an ACC matchup with Miami (Fla.) at No. 21 Virginia Tech and Big Ten tilt of Iowa at Penn State. The third game on ABC will be a Big 12 contest between Missouri and No. 20 Kansas State (Big 12). All three games will be available on ESPN3.
| Date | Time (ET) | Game | Network |
| Thu, Oct 6 | 7:30 p.m. | Western Kentucky at Middle Tennessee Anish Shroff & Jay Walker |
ESPNU |
| 9 p.m. | California at No. 9 Oregon Rece Davis, Craig James, Jesse Palmer & Jenn Brown |
ESPN / ESPN3 / ESPN 3D | |
| Fri, Oct 7 | 9 p.m. | No. 5 Boise State at Fresno State Joe Tessitore & Rod Gilmore |
ESPN / ESPN3 |
| Sat, Oct 8 | Noon | No. 3 Oklahoma vs. No. 11 Texas (from Dallas) Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit & Erin Andrews |
ABC |
| Noon | Minnesota at Purdue Beth Mowins & Mike Bellotti |
ESPN / ESPN3 | |
| Noon | Louisville at North Carolina Bob Wischusen & Bob Davie |
ESPN2 / ESPN3 | |
| Noon | Maryland at No. 13 Georgia Tech Rob Stone & Danny Kanell |
ESPNU | |
| Noon | Connecticut at No. 16 West Virginia Mike Gleason, John Congemi & Eamon McAnaney |
ESPN3 / BIG EAST Network |
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| Noon | Murray State at Georgia State | ESPN3 | |
| Noon | Kentucky at No. 18 South Carolina Dave Neal, Andre Ware & Cara Capuano |
ESPN3 /SEC Network | |
| 12:30 p.m. | No. 23 Florida State at Wake Forest | ESPN3 | |
| 1 p.m. | Army at Miami (Ohio) | ESPN3 | |
| 2 p.m. | Bowling Green at Western Michigan | ESPN3 | |
| 3 p.m. | Sam Houston State at Stephen F. Austin | ESPN3 | |
| 3 p.m. | North Dakota State at Southern Illinois | ESPN3 | |
| 3 p.m. | Eastern Michigan at Toledo | ESPN3 | |
| 3 p.m. | Chattanooga at Georgia Southern | ESPN3 | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Miami (Fla.) at No. 21 Virginia Tech Mike Patrick & Craig James |
ABC / ESPN / ESPN3 | |
| Iowa at Penn State Dave Pasch, Chris Spielman, Urban Meyer & Quint Kessenich |
ABC / ESPN / ESPN3 | ||
| Missouri at No. 20 Kansas State Carter Blackburn & Brock Huard |
ABC / ESPN3 | ||
| 3:30 p.m. | Pittsburgh at Rutgers Pam Ward & Dan Hawkins |
ESPNU | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Boston College at No. 8 Clemson | ESPN3 | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Central Michigan at NC State Dave Weekley & Rene Ingoglia |
ESPN3* | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Gannon at California University (Pa.) | ESPN3 | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Ohio at Buffalo | ESPN3 | |
| 4 p.m. | UNLV at Nevada | ESPN3 | |
| 4 p.m. | Liberty at Gardner-Webb | ESPN3 | |
| 5:30 p.m. | South Alabama at Texas-San Antonio Andrew Monaco & Ahmad Brooks |
Longhorn Network | |
| 7 p.m. | No. 15 Auburn at No. 10 Arkansas Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge & Holly Rowe |
ESPN / ESPN3 | |
| 7 p.m. | Georgia at Tennessee Mark Jones, Ed Cunningham & Jeannine Edwards |
ESPN2 / ESPN3 | |
| 7 p.m. | Vanderbilt at No. 2 Alabama Clay Matvick, Brian Griese & Allison Williams |
ESPNU | |
| 7 p.m. | Troy at Louisiana-Lafayette Jim Barbar & Warrick Dunn |
ESPN3* | |
| 7:30 p.m. | Florida Atlantic at North Texas | ESPN3 | |
| 8 p.m. | Ohio State at No. 14 Nebraska Sean McDonough, Matt Millen & Heather Cox |
ABC | |
| 9 p.m. | Wyoming at Utah State | ESPN3 | |
| 10:15 p.m. | San Jose State at BYU Adam Amin & David Diaz-Infante |
ESPNU |
* – Exclusive to ESPN3
