ESPN’s college football schedule this week will include seven of the top eight teams in the Associated Press Top 25 poll. The lineup is highlighted by five of the top six in prime time across ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU on Saturday, Sept. 29.
- An ESPN doubleheader kicks off with No. 4 Florida State at South Florida at 6 p.m. ET followed by No. 1 Alabama against SEC West rival Ole Miss at 9:15 p.m. ESPN Radio will also broadcast the Ole Miss at Alabama game.
- An ESPN2 doubleheader showcases SEC and Pac-12 conference contests beginning with No. 6 South Carolina at SEC East foe Kentucky at 7 p.m. followed by No. 2 Oregon versus Pac-12 North rival Washington State from Seattle at 10:30 p.m.
- ESPNU will televise No. 3 LSU against Towson at 7 p.m.
ESPN and ESPN Radio will combine to cover the other two of the top eight teams. The Thursday ESPN College Football Primetime matchup on September 27 will pit undefeated No. 8 Stanford at Washington at 9 p.m. ESPN Radio will broadcast No. 5 Georgia against Tennessee on Saturday, Sept. 29, at 3:30 p.m.
In addition, ABC will broadcast two Big Ten contests on Saturday, Sept. 29: unbeaten No. 14 Ohio State at one-loss No. 20 Michigan State at 3:30 p.m. and Wisconsin at No. 22 Nebraska in a showdown of 3-1 teams at 8 p.m.
ESPN, ABC, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3, ESPN 3D, Longhorn Network and ESPN Radio Schedule
| Date | Time (ET) | Game / Commentators | Network |
| Thu, Sep 27 | 7:30 p.m. | Morgan State at North Carolina A&T Joe Davis & Jay Walker |
ESPNU |
| 9 p.m. | No. 8 Stanford at Washington ESPN: Rece Davis, Jesse Palmer, David Pollack & Samantha Steele Radio: Bill Rosinski, David Norrie & Shelley Smith |
ESPN & ESPN Radio | |
| Fri, Sep 28 | 8 p.m. | Hawaii at BYU Carter Blackburn, Rod Gilmore & Jemele Hill |
ESPN |
| Sat, Sep 29 | Noon | Penn State at Illinois Dave Pasch, Brian Griese & Jenn Brown |
ESPN & ESPN 3D |
| Noon | Minnesota at Iowa Beth Mowins, Joey Galloway & Lewis Johnson |
ESPN2 | |
| Noon | NC State at Miami Tom Hart & John Congemi |
ESPNU | |
| Noon | Arkansas at Texas A&M Dave Neal, Andre Ware & Cara Capuano |
ESPN3 & SEC Network | |
| Noon | Buffalo at Connecticut Eamon McAnaney, David Diaz-Infante & Paul Carcaterra |
ESPN3 * & BIG EAST Network | |
| Noon | Ball State at Kent State Michael Reghi & Doug Graber |
ESPN3 * | |
| Noon | Middle Tennessee at Georgia Tech | ESPN3 * & RSN | |
| Noon | Central Connecticut at Sacred Heart | ESPN3 | |
| 12:30 p.m. | Duke at Wake Forest | ESPN3 * & ACC Network | |
| 2 p.m. | Nevada at Texas State Dave Armstrong & Kelly Stouffer |
Longhorn Network | |
| 2 p.m. | Miami (Ohio) at Akron Dave Weekley & Rocky Boiman |
ESPN3 | |
| 3:30 p.m. | No. 14 Ohio State at No. 20 Michigan State Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit & Heather Cox |
ABC | |
| 3:30 p.m. | No. 17 Clemson at Boston College Bob Wischusen, Danny Kanell & Maria Taylor |
ESPN2 | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Virginia Tech vs. Cincinnati (from Landover, Md.) Anish Shroff & Dan Hawkins |
ESPNU | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Tennessee at No. 5 Georgia Bill Rosinski, David Norrie & Joe Schad |
ESPN Radio | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Louisiana Tech at Virginia John Sadak, John Gregory & Angela Mallen |
ESPN3 | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Ohio at Massachusetts Bob Picozzi & Rene Ingoglia |
ESPN3 | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Central Michigan at Northern Illinois Dan Gutowsky & Cory Chavous |
ESPN3 | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Rhode Island at Bowling Green Greg Franke & Tom Cole |
ESPN3 | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Idaho at North Carolina | ESPN3 * & RSN | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Troy at South Alabama | ESPN3 | |
| 4 p.m. | Southeastern Louisiana at Lamar | ESPN3 | |
| 5 p.m. | North Texas at Florida Atlantic Shawn Kenney & John Bunting |
ESPN3 | |
| 6 p.m. | No. 4 Florida State at South Florida Sean McDonough, Chris Spielman & Quint Kessenich |
ESPN | |
| 6 p.m. | Samford at Georgia Southern | ESPN3 | |
| 7 p.m. | No. 6 South Carolina at Kentucky Mike Patrick, Ed Cunningham & Jeannine Edwards |
ESPN2 | |
| 7 p.m. | Towson at No. 3 LSU Clay Matvick, Matt Stinchcomb & Allison Williams |
ESPNU | |
| 7 p.m. | Toledo at Western Michigan Jim Barbar & Ben Leber |
ESPN3 | |
| 7 p.m. | Western Kentucky at Arkansas State Rich Hollenberg & Stan Lewter |
ESPN3 | |
| 7 p.m. | Florida International at Louisiana-Lafayette Jonathan Yardley & Forrest Conoly |
ESPN3 | |
| 7 p.m. | Indiana State at Southern Illinois | ESPN3 | |
| 7 p.m. | Missouri State at South Dakota State | ESPN3 | |
| 8 p.m. | Wisconsin at No. 22 Nebraska Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge & Holly Rowe |
ABC | |
| 8 p.m. | UNLV at Utah State Trey Bender & Jay Taylor |
ESPN3 | |
| 8 p.m. | Northwestern State at McNeese State | ESPN3 | |
| 9:15 p.m. | Ole Miss at No. 1 Alabama ESPN: Joe Tessitore, Matt Millen & Shelley Smith Radio: Dave Lamont, Tom Ramsey & Brett McMurphy |
ESPN & ESPN Radio | |
| 10:30 p.m. | No. 2 Oregon at Washington State (from Seattle) Mark Jones, Brock Huard & Shelley Smith |
ESPN2 | |
| 10:30 p.m. | Grambling State at Alabama A&M Joe Davis & Jay Walker |
ESPNU *** |
* Local blackout may apply
*** Live on ESPN3 at 7 p.m. ET & same day delay on ESPNU
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