College Football: ESPN & ABC Showcase No. 1 Alabama, No. 4 Ohio State & No. 5 Stanford in Prime Time
ESPN networks will carry four of the top five ranked teams – and nine of the top 15 – on Saturday, Sept. 28, highlighted by prime-time telecasts of No. 1 Alabama and No. 5 Stanford on ESPN and No. 4 Ohio State on ABC.
An ESPN Saturday night doubleheader will showcase No. 1 Alabama against undefeated SEC West Division rival No. 21 Ole Miss at 6:30 p.m. ET followed by No. 5 Stanford at one-loss Pac-12 North Division foe Washington State at 10 p.m. The ABC Saturday Night Football Presented by Windows telecast at 8 p.m. will feature No. 4 Ohio State at No. 23 Wisconsin in a matchup of Big Ten Leaders Division opponents.
Additional highlights for Saturday, Sept. 28:
- ABC, ESPN and ESPNU will each televise a top 15 team on the road at noon: No. 12 South Carolina at unbeaten UCF on ABC, No. 11 Oklahoma State at West Virginia on ESPN and No. 15 Miami (Fla.) at South Florida on ESPNU.
- Two of the ACC’s unbeaten and ranked teams will play 3:30 p.m. games against conference foes: No. 3 Clemson against Wake Forest on ESPNU and No. 8 Florida State at Boston College on ABC (ESPN2 will reverse mirror the game with Iowa at Minnesota).
- Two of the networks’ 7 p.m. games will include a ranked team on the road: No. 10 Texas A&M at Arkansas on ESPN2 and ESPN Radio and No. 20 Florida at Kentucky on ESPNU.
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
| Thu, Sep 26 | 7:30 p.m. | Virginia Tech at Georgia Tech TV: Rece Davis, Jesse Palmer, David Pollack & Samantha Ponder Radio: Bill Rosinski, David Norrie & Joe Schad |
ESPN & ESPN Radio |
| Howard at North Carolina A&T Mark Neely & Jay Walker |
ESPNU | ||
| Fri, Sep 27 | 9 p.m. | Utah State at San Jose State Carter Blackburn, Danny Kanell & Allison Williams |
ESPN |
| Middle Tennessee State at BYU Eamon McAnaney & Anthony Becht |
ESPNU | ||
| Sat, Sep 28 | Noon | No. 12 South Carolina at UCF Dave Pasch, Brian Griese & Tom Luginbill |
ABC |
| No. 11 Oklahoma State at West Virginia Bob Wischusen, Rod Gilmore & Quint Kessenich |
ESPN | ||
| Northern Illinois at Purdue Beth Mowins, Joey Galloway & Paul Carcaterra |
ESPN2 | ||
| No. 15 Miami (Fla.) at South Florida Tom Hart & John Congemi |
ESPNU | ||
| 12:21 p.m. | South Alabama at Tennessee Dave Neal, Andre Ware & Cara Capuano |
ESPN3 & SEC TV * | |
| 12:30 p.m. | East Carolina at North Carolina | ESPN3 & ACC Network * | |
| Virginia at Pittsburgh | ESPN3 & RSN * | ||
| 1 p.m. | Bryant at Wagner | ESPN3 | |
| 2 p.m. | Navy at Western Kentucky Mark Neely & Ray Bentley |
ESPNEWS | |
| Hampton at South Carolina State | ESPN3 ^ | ||
| Charlotte at Presbyterian | ESPN3 | ||
| 2:30 p.m. | Akron at Bowling Green Michael Reghi & Rocky Boiman |
ESPN3 | |
| Eastern Kentucky at Eastern Illinois | ESPN3 | ||
| 3 p.m. | Toledo at Ball State Jim Barbar & John Gregory |
ESPN3 | |
| Troy at Duke Shawn Kenney & John Bunting |
ESPN3 | ||
| 3:30 p.m. | No. 8 Florida State at Boston College Sean McDonough, Chris Spielman & Shannon Spake |
ABC & ESPN2 ** | |
| Iowa at Minnesota Mike Patrick, Ed Cunningham & Jeannine Edwards |
ABC & ESPN2 ** | ||
| Wake Forest at No. 3 Clemson Anish Shroff, Kelly Stouffer & Brooke Weisbrod |
ESPNU | ||
| Central Michigan at NC State John Sadak & Al Groh |
ESPN3 | ||
| Connecticut at Buffalo Bob Picozzi & KC Keeler |
ESPN3 | ||
| 6:30 p.m. | No. 21 Ole Miss at No. 1 Alabama Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge & Holly Rowe |
ESPN | |
| 7 p.m. | No. 10 Texas A&M at Arkansas TV: Mark Jones, Brock Huard & Kaylee Hartung Radio: Marc Kestecher, David Norrie & Joe Schad |
ESPN2 & ESPN Radio | |
| No. 20 Florida at Kentucky Clay Matvick, Matt Stinchcomb & Dawn Davenport |
ESPNU | ||
| Kent State at Western Michigan Dan Gutowsky & Dustin Fox |
ESPN3 | ||
| Tulane at Louisiana-Monroe Drew Fellios & Stan Lewter |
ESPN3 | ||
| Wyoming at Texas State Andrew Monaco & Kevin O’Connell |
Longhorn Network | ||
| Youngstown State at Southern Illinois | ESPN3 * | ||
| Angelo State at Valdosta State | ESPN3 * | ||
| Kentucky-Wesleyan at Liberty | ESPN3 * | ||
| 7:30 p.m. | Arkansas State at Missouri Matt Stewart, Chris Doering & Angela Mallen |
ESPN3 & RSN * | |
| UAB at Vanderbilt | ESPN3 & RSN * | ||
| 8 p.m. | No. 23 Wisconsin at No. 4 Ohio State Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit & Heather Cox |
ABC | |
| San Diego State at New Mexico State | ESPN3 * | ||
| 10 p.m. | No. 5 Stanford at Washington State Joe Tessitore, Matt Millen & Maria Taylor |
ESPN | |
| 10:15 p.m. | Southern Miss at Boise State Joe Davis & David Diaz-Infante |
ESPNU | |
| 10:30 p.m. | USC at Arizona State Dave Flemming, Mike Bellotti & Allison Williams |
ESPN2 |
* Local blackout may apply
** Reverse mirror in which ESPN2 will regionalize two games on ABC to markets not receiving the telecast
^ Available on ESPNU Sunday, Sept. 29, at 8 a.m.
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