College Football: ESPN Networks Highlighted by 19 Teams in First BCS Standings
ESPN networks will showcase 19 college football programs this week ranked in the first BCS Standings which were exclusively unveiled on ESPN Sunday evening on BCS Countdown (8:30 p.m. ET). Overall, games will include eight of the top 10 in the Standings, and also contains seven of the 10 remaining unbeaten teams. The schedule is highlighted by No. 12 UCLA’s visit to No. 3 Oregon at 7 p.m. (ESPN) and the site of ESPN’s College GameDay Built by The Home Depot at 9 a.m. (ESPN).
Saturday’s schedule includes:
- No. 7 and unbeaten Miami (Fla.) hosts Wake Forest at noon (ESPNU).
- The 7 p.m. window highlights No. 21 South Carolina at No. 5 Missouri (ESPN2) and No. 8 Baylor at Kansas (ESPNU).
- The ABC Saturday 3:30 p.m. split national telecast, with an ESPN2 reverse mirror, will showcase NC State at No. 2 Florida State and Michigan State at Illinois.
- No. 4 Ohio State plays Penn State in the ABC Saturday Night Football Presented by Windows series at 8 p.m.
- The 10:30 p.m. window presents a top-25 matchup between No. 6 Stanford at No. 25 Oregon State (ESPN), plus unbeaten No. 17 Fresno State at San Diego State (ESPN2).
All ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3 and ESPNEWS 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 |
| Tue, Oct 22 | 8 p.m. | Louisiana-Lafayette at Arkansas State Joe Davis & David Diaz-Infante |
ESPN2 |
| Thu, Oct 24 | 7:30 p.m. | Kentucky at Mississippi State Rece Davis, Jesse Palmer, David Pollack & Samantha Ponder |
ESPN |
| Fri, Oct 25 | 8 p.m. | Boise State at BYU Carter Blackburn, Danny Kanell & Allison Williams |
ESPN |
| Sat, Oct 26 | Noon | No. 24 Nebraska at Minnesota Dave Pasch, Brian Griese & Tom Luginbill |
ESPN |
| No. 20 Louisville at USF Beth Mowins, Joey Galloway & Paul Carcaterra |
ESPN2 | ||
| Wake Forest at No. 7 Miami (FL) Tom Hart, John Congemi & Shelley Smith |
ESPNU | ||
| Houston at Rutgers Dave Lamont & Ray Bentley |
ESPNEWS | ||
| Connecticut at No. 23 UCF Eamon McAnaney, Anthony Becht & Brooke Weisbrod |
ESPN3* / RSN | ||
| Ball State at Akron Mike Reghi & Greg Graber |
ESPN3* / RSN | ||
| 12:21 p.m. | Vanderbilt at No. 16 Texas A&M Dave Neal, Andre Ware & Cara Capuano |
ESPN3* / SEC TV | |
| 1:30 p.m. | Liberty at Gardner Webb | ESPN3 | |
| 2 p.m. | Miami (OH) at Ohio Dave Weekley & Dustin Fox |
ESPN3 | |
| Eastern Kentucky at SE Missouri | ESPN3 | ||
| 2:30 p.m. | Toledo at Bowling Green Jim Barbar & Rocky Boiman |
ESPN3 | |
| 3 p.m. | Temple at SMU Shawn Kenney & Pete Najarian |
ESPN3 | |
| Western Michigan at UMass Bob Picozzi & Matt Chattam |
ESPN3 | ||
| 3:30 p.m. | NC State at No. 2 Florida State Sean McDonough, Chris Spielman & Shannon Spake |
ABC / ESPN2** | |
| Michigan State at Illinois Bob Wischusen, Rod Gilmore & Quint Kessenich |
ABC / ESPN2** | ||
| No. 9 Clemson at Maryland Mike Patrick, Ed Cunningham & Jeannine Edwards |
ESPN | ||
| Duke at No. 14 Virginia Tech Anish Shroff & Kelly Stouffer |
ESPNU | ||
| Eastern Michigan at Northern Illinois | ESPN3* / CSN Chicago | ||
| Buffalo at Kent State | ESPN3* / TWC Ohio | ||
| Magic City Classic (Birmingham, Ala.): Alabama A&M at Alabama State Joe Davis & Jay Walker |
ESPN3^ | ||
| 4 p.m. | Troy at Western Kentucky John Sadak & John Gregory |
ESPN3 | |
| Utah at USC Bill Rosinski & David Norrie |
ESPN Radio | ||
| 6 p.m. | UNLV at Nevada Trey Bender & Kevin O’Connell |
ESPN3 | |
| 7 p.m. | No. 12 UCLA at No. 3 Oregon Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit & Heather Cox |
ESPN | |
| No. 21 South Carolina at No. 5 Missouri Joe Tessitore, Matt Millen & Maria Taylor |
ESPN2 | ||
| No. 8 Baylor at Kansas Clay Matvick, Matt Stinchcomb & Dawn Davenport |
ESPNU | ||
| Georgia State at Louisiana Monroe Drew Fellios & Stan Lewter |
ESPN3 | ||
| South Alabama at Texas State Brock Bowling & KC Keeler |
ESPN3 | ||
| Furman at No. 13 LSU | ESPN3* / RSN | ||
| 7:30 p.m. | Idaho at Mississippi Matt Stewart, Chris Doering & Joe Budden |
ESPN3* / CSS | |
| Florida Atlantic at No. 11 Auburn | ESPN3* / RSN | ||
| 8 p.m. | Penn State at No. 4 Ohio State Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge & Holly Rowe |
ABC | |
| Lamar at SE Louisiana | ESPN3 | ||
| 8 p.m. | Abilene Christian at New Mexico | ESPN3* | |
| 10:30 p.m. | No. 6 Stanford at No. 25 Oregon State Mark Jones, Brock Huard & Jessica Mendoza |
ESPN | |
| No. 17 Fresno State at San Diego State Dave Flemming, David Diaz-Infante & Allison Williams |
ESPN2 |
* Local blackout may apply
** Reverse mirror in which ESPN2 will regionalize two games on ABC to markets not receiving the telecast
^ – Tape delayed on ESPNU at 10:30 p.m.
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