ESPN College Sports Update – Oct. 1

October 1, 2013

• College Football: 13 of 20 Remaining Undefeated Teams on ESPN Nets – Three Matchups between Unbeatens
• College GameDay Travels to Evanston, Ill., for First Time Since 1995
• Coaches Video: Hugh Freeze, Dan Mullen and Steve Sarkisian
• This Week on ESPNU
• ESPN.com and College Football: Recapping the Weekend and What’s in Store for the First Week in October

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College Football: 13 of 20 Remaining Undefeated Teams on ESPN Nets – Three Matchups between Unbeatens

The college football schedule across ESPN networks on Saturday, Oct. 5, will include 13 of the remaining 20 undefeated teams, highlighted by three matchups between unbeatens.

ESPN will kick off and end its coverage with a game between undefeated programs: No. 25 Maryland at No. 8 Florida State at noon and No. 15 Washington at No. 5 Stanford at 10:30 p.m. The ABC Saturday Night Football Presented by Windows telecast at 8 p.m. ET will pit No. 4 Ohio State at No. 16 Northwestern. Full Schedule with Commentators

College GameDay Travels to Evanston, Ill., for First Time Since 1995

ESPN’s iconic college football pregame show, College GameDay Built by The Home Depot, will make a stop in Evanston, Ill., and the campus of Northwestern University on Saturday, Oct. 5, for its three-hour show of features and analysis on ESPN at 9 a.m. ET. The set will originate from The Lakefill on the banks of Lake Michigan to showcase two undefeated Big Ten squads – Ohio State at Northwestern (8p.m. / ABC).

College GameDay last traveled to Evanston on Nov. 11, 1995, when the Wildcats topped Big Ten foe Iowa 31-20. GameDay also made a stop to Chicago’s Wrigley Field on Nov. 20, 2010, when Northwestern fell 48-27 against Illinois at the historic field.

Hosted by Chris Fowler, the GameDay crew consists of analysts Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit, Desmond Howard and David Pollack, with reporting by Samantha Ponder, Tom Rinaldi, Scott Van Pelt and Gene Wojciechowski.

In addition, several studio shows will have live hits from Athens on Friday, including SportsCenter and College Football Live (5 & 5:30 p.m. / ESPNU).

Mike & Mike co-host and Northwestern University alumnus Mike Greenberg will re-visit the Evanston campus, Friday, Oct. 4, to serve as grand marshal of the university’s 2013 Homecoming Parade. He also will be an honored guest during the festivities planned for the Oct. 4-5 weekend celebration. Greenberg, and Mike & Mike co-host Mike Golic, will broadcast their show live from Northwestern’s Evanston campus Friday morning, as part of the third annual ESPN Audio Fall Football Tour.

This Week on ESPNU:

• ESPNU All-Access: Tennessee (Wed, 5 p.m. & 11 p.m.) – Every week ESPNU takes you inside meetings, locker rooms and practices of college football programs around the country. On Wednesday, Tennessee’s first year head coach Butch Jones gives viewers a tour of his office and the chance to sit in meetings. Players give a tour of Neyland Stadium, the Anderson Training Center and the academic center. Plus Jones, the defensive line coach and wide receiving coach are wired during practice.

Next week ESPNU All-Access features Central Florida.

• ESPNU Road Trip: Wisconsin vs. Ohio State (Wed, 6:30 p.m.) – Showcasing campus traditions and revelry, Niki Noto and Ali Nejad visit Columbus for the Buckeye’s Big Ten season opener against the Wisconsin Badgers. The duo tour the Woody Hayes Athletic Center with Archie Griffin, an Ohio State legend and the only two-time Heisman Winner, and also dot the “I” in one of college football’s greatest traditions, “Script Ohio”.
• ESPNU Wednesday Night Volleyball – Doubleheader: Missouri at Arkansas (7 p.m.) followed by No.4 Texas at Baylor (9 p.m.). Then on Thursday, volleyball action continues on ESPNU with BYU at Pepperdine (11 p.m.), and also on ESPN2 with No. 5 Penn State at Indiana (7 p.m.).

Volleyball on ESPN Networks, Full Schedule.

• GEICO ESPN High School Football Showcase (Fri, 10 p.m.): A clash of state champions, No.1 Booker T. Washington (Fla.) will face Bishop Gorman (Nev.) on ESPNU Friday night. Miami fans will be particularly interested in Booker T. Washington’s defensive end Chad Thomas, No. 125 on the ESPN 300 and committed to play for the Hurricanes.

Earlier in the evening on ESPN2 viewers will see the No.1 player in the ESPN 300, Leonard Fournete, when St. Augustine hosts Louisiana state champions John Curtis. Fournete is the running back for St. Augustine and is currently uncommitted. John Curtis also has a top recruit with No. 26 Malachi Dupre, a wide receiver, uncommitted. Full High School Showcase Schedule

ESPN.com and College Football: Recapping the Weekend and What’s in Store for the First Week in October 

ESPN.com has everything college football covered with game previews and recaps, expert analysis, blog posts and more. Check the website daily for additional features and headline. Highlights:

Monday

• On The Mark: Is the SEC the new Big 12? Or does offense and defense just run in cycles (Mark Schlabach
• Power Rankings
• What USC firing Kiffin & the new coach search means for Pac-12 (Ted Miller)

Tuesday

• BMOC — What we know after five weeks (Gene Wojciechowski)
• Heisman Watch

Thursday

• GameDay Kickoff: Washington-Stanford and the Pac-12’s rise
• What to Watch, predications and more