College Football: Four of Top 6 in Action & Three Matchups between Ranked Teams in Prime

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College Football: Four of Top 6 in Action & Three Matchups between Ranked Teams in Prime

This week’s college football schedule includes four of the top six teams as well as three games between teams in the current BCS Standings, all on Saturday, Nov. 30:

  • Two of the top three teams, both undefeated, will kick off at noon with ABC televising No. 3 Ohio State at historic rival Michigan and ESPN covering No. 2 Florida State at in-state foe Florida.
  • ESPN and ESPN2 will each provide prime time coverage of a top-six team against another squad in the BCS standings: No. 6 Clemson at No. 10 South Carolina at 7 p.m. on ESPN2 and No. 5 Missouri against No. 21 Texas A&M at 7:45 p.m. on ESPN.
  • ABC’s Saturday Night Football Presented by Windows at 8 p.m. will match No. 22 UCLA at No. 23 USC in a showdown between Los Angeles schools. ESPN Radio will also broadcast the game. 

ESPN platforms will cover 13 weekday games around the Thanksgiving holiday, beginning with unbeaten No. 14 Northern Illinois against Western Michigan on Tuesday, Nov. 26, at 7 p.m. on ESPN2. ESPN’s Thanksgiving Day game will pit Ole Miss at Mississippi State at 7:30 p.m.

The lineup for Friday, Nov. 29, will feature 10 games, including Iowa at Nebraska at noon on ABC, Miami (Fla.) at Pittsburgh at 3:30 p.m. on ABC and No. 19 UCF against South Florida at 8 p.m. on ESPN.

ESPN, ABC, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3, ESPNEWS and ESPN Radio Schedule

Date Time (ET) Matchup/Commentator Network
Tue, Nov 26 7 p.m. Western Michigan at No. 14 Northern Illinois
Dave Lamont, Ray Bentley & Quint Kessenich
ESPN2
Thu, Nov 28 4 p.m. Turkey Day Classic: Stillman at Alabama State
Mark Neely & Jay Walker
ESPNU
  7:30 p.m. Ole Miss at Mississippi State
Rece Davis, Jesse Palmer, David Pollack & Maria Taylor
ESPN
Fri, Nov 29 noon Iowa at Nebraska
Bob Wischusen, Rod Gilmore & Quint Kessenich
ABC
    SMU at Houston
Anish Shroff & Kelly Stouffer
ESPN2
    Toledo at Akron
Michael Reghi & Jerod Cherry
ESPN3
  1 p.m. Miami (Ohio) at Ball State
Frank Giardina & Mark Herrman
ESPN3
  1:30 p.m. Bowling Green at Buffalo
Eamon McAnaney, Anthony Becht & Brooke Weisbrod
ESPNU
  2 p.m. Eastern Michigan at Central Michigan
Mike Couzens & Bob Chmeil
ESPN3
    Massachusetts at Ohio
John Sanders & Dustin Fox
ESPN3
    Texas State at Troy
Brock Bowling & Warrick Dunn
ESPN3
  3:30 p.m. Miami (Fla.) at Pittsburgh
Dave Lamont, David Diaz-Infante & Niki Noto
ABC
  8 p.m. South Florida at No. 19 UCF
Carter Blackburn, Danny Kanell & Allison Williams
ESPN
Sat, Nov 30 Noon No. 3 Ohio State at Michigan
Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge & Holly Rowe
ABC
    No. 2 Florida State at Florida
Dave Pasch, Brian Griese & Tom Luginbill
ESPN & ESPN Radio
    No. 24 Duke at North Carolina
Beth Mowins, Joey Galloway & Paul Carcaterra
ESPN2
    Rutgers at Connecticut
Marc Kestecher & Rene Ingoglia
ESPNU
    Temple at Memphis
Mark Neely & Ray Bentley
ESPNEWS
  12:21 p.m. Wake Forest at Vanderbilt
Dave Neal, Andre Ware & Cara Capuano
ESPN3 * & SEC TV
  12:30 p.m. Maryland at NC State ESPN3 * & ACC Network
  2 p.m. Air Force at Colorado State
Paul Leoffler & Peter Vaas
ESPN3
    South Alabama at Georgia State
Ryan Rose & Mark Herrman
ESPN3
  3:30 p.m. Georgia at Georgia Tech
Bob Wischusen, Rod Gilmore & Quint Kessenich
ABC
    Penn State at No. 15 Wisconsin
Mike Patrick, Ed Cunningham & Jeannine Edwards
ESPN
    No. 9 Baylor at TCU
Joe Tessitore, Matt Millen & Kaylee Hartung
ESPN2
    Virginia Tech at Virginia
Tom Hart & John Congemi
ESPNU
    Boston College at Syracuse ESPN3 * & RSN
    Idaho at New Mexico State ESPN3 *
  4 p.m. Arkansas State at Western Kentucky
Dan Gutowsky & Forest Conoly
ESPN3
  7 p.m. No. 6 Clemson at No. 10 South Carolina
Mark Jones, Brock Huard & Jessica Mendoza
ESPN2
    Tennessee at Kentucky
Clay Matvick, Matt Stinchcomb & Dawn Davenport
ESPNU
    Louisiana-Monroe at Louisiana-Lafayette ESPN3 *
  7:45 p.m. No. 21 Texas A&M at No. 5 Missouri
Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit & Heather Cox
ESPN
  8 p.m. No. 22 UCLA at No. 23 USC
Sean McDonough, Chris Spielman & Shannon Spake
ABC & ESPN Radio
  10:15 p.m. New Mexico at Boise State
Allen Bestwick & Mike Bellotti
ESPN2
  10:30 p.m. San Diego State at UNLV
Joe Davis & Dan Hawkins
ESPNU

* Local blackout may apply

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