• Alabama, Clemson, Michigan, Ohio State, Louisville, and Wisconsin Among Potential College Football Playoff Teams on the Slate
• Undefeated Western Michigan on ESPNU

ABC’s Saturday Night Football Presented by Walmart features No. 11 Oklahoma at No. 16 West Virginia (8 p.m. ET) on Saturday, Nov. 19 in one of the many games with College Football Playoff implications on ESPN’s networks in week 12. The Sooners are unbeaten in conference play and remain in the CFP hunt, while the Mountaineers with just one conference loss look to climb atop the conference standings.  Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit and Samantha Ponder will be in Morgantown, W.V. for the call of the game from Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium.

College Football Playoff Implications on ESPN’s Networks
No. 5 Ohio State at Michigan State (noon on ESPN), No. 7 Wisconsin at Purdue (noon on ABC), and Indiana at No. 3 Michigan (3:30 p.m. on ESPN) are three Big Ten matchups that all have College Football Playoff and conference championship implications.  Joe Tessitore, Todd Blackledge and Holly Rowe will be in East Lansing, Mich. for the Buckeyes-Spartans game, while Mike Patrick, Ed Cunningham, Dr. Jerry Punch will be in West Lafayette, Ind. for the Badgers-Boilermakers matchup and Dave Pasch, Greg McElroy, Tom Luginbill in Ann Arbor, Mich. for the Hoosiers-Wolverines tilt.  ESPN3 will also offer Sky Cam and Command Center viewing options for the Ohio State-Michigan State game.

In primetime, No. 1 Alabama and No. 2 Clemson will both be in action as the Crimson Tide finishes their non-conference schedule by hosting Chattanooga (7 p.m. on ESPN2) and the Tigers complete their ACC schedule by going to Wake Forest (7 p.m. on ESPN).

No. 6 Louisville will be at Houston on Thursday, Nov. 17 (8 p.m. on ESPN) as the Cardinals look for a non-conference victory over the Cougars. Dave Flemming, Jesse Palmer, Laura Rutledge will be in Houston. ESPN3 will also offer Sky Cam and Data Center viewing options for the game.

Additional College Football Playoff Ranked Teams on ESPN’s Networks
SEC Network will televise Florida at No. 24 LSU (1 p.m.) from Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge. Brent Musburger, Palmer, and Kaylee Hartung will call the action and SEC Network + will offer Sky Cam viewing option for the matchup.  No. 23 Western Michigan, who remains unbeaten, will host Buffalo (3:30 p.m. on ESPNU) following College GameDay Presented by the Home Depot’s first appearance in Kalamazoo, Mich. (9 a.m. – noon on ESPN).  Additional ranked teams include:

• 22 Boise State hosting UNLV on Friday, Nov. 18 (9 p.m. on ESPN2)
• 8 Texas A&M welcomes in UTSA (noon on ESPNU)
• 19 Nebraska home vs. Maryland (noon on ESPNEWS)
• 18 Florida State travels to Syracuse (3:30 p.m. on ABC or ESPN2**)
• 17 North Carolina hosts The Citadel (3:30 p.m. on ACC Network Extra)
• 25 Arkansas going to Mississippi State (7 p.m. on ESPNU and ESPN Radio)
• 20 USC at UCLA (10:30 p.m. on ESPN and ESPN3 Sky Cam)

All games Saturday, Nov. 19, unless noted

Please note: College Football Playoff rankings from Nov. 8 were used in this release. The committee will update their rankings in-between games at the Champions Classic on Nov. 15 (9 p.m. on ESPN).

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ESPN Network’s College Football Week 12 Schedule

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Media contact: Derek Volner at 860-384-9986; [email protected] and @DerekVolner