Wolverines, Spartans Headline ESPN Networks College Football Week 6 Broadcast Schedule

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The Wolverines and Spartans will go head-to-head live Saturday night under the lights on ABC.

The in-state rivals will headline the ESPN networks’ broadcast schedule for the sixth week of the 2017 – ’18 college football season on ABC’s Saturday Night Football presented by Wells Fargo. Coverage is expected to start at 7:30 p.m. on ABC. It will mark the first time ever that the teams will have faced off under the lights and on prime time.

Michigan State has had the edge on the Spartans’ in the teams’ ongoing rivalry with the Spartans taking seven of the teams’ last nine games.  Michigan comes into Saturday’s matchup undefeated so far this season and has allowed no more than 17 points scored against the team, meaning Saturday’s matchup will be just as big as the teams’ previous showdowns.

While the Wolverines – Spartans matchup is the headliner for this week’s broadcast schedule across the ESPN networks, it is not the networks’ only game on tap.  Arkansas State and Georgia Southern open Week Six tonight at 8 p.m. on ESPN.

Millersville takes on East Stroudsburg to open the ESPN networks’ Thursday college football coverage.  Broadcast is scheduled to start at 7 p.m. on ESPN3.  Alcorn State and Alabama State follow at 7:30 p.m. on ESPNU while No. 17 Louisville and No. 24 N.C. State round out the night on ESPN beginning at 8 p.m.

The UConn Huskies play host to the Memphis Tigers to open Friday’s college football coverage on ESPN beginning at 7 p.m. Morgan State and South Carolina State follow at 7:30 p.m. on ESPNU.  Boise State and BYU finish off the night at 10:15 on ESPN.

The ESPN networks’ college football coverage continues Saturday with a near daylong schedule that kicks off at noon with Northwestern hosting No. 4 Penn State on ABC, No. 5 Georgia on the road against Vanderbilt on ESPN, No. 2 Clemson hosting Wake Forest on ESPN2, No. 12 Auburn hosting Ole Miss on the SEC Network, East Carolina hosting Temple on ESPN and Graceland on the road against Evangel on ESPN3.

The gridiron action runs late into the night as Southwest Baptist and Truman State are currently scheduled to finish off the weekend’s coverage.  The full broadcast schedule for this weekend’s games is noted below.

Date	Time (ET)	Game	Network
Wed, Oct 4	8 p.m.	Arkansas State at Georgia Southern Kevin Negandhi, Rocky Boimain	ESPN2
Thu, Oct 5	7 p.m.	Millersville at East Stroudsburg	ESPN3
	7:30 p.m.	Alcorn State at Alabama State Tiffany Greene, Jay Walker	ESPNU
	8 p.m.	No. 17 Louisville at No. 24 NC State Dave Flemming, Tim Hasselbeck, Matt Hasselbeck, Laura Rutledge	ESPN
Fri, Oct 6	7 p.m.	Memphis at UConn Dave Lamont, Mack Brown, Jen Lada	ESPN
	7:30 p.m.	Morgan State at South Carolina State Eric Clemons, Jay Walker	ESPNU
	10:15 p.m.	Boise State at BYU Adam Amin, Dusty Dvoracek, Molly McGrath	ESPN
Sat, Oct 7	Noon	No. 4 Penn State at Northwestern Steve Levy, Brian Griese, Todd McShay	ABC
		No. 5 Georgia at Vanderbilt Mike Patrick, Tommy Tuberville, Paul Carcaterra	ESPN
		Wake Forest at No. 2 Clemson Beth Mowins, Anthony Becht, Rocky Boiman	ESPN2
		Ole Miss at No. 12 Auburn Tom Hart, Jordan Rodgers, Cole Cubelic	SEC Network
		Temple at East Carolina Mike Couzens, John Congemi	ESPNU
		Graceland at Evangel	ESPN3
	12:20 p.m.	Duke at Virginia	ACC Network Extra
	12:30 p.m.	Pittsburgh at Syracuse	ACC Network Extra
	1 p.m.	Georgetown at Princeton	ESPN3
		North Dakota State at Indiana State	ESPN3
		Davidson at Jacksonville	ESPN3
		Brown at Stetson	ESPN3
	1:30 p.m.	Samford at VMI	ESPN3
		Yale at Dartmouth	ESPN3
		Western Carolina at Wofford	ESPN3
	2 p.m.	Central Michigan at Ohio Dave Weekley, John Gregory	ESPN3
		Valdosta State at West Georgia	ESPN3
		California (PA) at Indiana (PA)	ESPN3
		Mercer at The Citadel	ESPN3
		Sam Houston State at Stephen F. Austin	ESPN3
	2:30 p.m.	Bowling Green at Miami (Ohio) Jim Barbar, Doug Graber	ESPN3
		Kutztown at Bloomsburg	ESPN3
	3 p.m.	Florida International at Middle Tennessee	ESPN3
		Louisiana-Monroe at Texas State Shawn Kenney, Stanford Routt	ESPN3
		Youngstown State at South Dakota	ESPN3
	3:30 p.m.	No. 22 Notre Dame at North Carolina Bob Wischusen, Brock Huard, Allison Williams	ABC
		No. 13 Miami at Florida State Dave Pasch, Greg McElroy, Tom Luginbill	ESPN
		Minnesota at Purdue Jason Benetti, Kelly Stouffer, Kris Budden	ESPN2
		Kent State at Northern Illinois Dan Gutowsky, Marcus Ray	ESPN3
		Ball State at Akron Michael Reghi, Jerod Cherry	ESPN3
		Western Michigan at Buffalo Doug Sherman, Dustin Fox	ESPN3
		New Mexico State at Appalachian State Matt Stewart, Stan Lewter	ESPN3
	4 p.m.	Tulsa at Tulane Mark Neely, Ray Bentley	ESPNU
		Arkansas at South Carolina David Neal, Matt Stinchcomb, Dawn Davenport	SEC Network
		Furman at Chattanooga	ESPN3
		Oregon State at No. 14 USC Bill Rosinski, David Norrie, Ian Fitzsimmons	ESPN Radio
	5 p.m.	Louisiana at Idaho Joel Meyers, Watson Brown	ESPN3
		Western Illinois at Northern Iowa	ESPN3
	6 p.m.	UNC-Pembroke at Wingate	ESPN3
	6:30 p.m.	Georgia State at Coastal Carolina Jeff McCarrigher, Tyoka Jackson	ESPN3
	7 p.m.	Southern Illinois at South Dakota State	ESPN3
	7:15 p.m.	No. 1 Alabama at Texas A&M Joe Tessitore, Todd Blackledge, Holly Rowe	ESPN
		No. 16 Virginia Tech at Boston College Mike Corey, Ahmad Brooks, Roddy Jones	ESPN2
	7:30 p.m.	No. 7 Michigan State at Michigan Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Maria Taylor	ABC
		Missouri at Kentucky Taylor Zarzour, Andre Ware, Olivia Harlan	SEC Network
		Northwestern State at Nicholls	ESPN3
		Fresno State at San Jose State	ESPN3
	8 p.m.	No. 25 UCF at Cincinnati Roy Philpott, Tom Ramsey	ESPNU
	10:45 PM	California at No. 6 Washington Mark Jones, Rod Gilmore, Quint Kessinich	ESPN
		No. 19 San Diego State at UNLV Clay Matvick, Kirk Morrison	ESPN2
	TBD	Southwest Baptist at Truman State	ESPN3

Please note: Not all ESPN3 and ACC Network games are exclusive

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