Courtesy: ESPN
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.
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Date |
Time (ET) |
Game |
Network |
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Wed, Oct 4 |
8 p.m. |
Arkansas State at Georgia Southern Kevin Negandhi, Rocky Boimain |
ESPN2 |
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Thu, Oct 5 |
7 p.m. |
Millersville at East Stroudsburg |
ESPN3 |
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7:30 p.m. |
Alcorn State at Alabama State Tiffany Greene, Jay Walker |
ESPNU |
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8 p.m. |
No. 17 Louisville at No. 24 NC State Dave Flemming, Tim Hasselbeck, Matt Hasselbeck, Laura Rutledge |
ESPN |
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Fri, Oct 6 |
7 p.m. |
Memphis at UConn Dave Lamont, Mack Brown, Jen Lada |
ESPN |
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7:30 p.m. |
Morgan State at South Carolina State Eric Clemons, Jay Walker |
ESPNU |
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10:15 p.m. |
Boise State at BYU Adam Amin, Dusty Dvoracek, Molly McGrath |
ESPN |
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Sat, Oct 7 |
Noon |
No. 4 Penn State at Northwestern Steve Levy, Brian Griese, Todd McShay |
ABC |
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No. 5 Georgia at Vanderbilt Mike Patrick, Tommy Tuberville, Paul Carcaterra |
ESPN |
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Wake Forest at No. 2 Clemson Beth Mowins, Anthony Becht, Rocky Boiman |
ESPN2 |
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Ole Miss at No. 12 Auburn Tom Hart, Jordan Rodgers, Cole Cubelic |
SEC Network |
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Temple at East Carolina Mike Couzens, John Congemi |
ESPNU |
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Graceland at Evangel |
ESPN3 |
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12:20 p.m. |
Duke at Virginia |
ACC Network Extra |
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12:30 p.m. |
Pittsburgh at Syracuse |
ACC Network Extra |
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1 p.m. |
Georgetown at Princeton |
ESPN3 |
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North Dakota State at Indiana State |
ESPN3 |
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Davidson at Jacksonville |
ESPN3 |
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Brown at Stetson |
ESPN3 |
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1:30 p.m. |
Samford at VMI |
ESPN3 |
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Yale at Dartmouth |
ESPN3 |
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Western Carolina at Wofford |
ESPN3 |
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2 p.m. |
Central Michigan at Ohio Dave Weekley, John Gregory |
ESPN3 |
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Valdosta State at West Georgia |
ESPN3 |
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California (PA) at Indiana (PA) |
ESPN3 |
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Mercer at The Citadel |
ESPN3 |
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Sam Houston State at Stephen F. Austin |
ESPN3 |
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2:30 p.m. |
Bowling Green at Miami (Ohio) Jim Barbar, Doug Graber |
ESPN3 |
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Kutztown at Bloomsburg |
ESPN3 |
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3 p.m. |
Florida International at Middle Tennessee |
ESPN3 |
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Louisiana-Monroe at Texas State Shawn Kenney, Stanford Routt |
ESPN3 |
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Youngstown State at South Dakota |
ESPN3 |
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3:30 p.m. |
No. 22 Notre Dame at North Carolina Bob Wischusen, Brock Huard, Allison Williams |
ABC |
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No. 13 Miami at Florida State Dave Pasch, Greg McElroy, Tom Luginbill |
ESPN |
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Minnesota at Purdue Jason Benetti, Kelly Stouffer, Kris Budden |
ESPN2 |
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Kent State at Northern Illinois Dan Gutowsky, Marcus Ray |
ESPN3 |
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Ball State at Akron Michael Reghi, Jerod Cherry |
ESPN3 |
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Western Michigan at Buffalo Doug Sherman, Dustin Fox |
ESPN3 |
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New Mexico State at Appalachian State Matt Stewart, Stan Lewter |
ESPN3 |
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4 p.m. |
Tulsa at Tulane Mark Neely, Ray Bentley |
ESPNU |
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Arkansas at South Carolina David Neal, Matt Stinchcomb, Dawn Davenport |
SEC Network |
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Furman at Chattanooga |
ESPN3 |
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Oregon State at No. 14 USC Bill Rosinski, David Norrie, Ian Fitzsimmons |
ESPN Radio |
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5 p.m. |
Louisiana at Idaho Joel Meyers, Watson Brown |
ESPN3 |
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Western Illinois at Northern Iowa |
ESPN3 |
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6 p.m. |
UNC-Pembroke at Wingate |
ESPN3 |
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6:30 p.m. |
Georgia State at Coastal Carolina Jeff McCarrigher, Tyoka Jackson |
ESPN3 |
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7 p.m. |
Southern Illinois at South Dakota State |
ESPN3 |
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7:15 p.m. |
No. 1 Alabama at Texas A&M Joe Tessitore, Todd Blackledge, Holly Rowe |
ESPN |
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No. 16 Virginia Tech at Boston College Mike Corey, Ahmad Brooks, Roddy Jones |
ESPN2 |
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7:30 p.m. |
No. 7 Michigan State at Michigan Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Maria Taylor |
ABC |
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Missouri at Kentucky Taylor Zarzour, Andre Ware, Olivia Harlan |
SEC Network |
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Northwestern State at Nicholls |
ESPN3 |
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Fresno State at San Jose State |
ESPN3 |
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8 p.m. |
No. 25 UCF at Cincinnati Roy Philpott, Tom Ramsey |
ESPNU |
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10:45 PM |
California at No. 6 Washington Mark Jones, Rod Gilmore, Quint Kessinich |
ESPN |
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No. 19 San Diego State at UNLV Clay Matvick, Kirk Morrison |
ESPN2 |
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TBD |
Southwest Baptist at Truman State |
ESPN3 |
Please note: Not all ESPN3 and ACC Network games are exclusive
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