Courtesy: ESPN
ESPN’s flagship college football program will come live today from the campus of South Dakota State University.
The broadcast marks the first time that College GameDay Built by the Home Depot has ever aired live from the university. The airing will preview the matchup of Missouri Valley Conference foes South Dakota State and North Dakota State. The South Dakota State Jackrabbits are ranked No. 3 in the Football Championship Subdivision [FCS] while the North Dakota State Bison are ranked No. 1 in the FCS standings.
Broadcast of the weekly three-hour program starts at 9 a.m. ET. It will simulcast on ESPN and ESPNU. The Jackrabbits and Bison are scheduled to take the field at 3 p.m. ET.
ESPN Reporter Tom Rinaldi will have a special piece examining South Dakota State as it relates to one of its famed graduates who went on to fame in the National Football League. Rinaldi’s story also examines which team was the last to defeat FCS Champion North Dakota State and what the phrase ‘Holy Nutmeg’ actually means in his story.
The matchup of the Bison and Jackrabbits is just one game on another packed schedule for the ESPN networks. Kansas State plays host to No. 5 Oklahoma at noon on ABC. No. 2 LSU hosts No. 9 Auburn at 3:30 p.m. on ESPN Radio. No. 8 Notre Dame and No. 19 Michigan headline the weekend’s coverage as they take the gridiron under the lights on ABC Saturday Night Football.
The weekend’s full schedule is noted below.
College Football Slate for ESPN’s Networks
WEEK 8
| Date | Time (ET) | Matchup/Commentators | Network |
| Thu, Oct 24 | 7:30 p.m. | No. 16 SMU at Houston Adam Amin, Matt Hasselbeck/Pat McAfee, Molly McGrath |
ESPN |
| Jackson State at Prairie View A&M Tiffany Greene, Jay Walker |
ESPNU | ||
| Fri, Oct 25 | 6 p.m. | Columbia at No. 16 Dartmouth Bill Spaulding, Jack Ford |
ESPNU |
| 9 p.m. | USC at Colorado Dave Flemming, Louis Riddick, Paul Carcaterra |
ESPN2 | |
| Sat, Oct 26 | Noon | No. 5 Oklahoma at Kansas State Bob Wischusen, Dan Orlovsky, Allison Williams |
ABC |
| Miami at Pittsburgh Mark Jones, Dusty Dvoracek, Olivia Dekker |
ESPN | ||
| No. 20 Iowa at Northwestern Roy Philpott, Kelly Stouffer, Lauren Sisler |
ESPN2 | ||
| No. 21 Appalachian State at South Alabama Kevin Brown, Andre Ware |
ESPNU | ||
| Mississippi State at Texas A&M Dave Neal, DJ Shockley, Dawn Davenport |
SEC Network | ||
| Bowling Green at Western Michigan | ESPN3 | ||
| 1 p.m. | Southern Mississippi at Rice | ESPN+ | |
| Harvard at No. 13 Princeton | ESPN+ | ||
| 2 p.m. | Ohio at Ball State Jim Barbar, John Gregory |
ESPN+ | |
| 3 p.m. | New Mexico State at Georgia Southern | ESPN3 | |
| No. 1 North Dakota State at No. 3 South Dakota State | ESPN+ | ||
| 3:30 PM | No. 6 Penn State at Michigan State Sean McDonough, Todd Blackledge, Holly Rowe |
ABC | |
| Maryland at No. 17 Minnesota Jason Benetti, Rod Gilmore, Quint Kessenich |
ESPN | ||
| Syracuse at Florida State Beth Mowins, Anthony Becht, Rocky Boiman |
ESPN2 | ||
| Virginia at Louisville Chris Cotter, Mark Herzlich, Kelsey Riggs |
ACCN | ||
| Alabama A&M at Alabama State^ Tiffany Greene, Jay Walker |
ESPN3 | ||
| No. 9 Auburn at No. 2 LSU Sean Kelley, Barrett Jones, Ian Fitzsimmons |
ESPN Radio | ||
| Central Michigan at Buffalo Doug Sherman, Jerrod Cheery |
ESPN+ | ||
| Eastern Michigan at Toledo Michael Reghi, Dustin Fox |
ESPN+ | ||
| Miami (Ohio) at Kent State Robert Lee, Tyoka Jackson |
ESPN+ | ||
| Akron at Northern Illinois Shawn Kenney, Forrest Conoly |
ESPN3 | ||
| North Texas at Charlotte | ESPN+ | ||
| Florida Atlantic at Old Dominion | ESPN+ | ||
| 3:45 p.m. | South Florida at East Carolina Mike Corey, Rene Ingoglia |
ESPNU | |
| 4 p.m. | South Carolina at Tennessee Taylor Zarzour, Matt Stinchcomb, Alyssa Lang |
SEC Network | |
| Duke at North Carolina | ACC Network Extra | ||
| 7 p.m. | Arkansas at No. 1 Alabama Dave Pasch, Greg McElroy, Tom Luginbill |
ESPN | |
| UCF at Temple Anish Shroff, Ahmad Brooks, Kris Budden |
ESPN2 | ||
| Texas State at Arkansas State | ESPN+ | ||
| Troy at Georgia State | ESPN+ | ||
| 7:30 p.m. | No. 8 Notre Dame at No. 19 Michigan Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Maria Taylor |
ABC | |
| Colorado State at Fresno State Clay Matvick, Ryan Leaf |
ESPNU | ||
| Missouri at Kentucky Tom Hart, Jordan Rodgers, Cole Cubelic |
SEC Network | ||
| Boston College at No. 4 Clemson Dave O’Brien, Tim Hasselbeck, Katie George |
ACCN | ||
| 8 p.m. | Louisiana Tech at UTEP | ESPN3 | |
| 10:15 p.m. | Utah State at Air Force Mike Couzens, Kirk Morrison, Taylor McGregor |
ESPN2 | |
| 10:30 p.m. | Washington State at No. 11 Oregon Steve Levy, Brian Griese, Todd McShay/Molly McGrath |
ESPN |
^ – will air at 10:30 p.m. on ESPNU; Not all digital games are exclusive
FCS Rankings Used for North Dakota State, South Dakota State, Dartmouth and Princeton
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