Courtesy: ESPN
ESPN has announced its broadcast schedule for Week 11 of the 2018 college football season.
This week’s schedule features a number of games that have major playoff implications. One of the most notable of the week’s games is an ACC matchup between undefeated No. 2 Clemson and No. 22 Boston College. The headlining Saturday Night Football game is scheduled to air live at 8 p.m. Saturday on ABC.
ESPN’s College GameDay Built by the Home Depot will set up the game Saturday morning starting at 9 a.m. It will broadcast live from the campus of Boston College. Saturday’s broadcast marks the first time since 2009 that College GameDay Built by the Home Depot has aired from Boston College.
The Eagles are 4-1 in ACC play and second to Clemson in the ACC’s Atlantic Division. The matchup is critical in Clemson’s search for a division (and conference) title, and for the team’s hopes for a spot in this year’s College Football playoffs.
Other key matchups featured in this week’s schedule are No. 7 Oklahoma taking on Oklahoma State at 3:30 p.m. on ABC and No. 8 Washington State on the road against Colorado at the same time on ESPN. Both games have their own importance to this year’s college football playoffs impacts.
Also, if the Sooners and Cougars each win their games, they will play in their respective conference title games. A win for either team additionally puts each group in good position to be considered for the playoffs.
Georgia hosts Auburn at 7 p.m. on ESPN in yet another key matchup for Week 11. ESPN2 will feature yet another big game at noon as UCF and Navy (AAC) face off in Florida. The Knights have the nation’s longest winning streak while the Midshipmen are coming off a loss to Cincinnati in Week 10, so they will be hungry to get back in the “W” column, and to stop the Knights’ streak.
The full schedule of this week’s games is noted below.
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Date |
Time (ET) |
Matchups/Commentators |
Network |
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Tue, Nov 6 |
7:30 p.m. |
Kent State at Buffalo Kevin Brown, Ray Bentley |
ESPNU |
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Wed, Nov 7 |
7 p.m. |
Ohio at Miami (Ohio) Matt Barrie, Rocky Boiman |
ESPN2 |
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8 p.m. |
Toledo at Northern Illinois Chris Cotter, Desmond Howard |
ESPNU |
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Thu, Nov 8 |
7 p.m. |
North Carolina Central at Bethune-Cookman Tiffany Greene, Jay Walker |
ESPNU |
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7:30 p.m. |
Wake Forest at No. 21 NC State Dave Flemming, Tim Hasselbeck/Matt Hasselbeck, Laura Rutledge Radio: Bill Rosinski, David Norrie, Ian Fitzsimmons |
ESPN/ESPN Radio |
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Fri, Nov 9 |
7 p.m. |
Louisville at No. 19 Syracuse Jason Benetti, Kelly Stouffer, Olivia Dekker |
ESPN2 |
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10:15 p.m. |
No. 23 Fresno State at Boise State Mike Couzens, Kirk Morrison, Alyssa Lang |
ESPN2 |
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Sat, Nov 10 |
Noon |
Wisconsin at No. 14 Penn State Mark Jones, Dusty Dvoracek, Molly McGrath |
ABC |
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South Carolina at Florida Dave Pasch, Greg McElroy, Tom Luginbill |
ESPN |
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Navy at No. 12 UCF Anish Shroff, Ahmad Brooks, Roddy Jones |
ESPN2 |
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Tulsa at Memphis Mike Corey, Rene Ingoglia |
ESPNU |
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Vanderbilt at Missouri Dave Neal, DJ Shockley, Dawn Davenport |
SEC Network |
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SMU at UConn Drew Fellios, Al Groh |
ESPN3 |
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Akron at Eastern Michigan Dan Gutowsky, Bob Carpenter |
ESPN3 |
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Coast Guard Academy at Merchant Marine Academy Robert Lee, Matt Chatham |
ESPN3 |
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12:20 p.m. |
North Carolina at Duke |
ACC Network Extra |
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1 p.m. |
Troy at Georgia Southern |
ESPN+ |
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2 p.m. |
North Texas at Old Dominion |
ESPN3 |
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2:30 p.m. |
Charlotte at Marshall |
ESPN+ |
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3 p.m. |
Liberty at No. 25 Virginia |
ACC Network Extra |
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Middle Tennessee at UTEP |
ESPN+ |
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Jackson State at Alabama State |
ESPN3 |
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Bowling Green at Central Michigan Chris Vosters, Marcus Ray |
ESPN+ |
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3:30 p.m. |
Oklahoma State at No. 7 Oklahoma Steve Levy, Brian Griese, Todd McShay |
ABC |
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No. 8 Washington State at Colorado Bob Wischusen, Brock Huard, Allison Williams |
ESPN |
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Purdue at Minnesota Beth Mowins, Anthony Becht, Rocky Boiman |
ESPN2 |
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Virginia Tech at Pittsburgh Kevin Brown, Andre Ware |
ESPNU |
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Kentucky at Tennessee Taylor Zarzour, John Congemi, Kris Budden |
SEC Network |
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4 p.m. |
East Carolina at Tulane Jay Alter, Dustin Fox |
ESPNEWS |
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Appalachian State at Texas State |
ESPN3 |
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5 p.m. |
Georgia State at Louisiana |
ESPN+ |
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Louisiana-Monroe at South Alabama |
ESPN+ |
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Arkansas State at Coastal Carolina |
ESPN+ |
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7 p.m. |
Auburn at No. 6 Georgia Sean McDonough, Todd Blackledge, Holly Rowe |
ESPN |
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Miami at Georgia Tech TV: Clay Matvick, Dan Orlovsky, Paul Carcaterra Radio: Bill Rosinski, Barrett Jones, Ian Fitzsimmons |
ESPN2 and ESPN Radio |
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South Florida at Cincinnati Bill Roth, Mike Golic Jr. |
ESPNU |
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Rice at Louisiana Tech |
ESPN+ |
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Florida International at UTSA |
ESPN+ |
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7:30 p.m. |
No. 3 LSU at Arkansas Tom Hart, Jordan Rodgers, Cole Cubelic |
SEC Network |
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8 p.m. |
No. 2 Clemson at No. 22 Boston College Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Maria Taylor |
ABC |
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10:30 p.m. |
UNLV at San Diego State Mark Neely, Ray Bentley, Alex Corddry |
ESPN2 |
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10:30 PM |
California at USC Adam Amin, Rod Gilmore, Quint Kessenich |
ESPN and ESPN Radio |
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Colorado State at Nevada Roy Philpott, Tom Ramsey |
ESPNU |
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