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This weekend is going to be another busy one for college football fans. ESPN’s college football coverage this weekend includes matchups between nine undefeated teams and thirteen of the nation’s Top Twenty-Five ranked teams. It’s all capped off with an ESPN doubleheader this Saturday, October 12th. The first game on the network’s doubleheader schedule will see unbeaten #18 Michigan taking on Big Ten rival Penn State. That game is scheduled for 5pm ET. The second game of the night will see #9 Texas A&M hitting the road to take on Ole Miss at 8:30pm ET. Texas A&M has only one loss so far on the season.
Saturday’s extensive college football schedule kicks off on ABC at high noon with the annual Red River Rivalry between the Longhorns of Texas and the Sooners of #12 Oklahoma. Brent Musburger will have the call on the game. He will be joined by Todd Blackledge and Heather Cox. Over on ESPN, the Bulldogs of #7 Georgia will host the undefeated #25 University of Missouri Tigers. Dave Pasch will have the call on the game. He will be joined by Brian Griese and Tom Luginbill. Georgia’s only loss so far on the season has come at the hands of the Clemson Tigers.
ESPN and ABC’s coverage is just part of what the ESPN family of networks has to offer this weekend. Thursday night, unbeaten #8 Louisville will take on Rutgers, which has only one loss on the season so far in an American Athletic Conference match. The game is scheduled to air on ESPN Thursday night, October 10th at 7:30pm.
ABC will air two games in a reverse-mirror with ESPN2 at 3:30pm, the first pitting undefeated #3 Clemson against the Eagles of Boston College. #19 Northwestern will take on the Wisconsin Badgers in the second of ABC’s games.
If Saturday’s main college football coverage isn’t enough for fans, then Saturday night’s doubleheader on ESPN2 is sure to keep fans happy. #1 Alabama is scheduled to take on Kentucky at 7pm with #11 UCLA following at 10:30pm ET against California.
Over on ESPNU on Saturday, Pitt will be on the road against #24 Virginia Tech in an ACC Coastal Division matchup. Both teams have only one loss. That game is scheduled for a 12pm ET start time.
Fans with ESPN3 will get to see undefeated #23 Northern Illinois taking on Akron at 5pm ET. And on ESPNEWS, unbeaten Houston will face off against Memphis in a battle of the big cats. A complete schedule of this week’s college football coverage across the ESPN family of networks is available below.
ESPN, ABC, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3, ESPNEWS, Longhorn Network and ESPN Radio Schedule
| Date | Time (ET) | Matchup/Commentator | Network |
| Thu, Oct 10 | 7:30 p.m. | Rutgers at No. 8 Louisville
Rece Davis, Jesse Palmer, David Pollack & Samantha Ponder |
ESPN |
| South Carolina State at North Carolina Central
Mark Neely & Jay Walker |
ESPNU | ||
| Valdosta State at West Alabama | ESPN3 | ||
| 10:30 p.m. | Arizona at USC
Bill Rosinski, David Norrie & Joe Schad |
ESPN Radio | |
| Fri, Oct 11 | 8:30 p.m. | Temple at Cincinnati
Carter Blackburn, Danny Kanell & Allison Williams |
ESPN or ESPN2 |
| Sat, Oct 12 | Noon | No. 12 Oklahoma vs. Texas (from Dallas)
Brent Musburger, Todd Blackledge & Heather Cox |
ABC |
| No. 25 Missouri at No. 7 Georgia
Dave Pasch, Brian Griese & Tom Luginbill |
ESPN | ||
| Indiana at Michigan State
Beth Mowins, Joey Galloway & Paul Carcaterra |
ESPN2 | ||
| Pitt at No. 24 Virginia Tech
Tom Hart & John Congemi |
ESPNU | ||
| Memphis at Houston (from BBVA Compass Stadium)
Paul Loeffler & John Bunting |
ESPNEWS | ||
| South Florida at Connecticut
Eamon McAnaney, Anthony Becht & Brooke Weisbrod |
ESPN3 * & RSN | ||
| 12:21 p.m. | No. 14 South Carolina at Arkansas
Dave Neal, Andre Ware & Cara Capuano |
ESPN3 * & SEC TV | |
| 12:30 p.m. | Navy at Duke | ESPN3 * & RSN | |
| 2 p.m. | Buffalo at Western Michigan
Dan Gutowsky & Rocky Boiman |
ESPN3 | |
| Western Carolina at Auburn | ESPN3 * | ||
| Central Michigan at Ohio | ESPN3 * | ||
| Missouri State at North Dakota State | ESPN3 * | ||
| 3 p.m. | Kent State at Ball State
Jim Barbar & Mark Herrmann |
ESPN3 | |
| Miami (Ohio) at Massachusetts
Bob Picozzi & KC Keeler |
ESPN3 | ||
| 3:30 p.m. | No. 19 Northwestern at Wisconsin
TV: Sean McDonough, Chris Spielman & Shannon Spake Radio: Bill Rosinski, David Norrie & Joe Schad |
ABC & ESPN2 ** & ESPN Radio | |
| Boston College at No. 3 Clemson
Bob Wischusen, Rod Gilmore & Quint Kessenich |
ABC & ESPN2 ** | ||
| Virginia at Maryland
Anish Shroff & Kelly Stouffer |
ESPNU | ||
| Syracuse at NC State | ESPN3 * & RSN | ||
| Troy at Georgia State | ESPN3 * & RSN | ||
| 4 p.m. | South Dakota State at Western Illinois | ESPN3 * | |
| Northwestern State at Nicholls State | ESPN3 * | ||
| 5 p.m. | No. 18 Michigan at Penn State
Joe Tessitore, Matt Millen & Maria Taylor |
ESPN | |
| Akron at No. 23 Northern Illinois
Shawn Kenney & Bob Chmeil |
ESPN3 | ||
| 6 p.m. | Gardner-Webb at Coastal Carolina | ESPN3 * | |
| Furman at Tennessee-Chattanooga | ESPN3 * | ||
| 7 p.m. | No. 1 Alabama at Kentucky
Mark Jones, Brock Huard & Lewis Johnson |
ESPN2 | |
| Georgia Tech at BYU
Clay Matvick, Matt Stinchcomb & Dawn Davenport |
ESPNU | ||
| Louisiana-Monroe at Texas State
Andrew Monaco & Kevin O’Connell |
Longhorn Network | ||
| Idaho at Arkansas State
Brock Bowling & Warrick Dunn |
ESPN3 | ||
| Bowling Green at Mississippi State | ESPN3 * & RSN | ||
| Illinois State at Youngstown State | ESPN3 * | ||
| 8 p.m. | Stephen F. Austin at Southeastern Louisiana | ESPN3 * | |
| 8:30 p.m. | No. 9 Texas A&M at Ole Miss
Brad Nessler, Kirk Herbstreit & Holly Rowe |
ESPN | |
| 10:30 p.m. | California at No. 11 UCLA
Mike Patrick, Ed Cunningham & Jeannine Edwards |
ESPN2 | |
| Oregon State at Washington State
Joe Davis & Jay Walker |
ESPNU | ||
| Tue, Oct 15 | 8 p.m. | Louisiana-Lafayette at Western Kentucky | ESPN2 |
* Local blackout may apply
** Reverse mirror in which ESPN2 will regionalize two games on ABC to markets not receiving the telecast
All of the games scheduled for this weekend can be viewed both on TV and online at WatchESPN.com and the WatchESPN app on all mobile internet outlets. Xbox owners can access all games through ESPN as long as they have Gold membership. And Apple TV subscribers can get video through affiliated subscription services.
ESPN Goal Line network will have unlimited live cut-ins and highlights from a number of the weekend’s top college football games beginning Saturday at noon. ESPN Goal Line is available to customers of Time Warner Cable, Bright House Networks, Cox, Cablevision, Verizon FiOS TV, Comcast, and Midcontinent Communications.
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