MAC Football Broadcast Schedule Launches Next Month

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The Mid Atlantic Conference (MAC) returns to play next month.

In celebration of the conference’s return to the gridiron, ESPN officials announced Monday, its broadcast schedule for the conference.

The conference’s schedule opens with five games Nov. 4 across ESPN’s television and digital outlets, beginning with a matchup of Western Michigan and Akron at 6 p.m. ET on ESPN3. Central Michigan will host Ohio at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN while Northern Illinois will host Buffalo on ESPN2. Bowling Green and Kentucky will round out the evening’s coverage at 8 p.m. ET on ESPNU.

The ESPN networks’ coverage of the MAC continues at 7 p.m. ET on ESPNU as Bowling Green hosts Kent State. Buffalo and Miami (Ohio) follows at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN.

MAC fans will have even more to enjoy Nov. 11 with another double header. Western Michigan will host Toledo at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN2 while over on ESPNU, Northern Illinois will host Central Michigan.

The ESPN networks’ coverage of the MAC closes out Dec. 18 with the MAC Championship Game in Detroit, MI. Officials are determining whether the game will air on ESPN or ESPN2.

The ESPN networks’ MAC broadcast schedule is noted below.

2020 Mid-American Conference Games on ESPN Platforms:

Date	Time (ET)	Game/Talent	Network
Wed, Nov 4	6 p.m.	Western Michigan at Akron	ESPN3
		Eastern Michigan at Kent State	ESPN+
	7 p.m.	Ohio at Central Michigan	ESPN
		Buffalo at Northern Illinois	ESPN2
	8 p.m.	Bowling Green at Toledo	ESPNU
Tues, Nov 10	7 p.m.	Kent State at Bowling Green	ESPNU
	8 p.m.	Miami (Ohio) at Buffalo	ESPN
Wed, Nov 11	8 p.m.	Toledo at Western Michigan	ESPN2
		Central Michigan at Northern Illinois	ESPNU
Fri, Dec 18	TBD	MAC Championship Game (Detroit, Mich.)	ESPN or ESPN2

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Hurricane Delta Causes Schedule Changes In ESPN Networks’ Weekly CFB Broadcast Schedule

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Mother nature is causing a change in the ESPN networks’ college football coverage this weekend.

Hurricane Delta’s expected impact along the Gulf Coast has caused the networks to make some programming shifts, including moving one of its two headline games — No. 2 Alabama and Ole Miss — to a later time. Instead of 6 p.m., coverage is now scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m. ET. The game will still air on ESPN.

Saturday’s other headliner, No. 7 Miami and No. 1 Clemson remains scheduled to air at 7:30 p.m. on ABC. The game is the network’s weekly Saturday Night Football presented by Capital One game.

Other games that are moving due to Hurricane Delta are: Missouri and No. 17 LSU; Louisiana-Monroe at Liberty; Coastal Carolina at No. 23 Louisiana; Arkansas at No. 13 Auburn, and No. 4 Florida at No. 21 Texas A&M.

No. 2 Alabama at Ole Miss

Originally scheduled to air at 6 p.m. on ESPN, the game will now play at 7:30 p.m. ET. It will still air on ESPN and remain part of the ESPN networks’ weekly double header alongside No. 7 Miami at No. 1 Clemson, which will itself air on ABC at 7 p.m.

LSU vs. No. 17 LSU

Missouri at LSU was originally scheduled to air at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN, but has now moved up to noon ET. It will run on the SEC Network Alternate and the ESPN App instead of ESPN.

The game site will also move. It will move from Baton Rouge, LA to Columbia, MO. Even with the move, LSU is still considered the home team for the game. This game will re-air at 4 p.m. ET on the SEC Network.

LOUISIANA-MONROE AT LIBERTY

Louisiana-Monroe at Liberty was originally scheduled to take place at noon Saturday on ESPNU. Now due to Hurricane Delta, it has shifted to ESPN2 instead of ESPNU and will remain in its noon ET time slot.

COASTAL CAROLINA AT NO. 23 LOUISIANA

The Chanticleers and Ragin’ Cajuns were originally scheduled to square off at noon on ESPN2. That game is now shifted to 7:30 p.m. ET on Oct. 14. It will air on ESPN.

ARKANSAS AT No. 13 AUBURN

The Razorbacks and Tigers were originally scheduled to run at 4 p.m. ET on the SEC Network. The game’s time slot will stay the same, but the game will get an even wider audience as it moves to ESPN.

No. 4 FLORIDA AT No. 21 TEXAS A&M

The network for the Gators/Aggies game was originally a toss-up between ESPN and ESPNU. Now with the mother nature causing so many shifts, the game is now confirmed for noon on ESPN.

Saturday’s full new broadcast schedule is noted below.

Date	Time (ET)	Game/Talent	Network
Thu, Oct 8	7:30 p.m.	Tulane at Houston Bob Wischusen, Mike Golic, Jr., Kris Budden	ESPN
Fri, Oct 9	7 p.m.	Louisville at Georgia Tech Jason Benetti, Andre Ware, Eric Wood	ESPN
Sat, Oct 10	Noon	No. 19 Virginia Tech at No. 8 North Carolina Bob Wischusen, Dan Orlovsky, Jerry Punch	ABC
		No. 4 Florida at No. 21 Texas A&M Dave Pasch, Greg McElroy, Holly Rowe	ESPN/ESPNU
		Louisiana-Monroe at Liberty Mike Couzens, Jay Walker, Taylor Davis	ESPN2
		South Carolina at Vanderbilt Dave Neal, DJ Shockley, Dawn Davenport	SEC Network
		Missouri vs. No. 17 LSU (Columbia, Mo.) Dave Flemming, Rod Gilmore, Quint Kessenich	SEC Network Alternate
		NC State at Virginia Wes Durham, Tim Hasselbeck, Katie George	ACC Network
	12:30 p.m.	Duke at Syracuse	ESPN3
	3:30 p.m.	Texas Tech at No. 24 Iowa State Mark Jones, Roddy Jones, Paul Carcaterra	ABC
		UTSA at No. 15 BYU Anish Shroff, Tom Luginbill, Taylor McGregor	ESPN2
		Central Arkansas at Arkansas State	ESPN3
		Texas State at Troy	ESPN3
	4 p.m.	Arkansas at No. 13 Auburn Taylor Zarzour, Matt Stinchcomb, Lauren Sisler	ESPN
		Middle Tennessee at Florida International Clay Matvick, Rocky Boiman	ESPNU
		Pittsburgh at Boston College Chris Cotter, Mark Herzlich, Kelsey Riggs	ACC Network
		Missouri vs. No. 17 LSU (Columbia, Mo.) Dave Flemming, Rod Gilmore, Quint Kessenich	SEC Network (re-air)
	7 p.m.	East Carolina at South Florida Lincoln Rose, Stan Routt	ESPN+
	7:30 p.m.	No. 7 Miami at No. 1 Clemson Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Allison Williams	ABC
		No. 2 Alabama at Ole Miss TV: Sean McDonough, Todd Blackledge, Todd McShay, Molly McGrath Radio: Sean Kelley, Barrett Jones	ESPN
		UTEP at Louisiana Tech Dave O’Brien, Mike Golic, Sr., Ian Fitzsimmons	ESPN2
		Mississippi State at Kentucky Tom Hart, Jordan Rodgers, Cole Cubelic	SEC Network
	8 p.m.	Charlotte at North Texas Roy Philpott, Kelly Stouffer	ESPNU
Wed, Oct 14	7:30 p.m.	Coastal Carolina at No. 23 Louisiana	ESPN

Note: Not all digital games are exclusive

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Oklahoma, Iowa State To Headline ESPN Networks’ College Football Broadcast Schedule This Weekend

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The Big 12 will take center stage Saturday night on ABC.

The Iowa State Cyclones will host the No. 18. Oklahoma Sooners on this week’s edition of Saturday Night Football presented by Capital One.  Sean McDonough, Todd Blackledge, Todd McShay, and Molly McGrath will have the call for the Samsung QLED 4K game of the week.

Each team comes into Saturday night’s Big 12 showdown with a 1-1 record overall.  By Comparison, Iowa State comes into the conference matchup with a 1-0 record while the Sooners are 0-1 in conference play.  That means Oklahoma will look to avoid dropping to 0-2 in conference play while the Cyclones will look to get above .500.

 

OKLAHOMA WEEK TWO

The visiting Sooners will come in to Saturday’s showdown on the heels of a 38-35 loss to Kansas State last Saturday.  The teams were relatively evenly matched over the course of the game.  Oklahoma outperformed Kansas St. in net rushing and passing yards, totaling 517 yards against Kansas State’s total of 400.

While the Sooners had more total yardage, Kansas St. averaged more yards per play than Oklahoma at 7.8 yards per play to Oklahoma’s 6.8 per play.  Kansas was better on fourth down efficiency at 2-2 while Oklahoma was better with third down conversions at 7-12 versus Kansas State’s total of 2-11.

Penalties were a problem for Kansas State.  The team racked up 13 penalties for a total of 108 yards while Oklahoma totaled 75 yards from 10 penalties.

Oklahoma additionally recorded three interceptions, versus none for Kansas St., certainly helping Kansas State in its win.

 

IOWA STATE WEEK TWO

Iowa State comes into Saturday’s game on the heels of a 37-34 victory over another of its Big 12 opponents, the TCU Horned Frogs in the second game of its season.  The Cyclones dominated on the ground with 212 rushing yards to TCU’s 99 while the Horned Frogs controlled the passing game, throwing for a net passing total of 400 versus 211 for Iowa State.

On a related note, Iowa State averaged a net gain of 8.3 yards per play throughout the game while TCU netted an average gain of 5.9 yards per play.  All things noted, TCU totaled more yardage throughout the game, with 499 yards while Iowa State had a total of 423, not much less than TCU.

TCU was 8-16 in third down conversion efficiency and 0-1 in fourth down conversion.  On the other side of the ball, Iowa Sate was 3-11 on third down conversion efficiency and 0-0 on fourth down conversions.

 

SATURDAY SCHEDULE

While the Big 12 will headline the ESPN networks’ Saturday’s day-long college football broadcast schedule, it is just one of the many games tapped for the networks’ weekend-long schedule.  Wake Forest will host Campbell in the weekend’s opener at 7 p.m. ET Friday on the ACC Network.  Louisiana Tech and No. 22 BYU follow at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN2.

Saturday’s schedule launches at noon ET on ABC as No. 22 BYU hosts Louisiana Tech.  That broadcast will start following ESPN’s weekly college football program College GameDay Built by The Home Depot, which will air from 9 a.m. to noon ET on ESPN.  The traveling program’s broadcast site is under consideration.

South Florida and Cincinnati are scheduled to play at 3:30 p.m. ET on ESPN+ in a AAC conference matchup while Virginia Tech and Duke will hit the field at 4 p.m .ET on the ACC Network.

No. 1 Clemson hosts Virginia in the day’s final game.  Coverage of that game is scheduled to start at 8 p.m. ET on the ACC Network.

The ESPN networks’ full college football broadcast schedule for this weekend is noted below.

 

Date	Time (ET)	Matchup/Commentators	Network
Fri, Oct 2	7 p.m.	Campbell at Wake Forest Mike Morgan, Eric Mac Lain, Lauren Sisler	ACC Network
	9 p.m.	Louisiana Tech at No. 22 BYU Dave Flemming, Andre Ware, Stormy Buonantony	ESPN2
Sat, Oct 3	Noon	Baylor at West Virginia Bob Wischusen, Dan Orlovsky, Rocky Boiman	ABC
		South Carolina at No. 3 Florida TV: Mark Jones, Dusty Dvoracek, Marty Smith Radio: Sean Kelley, Barrett Jones	ESPN
		Arkansas State at Coastal Carolina Beth Mowins, Kirk Morrison, Taylor Davis	ESPN2
		East Carolina at Georgia State Mike Couzens, Dustin Fox	ESPNU
		Missouri at No. 21 Tennessee Dave Neal, DJ Shockley, Dawn Davenport	SEC Network
		NC State at No. 24 Pittsburgh Wes Durham, Roddy Jones, Eric Wood	ACC Network
	1 p.m.	North Alabama at Liberty	ESPN3
	3 p.m.	Houston Baptist at Eastern Kentucky	ESPN3
	3:30 p.m.	No. 12 North Carolina at Boston College Joe Tessitore, Greg McElroy, Paul Carcaterra	ABC
		No. 17 Oklahoma State at Kansas Dave Pasch, Mike Golic, Sr., Quint Kessenich	ESPN
		No. 25 Memphis at SMU Anish Shroff, Tom Luginbill, Kris Budden	ESPN2
		South Florida at No. 15 Cincinnati David Saltzman, Keith Moreland	ESPN+
		Central Arkansas at North Dakota State	ESPN+
	4 p.m.	Charlotte at Florida Atlantic Mike Corey, Jay Walker	ESPNU
		Ole Miss at Kentucky Taylor Zarzour, Matt Stinchcomb, Taylor McGregor	SEC Network
		Virginia Tech at Duke Chris Cotter, Mark Herzlich, Tiffany Blackmon	ACC Network
		Jacksonville State at Florida State	ESPN3
	5 p.m.	Western Kentucky at Middle Tennessee	ESPN3
	7 p.m.	Georgia Southern at Louisiana-Monroe	ESPN+
	7:30 p.m.	No. 18 Oklahoma at Iowa State Sean McDonough, Todd Blackledge, Todd McShay, Molly McGrath	ABC
		No. 7 Auburn at No. 4 Georgia Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Allison Williams	ESPN
		Tulsa at No. 11 UCF Jason Benetti, Rod Gilmore, Lericia Harris	ESPN2
		No. 20 LSU at Vanderbilt Tom Hart, Jordan Rodgers, Cole Cubelic	SEC Network
		Arkansas at No. 16 Mississippi State Roy Philpott, Kelly Stouffer, Tera Talmadge	SEC Network Alternate
	8 p.m.	Virginia at No. 1 Clemson Dave O’Brien, Tim Hasselbeck, Katie George	ACC Network

 

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ESPN’s Weekly ‘CGD’ Broadcast To Air Live Saturday From Miami

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ESPN College GameDay Built by The Home Depot will broadcast live Saturday from the campus of the University of Miami.

The network’s flagship college football program is scheduled to air from 9 a.m. to noon ET live from Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, FL.  It will simulcast on ESPNU.

Rece Davis will anchor the broadcast.  Desmond Howard, David Pollack, and Chris “The Bear” Fallica will provide additional commentary.  Kirk Herbstreit and lee Corso will join the broadcast from their homes due to COVID-19 regulations.

The No. 12-ranked Hurricanes will host their Atlantic Coast Conference foes, the Florida State Seminoles on ABC’s weekly Saturday Night Football presented by Capital One broadcast.  Chris Fowler will have the call for the game while Herbstreit will provide additional commentary.  Reporter Molly McGrath will have all of the game’s key headlines.

Miami comes into Saturday night’s matchup on the heels of a 13-point win (47-34) over Louisville on Sept. 19 and a 17-point win (31-14) over the University of Alabama at Birmingham Sept. 10 in its season opener.

The Hurricanes outperformed the Blazers in almost every category in the teams’ Sept. 10 meeting, from first downs to average gain per play, to total yardage.  On the other hand, the Blazers recorded 205 passing yards in the game versus Miami’s total of 155 passing yards.

Louisville gave Miami a harder fight than UAB, performing almost as well as the Hurricanes from the first quarter to the last.  The Cardinals outdid the Hurricanes in Net  Rushing Yards, 209-160, but Miami’s Net Passing Yards total of 325 just barely beat Louisville’s total of 307.

In the battle of the QBs, Louisville went 16-36 in completions, outdoing Miami there, too, 18-30.  The Hurricanes also saw more impact in the penalties category than Louisville, racking up 11 penalties for a total of 89 yards.  Louisville, on the other hand, had seven penalties for a total of 70 yards.

Miami’s Third-Down efficiency rate of 6-13 outdid Louisville’s 4-14.  At the same time, Louisville was 3-4 in Fourth-Down efficiency.  Louisville also outdid Miami in total yardage, 516-485.

Florida State comes into Saturday night’s game hoping to rebound from a Week 1 loss to Georgia Tech.  The Seminoles lost the game 16-13.

Florida State struck early in the game, putting up 10 points in the first quarter, but the Yellow Jackets kept the Seminoles scoreless in the second and to only a field goal in the third quarter.  Georgia State meanwhile put up 16 points between the third and fourth quarters.

Georgia State outplayed Florida State through most of the team’s Sept. 12 game.  The Yellowjackets racked up a total of 438 yards versus Florida State’s 307 yards.  Georgia State totaled more passing yards than Florida State (277-198) and more rushing yards (161-109).  Even the two interceptions thrown by GT quarterback Jeff Simms weren’t enough to stop the Yellowjackets.

On the positive side for Florida State, Georgia State incurred more penalties and lost more yardage than Florida State throughout the game.  The Seminoles were charged with eight penalties for 55 yards while the Yellowjackets had a total of 10 penalties for a loss of 80 yards.

 

COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIMETIME ON ESPN

Saturday night’s ACC matchup between the Hurricanes and Seminoles is just one of the games scheduled to air Saturday night.  Southeastern Conference foes No. 2 Alabama and unranked Missouri open the night at 7 p.m. ET on College Football Primetime on ESPN.  The game is ESPN’s College Football Primetime Samsung QLED 4K Game of the Week.

Sean McDonough will have the call for Saturday night’s SEC showdown.  Todd Blackledge, Todd McShay, and Allison Williams will provide additional commentary and reports.

With this week being the SEC’s official return to play, each team comes into Saturday’s game looking to start the season with a win.

 

SATURDAY SCHEDULE

While Saturday night’s college football schedule will be busy, the two games on tap for the evening are not the only games scheduled to air on the ESPN networks.  Saturday’s schedule kicks off at noon ET on ABC — following ESPN’s weekly College GameDay Built by The Home Depot broadcast (9 a.m. to noon ET) — with East Carolina University hosting No. 13 UCF in an AAC matchup.

The previously scheduled game between No. 7 Notre Dame and Wake Forest, which was scheduled to air at noon on ABC, was postponed Tuesday due to concerns about COVID-19.

The full schedule for Saturday’s games is noted below.

Date	Time (ET)	Matchup/Commentators	Network
Thu, Sep 24	7:30 p.m.	UAB at South Alabama Matt Barrie, Mike Golic, Jr., Lauren Sisler	ESPN
Sat, Sep 26	Noon	No. 7 Notre Dame at Wake Forest Dave Pasch, Mike Golic, Sr., Paul Carcaterra	ABC
		No. 5 Florida at Ole Miss TV: Joe Tessitore, Greg McElroy, Marty Smith Radio: Sean Kelley, Barrett Jones	ESPN/ESPN Radio
		Georgia Southern at No. 19 Louisiana Beth Mowins, Kirk Morrison, Dawn Davenport	ESPN2
		Georgia State at Charlotte Mike Couzens, Jay Walker	ESPNU
		No. 23 Kentucky at No. 8 Auburn Tom Hart, Jordan Rodgers, Cole Cubelic	SECN
		No. 24 Louisville at No. 21 Pittsburgh Wes Durham, Roddy Jones, Kelsey Riggs	ACCN
		Georgia Tech at Syracuse	ESPN3
		No. 13 UCF at East Carolina Lincoln Rose, Keith Moreland	ESPN+
		Campbell at Appalachian State	ESPN+
	1 p.m.	Florida International at Liberty	ESPN3
	3:30 p.m.	West Virginia at No. 15 Oklahoma State Bob Wischusen, Dan Orlovsky, Kris Budden	ABC
		No. 22 Army at No. 14 Cincinnati Mark Jones, Dusty Dvoracek, Quint Kessenich	ESPN
		Tulsa at Arkansas State Anish Shroff, Tom Luginbill, Lericia Harris	ESPN2
		UTEP at Louisiana-Monroe Clay Matvick, Rocky Boiman	ESPNU
	4 p.m.	No. 4 Georgia at Arkansas Dave Neal, DJ Shockley, Tera Talmadge	SEC Network
		Duke at Virginia Chris Cotter, Mark Herzlich, Eric Wood	ACC Network
	6 p.m.	Texas State at Boston College	ESPN3
	7 p.m.	No. 2 Alabama at Missouri Sean McDonough, Todd Blackledge, Todd McShay, Allison Williams	ESPN
		Houston Baptist at Louisiana Tech	ESPN3
		North Texas at Houston Tyler Denning, Stan Routt	ESPN+
		Stephen F. Austin at SMU David Saltzman, LaDarrin McLane	ESPN+
	7:30 p.m.	Florida State at No. 12 Miami Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Molly McGrath	ABC
		No. 16 Tennessee at South Carolina Taylor Zarzour, Matt Stinchcomb, Alyssa Lang	SEC Network
		Vanderbilt at No. 10 Texas A&M Mike Morgan, Andre Ware, Taylor Davis	SEC Network Alternate
		Kansas at Baylor Roy Philpott, Kelly Stouffer	ESPNU
	8 p.m.	NC State at No. 20 Virginia Tech Dave O’Brien, Tim Hasselbeck, Katie George	ACC Network
	10:15 p.m.	Troy at No. 18 BYU Dave Flemming, Rod Gilmore, Stormy Buonantony	ESPN

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Cardinals, Hurricanes To Headline This Weekend’s ESPN Networks CFB Broadcast Schedule

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ABC’s weekly Saturday Night Football broadcast will feature a showdown of two Top 20 college football teams this week.

No. 18 Louisville will host No. 17 Miami in this week’s broadcast.  Coverage is scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m. ET.  The broadcast team of Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit and Allison Williams will cover the game.

Each team will come in to Saturday night’s game on the heels of a Week 1 win.  The Hurricanes defeated the University of Alabama at Birmingham 31-14 in Week 1 while the Cardinals won their game against the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers 35-21.

Saturday night’s showdown is just one of the games on tap for ESPN’s weekly CFB schedule.  The Campbell Camels and Coastal Carolina Chanticleers open the weekend’s slate at 7:30 p.m. ET Friday on ESPN.

Saturday’s day-long schedule opens at noon with games across the ESPN family of networks.  Tulane will host Navy on ABC;  No. 11 Oklahoma State will host Tulsa on ESPN; No. 19 Louisiana will be on the road against Georgia State on ESPN2; The ACC Network will carry coverage of the Syracuse Orange taking on host No. 25 Pittsburgh.

Liberty and Western Kentucy will face off live on ESPNU at noon while No. 13 Cincinnati will take on the 0-2 Austin Peay at noon on ESPN+; Boston College and Duke will broadcast live at noon on ESPN3.

The ESPN networks’ full CFB broadcast schedule for this weekend is noted below.

 

Date	Time (ET)	Matchup/Talent	Network
Fri, Sep 18	7:30 p.m.	Campbell at Coastal Carolina Tom Hart, Andre Ware, Cole Cubelic	ESPN
Sat, Sep 19	Noon	Navy at Tulane Mark Jones, Dusty Dvoracek, Quint Kessenich	ABC
		Tulsa at No. 11 Oklahoma State Sean McDonough, Todd Blackledge, Todd McShay, Kris Budden	ESPN
		No. 19 Louisiana at Georgia State Wes Durham, Roddy Jones, Paul Carcaterra	ESPN2
		Liberty at Western Kentucky Clay Matvick, Rocky Boiman	ESPNU
		Syracuse at No. 25 Pittsburgh Chris Cotter, Mark Herzlich, Kelsey Riggs	ACC Network
		Austin Peay at No. 13 Cincinnati David Saltzman, Keith Moreland	ESPN+
		Boston College at Duke	ESPN3
	3 p.m.	Stephen F. Austin at UTSA	ESPN3
	3:30 p.m.	No. 14 UCF at Georgia Tech Joe Tessitore, Greg McElroy, Marty Smith	ABC
		Florida Atlantic at Georgia Southern Dave Flemming, Rod Gilmore, Lericia Harris	ESPN
		Charlotte at No. 12 North Carolina	ESPN3
	4 p.m.	Troy at Middle Tennessee Dave Neal, Jay Walker, Dawn Davenport	ESPN2
		The Citadel at No. 1 Clemson Anish Shroff, Tom Luginbill, Eric Wood	ACC Network
	7:30 p.m.	No. 17 Miami at No. 18 Louisville Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Allison Williams	ABC
		Louisiana Tech at Southern Mississippi Dave Pasch, Mike Golic, Sr., Lauren Sisler	ESPN2
		Texas State at Louisiana-Monroe Roy Philpott, Kelly Stouffer	ESPNU
	8 p.m.	Wake Forest at NC State Dave O’Brien, Tim Hasselbeck, Katie George	ACC Network
	9 p.m.	Abilene Christian at UTEP	ESPN3

 

More information on the ESPN networks’ college football coverage is available online now at:

 

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ESPN Offering Audiences Various Viewing Options For CFB Bowl Games Coverage

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The ESPN family of networks will carry extensive coverage of the College Football Playoff Semifinals today.

The double header schedule starts at 4 p.m. as the No. 1-ranked LSU Tigers take on No. 4 Oklahoma in the Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl.  No. 2 Ohio State faces off against No. 3 Clemson in the second game on the day, the Fiesta Bowl.  Broadcast for that game is scheduled to start at 8 p.m.

Chris Fowler and Kirk Herbstreit will cover the Fiesta Bowl while Sean McDonough and Todd Blackledge will partner for coverage of the Peach Bowl.

Those who won’t be near a TV today can still catch each game online through ESPN Radio.  Steve Levy, Brian Griese, Todd McShay and Molly McGrath will cover the Peach Bowl.  The broadcast team of Sean Kelly, Barrett Jones and Ian Fitzsimmons will cover the Fiesta Bowl.

ESPN’s coverage of each game will feature a variety of camera angles, giving viewers the fullest possible picture of each down, run and throw.  Alternate presentation will be available on ESPNU, ESPNEWS and on the ESPN App.

Tom Luginbill and Louis Riddick will anchor the Peach Bowl broadcast on ESPNU.  The duo will follow the game in real time, breaking down each play as the game progresses.

ESPNEWS’ presentation will take viewers high above the field in each game.  Replays will be shown throughout the network’s coverage of each game.

The ESPN App’s All-22 coverage also takes viewers above the field in each game.  The perspective allows audiences to watch the games the same way in which players and coaches study games.

ESPN2 will also present its own unique presentation of the games, as will ESPN Goal Line.

The new angles and ways to watch are just part of what makes this year’s CFB playoffs coverage special for viewers.  This year marks the first time that the Allstate Sugar Bowl will be presented in full 4K.  The presentation will come through sponsorship by Samsung QLED.  it will be available to audiences who receive their 4K service through Altice, Comcast or DIRECTV.

The Peach Bowl and Fiesta Bowl are just two of the College Football bowl games that the ESPN networks will carry throughout the weekend.  ESPN will carry the Cotton Bowl starting at noon.  The Memphis Tigers and Penn State Nittany Lions will face off in that game.

The Florida Gators and Virginia Cavaliers will go toe-to-toe Dec. 30 in the Capital One Orange Bowl on ESPN.  Coverage is scheduled to start at 8 p.m. EST.

The Oregon Ducks and Wisconsin Badgers will take to the field Jan.1 in the Rose Bowl presented by Northwestern Mutual.  ESPN will cover that game, too, with the broadcast beginning at 5 p.m. EST.

The Allstate Sugar Bowl will air at 8:45 p.m. EST on Jan. 1 on ESPN.  No. 5 Georgia will take on No. 7 Baylor in that game.

The College Football Championship presented by AT&T will finish off the ESPN networks’ annual CFB coverage on Jan. 13.  The winners of today’s semifinals matchups will determine the teams for the CFB Championship game.

More information on the ESPN networks’ college football coverage is available online now at:

 

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ESPN Networks Airing Expansive Women’s College Basketball Tournament Schedule

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ESPN is getting audiences ready for the women’s college basketball championship.

The network launched a two-week-long schedule of tournaments that culminates next weekend in a series of women’s college basketball championships. Games on the schedule will be spread across ESPN’s family of networks on ESPN+, ESPNU, ESPN2, the SEC Network, ESPN3 and ACC Network Extra.  The schedule will feature a total of almost 200 games.

The programming schedule started Monday and continues Tuesday, with the First Round of the A10 Women’s Basketball Tournament and the Quarterfinals of the Horizon League Women’s Basketball Tournament.

Programming continues Wednesday with coverage of the SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament, ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament, Ohio Valley Conference Tournament, American East Women’s Conference Championship and the Horizon League Women’s Basketball Tournament.

The attention turns to the Metro Atlantic Women’s Basketball Tournament and SoCon Women’s Basketball Tournament on Thursday, along with continued coverage of the ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament, SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament and Ohio Valley Conference Tournament.

The full lineup for the ESPN networks’ Women’s Basketball Tournaments broadcasts is noted below.

Date	Time (ET)	Event/Commentators	Network
Mon, Mar 4	8 p.m.	Heart of America Women’s Basketball Tournament Championship Culver-Stockton vs William Penn	ESPN3
Tue, Mar 5	Noon	A10 Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round UMass at George Mason	ESPN+
	3 p.m.	A10 Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round George Washington at Saint Joseph’s	ESPN+
	5:30 p.m.	Horizon League Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal Oakland at Wright State	ESPN+
	7 p.m.	Horizon League Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal Northern Kentucky at IUPUI	ESPN+
		A10 Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round Rhode Island at Duquesne	ESPN+
		A10 Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round St. Bonaventure at Davidson	ESPN+
		A10 Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round La Salle at Dayton	ESPN+
		A10 Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round Richmond at Saint Louis	ESPN+
Wed, Mar 6	11 a.m.	SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round Florida vs Ole Miss Courtney Lyle, Tamika Catchings, Steffi Sorensen	SEC Network
	1 p.m.	SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round Vanderbilt vs Alabama Courtney Lyle, Tamika Catchings, Steffi Sorensen	SEC Network
		ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round Boston College vs Virginia	ACC Network Extra
	2 p.m.	OVC Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round Southeast Missouri vs Belmont	ESPN+
	3:30p	ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round Wake Forest vs Virginia Tech	ACC Network Extra
	4 p.m.	OVC Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round Jacksonville State vs Morehead State	ESPN+
	6:30p	ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round Pittsburgh vs. Duke	ACC Network Extra
	7 p.m.	America East Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal Binghamton at Albany	ESPN+
		America East Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal Vermont at Stony Brook	ESPN+
		Horizon League Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal Milwaukee at Youngstown State	ESPN+
		America East Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal New Hampshire at Maine	ESPN+
		America East Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal UMBC at Hartford	ESPN+
	8 p.m.	Horizon League Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal Cleveland State at Green Bay	ESPN+
Thu, Mar 7	9:30 a.m.	Metro Atlantic Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round – Fairfield vs Niagara	ESPN3
	11 a.m.	SoCon Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal Western Carolina vs. Mercer	ESPN+
		ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament Second Round	ACC Network Extra
	11:30 a.m.	Metro Atlantic Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round Iona vs. Siena	ESPN3
	Noon	SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament Second Round LSU vs. Tennessee Courtney Lyle, Tamika Catchings, Steffi Sorensen	SEC Network
	1:15 p.m.	SoCon Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal Wofford vs. ETSU	ESPN+
	1:30 p.m.	Metro Atlantic Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round Saint Peter’s vs. Manhattan	ESPN3
	2 p.m.	OVC Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round Austin Peay vs. Tennessee Tech	ESPN+
		SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament Second Round LSU vs. Tennessee Courtney Lyle, Tamika Catchings, Steffi Sorensen	SEC Network
		ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament Second Round Georgia Tech vs. North Carolina	ACC Network Extra
	3:30 p.m.	SoCon Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal Samford vs. Furman	ESPN+
	4 p.m.	OVC Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round Murray State vs. UT Martin	ESPN+
	5:45 p.m.	SoCon Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal UNCG vs. Chattanooga	ESPN+
	6 p.m.	SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament Second Round Pam Ward, Carolyn Peck, Steffi Sorensen	SEC Network
		ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament Second Round	ACC Network Extra
	8 p.m.	SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament Second Round Pam Ward, Carolyn Peck, Steffi Sorensen	SEC Network
		ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament Second Round	ACC Network Extra
Fri, Mar 8	11 a.m.	A10 Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal	ESPN+
		SoCon Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinal	ESPN+
		ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal #1	ACC Network Extra
	Noon	SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal #1 Courtney Lyle, Tamika Catchings, Steffi Sorensen	SEC Network
		American Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round, Game 1 Sam Gore, Blair Schaefer	ESPN3
	1 p.m.	Metro Atlantic Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal	ESPN3
	1:15 p.m.	SoCon Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinal	ESPN+
	2 p.m.	A10 Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal	ESPN+
		OVC Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinal	ESPN+
		American Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round, Game 2 Sam Gore, Blair Schaefer	ESPN3
		SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal #2	SEC Network
		ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal #2	ACC Network Extra
	3:30 p.m.	Metro Atlantic Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal	ESPN3
	4 p.m.	OVC Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinal	ESPN+
	4:30 p.m.	A10 Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal	ESPN+
	6 p.m.	SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal #3 Pam Ward, Carolyn Peck, Steffi Sorensen	SEC Network
		American Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round, Game 3 Eric Frede, Christy Thomaskutty	ESPN3
		ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal #3	ACC Network Extra
	7 p.m.	A10 Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal	ESPN+
		ASUN Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal	ESPN+
		ASUN Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal	ESPN+
		ASUN Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal	ESPN+
		ASUN Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal	ESPN+
	8 p.m.	American Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round, Game 4 Eric Frede, Christy Thomaskutty	ESPN3
		SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal #4 Pam Ward, Carolyn Peck, Steffi Sorensen	SEC Network
		ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal #4	ACC Network Extra
Sat, Mar 9	Noon	American Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal #1 Sam Gore, Blair Schaefer	ESPN3
		Metro Atlantic Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal	ESPN3
		ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinal #1 Beth Mowins, Debbie Antonelli, Courtney Lyle	ESPNU
	1 p.m.	Summit League Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal	ESPN+
	2 p.m.	American Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal #2 Sam Gore, Blair Schaefer	ESPN3
		ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinal #2 Beth Mowins, Debbie Antonelli, Courtney Lyle	ESPNU
	2:30 p.m.	Metro Atlantic Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal Canisius vs. Monmouth	ESPN3
	3 p.m.	OVC Women’s Basketball Tournament Championship	ESPN+
	3:30 p.m.	Summit League Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal	ESPN+
	5 p.m.	SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinal #1 Pam Ward, Carolyn Peck, Steffi Sorensen	ESPNU
	6 p.m.	American Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal #3 Eric Frede, Christy Thomaskutty	ESPN3
	7 p.m.	SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinal #2 Pam Ward, Carolyn Peck, Steffi Sorensen	ESPNU
	8 p.m.	American Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal #4 Eric Frede, Christy Thomaskutty	ESPN3
Sun, Mar 10	11 a.m.	Metro Atlantic Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinal Paul Sunderland, Julianne Viani	ESPN3
	Noon	ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament Championship Beth Mowins, Debbie Antonelli, Courtney Lyle	ESPN2
		Atlantic 10 Conference Women’s Basketball Championship Title Game Melissa Lee, Andraya Carter	ESPNU
		SoCon Women’s Basketball Tournament Championship	ESPN+
	1 p.m.	America East Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinal	ESPN+
		Summit League Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal	ESPN+
	1:30 p.m.	Metro Atlantic Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinal Paul Sunderland, Julianne Viani	ESPN3
	2 p.m.	SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament Championship Pam Ward, Carolyn Peck, Steffi Sorensen	ESPN2
	2 p.m.	America East Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinal	ESPN+
	3:30 p.m.	Summit League Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal	ESPN+
	4 p.m.	American Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinal #1 Eric Frede, Christy Thomaskutty	ESPN2
	6 p.m.	Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament Championship Tiffany Greene, LaChina Robinson, Christy Winters-Scott	ESPN2
	6:30 p.m.	American Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Championship Semifinal #2 Eric Frede, Christy Thomaskutty	ESPNU
	8 p.m.	Pac-12 Women’s Basketball Tournament Championship Adam Amin, Kara Lawson, Elise Woodward	ESPN2
Mon, Mar 11	12:05 p.m.	Sun Belt Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round	ESPN+
		Sun Belt Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round	ESPN+
	1 p.m.	Horizon League Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinal	ESPN+
		Summit League Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinal	ESPN+
	2:30 p.m.	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Championship Paul Sunderland, Julianne Viani	ESPNU
	3:30 p.m.	Horizon League Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinal	ESPN+
		Summit League Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinal	ESPN+
	7 p.m.	American Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament Championship Adam Amin, Rebecca Lobo	ESPN2
		MAC Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round	ESPN+
		MAC Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round	ESPN+
		MAC Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round	ESPN+
		MAC Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round	ESPN+
Tue, Mar 12	Noon	Horizon League Women’s Basketball Championship Title Game Roy Philpott, Carolyn Peck	ESPNU
	2 p.m.	Summit League Women’s Basketball Championship Title Game Clay Matvick, Julianne Viani	ESPNU
	4 p.m.	West Coast Conference Women’s Basketball Championship Title Game Elise Woodward, Dan Hughes	ESPNU
	7 p.m.	Big South Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round	ESPN3
		Big South Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round	ESPN3
		Big South Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round	ESPN3
	9 p.m.	Big West Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round, Game 1	ESPN3
	11:30 p.m.	Big West Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round, Game 2	ESPN3
Wed, Mar 13	Noon	MAC Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal	ESPN+
		Conference USA Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round	ESPN+
	12:30 p.m.	Sun Belt Women’s Basketball Tournament Second Round	ESPN+
	2:30 p.m.	MAC Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal	ESPN+
		Conference USA Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round	ESPN+
	3 p.m.	Sun Belt Women’s Basketball Tournament Second Round	ESPN+
		WAC Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal	ESPN+
	5 p.m.	MAC Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal	ESPN+
	5:30 p.m.	WAC Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal	ESPN+
	7 p.m.	ASUN Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinal	ESPN+
		ASUN Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinal	ESPN+
		Conference USA Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round	ESPN+
	7:30 p.m.	MAC Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal	ESPN+
	9 p.m.	WAC Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal	ESPN+
		Big West Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal #1	ESPN3
	9:30 p.m.	Conference USA Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round	ESPN+
	11:30 p.m.	WAC Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal	ESPN+
		Big West Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal #2	ESPN3
Thu, Mar 14	Noon	Southland Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round	ESPN+
	12:30 p.m.	Sun Belt Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal	ESPN+
		Conference USA Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal	ESPN+
	2:30 p.m.	Southland Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round	ESPN+
	3 p.m.	Sun Belt Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal	ESPN+
		Conference USA Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal	ESPN+
	4:30 p.m.	MVC Tournament Preview Show	ESPN+
	5 p.m.	MVC Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round	ESPN+
	6 p.m.	Big South Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal #1	ESPN3
		Big South Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal #2	ESPN3
	7 p.m.	Northeast Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinal #1	ESPN3
		Northeast Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinal #2	ESPN3
	8 p.m.	MVC Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round	ESPN+
		Big South Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal #3	ESPN3
		Big South Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal #4	ESPN3
Fri, Mar 15	11 a.m.	MAC Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinal	ESPN+
	Noon	Sun Belt Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinal	ESPN+
		Southland Women’s Basketball Tournament Second Round	ESPN+
	1 p.m.	MVC Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal	ESPN+
	1:30 p.m.	MAC Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinal	ESPN+
	2:30 p.m.	Southland Women’s Basketball Tournament Second Round	ESPN+
	3 p.m.	WAC Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinal #1	ESPN+
		Big West Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinal #1	ESPN3
		Sun Belt Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinal	ESPN+
	3:30 p.m.	MVC Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal	ESPN+
	5 p.m.	America East Conference Women’s Basketball Championship Title Game Eric Frede, Christy Thomaskutty	ESPNU
	5:30 p.m.	WAC Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinal #2	ESPN+
		Big West Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinal #2	ESPN3
	6 p.m.	Big South Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinal	ESPN+
	7 p.m.	MVC Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal	ESPN+
	8 p.m.	Big South Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinal	ESPN+
	9:30 p.m.	MVC Women’s Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal	ESPN+
Sat, Mar 16	Noon	Sun Belt Women’s Basketball Tournament Championship Rich Hollenberg, Christy Winters-Scott	ESPN3
	2 p.m.	Southland Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinal	ESPN+
	2:30 p.m.	MVC Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinal	ESPN+
		Southwestern Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Championship Title Game Dave LaMont, Debbie Antonelli	ESPN3^
	3:30 p.m.	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Championship Title Game Roy Philpott, Blair Schaefer	ESPN3*
	4:30 p.m.	Southland Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinal	ESPN+
	5 p.m.	MVC Women’s Basketball Tournament Semifinal	ESPN+
		WAC Women’s Basketball Tournament Championship Paul Sunderland, Dan Hughes	ESPN3
	6 p.m.	Ivy League Women’s Basketball Championship Semifinal #1 Brenda VanLengen, Andraya Carter	ESPN3
	6:30 p.m.	Big West Women’s Basketball Tournament Championship	ESPN3
	8:30 p.m.	Ivy League Women’s Basketball Championship Semifinal #2 Brenda VanLengen, Andraya Carter	ESPN3
Sun, Mar 17	2 p.m.	Northeast Conference Women’s Basketball Championship Title Game Melissa Lee, Mike Thibault	ESPNU
		Big South Women’s Basketball Tournament Championship	ESPN+
	3 p.m.	ASUN Women’s Basketball Tournament Championship	ESPN+
		MVC Women’s Basketball Tournament Championship	ESPN+
	4 p.m.	Ivy League Women’s Basketball Championship Title Game Brenda VanLengen, Andraya Carter	ESPNU

* – will air on ESPNU at 9 a.m. on Sunday, March 17

^ – will air on ESPNU at 11 a.m. on Sunday, March 17

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ESPN Networks Announce Broadcast Schedule For Week 11 Of College Football’s 2018 Season

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.

Date	Time (ET)	Matchups/Commentators	Network
Tue, Nov 6	7:30 p.m.	Kent State at Buffalo Kevin Brown, Ray Bentley	ESPNU
Wed, Nov 7	7 p.m.	Ohio  at Miami (Ohio) Matt Barrie, Rocky Boiman	ESPN2
	8 p.m.	Toledo at Northern Illinois Chris Cotter, Desmond Howard	ESPNU
Thu, Nov 8	7 p.m.	North Carolina Central at Bethune-Cookman Tiffany Greene, Jay Walker	ESPNU
	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
Fri, Nov 9	7 p.m.	Louisville at No. 19 Syracuse Jason Benetti, Kelly Stouffer, Olivia Dekker	ESPN2
	10:15 p.m.	No. 23 Fresno State at Boise State Mike Couzens, Kirk Morrison, Alyssa Lang	ESPN2
Sat, Nov 10	Noon	Wisconsin at No. 14 Penn State Mark Jones, Dusty Dvoracek, Molly McGrath	ABC
		South Carolina at Florida Dave Pasch, Greg McElroy, Tom Luginbill	ESPN
		Navy at No. 12 UCF Anish Shroff, Ahmad Brooks, Roddy Jones	ESPN2
		Tulsa at Memphis Mike Corey, Rene Ingoglia	ESPNU
		Vanderbilt at Missouri Dave Neal, DJ Shockley, Dawn Davenport	SEC Network
		SMU at UConn Drew Fellios, Al Groh	ESPN3
		Akron at Eastern Michigan  Dan Gutowsky, Bob Carpenter	ESPN3
		Coast Guard Academy at Merchant Marine Academy Robert Lee, Matt Chatham	ESPN3
	12:20 p.m.	North Carolina at Duke	ACC Network Extra
	1 p.m.	Troy at Georgia Southern	ESPN+
	2 p.m.	North Texas at Old Dominion	ESPN3
	2:30 p.m.	Charlotte at Marshall	ESPN+
	3 p.m.	Liberty at No. 25 Virginia	ACC Network Extra
		Middle Tennessee at UTEP	ESPN+
		Jackson State at Alabama State	ESPN3
		Bowling Green at Central Michigan Chris Vosters, Marcus Ray	ESPN+
	3:30 p.m.	Oklahoma State at No. 7 Oklahoma Steve Levy, Brian Griese, Todd McShay	ABC
		No. 8 Washington State at Colorado Bob Wischusen, Brock Huard, Allison Williams	ESPN
		Purdue at Minnesota Beth Mowins, Anthony Becht, Rocky Boiman	ESPN2
		Virginia Tech at Pittsburgh Kevin Brown, Andre Ware	ESPNU
		Kentucky at Tennessee Taylor Zarzour, John Congemi, Kris Budden	SEC Network
	4 p.m.	East Carolina at Tulane Jay Alter, Dustin Fox	ESPNEWS
		Appalachian State at Texas State	ESPN3
	5 p.m.	Georgia State at Louisiana	ESPN+
		Louisiana-Monroe at South Alabama	ESPN+
		Arkansas State at Coastal Carolina	ESPN+
	7 p.m.	Auburn at No. 6 Georgia Sean McDonough, Todd Blackledge, Holly Rowe	ESPN
		Miami at Georgia Tech TV: Clay Matvick, Dan Orlovsky, Paul Carcaterra Radio: Bill Rosinski, Barrett Jones, Ian Fitzsimmons	ESPN2 and ESPN Radio
		South Florida at Cincinnati Bill Roth, Mike Golic Jr.	ESPNU
		Rice at Louisiana Tech	ESPN+
		Florida International at UTSA	ESPN+
	7:30 p.m.	No. 3 LSU at Arkansas Tom Hart, Jordan Rodgers, Cole Cubelic	SEC Network
	8 p.m.	No. 2 Clemson at No. 22 Boston College Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Maria Taylor	ABC
	10:30 p.m.	UNLV at San Diego State Mark Neely, Ray Bentley, Alex Corddry	ESPN2
	10:30 PM	California at USC Adam Amin, Rod Gilmore, Quint Kessenich	ESPN and ESPN Radio
		Colorado State at Nevada Roy Philpott, Tom Ramsey	ESPNU

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ESPN Announces Schedule Changes For Weekend CFB Broadcasts

Courtesy: ESPN

Hurricane Florence is bearing down on the East Coast, and the impacts of its winds and rain are reaching onto the gridiron.

A number of college football games have been either canceled or re-scheduled as a result of the storm.  This also has impacted the ESPN networks’ broadcast schedule of this weekend’s scheduled college football games.

The updated schedule for the networks’ broadcasts is noted below.

Games Impacted by Hurricane Florence

Date	Time	Matchup/Commentators	Network
Thu, Sept 13	5:30 p.m.	Boston College at Wake Forest Dave Flemming, Dan Orlovsky, Paul Carcaterra	ESPN
Sat, Sept. 15	Noon	Middle Tennessee at No. 3 Georgia Beth Mowins, Anthony Becht, Rocky Boiman	ESPNEWS
	Noon	Georgia Southern at No. 2 Clemson Anish Shroff, Ahmad Brooks, Alex Corddry	ESPNU
	Noon	*CANCELED* No. 18 UCF at North Carolina Mike Couzens, Kirk Morrison
	12:20 p.m.	*CANCELED* East Carolina at No. 13 Virginia Tech
	3:30 p.m.	*CANCELED* No. 14 West Virginia at NC State Clay Matvick, Dan Orlovsky, Paul Carcaterra
	3:30 p.m.	*CANCELED* Southern Mississippi at Appalachian State
	4:30 p.m.	Ohio at Virginia (Vanderbilt Stadium, Nashville) Joel Meyers, Forrest Conoly	ESPN2
	4:30 p.m.	*CANCELED* North Carolina Central at South Carolina State Tiffany Greene, Jay Walker
	7 p.m.	Oregon State at Nevada Trey Bender, Tyoka Jackson	ESPNU
	7:30 p.m.	*CANCELED* Marshall at South Carolina Roy Philpott, Tom Ramsey
	7:30 p.m.	Louisiana at No. 16 Mississippi State Mark Neely, Barrett Jones, Olivia Dekker	ESPN2

UPDATED: ESPN’s Complete College Football Week 3 Schedule

Date	Time	Matchup/Commentators	Network
Thu, Sept 13	4 p.m.	Old Dominion at Charlotte	ESPN3
	5:30 p.m.	Boston College at Wake Forest Dave Flemming, Dan Orlovsky, Paul Carcaterra	ESPN
Fri, Sept 14	7 p.m.	Georgia State at Memphis Jason Benetti, Kelly Stouffer, Olivia Dekker	ESPN
Sat, Sept 15	Noon	No. 5 Oklahoma at Iowa State Dave Pasch, Greg McElroy, Tom Luginbill	ABC
		Florida State at Syracuse Mark Jones, Dusty Dvoracek, Molly McGrath	ESPN
		No. 21 Miami at Toledo Kevin Brown, Andre Ware	ESPN2
		Georgia Southern at No. 2 Clemson Anish Shroff, Ahmad Brooks, Alex Corddry	ESPNU
	Noon	Middle Tennessee at No. 3 Georgia Beth Mowins, Anthony Becht, Rocky Boiman	ESPNEWS
		UTEP at Tennessee Dave Neal, DJ Shockley, Dawn Davenport	SEC Network
		Murray State at Kentucky Mike Morgan, John Congemi, Taylor Davis	SEC Network Alternate
		Rhode Island at UConn	ESPN3
	12:30 p.m.	Georgia Tech at Pittsburgh	ACC Network Extra
	3:30 p.m.	BYU at No. 6 Wisconsin Bob Wischusen, Brock Huard, Allison Williams	ABC
		No. 17 Boise State at No. 24 Oklahoma State Adam Amin, Rod Gilmore, Quint Kessenich	ESPN
		Central Michigan at Northern Illinois Shawn Kenney, Al Groh	ESPN+
	4 p.m.	Colorado State at Florida Taylor Zarzour, Matt Stinchcomb, Kris Budden	SEC Network
		North Texas at Arkansas Dave LaMont, Ray Bentley, Tera Talmadge	SEC Network Alternate
		Eastern Kentucky at Bowling Green Jim Barber, John Gregory	ESPN3
	4:30 p.m.	Ohio at Virginia (Vanderbilt Stadium, Nashville) Joel Meyers, Forrest Conoly	ESPN2
		Eastern Michigan at Buffalo Doug Sherman, Marcus Ray	ESPN+
	7 p.m.	No. 1 Alabama at Ole Miss Sean McDonough, Todd Blackledge, Holly Rowe	ESPN
		Alabama A&M at Cincinnati Michael Reghi, Dustin Fox	ESPN3
		Oregon State at Nevada Trey Bender, Tyoka Jackson	ESPNU
		Delaware State at Western Michigan Dan Gutowsky, Jerod Cherry	ESPN+
		Texas State at South Alabama	ESPN+
	7:30 p.m.	Louisiana-Monroe at Texas A&M Tom Hart, Jordan Rodgers, Cole Cubelic	SEC Network
		Louisiana at No. 16 Mississippi State Mark Neely, Barrett Jones, Olivia Dekker	ESPN2
		Western Kentucky at Louisville	ACC Network Extra
	8 p.m.	No. 4 Ohio State vs. No. 15 TCU from AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Maria Taylor Radio: Bill Rosinski, David Norrie, Ian Fitzsimmons	ABC and ESPN Radio
	10 p.m.	No. 10 Washington at Utah Steve Levy, Brian Griese, Todd McShay	ESPN
Wed, Sept 12	2 p.m.	Campbell at Coastal Carolina	ESPN3

Subject to change

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ESPN Announces CFB Media Days Broadcast Schedule

Courtesy: ESPN

The official start of the 2018 college football season is still a couple of months away, but ESPN is getting a head start on this season’s action.

The worldwide leader in sports announced its upcoming Media Days broadcast schedule on Wednesday.  The ESPN networks’ college football coverage launches with the return on Monday of College Football Live at 6:30 p.m. ET.  Monday’s broadcast will air live on ESPN2 from the College Football Hall of Fame and SEC kickoff.  The SEC Network will also be part of the SEC Kickoff from July 15 – 19.

After Monday’s broadcast, the 30-minute broadcast will air at its normal 3:30 and 5 p.m. time slots on ESPN2. Later in the month, College Football Live will also air live from the Pac-12 Media Day on July 25 at 3:30 p.m.

If ESPN2’s College Football Live coverage isn’t enough for college football fans, the ESPN networks’ extensive media day coverage will appease those fans. ESPNU and the ACC Network Plus will be live at the ACC Football Kickoff from July 18-19 while ESPNU and the Longhorn Network will broadcast live coverage of the Big 12 Media Days from July 16 and 17.

Online, ESPN3 will stream seven Media Days:  AAC (July 23-24), Conference USA (July 19), MAC (July 24), Sun Belt (July 23), Big South (July 24) Northeast  (July 24) and Southland (July 19).

As an added bonus for fans, ESPN will play host to two of college football’s greatest names as part of its early pre-season coverage later this month at its headquarters.  Clemson coach Dabo Swinny will appear on ESPN’s networks July 23.  Nick Saban will follow the very next day, July 24.

The ESPN networks’ full media days broadcast schedule is noted below.

Overview of ESPN’s Media Day Schedule Below
Doesn’t include daily episodes of College Football Live

Date	Time (ET)	Conference	Network
Mon, July 16	10 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.	SEC	SEC Network*
	11 a.m. – 2 p.m.	Big 12	Longhorn Network
	4 – 7 p.m.	Big 12	ESPNU**
Tue, July 17	8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.	SEC	SEC Network
	11 a.m. – 2 p.m.	Big 12	Longhorn Network
	4 – 7 p.m.	Big 12	ESPNU**
Wed, July 18	9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.	SEC	SEC Network
	10 a.m. – 5:45 p.m.	ACC	ACC Network Extra
	3 p.m. – 5 p.m.	CUSA	ESPN3
	4 – 6 p.m.	ACC	ESPNU
Thu, July 19	9 a.m. – 3 p.m.	SEC	SEC Network
	9:15 am – 2:45 p.m.	ACC	ACC Network Extra
	10 a.m. – 5:15 p.m.	Southland	ESPN3
	10 a.m. – noon	CUSA	ESPN3
	4 – 6 p.m.	ACC	ESPNU
Mon, July 23	2-4 p.m.	Sun Belt	ESPN3
	TBD	American	ESPN3
Tue, July 24	11 a.m. – 2 p.m.	MAC	ESPN3
	TBD	American	ESPN3
	11 a.m. – 1 p.m.	Northeast	ESPN3
	1:30 p.m. – 4 p.m.	Big South	ESPN3
Wed, July 25	5-7 p.m.	Pac-12	ESPNU

*Complete SEC Network programming can be found here

**Re-air of Longhorn Network programming

 

More information on ESPN’s college football coverage is available online now along with all of the latest college football headlines at:

 

Website: http://www.espn.com/college-football

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/CFBonESPN

Twitter: http://twitter.com/espncfb

 

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