The 2021 college football playoff picture will be set today.
The college football playoff selection committee will meet today to determine the field for the games leading up to the championship. ESPN will have full coverage of the field’s selection with the College Football Playoff Selection ShowPresented by AT&T at noon ET. The show will simulcast on ESPNU.
The four-hour program will feature not only the reveal of the field for this year’s college football playoffs, but the field for the New Year’s Six matchups, too. The College Football Playoffs participants are expected to be revealed at 12:15 p.m. while the teams in the wo remaining games are expected for their reveal at 2:20 p.m. ET.
Rece Davis will anchor the broadcast. It marks the seventh consecutive year that Davis has hosted the program. Kirk Herbstreit, Joey Galloway, Jesse Palmer, and David Pollack will join Davis on set with additional commentary. Chris Fowler, Booger McFarland, Greg McElroy and Jim Mora are among the additional guest personalities who will provide even more commentary.
ESPN will have reporters Chris Low, Marty Smith, Jen Lada, and Gene Wojciechowski embedded with Alabama, Clemson, Notre Dame, and Ohio State respectively as each team awaits the announcement of their placement in the playoffs. CFP Insider Heather Dinich will join the broadcast from her home studio.
Sunday’s coverage continues after the selection show starting at 4 p.m. with Championship Drive Presented by Capital One. The three-hour broadcast continues the discussion on the playoff and bowl picture for the 2020-21 college football season.
Kevin Connors will anchor the broadcast. Tom Luginbill, Rod Gilmore, McElroy and Mora will join Connors for the broadcast. An even broadcast will follow the afternoon show at 8:30 p.m. ET., with Matt Barrie hosting the late edition. Analysts Desmond Howard, Andre Ware, Todd McShay, and McElroy will join Barrie for the airing.
Championship Drive: Countdown to the Playoff Presented by AT&T 5G launches things at 9 a.m. ET on ESPN2 and ESPN. Kevin Negandhi will host alongside analysts Mark Sanchez, Dan Orlovsky, Mora, Galloway, Palmer, Fowler, and McFarland.
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ESPN’s flagship college football show will come live from North Carolina’s “Queen City” this weekend.
College GameDay Built by The Home Depot will air Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon ET live on ESPN and ESPNU from Bank of America Stadium, the home of the Carolina Panthers for its weekly broadcast. Saturday’s show will preview the 2020 ACC Championship between No. 2 Notre Dame and No. 3 Clemson.
One of the biggest topics on the day will likely be Notre Dame Coach Brian Kelly’s comments today that the team might not play in the College Football Championship if the families of the players are not permitted to attend. Kelly’s comments have created a firestorm throughout the college football world.
Rece Davis will anchor Saturday’s broadcast. The team of Kirk Herbstreit, Desmond Howard, David Pollack, Maria Taylor and Chris “The Bear” Fallica will join Davis for the broadcast. Lee Corso will join the broadcast live remotely from his home.
The ACC Championship is just one of the games set for Saturday’s day-long series of games that the group will preview. No. 11 Oklahoma and No. 7 Iowa State will face off in the Dr. Pepper Big 12 Championship Game at noon. After wo weeks off the field, the now No. 6 ranked Cincinnati Bearcats will face Tulsa for the American Athletic Conference Championship at 8 p.m. on ABC.
The current schedule for Saturday’s games is noted below.
Date
Time (ET)
Game/Talent
Network
Fri, Dec 18
7:30 p.m.
Rocket Mortgage MAC Championship: Ball State vs. Buffalo Clay Matvick, Rocky Boiman, Katie George
ESPN
8 p.m.
Pac-12 Championship Game: Oregon at No. 15 USC Sean Kelley, Barrett Jones
ESPN Radio
Sat, Dec 19
Noon
Dr Pepper Big 12 Championship: No. 11 Oklahoma vs. No. 7 Iowa State TV: Sean McDonough, Todd Blackledge, Todd McShay, Allison Williams Radio: Marc Kestecher, Ben Hartsock
ABC/ESPN Radio
No. 5 Texas A&M at Tennessee Bob Wischusen, Dusty Dvoracek, Quint Kessenich
ESPN
Florida State at Wake Forest Chris Cotter, Roddy Jones, Eric Wood
ACC Network
3:30 p.m.
Ole Miss at LSU Taylor Zarzour, Matt Stinchcomb, Cole Cubelic
SEC Network
No. 25 Missouri at Mississippi State Roy Philpott, Kelly Stouffer, Dawn Davenport
SEC Network Alternate
4 p.m.
ACC Championship Game: No. 3 Clemson vs. No. 2 Notre Dame TV: Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Maria Taylor Radio: Sean Kelley, Barrett Jones
ABC/ESPN Radio
7 p.m.
Stanford at UCLA Beth Mowins, Kirk Morrison, Taylor McGregor
ESPN
8 p.m.
American Championship: No. 24 Tulsa at No. 8 Cincinnati Joe Tessitore, Greg McElroy, Holly Rowe
ABC
10:30 p.m.
Arizona State at Oregon State Dave Flemming, Rod Gilmore, Stormy Buonantony
ESPN
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ESPN’s College GameDay Built by The Home Depot air live from South Carolina this weekend.
The network’s flagship college football program will air live from the campus of No. 18 Coastal Carolina University Saturday. It marks the first time that the program will have ever run from the university. It is ahead of the Chanticleers’ matchup with No. 13 BYU.
Rece Davis will anchor the broadcast. Kirk Herbstreit, Desmond Howard, David Pollack, Maria Taylor and Chris “The Bear” Fallica will join Davis for the broadcast. Lee Corso will join the broadcast remotely from his home while Jen Lada, Pat McAfee, Tom Rinaldi, and Gene Wojciechowski will also contribute.
The matchup between BYU and Coastal Carolina is just one of the games set for Saturday’s day-long college football schedule. No. 4 Ohio State will visit Michigan State, with coverage starting at noon on ABC. Over on ESPN, No. 5 Texas A&M will visit Auburn.
No. 17 UNC will host the Western Carolina Catamounts at noon on the ACC Network. ESPN2 will broadcast the matchup of No. 15 Oklahoma State and TCU, also at noon. that game will simulcast on ESPN Radio.
No. 12 Indiana will visit No. 16 Wisconsin at 3:30 p.m. ET on ESPN as the day continues. Virginia Tech will host No. 3 Clemson in the day’s headliner on ABC.
The full schedule for this weekend’s college football matchups is noted below.
Updated at noon ET on Thursday, Dec. 3. All rankings are CFP Rankings (Dec. 1).
Date
Time (ET)
Game/Talent
Network
Fri, Dec 4
8:30 p.m.
Louisiana at Appalachian State Jason Benetti, Andre Ware, Taylor Davis
ESPN
Sat, Dec 5
Noon
No. 4 Ohio State at Michigan State Bob Wischusen, Dan Orlovsky, Quint Kessenich
ABC
No. 5 Texas A&M at Auburn Sean McDonough, Todd Blackledge, Todd McShay, Allison Williams
ESPN
No. 15 Oklahoma State at TCU TV: Mark Jones, Dusty Dvoracek, Kris Budden Radio: Marc Kestecher, Ben Hartsock
ESPN2/ESPN Radio
Western Carolina at No. 17 NorthCarolina Wes Durham, Roddy Jones, Lericia Harris
ACC Network
Arkansas at Missouri Dave Neal, DJ Shockley, Dawn Davenport
SEC Network
Toledo at Northern Illinois Shawn Kenney, Bob Chmiel
ESPN3
Memphis at Tulane David Saltzman, Keith Moreland
ESPN+
Rice at No. 21 Marshall
ESPN+
2 p.m.
Ball State at Central Michigan Clay Matvick, Rocky Boiman
ESPNU
Bowling Green at Akron Michael Reghi, Jerod Cherry
ESPN3
Troy at South Alabama
ESPN3
Eastern Michigan at Western Michigan Dan Gutowsky, Devin Gardner
ESPN+
3 p.m.
Louisiana-Monroe at Arkansas State
ESPN3
3:30 p.m.
No. 12 Indiana at No. 16 Wisconsin Joe Tessitore, Greg McElroy, Holly Rowe
ABC
West Virginia at No. 9 Iowa State Dave Pasch, Mike Golic Sr., Paul Carcaterra
ESPN
No. 24 Tulsa at Navy Anish Shroff, Tom Luginbill, Alex Chappell
ESPN2
Boston College at Virginia
ESPN3
4 p.m.
Georgia Tech at NC State Chris Cotter, Mark Herzlich, Eric Wood
ACC Network
Vanderbilt at No. 8 Georgia Taylor Zarzour, Matt Stinchcomb, Lauren Sisler
SEC Network
5:30 p.m.
No. 13 BYU at No. 18 CoastalCarolina Bill Roth, Dustin Fox, Ryan McGee
ESPNU
6 p.m.
Florida Atlantic at Georgia Southern
ESPN+
7 p.m.
No. 23 Oregon at California Dave Flemming, Rod Gilmore, Taylor McGregor
ESPN
7:30 p.m.
No. 3 Clemson at Virginia Tech Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Maria Taylor
ABC
South Carolina at Kentucky Tom Hart, Jordan Rodgers, Cole Cubelic
SEC Network
No. 1 Alabama at LSU Sean Kelley, Barrett Jones
ESPN Radio
8 p.m.
No. 10 Miami at Duke Dave O’Brien, Tim Hasselbeck, Katie George
ACC Network
9 p.m.
Houston at SMU John Schriffen, Rene Ingoglia
ESPNU
10:30 p.m.
Oregon State at Utah Mike Couzens, Kirk Morrison, Ian Fitzsimmons
ESPN
Sun, Dec 6
Noon
Western Kentucky at Charlotte
ESPN3
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ESPN is giving football fans plenty of ways to pass the time safely at home this Thanksgiving weekend.
Approximately 16 of college football’s Top 25 ranked teams are scheduled to face off this weekend in an extensive broadcast schedule across the ESPN networks. This weekend’s schedule is set to launch at noon Friday on ABC, with No. 20 Texas hosting No. 15 Iowa State.
Over on ESPN3, Liberty, which has surprised many fans and other teams this season, will host UMass, also at noon.
Following the conclusion of the Iowa State – Texas game, No. 25 North Carolina will host No. 2 Notre Dame at 3:30 p.m. ET on ABC. South Florida will host in-state rival UCF in an American Athletic Conference matchup, also at 3:30 p.m., on ESPN.
No. 9 Oregon will visit in-state rival Oregon State at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN to round out the day’s college football broadcast schedule.
The action continues at noon Saturday with 10 games set to take place across the ESPN networks. Michigan will host winless Penn State on ABC, while No. 6 Florida will play host to Kentucky on ESPN2. No. 12 Indiana will host Maryland at noon on ESPN2.
The ACC Network will feature a conference matchup between N.C. State and Syracuse. Meanwhile on the SEC Network, Missouri will host Vanderbilt.
ESPN3 will offer two options at noon: Georgia Southern at Georgia State, and Ball State at Toleo.
East Carolina, which won its second game of the season last week, will host Southern Methodist University (SMU) as one of three games featured at noon Saturday on ESPN+. The other two games slated to stream in the noon time slot on ESPN+ are: Bowling Green at Ohio, and Northern Illinois At Western Michigan.
The gridiron action will continue well past noon into the evening, with the #7 ranked University of Cincinnati on the road against Temple at 4 p.m. ET on ESPNU. #4 Clemson is scheduled to host Pittsburgh at 3:30 p.m. ET on ESPN.
No. 14 Oklahoma and West Virginia will headline the weekend’s schedule on ABC’s Saturday Night Football Presented by Capital One. Coverage is scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m. ET.
This weekend’s full college football broadcast schedule is noted below.
Date
Time (ET)
Game/Talent
Network
Fri, Nov 27
Noon
No. 15 Iowa State at No. 20 Texas Matt Barrie, Mike Golic Jr., Kris Budden
ABC
UMass at Liberty
ESPN3
3:30 p.m.
No. 2 Notre Dame at No. 25 North Carolina Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Katie George
ABC
UCF at South Florida Roy Philpott, Kelly Stouffer
ESPN
7 p.m.
No. 9 Oregon at Oregon State Dave Flemming, Rod Gilmore, Shelley Smith
ESPN
Sat, Nov 28
Noon
Penn State at Michigan Dave Pasch, Mike Golic Sr., Paul Carcaterra
ABC
Kentucky at No. 6 Florida Mark Jones, Dusty Dvoracek, Quint Kessenich
ESPN
Maryland at No. 12 Indiana Roy Philpott, Kelly Stouffer, Jerry Punch
ESPN2
NC State at Syracuse Wes Durham, Roddy Jones
ACC Network
Vanderbilt at Missouri Dave Neal, DJ Shockley, Taylor Davis
SEC Network
Georgia Southern at Georgia State
ESPN3
Ball State at Toledo Michael Reghi, Devin Gardner
ESPN3
SMU at East Carolina Lincoln Rose, LaDarrin McLane
ESPN+
Bowling Green at Ohio David Wilson, Ryan Cavanaugh
ESPN+
Northern Illinois at Western Michigan Dan Gutowsky, Marcus Ray
ESPN+
1 p.m.
Miami (Ohio) at Akron Anthony Lima, Jerod Cherry
ESPN3
UTEP at Rice
ESPN3
3 p.m.
South Alabama at Arkansas State
ESPN3
No. 23 Louisiana at Louisiana-Monroe
ESPN3
No. 16 Coastal Carolina at Texas State
ESPN+
3:30 p.m.
Colorado at No. 19 USC Anish Shroff, Tom Luginbill, Allison Williams
ABC
Pittsburgh at No. 4 Clemson Sean McDonough, Todd Blackledge, Todd McShay, Molly McGrath
ESPN
No. 11 Northwestern at Michigan State Clay Matvick, Rocky Boiman, Taylor McGregor
ESPN2
4 p.m.
No. 7 Cincinnati at Temple John Schriffen, Rene Ingoglia
ESPNU
Louisville at Boston College Chris Cotter, Mark Herzlich, Eric Wood
ACC Network
Mississippi State at Ole Miss Tom Hart, Jordan Rodgers, Cole Cubelic
SEC Network
7 p.m.
LSU at No. 5 Texas A&M Bob Wischusen, Dan Orlovsky, Kris Budden
ESPN
Kansas State at Baylor Jason Benetti, Andre Ware, Ian Fitzsimmons
ESPN2
Duke at Georgia Tech
ESPN3
7:30 p.m.
No. 14 Oklahoma at West Virginia Joe Tessitore, Greg McElroy, Holly Rowe
ABC
No. 13 Georgia at South Carolina TV: Taylor Zarzour, Matt Stinchcomb, Alyssa Lang Radio: Sean Kelley, Barrett Jones
SEC Network/ESPN Radio
8 p.m.
Troy at Appalachian State Bill Roth, Dustin Fox
ESPNU
Virginia at Florida State Dave O’Brien, Tim Hasselbeck, Katie George
ACC Network
10:30 p.m.
TBD at Washington Beth Mowins, Kurt Morrison, Stormy Buonantony
ESPN
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The ESPN networks will kick off the 2020-2021 college basketball season at 2 p.m. Wednesday. The season opens with Illinois on the road against No. 23 Ohio State on ESPN and Kansas State hosting Drake on ESPNU. Memphis and St. Mary’s will face off in the Quarterfinal #2 of the Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic on ESPN2.
Play continues at 4 p.m. ET as Louisville hosts Evansville on the ACC Network. Quarterfinal #1, featuring a matchup of Northern Iowa and Western Kentucky follows at 4:30 p.m. ET on ESPNU. No. 10 Kentucky will host Morehead State at 6 p.m. ET on the SEC Network.
Over on ESPN+, Northwestern State will visit No. 14 Texas Tech. That game is scheduled to start at 7 p.m. An hour later at 8 p.m. ET No. 19 Texas will host UT Rio Grande Valley on The Longhorn Network.
The opening day of ESPN’s college basketball opening day winds down at 9:30 p.m. ET on ESPN2. Quarterfinal #4 of the Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic, featuring a matchup of VCU and Utah State, finishes the day.
The full broadcast schedule for the ESPN networks’ first two weeks of the 2020-2021 college basketball season is noted below.
ESPN Networks Television Schedule (subject to change) Please note: Due to the ongoing changes related to the college basketball season, ESPN will unveil TV and digital schedules on a week-to-week basis. Schedule changes will be reflected here, as well as @ESPNPR.
Date
Time (ET)
Matchup/Commentators
Network
Feast Week Presented by Lowe’s (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU)
Wed, Nov 25
2 p.m.
Illinois State at No. 23 Ohio State Anish Shroff, Cory Alexander
ESPN
Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic Quarterfinal #2 Memphis vs. St. Mary’s Rich Hollenberg, Dan Dakich
ESPN2
Drake at Kansas State Chuckie Kempf, Tim Welsh
ESPNU
4 p.m.
Oklahoma State at UT Arlington Mark Neely, Fran Fraschilla
ESPN
Bowling Green at No. 25 Michigan Jason Benetti, Robbie Hummel
ESPN2
Evansville at Louisville Mike Couzens, David Padgett
ACCN
4:30 p.m.
Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic Quarterfinal #1 Northern Iowa vs. Western Kentucky Rich Hollenberg, Dan Dakich
ESPNU
6 p.m.
College of Charleston at No. 16 North Carolina Jay Alter, Malcolm Huckaby
ACCN
Morehead State vs. No. 10 Kentucky Paul Sunderland, Jimmy Dykes
SEC Network
7 p.m.
2K Empire Classic Semifinal #1 No. 18 Arizona State vs. Rhode Island Jon Sciambi, Jay Bilas
ESPN
Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic Quarterfinal #3 South Dakota State vs. No. 15 West Virginia Doug Sherman, Chris Spatola
ESPN2
Northwestern State at No. 14 Texas Tech
ESPN+
8 p.m.
Jacksonville State at Alabama Richard Cross, Mark Wise
SEC Network
UT Rio Grande Valley at No. 19 Texas Lowell Galindo, Lance Blanks
Longhorn Network
Charleston Southern vs. NC State
ACCN
Houston Baptist at TCU
ESPN+
9:30 p.m.
2K Empire Classic Semifinal #2 No. 3 Villanova vs. Boston College Jon Sciambi, Jay Bilas
ESPN
Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic Quarterfinal #4 VCU vs. Utah State Doug Sherman, Chris Spatola
ESPN2
Thu, Nov. 26
Noon
Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic Semifinal #1 Rich Hollenberg, Dan Dakich
ESPN
2:30 p.m.
Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic Semifinal #2 Rich Hollenberg, Dan Dakich
ESPN
5 p.m.
Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic Consolation Game Doug Sherman, Chris Spatola
ESPN or ESPN2
7 p.m.
2K Empire Classic Third Place Game Jon Sciambi, Jay Bilas
ESPN
7:30 p.m.
Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic Consolation Game Doug Sherman, Chris Spatola
ESPN2
9:30 p.m.
2K Empire Classic Championship Jon Sciambi, Jay Bilas
ESPN
Fri, Nov. 27
11:30 a.m.
HomeLight Classic
ESPN
1:30 p.m.
Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic Championship Rich Hollenberg, Dan Dakich
ESPN
Sam Houston State vs. No. 14 Texas Tech Mark Neely, TBD
ESPNU
3 p.m.
Bryant at Syracuse Jay Alter, Malcolm Huckaby
ACCN
4 p.m.
Seton Hall at Louisville Mike Couzens, Fran Fraschilla
ESPN2
Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic Seventh Place Game Rich Hollenberg, Dan Dakich
ESPNU
6:30 p.m.
Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic Fifth Place Game Doug Sherman, Chris Spatola
ESPN2
7 p.m.
Valparaiso at Vanderbilt
SEC Network
Longwood at Wake Forest
ACCN
8:30 p.m.
Colorado at Kansas State Chuckie Kempf, Tim Welsh
ESPNU
9 p.m.
Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic Third Place Game Doug Sherman, Chris Spatola
ESPN2
Sat, Nov. 28
4 p.m.
Hall of Fame Classic Powered by ShotTracker Semifinal #1 South Carolina vs. Liberty Chuckie Kempf, Mark Adams
ESPNEWS
5:30 p.m.
Air Force Reserve Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off Classic Rhode Island vs. South Florida Kevin Brown, Jon Crispin
ESPN3
7:30 p.m.
Hall of Fame Classic Powered by ShotTracker Semifinal #2 Tulsa vs. TCU Chuckie Kempf, Mark Adams
ESPN3
Texas Southern vs. Oklahoma State
ESPN+
8 p.m.
Air Force Reserve Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off Classic Virginia Tech vs. Temple Kevin Brown, Jon Crispin
ESPNEWS
Sun, Nov. 29
1 p.m.
Richmond vs. No. 10 Kentucky Dan Shulman, Jimmy Dykes
ESPN
Arkansas-Pine Bluff vs. Iowa State
ESPN+
Hall of Fame Classic Powered by ShotTracker Third Place Game Chuckie Kempf, Mark Adams
ESPN2
3:30 p.m.
Hall of Fame Classic Powered by ShotTracker Championship Chuckie Kempf, Mark Adams
ESPN2
5:30 p.m.
No. 17 Houston vs. No. 14 Texas Tech Mark Neely, Fran Fraschilla
ESPN2
Air Force Reserve Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off Classic Jon Sciambi, Jon Crispin
ESPNU
6 p.m.
North Florida at Miami Dave O’Brien, Jordan Cornette
ACCN
8 p.m.
Air Force Reserve Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off Classic South Florida vs. Virginia Tech Jon Sciambi, Jon Crispin
ESPN2
Mon, Nov. 30
Noon
Camping World Maui Invitational Quarterfinal #1 No. 19 Texas vs. Davidson
ESPN2
2:30 p.m.
Camping World Maui Invitational Quarterfinal #2 Indiana vs. Providence
ESPN2
6 p.m.
Bubbleville St. John’s vs. Boston College
ESPNU
7 p.m.
Camping World Maui Invitational Quarterfinal #3 No. 16 North Carolina vs. UNLV
ESPN2
William & Mary at NC State
ACCN
8 p.m.
UM Kansas City vs. Kansas State
ESPNU
Texas State at Mississippi State
SEC Network
9:30 p.m.
Camping World Maui Invitational Quarterfinal #4 Stanford vs. Alabama
ESPN2
Tue, Dec. 1
1:30 p.m.
Camping World Maui Invitational Semifinal #1
ESPN
2:30 p.m.
Roman Legends Classic Semifinal #1 USC vs. BYU
ESPN2
4 p.m.
Camping World Maui Invitational Semifinal #2
ESPN
Saint Francis at No. 4 Virginia
ACCN
5 p.m.
Roman Legends Classic Semifinal #2 UConn vs. Vanderbilt
ESPN2
6 p.m.
Western Kentucky at Louisville
ACCN
7 p.m.
Camping World Maui Invitational Consolation Game
ESPN2
7:30 p.m.
State Farm Champions Classic No. 13 Michigan State vs. No. 9 Duke
ESPN
9:30 p.m.
State Farm Champions Classic No. 6 Kansas vs. No. 10 Kentucky
ESPN
Camping World Maui Invitational Consolation Game
ESPN2
Wed, Dec. 2
1:30 p.m.
Camping World Maui Invitational Third Place Game
ESPN
4 p.m.
Camping World Maui Invitational Championship
ESPN
Troy at Wake Forest
ACCN
5 p.m.
Florida vs. Oklahoma
ESPN2
6 p.m.
South Carolina State at Clemson
ACCN
7 p.m.
Jimmy V Men’s Classic Presented by Corona No. 12 Tennessee vs. No. 1 Gonzaga
ESPN
Camping World Maui Invitational Fifth Place Game
ESPN2
Tarleton State at Texas A&M
SEC Network
8 p.m.
North Florida at No. 21 Florida State
ACCN
9 p.m.
UT Arlington at Arkansas
SEC Network
9:30 p.m.
Camping World Maui Invitational Seventh Place Game
ESPN2
10 p.m.
Jimmy V Men’s Classic Presented by Corona No. 8 Illinois vs. No. 2 Baylor
ESPN
7 p.m.
South Dakota State vs. Iowa State
ESPN+
Youngstown State vs. No. 15 West Virginia
ESPN+
Thu, Dec. 3
7 p.m.
Roman Legends Classic Championship
ESPN
9 p.m.
St. John‘s vs. No. 14 Texas Tech
ESPN
9:30 p.m.
Roman Legends Classic Third Place Game
ESPN2
8 p.m.
VMI vs. Virginia Tech
ACCN
Northwestern State vs. TCU
ESPN+
Fri, Dec. 4
2 p.m.
UNCG at Louisville
ACCN
4 p.m.
Rhode Island at Boston College
ACCN
6 p.m.
Kent State at No. 4 Virginia
ACCN
7 p.m.
Jacksonville at Georgia
SEC Network
8 p.m.
No. 12 Tennessee at Notre Dame
ACCN
9 p.m.
South Alabama at Auburn
SEC Network
Sat, Dec. 5
Noon
Bubbleville NC State vs. UConn
ESPNU
TBD
Oakland vs. Oklahoma State
ESPN+
8 p.m.
UNLV vs. Kansas State
ESPN+
Sun, Dec. 6
Noon
Elon at No. 9 Duke
ACCN
1 p.m.
No. 3 Villanova at No. 19 Texas
ESPN
2 p.m.
Missouri at Wichita State
ESPN2
Grambling State at No. 14 Texas Tech
ESPNU
Stetson at Florida
SEC Network
3 p.m.
Xavier at Cincinnati
ESPN
4 p.m.
Oklahoma at TCU
ESPN2
UTRGV at Texas A&M
SEC Network
5 p.m.
Hoopsgiving No. 10 Kentucky at Georgia Tech
ESPN
6 p.m.
DePaul at Iowa State
ESPNU
Louisiana Tech at LSU
SEC Network
8 p.m.
Oklahoma at TCU
ESPN+
ACC/Big Ten Challenge Presented byContinental Tire
Date
Time
Matchup
Network
Tue, Dec. 8
5 p.m.
Purdue at Miami
ESPN2
7 p.m.
Boston College at Minnesota
ESPNU
7:30 p.m.
North Carolina at Iowa
ESPN
Ohio State at Notre Dame
ESPN2
9 p.m.
Penn State at Virginia Tech
ESPNU
9:30 p.m.
Illinois at Duke
ESPN
Syracuse at Rutgers
ESPN2
Wed, Dec. 9
5 p.m.
Maryland at Clemson
ESPN2
7:15 p.m.
Louisville at Wisconsin
ESPN
NC State at Michigan
ESPN2
Georgia Tech at Nebraska
ESPNU
9:15 p.m.
Michigan State at Virginia
ESPN
Indiana at Florida State
ESPN2
Pittsburgh at Northwestern
ESPNU
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The Mid-American Conference and Pac-12 will make their official return to play this weekend.
The ESPN networks will have full coverage of the conferences’ return to mark the occasion. It all starts at 6 p.m. ET on Wednesday with five games from the MAC spread across the ESPN networks. Western Michigan will face Akron on ESPN3 while Eastern Michigan will be on the road against Kent State on ESPN+.
Ohio will face Central Michigan at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN. Over on ESPN2, Buffalo will visit Northern Illinois, also at 7 p.m. ET.
Rounding out the evening’s MAC coverage is a matchup of Toledo and Bowling Green at 8 p.m. ET on ESPNU.
PAC-12 RETURN
Courtesy: ESPN
The Pac-12’s return will come in the form of a matchup between Stanford and No. 12 Oregon. The matchup will headline this weekend’s college football schedule. The teams will play live on ABC’s Saturday Night Football Presented by Capital One.
WEEKEND SCHEDULE
The ACC will open this weekend’s college football schedule as North Carolina State University will host ACC foe No. 11 Miami at 7:30 p.m. ET Friday on ESPN.
Saturday’s day-long schedule launches at noon with nine games at noon across ESPN’s networks. No. 22 Texas will host West Virginia on ABC. The game will simulcast on ABC Radio.
Another key noon matchup is #25 Liberty visiting Virginia Tech on the ACC Network. No. 18 SMU will visit Temple on ESPN+.
No. 16 Marshall will host UMass at 2:30 p.m. on ESPN+.
Even more Top 25 matchups follow at 3:30 p.m. ET. No. 10 Wisconsin will host Purdue on ABC while No. 6 Cincinnati will host Houston on ESPN. No. 19 Oklahoma will host Kansas on ESPN2.
Later in the evening, No. 7 Texas A&M will visit South Carolina on ESPN. That game will simulcast on ESPN Radio.
No. 15 Coastal Carolina will host South Alabama at 8 p.m. ET on ESPNU.
The ESPN networks’ full college football broadcast schedule for this week is noted below.
Date
Time (ET)
Game/Talent
Network
Wed, Nov 4
6 p.m.
Western Michigan at Akron Michael Reghi, Dustin Fox
ESPN3
Eastern Michigan at Kent State David Wilson, John Gregory
ESPN+
7 p.m.
Ohio at Central Michigan Kevin Brown, Mike Golic Jr., Quint Kessenich
ESPN
Buffalo at Northern Illinois Anish Shroff, Tom Luginbill, Taylor McGregor
ESPN2
8 p.m.
Bowling Green at Toledo Mike Couzens, Rocky Boiman
ESPNU
Fri, Nov 6
7:30 p.m.
No. 11 Miami at NC State Jason Benetti, Andre Ware, Marty Smith
ESPN
Sat, Nov 7
Noon
West Virginia at No. 22 Texas TV: Joe Tessitore, Greg McElroy, Holly Rowe Radio: Marc Kestecher, Ben Hartsock
ABC/ESPN Radio
Michigan State at Iowa Bob Wischusen, Dan Orlovsky, Paul Carcaterra
ESPN
North Carolina at Duke Roy Philpott, Kelly Stouffer, Alex Chappell
ESPN2
Arkansas State at Louisiana Dave Neal, DJ Shockley
ESPNU
No. 25 Liberty at Virginia Tech Chris Cotter, Mark Herzlich, Taylor Davis
ACC Network
Louisiana-Monroe at Georgia State
ESPN3
Tulane at East Carolina Evan Lepler, Jay Sonnhalter
ESPN+
South Florida at Memphis Lincoln Rose, LaDarrin McLane
ESPN+
No. 18 SMU at Temple Dave Leno, Ken Dunek
ESPN+
1 p.m.
Troy at Georgia Southern
ESPN3
2 p.m.
Boston College at Syracuse
ESPN3
2:30 p.m.
UMass at No. 16 Marshall
ESPN+
3 p.m.
North Alabama at Southern Mississippi
ESPN3
Appalachian State at Texas State
ESPN+
3:30 p.m.
Purdue at No. 10 Wisconsin Dave Pasch, Mike Golic Sr., Jerry Punch
ABC
Houston at No. 6 Cincinnati Sean McDonough, Todd Blackledge, Todd McShay, Molly McGrath
ESPN
Kansas at No. 19 Oklahoma Anish Shroff, Tom Luginbill, Kris Budden
ESPN2
Vanderbilt at Mississippi State Taylor Zarzour, Matt Stinchcomb, Dawn Davenport
SEC Network
UTSA at Rice
ESPN3
Charlotte at Middle Tennessee
ESPN+
4 p.m.
Arizona at Utah Clay Matvick, Rocky Boiman
ESPNU
Pittsburgh at Florida State Wes Durham, Roddy Jones, Lericia Harris
ACC Network
Florida International at UTEP
ESPN3
7 p.m.
No. 7 Texas A&M at South Carolina TV: Mark Jones, Dusty Dvoracek, Quint Kessenich Radio: Sean Kelley, Barrett Jones
ESPN/ESPN Radio
UCLA at Colorado Beth Mowins, Kirk Morrison, John Schriffen
ESPN2
7:30 p.m.
Stanford at No. 12 Oregon Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Maria Taylor
ABC
Tennessee at Arkansas Tom Hart, Jordan Rodgers, Cole Cubelic
SEC Network
8 p.m.
South Alabama at No. 15 Coastal Carolina Courtney Lyle, Rene Ingoglia
ESPNU
Louisville at Virginia Dave O’Brien, Tim Hasselbeck, Katie George
ACC Network
10:30 p.m.
Washington at California Dave Flemming, Rod Gilmore, Allison Williams
ESPN
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No. 3 Ohio State and No. 18 Penn State will headline the ESPN networks’ college football broadcast schedule this week.
The Big 10 foes are scheduled to go under the lights on ABC’s Saturday Night Football presented by Capital One Saturday night. Coverage is scheduled to start at 7 :30 p.m. E.T. Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, and Maria Taylor will have the call for the game.
OHIO STATE WEEK 1
Ohio State (1-0, 1-0) opened its season last weekend with a 52-17 win over Nebraska while Penn State (0-1, 0-1) was upset by Indiana in that matchup, 36-35.
Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields was 20-21 in last weekend’s opener for Ohio State, throwing for 276 yards and two touchdowns. At the same time, Nebraska QB Adrian Martinez shined, too, going 12-15 for 105 yards.
Ohio State racked up a total of 498 yards to Nebraska’s total of 377 yards. Penalties also impacted Nebraska. The Cornhuskers incurred eight penalties for a total of 90 lost yards while Ohio State totaled three penalties for 14 yards lost.
Ohio State also outperformed Nebraska on third and fourth down conversions. The Buckeyes went 8-13 on third down conversions and 2-2 on fourth down conversions.
On the other side of the ball, Nebraska was 4-10 on third down conversions, and had no fourth down conversions.
First downs went in favor of the Buckeyes, too, with Ohio State totaling 28 first downs to Nebraska’s 17. Approximately 13 of Ohio State’s first downs were from rushing, 12 from passing, and three from penalties against Nebraska.
Rushing yardage earned Nebraska 11 first downs while passing helped the Cornhuskers gain another six first downs. Penalties accounted for none of Nebraska’s first downs.
In regards to scoring, the Buckeyes held the Cornhuskers to one touchdown each in the first and second quarters, and only a field goal in the third. Ohio State’s defense kept Nebraska’s offense from reaching the end zone in the fourth quarter. Meanwhile, Ohio State’s offense relied on a field goal only once throughout the game, and scored touchdowns twice in three of four quarters.
Nebraska is scheduled to face #9 Wisconsin at 3:30 p.m. ET Saturday on Fox Sports 1.
PENN STATE WEEK 1
Despite totaling more overall yardage, passing yards, and rushing yards than Indiana, Penn State dropped its opener to the Hoosiers 36-35.
Penalties ultimately are what doomed ultimately doomed Penn State. The Nittany Lions racked up 10 penalties for a total of 100 yards lost. By comparison, Indiana incurred four penalties for a total of 36 yards.
Also hurting Penn State in the game was turnovers. Penn State had three turnovers, two of which came from interceptions. Indiana’s two total turnovers came from one interception and a fumble.
The Nittany Lions totaled 238 passing yards and 250 rushing yards for a total of 488 yards in their season opener. By comparison, the Hoosiers had 170 passing yards and 41 rushing yards for a total of 211 total yards in the game.
Penn State even outdid Indiana on first downs, third down conversions and fourth down conversions in last weekend’s game. Penn State totaled 27 first downs to Indiana’s 16, with the majority (13) coming through rushing yards and another 12 from passing yards. Two of the team’s first downs came as a result of penalties against the Hoosiers.
Indiana totaled 16 first downs in the game, the majority (9) of which came from rushing yards. Rushing yards garnered the team another five first downs and penalties against Penn State giving them two more.
Penn State was 9-17 on third down conversions while Indiana was 4-12 In regards to fourth down conversions, Penn State was 1-2 while Indiana was 0-1.
WEEKEND SCHEDULE
While Penn State and Ohio State are scheduled as the headliners for this week’s college football broadcast schedule on the ESPN networks, it is just one of the weekend’s featured games. This week’s schedule opens at 7:30 p.m. ET Thursday on ESPN as Georgia Southern hosts South Alabama.
Friday will feature a double header on ESPN and ESPN2. First up at 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN, Maryland will host Minnesota. Tulsa and East Carolina University will follow at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN2.
Saturday’s schedule opens at high noon with seven games spread across the ESPN networks. No. 1 Clemson will host Boston College on ABC. Memphis will be on the road against the now #7-ranked Bearcats on ESPN in a re-match of last year’s AAC title game opponents. West Virginia will host No. 16 Kansas State on ESPN2 while No. 20 Coastal Carolina is scheduled to visit Georgia State on ESPNU.
Kentucky will host No. 5 Georgia at noon on the SEC Network. The ACC Network will feature a face-off between Wake Forest and Syracuse. Over on ESPN+, Tulane will host Temple.
Houston and UCF will follow at 2 p.m. on EPSN+ while ESPN3 will feature either Rice at Southern Miss or Troy at Arkansas State, depending on the schedule and coverage area.
Later at 7:30 p.m. ET, No. 10 Florida will host Missouri on the SEC Alternate network.
This week’s full college football broadcast schedule is noted below.
Date
Time (ET)
Game/Talent
Network
Thu, Oct 29
7:30 p.m.
South Alabama at Georgia Southern Matt Barrie, Mike Golic Jr., Lericia Harris
ESPN
Fri, Oct 30
7:30 p.m.
Minnesota at Maryland Jason Benetti, Andre Ware, Quint Kessenich
ESPN
9 p.m.
East Carolina at Tulsa Clay Matvick, Rocky Boiman
ESPN2
Sat, Oct 31
Noon
Boston College at No. 1 Clemson Joe Tessitore, Greg McElroy, Holly Rowe
ABC
Memphis at No. 7 Cincinnati Mark Jones, Dusty Dvoracek, Paul Carcaterra
ESPN
No. 16 Kansas State at West Virginia Roy Philpott, Kelly Stouffer, Jerry Punch
ESPN2
No. 20 Coastal Carolina at Georgia State Mike Corey, Jay Walker
ESPNU
No. 5 Georgia at Kentucky Tom Hart, Jordan Rodgers, Cole Cubelic
SEC Network
Wake Forest at Syracuse Chris Cotter, Mark Herzlich, Kelsey Riggs
ACC Network
Temple at Tulane Lincoln Rose, Keith Moreland
ESPN+
2 p.m.
UCF at Houston David Saltzman, Stan Routt
ESPN+
3 p.m.
Rice at Southern Mississippi
ESPN3
Troy at Arkansas State
ESPN3
3:30 p.m.
No. 4 Notre Dame at Georgia Tech Dave Pasch, Mike Golic Sr., Marty Smith
ABC
Northwestern at Iowa Bob Wischusen, Dan Orlovsky, Allison Williams
ESPN
TCU at Baylor Dave Flemming, Rod Gilmore, Kris Budden
ESPN2
4 p.m.
Appalachian State at Louisiana-Monroe Bill Roth, Dustin Fox
ESPNU
Ole Miss at Vanderbilt Dave Neal, DJ Shockley, Dawn Davenport
SEC Network
Virginia Tech at Louisville TV: Wes Durham, Roddy Jones, Eric Wood Radio: Sean Kelley, Barrett Jones
ACC Network/ESPN Radio
7 p.m.
Mississippi State at No. 2 Alabama Sean McDonough, Todd Blackledge, Todd McShay, Molly McGrath
ESPN
Charlotte at Duke
ESPN3
7:30 p.m.
No. 3 Ohio State at No. 18 Penn State Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Maria Taylor
ABC
Navy at No. 22 SMU Anish Shroff, Tom Luginbill, Ian Fitzsimmons
ESPN2
Arkansas at No. 8 Texas A&M Taylor Zarzour, Matt Stinchcomb, Lauren Sisler
SEC Network
Missouri at No. 10 Florida Mike Morgan, Hutson Mason, Taylor Davis
SEC Network Alternate
8 p.m.
Louisiana at Texas State Mike Couzens, Rene Ingoglia
ESPNU
No. 15 North Carolina at Virginia Dave O’Brien, Tim Hasselbeck, Katie George
ACC Network
10:15 p.m.
Western Kentucky at No. 11 BYU Beth Mowins, Kirk Morrison, Stormy Buonantony
ESPN
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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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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 TEXASA&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
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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 CoastalCarolina 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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