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.

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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

More information on the ESPN networks’ Women’s College Basketball tournaments is available online now at:

 

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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

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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

 

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Wildcats, Gators Headline This Week’s ESPN Networks College Basketball Broadcast Schedule

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ESPN’s College GameDay Covered by State Farm is headed to Kentucky.

The network’s flaghship college basketball program will air live Saturday from the campus of the University of Kansas.  The broadcast will preceded ESPN’s broadcast of Saturday Primetime presented by AT&T, which is currently set to start at 8:15 p.m. ET.

The Wildcats are scheduled to face the Florida Gators in Saturday’s game. Saturday morning’s CGD broadcast will come live from Rupp Arena beginning at 11 a.m. ET.  An evening edition will lead into the game.

The Wildcats/Gators matchup is not the only game on this week’s schedule across the ESPN networks.  No. 2 Virginia is on the road tonight against Georgia Tech.  That game is scheduled to air at 8 p.m. ET on ACC Network Extra along with a matchup of N.C. State and Wake Forest.  Buffalo and Western Michigan face off Friday night at 7 p.m. on ESPNU.  No. 3 Purdue opens Saturday’s broadcast schedule at noon as the Boilermakers visit Iowa.  That game is set to air on ESPN.

The current men’s college basketball broadcast schedule for this week is noted below.

Thu, Jan 18	7 p.m.	Murray State at Belmont Dave LaMont, Adrian Branch	ESPNU
		Old Dominion at Florida International	ESPN3
		Binghamton at Stony Brook	ESPN3
		Hartford at Maine	ESPN3
		UMass Lowell at Albany	ESPN3
		Vermont at New Hampshire	ESPN3
		North Florida at NJIT	ESPN3
		Jacksonville at South Carolina Upstate	ESPN3
		Stetson at Kennesaw State	ESPN3
		Niagara at Quinnipiac	ESPN3
		Marist at Siena	ESPN3
		UIC at Youngstown State	ESPN3
		IUPUI at Cleveland State	ESPN3
		Northern Kentucky at Milwaukee	ESPN3
		The Citadel at UNC Greensboro	ESPN3
		East Tennessee State at Furman	ESPN3
		Mercer at VMI	ESPN3
	7:30 p.m.	Florida Gulf Coast at Lipscomb	ESPN3
		NAIA Basketball Park at Missouri Baptist	ESPN3
	8 p.m.	No. 2 Virginia at Georgia Tech	ACC Network Extra
		Wake Forest at NC State	ACC Network Extra
		Lake Superior State at Grand Valley State	ESPN3
		Wright State at Green Bay	ESPN3
		Wofford at Samford	ESPN3
	8:15 p.m.	Louisiana at UT Arlington	ESPN3
		Appalachian State at Troy	ESPN3
	9 p.m.	Saint Mary’s at No. 13 Gonzaga Tom Hart, P.J. Carlesimo	ESPN
		USC at Oregon Dave Pasch, Bill Walton	ESPN2
		UNC Asheville at Winthrop Matt Schick, Paul Biancardi	ESPNU
		Seattle at New Mexico State	ESPN3
	10 p.m.	Cal Poly at UC Irvine	ESPN3
	11 p.m.	Loyola Marymount at BYU Roxy Bernstein, Caron Butler	ESPNU
Fri, Jan 19	7 p.m.	St. Bonaventure at Davidson Mike Corey, Mark Planksy	ESPN2
		Buffalo at Western Michigan Jim Barbar, Tim Welsh	ESPNU
		Iona at Monmouth	ESPN3
	9 p.m.	Canisius at Manhattan Robert Lee, Julianne Viani	ESPNU
Saturday Showcase Presented by 5-Hour ENERGY (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNEWS)
Sat, Jan 20	Noon	No. 3 Purdue at Iowa Dave Flemming, Dan Dakich	ESPN
		Florida State at Virginia Tech Mike Couzens, Cory Alexander	ESPN2
		No. 7 Wichita State at Houston Kevin Brown, John Thompson III	ESPNU
	1 p.m.	LSU at Vanderbilt Mike Morgan, Dane Bradshaw	SEC Network
		Niagara at Fairfield	ESPN3
		Northern Kentucky at Green Bay	ESPN3
		The Citadel at VMI	ESPN3
	2 p.m.	No. 4 Oklahoma at Oklahoma State Jason Benetti, Robbie Hummel	ESPN
		Georgia Tech at UNC Doug Sherman, Jason Capel	ESPN2
		No. 8 Texas Tech at Iowa State Lowell Galindo, Lance Blanks	ESPNU
		North Florida at South Carolina Upstate	ESPN3
		Illinois State at Indiana State	ESPN3
		Northern Illinois at Akron	ESPN3
		Ohio at Eastern Michigan	ESPN3
	2:15 p.m.	Georgia Southern at Georgia State	ESPN3
	3:30 p.m.	Ole Miss at Arkansas Richard Cross, Barry Booker	SEC Network
		UIC at Cleveland State	ESPN3
		Central Michigan at Bowling Green	ESPN3
		Ball State at Miami (Ohio)	ESPN3
	4 p.m.	Notre Dame at No. 20 Clemson Bob Wischusen, Dick Vitale	ESPN
		Missouri at Texas A&M Tom Hart, Sean Farnham	ESPN2
		No. 24 TCU at Kansas State Mitch Holthus, Reid Gettys	ESPNU
		East Carolina at No. 12 Cincinnati Will Flemming, Mark Adams	ESPNEWS
		Pittsburgh at No. 5 Duke	ACC Network Extra
		Jacksonville at NJIT	ESPN3
		Missouri State at Drake	ESPN3
		Oakland at Detroit	ESPN3
		Western Carolina at East Tennessee State	ESPN3
	4:30 p.m.	Florida Gulf Coast at Kennesaw State	ESPN3
		Abilene Christian at Central Arkansas	ESPN3
		Samford at Furman	ESPN3
	5 p.m.	Texas A&M-Commerce at West Texas A&M	ESPN3
		Stetson at Lipscomb	ESPN3
		Mercer at UNC Greensboro	ESPN3
	5:15 p.m.	UL Monroe at UT Arlington	ESPN3
		Coastal Carolina at Troy	ESPN3
	5:30 p.m.	Sam Houston State at Lamar	ESPN3
	6 p.m.	Baylor at No. 10 Kansas Rich Hollenberg, Fran Fraschilla	ESPN
		No. 21 Tennessee at South Carolina Beth Mowins, Jimmy Dykes	ESPN2
		Tulane at SMU Ted Emrich, Tim Welsh	ESPNEWS
		UCF at USF Jay Alter, Mark Wise	ESPNU
		Georgia at No. 17 Auburn Dave Neal, Jon Sundvold	SEC Network
		Utah Valley State at New Mexico State	ESPN3
	7 p.m.	Cal Poly at  Cal State Northridge	ESPN3
		IUPUI at Youngstown State	ESPN3
		Wright State at Milwaukee	ESPN3
		Chattanooga at Wofford	ESPN3
		Kent State at Toledo	ESPN3
	7:30 p.m.	Incarnate Word at New Orleans	ESPN3
	8 p.m.	Memphis at Tulsa Taylor Zarzour, Dino Gaudio	ESPNU
		Denver at Oral Roberts	ESPN3
		No. 13 Gonzaga at Santa Clara	ESPN3
		Ferris State (MI) at Grand Valley State	ESPN3
		Louisiana at Texas State	ESPN3
		Evansville at Bradley	ESPN3
	8:15 p.m.	Saturday Primetime presented by AT&T Florida at No. 18 Kentucky Dan Shulman, Jay Bilas, Maria Taylor	ESPN
	8:30 p.m.	Mississippi State at Alabama Kevin Fitzgerald, Sean Harrington	SEC Network
	9 p.m.	San Diego at BYU	ESPN3
	10 p.m.	Boise State at Nevada Steve Quis, Adrian Branch	ESPNU
	10:15 p.m.	UCLA at Oregon Dave Pasch, Bill Walton	ESPN
Sun, Jan 21	Midnight	UC Irvine at UC Santa Barbara Sam Farber, Richie Schueler	ESPNU
	Noon	Boston College at Louisville	ACC Network Extra
	1 p.m.	Stony Brook at New Hampshire	ESPN3
		Vermont at Hartford	ESPN3
		Canisius at Iona	ESPN3
	2 p.m.	UMBC at Albany	ESPN3
		UMass Lowell at Binghamton	ESPN3
		Siena at Quinnipiac	ESPN3
	4 p.m.	Loyola-Chicago at Valparaiso Mitch Holthus, Malcolm Huckaby	ESPNU
		Northern Iowa at Southern Illinois	ESPN3
	6 p.m.	No. 2 Virginia at Wake Forest Anish Shroff, Cory Alexander	ESPNU
	7 p.m.	No. 25 Miami at NC State	ACC Network Extra
	8 p.m.	Washington State at Utah Roxy Bernstein, Corey Williams	ESPNU
Mon, Jan 22	7 p.m.	Big Monday presented by Jos. A. Bank No. 15 UNC at Virginia Tech Sean McDonough, Jay Bilas, Allison Williams	ESPN
		Big Monday presented by Jos. A. Bank Iowa State at Texas Mark Neely, Lance Blacks	ESPNU
	9 p.m.	Big Monday presented by Jos. A. Bank No. 6 West Virginia at No. 24 TCU Bob Wischusen, Fran Fraschilla, Holly Rowe	ESPN
		Big Monday presented by Jos. A. Bank Kansas State at Baylor Matt Schick, Dino Gaudio	ESPNU
Tue, Jan 23	6:30 p.m.	Arkansas at Georgia Roy Philpott, Brooke Weisbrod	SEC Network
	7 p.m.	Super Tuesday presented by Boost Mobile No. 10 Kansas at No. 4 Oklahoma Jon Sciambi, Tom Crean	ESPN
		Super Tuesday presented by Boost Mobile Wisconsin at Iowa Dave Flemming, Dan Dakich, Molly McGrath	ESPN2
		Super Tuesday presented by Boost Mobile Oklahoma State at No. 8 Texas Tech Clay Matvick, Tim Welsh	ESPNEWS
		Super Tuesday presented by Boost Mobile Vanderbilt at No. 21 Tennessee Kevin Fitzgerald, Sean Harrington	ESPNU
		No. 20 Clemson at No. 2 Virginia	ACC Network Extra
		Rider at Fairfield	ESPN3
		Toledo at Western Michigan	ESPN3
		Eastern Michigan at Buffalo	ESPN3
		Ball State at Kent State	ESPN3
		Miami (Ohio) at Central Michigan	ESPN3
		Ohio at Akron	ESPN3
	8 p.m.	Missouri State at Bradley	ESPN3
		Bowling Green at Northern Illinois	ESPN3
	8:30 p.m.	Alabama at Ole Miss Dave Neal, Daymeon Fishback	SEC Network
	9 p.m.	Super Tuesday presented by Boost Mobile Mississippi State at No. 18 Kentucky Joe Tessitore, Sean Farnham, Laura Rutledge	ESPN
		Super Tuesday presented by Boost Mobile Texas A&M at LSU Rich Hollenberg, Debbie Antonelli	ESPNU
		No. 5 Duke at Wake Forest	ACC Network Extra
		William Jessup at Grand Canyon University	ESPN3

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Notre Dame, Miami To Headline ESPN Networks’ College Football Week 11 Broadcast Schedule

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Two of college football’s Top 10 teams will headline this week’s college football broadcast schedule across the ESPN networks.

No. 3 Notre Dame and No. 10 Miami will go under the lights Saturday night on ABC’s Saturday Night Football presented by Wells Fargo.  Saturday’s matchup marks only the fourth time that Notre Dame and Miami have faced each other since 1990 and the first time Miami has hosted Notre Dame since 1989.

Saturday’s matchup has plenty of key story lines.  Notre Dame running back Josh Adams is working hard to make his case for the Heisman Trophy this year.  So far this season, he has racked up almost 1,200 rushing yards and nine touchdowns.  The Fighting Irish’s head coach Brian Kelly has led a dramatic turnaround for the team this season, too.  After finishing last season at 4-8, this season has seen the team go 8-1 so far.

Miami head coach Mark Richt is in only his second year at the Hurricanes’ helm, has the team in the national spotlight for the first time in more than a decade.

While the Irish and ‘Canes are the headliners for this week’s ESPN networks college football broadcast schedule, it is only one of the games on that extensive schedule.  The networks’ Week 11 coverage opens Tuesday, Nov. 7 with a double header as Miami (Ohio) hosts Akron on ESPN2 and Buffalo hosts Bowling Green on ESPNU.  Coverage of both games is scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m.

The action continues Nov. 7 with another double header on ESPN2 and ESPNU respectively.  Toledo and Ohio are up first at 7 p.m. on ESPN2.  Eastern and Central Michigan follow at 8 p.m. on ESPNU.

North Carolina is on the road Thursday against Pittsburgh, with coverage starting at 7:30 p.m. on ESPN and ESPN Radio.  Over on ESPNU, Appalachian State plays host to Georgia Southern beginning at 7:30 p.m.

Friday will see yet another double header with the struggling Cincinnati Bearcats hosting the Temple Owls at 7 p.m. on ESPN2 and UNLV hosting BYU at 10:30 p.m. on ESPN2.

Saturday sees lots of action beginning at high noon as No. 15 Iowa State hosts No. 11 Oklahoma State either on ABC or ESPN2.  Seven more games are also scheduled across the networks at noon including games on ESPN Radio, the SEC Network and ESPN3.  This week’s action winds down Saturday night at 10:15 p.m. on ESPNU as Wyoming plays on the road against Air Force.

The ESPN networks’ full college football week 11 broadcast schedule is noted below.

ESPN’s Week 11 College Football Programming Schedule

Date	Time (ET)	Game	Network
Tues, Nov 7	7:30 p.m.	Akron at Miami (Ohio) Kevin Negandhi, Rocky Boiman, Quint Kessenich	ESPN2
		Bowling Green at Buffalo Kevin Brown, Ray Bentley	ESPNU
Wed, Nov 8	7 p.m.	Toledo at Ohio Chris Cotter, Desmond Howard, Quint Kessenich	ESPN2
	8 p.m.	Eastern Michigan at Central Michigan Mike Corey, Tom Luginbill	ESPNU
Thu, Nov 9	7:30 p.m.	North Carolina at Pittsburgh TV: Dave Flemming, Joey Galloway, Booger McFarland, Laura Rutledge Radio: Bill Rosinski, David Norrie, Ian Fitzsimmons	ESPN and ESPN Radio
		Georgia Southern at Appalachian State Mark Neely, Jay Walker	ESPNU
Fri, Nov 10	7 p.m.	Temple at Cincinnati Dave Lamont, Mack Brown, Jen Lada	ESPN2
	10:30 p.m.	BYU at UNLV Adam Amin, Dusty Dvoracek, Molly McGrath	ESPN2
Sat, Nov 11	Noon	No. 11 Oklahoma State at No. 15 Iowa State Mike Patrick, Tommy Tuberville, Paul Carcaterra	ABC or ESPN2*
		No. 20 NC State at Boston College Bob Wischusen, Brock Huard, Allison Williams	ABC or ESPN2*
		Arkansas at No. 19 LSU Jason Benetti, Kelly Stouffer, Julie Stewart-Binks	ESPN
		Connecticut at UCF Mike Couzens, John Congemi,	ESPNU
		Missouri Valley  at MidAmerica Nazarene	ESPN3
		No.  24 Michigan State at No. 6 Ohio State Bill Rosinski, David Norrie, Ian Fitzsimmons	ESPN Radio
		Louisiana at Ole Miss Dave Neal, Matt Stinchcomb, Dawn Davenport	SEC Network
		Merchant Marine Academy at Coast Guard Academy Dave Weekley, Matt Chatham	ESPN3
	12:10 p.m.	Indiana PA at West Chester	ESPN3
	12:20 p.m.	No. 13 Virginia Tech at Georgia Tech	ACC Network Extra
	1 p.m.	Tiffin at Grand Valley State	ESPN3
		Western Illinois at Indiana State	ESPN3
		Stetson at Jacksonville	ESPN3
	1:30 p.m.	Wofford at VMI	ESPN3
	2 p.m.	Middle Tennessee at Charlotte	ESPN3
		Youngstown State at Southern Illinois	ESPN3
		The Citadel at Furman	ESPN3
		Mercer at Western Carolina	ESPN3
		Jacksonville State at Tennessee-Martin	ESPN3
	3 p.m.	Wake Forest at Syracuse	ACC Network Extra
		Northern Iowa at Missouri State	ESPN3
		Illinois State at South Dakota State	ESPN3
		East Tennessee State at Samford	ESPN3
	3:30 p.m.	Iowa at No. 9 Wisconsin Joe Tessitore, Todd Blackledge, Holly Rowe	ABC
		Florida State at No. 4 Clemson Steve Levy, Brian Griese, Todd McShay	ESPN
		West Virginia at Kansas State Anish Shroff, Mike Golic Jr., Roddy Jones	ESPN2
		Virginia at Louisville Mike Corey, Rene Ingoglia	ESPNU
		Charleston Southern at Kennesaw State	ESPN3
		South Dakota at North Dakota State	ESPN3
	4 p.m.	Kentucky at Vanderbilt Taylor Zarzour, Andre Ware, Olivia Harlan	SEC Network
		San Jose State at Nevada Shawn Kenney, Al Groh	ESPN3
		Georgia State at Texas State	ESPN3
		Nicholls at Stephen F. Austin	ESPN3
	4:30 p.m.	Troy at Coastal Carolina Jim Barbar, John Gregory	ESPN3
	5 p.m.	UTEP at North Texas	ESPN3
		Arkansas State at South Alabama Matt Stewart, Forrest Conoly	ESPN3
	6 p.m.	Kansas at Texas Lowell Galindo, Ahmad Brooks, Kris Budden	LHN
	7 p.m.	No. 2 Alabama at No. 16 Mississippi State Dave Pasch, Greg McElroy, Tom Luginbill Radio: Marc Kestecher, Barrett Jones	ESPN and ESPN Radio
		Purdue at Northwestern Beth Mowins, Anthony Becht, Rocky Boiman	ESPN2
		New Mexico at Texas A&M Clay Matvick, Kirk Morrison	ESPNU
		Florida Tech at Delta State	ESPN3
		Northwestern State at McNeese	ESPN3
		Sam Houston State at Abilene Christian	ESPN3
	7:30 p.m.	Tennessee at Missouri Tom Hart, Jordan Rodgers, Cole Cubelic	SEC Network
	8 p.m.	No. 3 Notre Dame at No. 10 Miami Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Maria Taylor	ABC
	10 p.m.	Oregon State at No. 22 Arizona Mark Jones, Rod Gilmore, Quint Kessenich	ESPN2
	10:15 p.m.	Wyoming at Air Force Roy Philpott, Tom Ramsey	ESPNU

Not all ESPN3 and ACC Network Extra Games are Exclusive
*Reverse-mirror game

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ESPN Networks’ College Football Broadcast Schedule Gets Early Start This Week

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The ESPN networks’ college football coverage gets off to an early start this week.

The networks’ week 10 broadcast schedule opens at 8 p.m. Tuesday on ESPN2 as Ohio State plays host to Miami (Ohio).  Bowling Green will be on the road against Kent State at the same time on ESPNU.  The broadcasts follow immediately the first of the season’s college football playoffs standings announcement broadcast, which airs at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN.

The ESPN networks’ Week 10 broadcast schedule continues at 8 p.m. Wednesday on ESPN2 as Bowling Green will face Kent State on the road.  ESPN and ESPNU continue the action Wednesday with three more games on the slate, the first of which – Northern Illinois at Toledo – is scheduled for a 6 p.m. ET start on ESPNU.  Temple will play Navy at 8 p.m. on ESPN while Troy hosts Idaho at 9:15 p.m. ET on ESPNU.

No. 22 Memphis and Tulsa open the networks’ weekend college football broadcast at 8 p.m. Friday on ESPN2 while No. 13 Virginia and No. 9 Miami will headline the networks’ extensive Saturday schedule.  The teams will play live under the lights on ABC’s Saturday Night Football presented by Wells Fargo.

This weekend’s action winds down at 10:45 p.m. Saturday as Fresno State hosts BYU on ESPN2.  The ESPN networks’ full Week 10 college football broadcast schedule is noted below.

Please note: AP Rankings were used in this release; however, College Football Playoff rankings will be used starting Tuesday, Oct. 31 at 7 p.m. and through the duration of the season

Date	Time (ET)	Game	Network
Tue, Oct 31	8 p.m.	Miami (Ohio) at Ohio Mike Corey, Rocky Boiman	ESPN2
		Bowling Green at Kent State Dave Lamont, Ray Bentley	ESPNU
Wed, Nov 1	8 p.m.	Central Michigan at Western Michigan Chris Cotter, Desmond Howard, Quint Kessenich	ESPN2
Thu, Nov 2	6 p.m.	Northern Illinois at Toledo Mike Couzens, Tom Luginbill	ESPNU
	8 p.m.	Navy at Temple Dave Flemming, Mike Golic, Mike Golic Jr., Laura Rutledge	ESPN
	9:15 p.m.	Idaho at Troy Mark Neely, Jay Walker	ESPNU
Fri, Nov 3	8 p.m.	No. 22 Memphis at Tulsa Adam Amin, Dusty Dvoracek, Molly McGrath	ESPN2
Sat, Nov 4	Noon	No. 4 Wisconsin at Indiana Dave Pasch, Greg McElroy, Tom Luginbill	ABC
		No. 16 Auburn at Texas A&M TV: Beth Mowins, Anthony Becht, Rocky Boiman Radio: Kevin Winter and Dusty Dvoracek	ESPN & ESPN Radio
		Florida at Missouri Jason Benetti, Kelly Stouffer, Kris Budden	ESPN2
		Western Kentucky at Vanderbilt Mike Couzens, John Congemi	ESPNU
		UMass at No. 21 Mississippi State Taylor Zarzour, Andre Ware, Olivia Harlan	SEC Network
		Sacred Heart at Bryant	ESPN3
		Evangel at Avila	ESPN3
		Valparaiso at Jacksonville	ESPN3
		California (PA) at Edinboro	ESPN3
	12:20 p.m.	Syracuse at Florida State	ACC Network Extra
	1 p.m.	Presbyterian at Monmouth	ESPN3
		Western Illinois at Illinois State	ESPN3
		Youngstown State at Indiana State	ESPN3
	1:30 p.m.	Chattanooga at Wofford	ESPN3
	2 p.m.	Western Carolina at The Citadel	ESPN3
		Missouri State at Southern Illinois	ESPN3
		South Dakota at Northern Iowa	ESPN3
		Incarnate Word at Sam Houston State	ESPN3
	2:30 p.m.	Austin Peay at Tennessee Tech	ESPN3
	3 p.m.	Georgia Tech at Virginia	ACC Network Extra
		Appalachian State at Louisiana-Monroe Jim Barbar, Watson Brown	ESPN3
		Georgia State at Georgia Southern Matt Stewart, Tyoka Jackson	ESPN3
		New Mexico State at Texas State David Saltzman, Stanford Routt	ESPN3
		North Dakota State at South Dakota State	ESPN3
		West Alabama at Valdosta State	ESPN3
		SE Oklahoma State at Arkansas Tech	ESPN3
	3:30 p.m.	No. 6 Clemson at No. 20 NC State Joe Tessitore, Todd Blackledge, Holly Rowe	ABC
		No. 3 Ohio State at Iowa Steve Levy, Brian Griese, Todd McShay	ESPN
		No. 14 Iowa State at West Virginia Mike Patrick, Tommy Tuberville, Paul Carcaterra	ESPN2
		South Florida at Connecticut Dave Lamont, Ray Bentley	ESPNU
		Charlotte at Old Dominion	ESPN3
	4 p.m.	Ole Miss at Kentucky Dave Neal, Matt Stinchcomb, Dawn Davenport	SEC Network
		Coastal Carolina at Arkansas Mike Morgan, Barrett Jones	SEC Network Alternate
		Cincinnati at Tulane Shawn Kenney, Wayne Gandy	ESPN3
		Louisiana at South Alabama Dave Weekley, Forrest Conoly	ESPN3
		Butler at Stetson	ESPN3
	5 p.m.	North Alabama at West Florida	ESPN3
	6 p.m.	Limestone at Wingate	ESPN3
	7 p.m.	Nevada at Boise State Clay Matvick and Kirk Morrison	ESPNU
		Grand Valley State at Ashland	ESPN3
		Southeastern Louisiana at McNeese	ESPN3
		Central Arkansas at Lamar	ESPN3
	7:15 p.m.	Texas at No. 10 TCU Bob Wischusen, Brock Huard, Allison Williams	ESPN
		No. 15 UCF at SMU Anish Shroff, Ahmad Brooks, Roddy Jones	ESPN2
	7:30 p.m.	Southern Miss at Tennessee Tom Hart, Jordan Rodgers, Cole Cubelic	SEC Network
	8 p.m.	No. 13 Virginia Tech at No. 9 Miami Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Maria Taylor	ABC
	10 p.m.	Oregon at No. 12 Washington Bill Rowsinski, David Norrie, Ian Fitzsimmons	ESPN Radio
	10:30 p.m.	San Diego State at San Jose State Kevin Brown, Rene Ingoglia	ESPNU
	10:45 p.m.	No. 23 Arizona at No. 17 USC Mark Jones, Rod Gilmore, Quint Kessenich	ESPN
		BYU at Fresno State Roy Philpott, Tom Ramsey	ESPN2

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No. 19 Michigan, No. 2 Penn State To Headline ESPN Networks’ College Football Week 8 Schedule

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The start of Week 8 in college football’s 2017 – ’18 season is almost here.

Week 8 starts with a Thursday night double-header schedule.  Arkansas State plays host to Louisiana live at 7:30 p.m. on ESPNU to open the night.  That game will be followed at 8 p.m. on ESPN with Houston playing host to No. 25 Memphis.

The weekend’s action continues Friday night with another double-header schedule beginning at 7 p.m. on ESPN2 as Marshall plays on the road against Middle Tennesse.  Colorado State and New Mexico follow at 10:15 on ESPN2.

Saturday offers a jam packed, near daylong schedule that will be headlined by a matchup of No. 19 Michigan at No. 2 Penn State live on ABC’s Saturday Night Football presented by Wells Fargo.  Coverage of the game is scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m.

Saturday’s game carries big implications for the Nittany Lions.  The team upset then-No. 2 Ohio State in what has come to be its “White Out” game live on Saturday Night Football.  That win would be the precursor to the Nittany Lions’ Big 10 Championship and Rose Bowl appearance.  The win also would be Penn State’s ninth consecutive win on the season.

Michigan is the last Big 10 team to defeat Penn State, going back to Sept. 2016.  The team also has the edge on Penn State, winning the teams’ last three matchups.

While the Wolverines and Nittany Lions are the headliners for the ESPN networks’ college football week 8 schedule, they are not the only teams that will play live across the networks this weekend.  No. 10 Oklahoma State and Texas open Saturday’s schedule at noon on ABC.  No. 18 Michigan State will play host to Indiana at 3:30 p.m. on ABC while No. 24 LSU will be on the road against Ole Miss at 7:15 p.m. on ESPN.

The full schedule for the ESPN networks’ coverage of Week 8 in college football’s 2017 – ’18 season is noted below.

Date	Time (ET)	Game	Network
Thu, Oct 19	7:30 p.m.	Louisiana at Arkansas State Mark Neely, Ray Bentley	ESPNU
	8 p.m.	No. 25 Memphis at Houston Dave Flemming, Andre Ware, Laura Rutledge	ESPN
Fri, Oct 20	7 p.m.	Marshall at Middle Tennessee Dave Lamont, Mack Brown, Julie Stewart-Binks	ESPN2
	10:15 p.m.	Colorado State at New Mexico Adam Amin, Dusty Dvoracek, Molly McGrath	ESPN2
Sat, Oct 21	Noon	No. 10 Oklahoma State at Texas Steve Levy, Brian Griese, Todd McShay	ABC
		Louisville at Florida State TV: Mark Jones, Rod Gilmore, Quint Kessenich Radio: Bill Rowsinski, David Norrie, Ian Fitzsimmons	ESPN & ESPN Radio
		Iowa at Northwestern Jason Benetti, Kelly Stouffer, Kris Budden	ESPN2
		Tulsa at Connecticut Mike Couzens, John Congemi	ESPNU
		Idaho at Missouri Dave Neal, Matt Stinchcomb, Dawn Davenport	SEC Network
		Akron at Toledo	ESPN3
		St. Francis (PA) at Duquesne	ESPN3
		William Penn at Peru State	ESPN3
		San Diego at Jacksonville	ESPN3
	12:20 p.m.	Pittsburgh at Duke	ACC Network Extra
	12:30 p.m.	Boston College at Virginia	ACC Network Extra
	1 p.m.	Grand Valley State at Ferris State	ESPN3
		Liberty at Monmouth	ESPN3
		Bethune-Cookman at North Carolina A&T	ESPN3
		Morgan State at Howard	ESPN3
	1:30 p.m.	Mercer at Furman	ESPN3
		Western Carolina at VMI	ESPN3
		Samford at Wofford	ESPN3
	2 p.m.	Northern Illinois at Bowling Green Michael Reghi, Jerod Cherry	ESPN3
		Kent State at Ohio Dave Weekley, John Gregory	ESPN3
		Western Michigan at Eastern Michigan Dan Gutowsky, Marcus Ray	ESPN3
		Troy at Georgia State Matt Stewart, Wayne Gandy	ESPN3
		West Alabama at Florida Tech	ESPN3
		Youngstown State at Northern Iowa	ESPN3
		The Citadel at Chattanooga	ESPN3
		Albany State at Clark Atlanta	ESPN3
	2:30 p.m.	Buffalo at Miami (Ohio) Doug Sherman, Tyoka Jackson	ESPN3
	3 p.m.	Central Michigan at Ball State Jim Barbar, Hutson Mason	ESPN3
		Jacksonville State at Eastern Illinois	ESPN3
		South Dakota at Illinois State	ESPN3
		South Dakota State at Missouri State	ESPN3
	3:30 p.m.	Indiana at No. 18 Michigan State Dave Flemming, Greg McElroy, Tom Luginbill	ABC
		Syracuse at No. 8 Miami Bob Wischusen, Brock Huard, Allison Williams	ESPN
		North Carolina at No. 14 Virginia Tech Mike Patrick, Tommy Tuberville, Paul Carcaterra	ESPN2
		Coastal Carolina at Appalachian State	ESPN3
		Western Illinois at North Dakota State	ESPN3
	4 p.m.	SMU at Cincinnati Mike Corey, Rene Ingoglia	ESPNU
		Kentucky at Mississippi State Taylor Zarzour, Andre Ware, Olivia Harlan	SEC Network
		Southern Illinois at Indiana State	ESPN3
		Houston Baptist at Stephen F. Austin	ESPN3
		Lamar at Sam Houston State	ESPN3
		Bloomsburg at East Stroudsburg	ESPN3
	5 p.m.	North Texas at Florida Atlantic	ESPN3
		Louisiana-Monroe at South Alabama Brock Bowling, Watson Brown	ESPN3
	7 p.m.	Gardner-Webb at Kennesaw State	ESPN3
		No. 16 South Florida at Tulane Clay Matvick, Kirk Morrison	ESPN2
	7:15 p.m.	No. 24 LSU at Ole Miss Joe Tessitore, Todd Blackledge, Holly Rowe	ESPN
	7:30 p.m.	No. 19 Michigan at No. 2 Penn State Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Tom Rinaldi, Maria Taylor	ABC
		Wake Forest at Georgia Tech Anish Shroff, Ahmad Brooks, Roddy Jones	ESPNU
		No. 21 Auburn at Arkansas Tom Hart, Jordan Rodgers, Cole Cubelic	SEC Network
	8 p.m.	Tarleton State at Texas A&M-Kingsville	ESPN3
	10:15 p.m.	Wyoming at Boise State Roy Philpott, Tom Ramsey	ESPN2
	10:45 p.m.	Colorado at No. 15 Washington State Beth Mowins, Anthony Becht, Rocky Boiman	ESPN

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Wolverines, Spartans Headline ESPN Networks College Football Week 6 Broadcast Schedule

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The Wolverines and Spartans will go head-to-head live Saturday night under the lights on ABC.

The in-state rivals will headline the ESPN networks’ broadcast schedule for the sixth week of the 2017 – ’18 college football season on ABC’s Saturday Night Football presented by Wells Fargo. Coverage is expected to start at 7:30 p.m. on ABC. It will mark the first time ever that the teams will have faced off under the lights and on prime time.

Michigan State has had the edge on the Spartans’ in the teams’ ongoing rivalry with the Spartans taking seven of the teams’ last nine games.  Michigan comes into Saturday’s matchup undefeated so far this season and has allowed no more than 17 points scored against the team, meaning Saturday’s matchup will be just as big as the teams’ previous showdowns.

While the Wolverines – Spartans matchup is the headliner for this week’s broadcast schedule across the ESPN networks, it is not the networks’ only game on tap.  Arkansas State and Georgia Southern open Week Six tonight at 8 p.m. on ESPN.

Millersville takes on East Stroudsburg to open the ESPN networks’ Thursday college football coverage.  Broadcast is scheduled to start at 7 p.m. on ESPN3.  Alcorn State and Alabama State follow at 7:30 p.m. on ESPNU while No. 17 Louisville and No. 24 N.C. State round out the night on ESPN beginning at 8 p.m.

The UConn Huskies play host to the Memphis Tigers to open Friday’s college football coverage on ESPN beginning at 7 p.m. Morgan State and South Carolina State follow at 7:30 p.m. on ESPNU.  Boise State and BYU finish off the night at 10:15 on ESPN.

The ESPN networks’ college football coverage continues Saturday with a near daylong schedule that kicks off at noon with Northwestern hosting No. 4 Penn State on ABC, No. 5 Georgia on the road against Vanderbilt on ESPN, No. 2 Clemson hosting Wake Forest on ESPN2, No. 12 Auburn hosting Ole Miss on the SEC Network, East Carolina hosting Temple on ESPN and Graceland on the road against Evangel on ESPN3.

The gridiron action runs late into the night as Southwest Baptist and Truman State are currently scheduled to finish off the weekend’s coverage.  The full broadcast schedule for this weekend’s games is noted below.

Date	Time (ET)	Game	Network
Wed, Oct 4	8 p.m.	Arkansas State at Georgia Southern Kevin Negandhi, Rocky Boimain	ESPN2
Thu, Oct 5	7 p.m.	Millersville at East Stroudsburg	ESPN3
	7:30 p.m.	Alcorn State at Alabama State Tiffany Greene, Jay Walker	ESPNU
	8 p.m.	No. 17 Louisville at No. 24 NC State Dave Flemming, Tim Hasselbeck, Matt Hasselbeck, Laura Rutledge	ESPN
Fri, Oct 6	7 p.m.	Memphis at UConn Dave Lamont, Mack Brown, Jen Lada	ESPN
	7:30 p.m.	Morgan State at South Carolina State Eric Clemons, Jay Walker	ESPNU
	10:15 p.m.	Boise State at BYU Adam Amin, Dusty Dvoracek, Molly McGrath	ESPN
Sat, Oct 7	Noon	No. 4 Penn State at Northwestern Steve Levy, Brian Griese, Todd McShay	ABC
		No. 5 Georgia at Vanderbilt Mike Patrick, Tommy Tuberville, Paul Carcaterra	ESPN
		Wake Forest at No. 2 Clemson Beth Mowins, Anthony Becht, Rocky Boiman	ESPN2
		Ole Miss at No. 12 Auburn Tom Hart, Jordan Rodgers, Cole Cubelic	SEC Network
		Temple at East Carolina Mike Couzens, John Congemi	ESPNU
		Graceland at Evangel	ESPN3
	12:20 p.m.	Duke at Virginia	ACC Network Extra
	12:30 p.m.	Pittsburgh at Syracuse	ACC Network Extra
	1 p.m.	Georgetown at Princeton	ESPN3
		North Dakota State at Indiana State	ESPN3
		Davidson at Jacksonville	ESPN3
		Brown at Stetson	ESPN3
	1:30 p.m.	Samford at VMI	ESPN3
		Yale at Dartmouth	ESPN3
		Western Carolina at Wofford	ESPN3
	2 p.m.	Central Michigan at Ohio Dave Weekley, John Gregory	ESPN3
		Valdosta State at West Georgia	ESPN3
		California (PA) at Indiana (PA)	ESPN3
		Mercer at The Citadel	ESPN3
		Sam Houston State at Stephen F. Austin	ESPN3
	2:30 p.m.	Bowling Green at Miami (Ohio) Jim Barbar, Doug Graber	ESPN3
		Kutztown at Bloomsburg	ESPN3
	3 p.m.	Florida International at Middle Tennessee	ESPN3
		Louisiana-Monroe at Texas State Shawn Kenney, Stanford Routt	ESPN3
		Youngstown State at South Dakota	ESPN3
	3:30 p.m.	No. 22 Notre Dame at North Carolina Bob Wischusen, Brock Huard, Allison Williams	ABC
		No. 13 Miami at Florida State Dave Pasch, Greg McElroy, Tom Luginbill	ESPN
		Minnesota at Purdue Jason Benetti, Kelly Stouffer, Kris Budden	ESPN2
		Kent State at Northern Illinois Dan Gutowsky, Marcus Ray	ESPN3
		Ball State at Akron Michael Reghi, Jerod Cherry	ESPN3
		Western Michigan at Buffalo Doug Sherman, Dustin Fox	ESPN3
		New Mexico State at Appalachian State Matt Stewart, Stan Lewter	ESPN3
	4 p.m.	Tulsa at Tulane Mark Neely, Ray Bentley	ESPNU
		Arkansas at South Carolina David Neal, Matt Stinchcomb, Dawn Davenport	SEC Network
		Furman at Chattanooga	ESPN3
		Oregon State at No. 14 USC Bill Rosinski, David Norrie, Ian Fitzsimmons	ESPN Radio
	5 p.m.	Louisiana at Idaho Joel Meyers, Watson Brown	ESPN3
		Western Illinois at Northern Iowa	ESPN3
	6 p.m.	UNC-Pembroke at Wingate	ESPN3
	6:30 p.m.	Georgia State at Coastal Carolina Jeff McCarrigher, Tyoka Jackson	ESPN3
	7 p.m.	Southern Illinois at South Dakota State	ESPN3
	7:15 p.m.	No. 1 Alabama at Texas A&M Joe Tessitore, Todd Blackledge, Holly Rowe	ESPN
		No. 16 Virginia Tech at Boston College Mike Corey, Ahmad Brooks, Roddy Jones	ESPN2
	7:30 p.m.	No. 7 Michigan State at Michigan Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Maria Taylor	ABC
		Missouri at Kentucky Taylor Zarzour, Andre Ware, Olivia Harlan	SEC Network
		Northwestern State at Nicholls	ESPN3
		Fresno State at San Jose State	ESPN3
	8 p.m.	No. 25 UCF at Cincinnati Roy Philpott, Tom Ramsey	ESPNU
	10:45 PM	California at No. 6 Washington Mark Jones, Rod Gilmore, Quint Kessinich	ESPN
		No. 19 San Diego State at UNLV Clay Matvick, Kirk Morrison	ESPN2
	TBD	Southwest Baptist at Truman State	ESPN3

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