ESPN will focus on a key SEC conference matchup on this weekend’s edition of College GameDay Built by The Home Depot.
Saturday’s edition of College GameDay Built by The Home Depot will air live from Athens, GA. The broadcast will showcase the showdown between undefeated SEC foes Georgia and Kentucky. The broadcast is in partner with SEC Nation Presented by Johnsonville.
Saturday’s broadcast is scheduled to start at 9 a.m. ET in the Myers Quad on the University of Georgia campus and to run through noon on ESPN. SEC Nation meanwhile, is scheduled to air from 10 a.m. – noon ET on SEC Network.
Saturday’s showcase of the Wildcats and Bulldogs (both of which are 6-0) will mark the second time in three weeks that ESPN has visited Athens for its weekly flagship college football program. It is the show’s seventh time overall that it has visited the university for a broadcast. The most recent broadcast took place earlier in the season ahead of the Bulldogs’ Top 10 matchup against Arkansas.
Rece Davis will anchor Saturday’s broadcast. Analysts Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit, Desmond Howard and David Pollack (a former All-American from the University of Georgia) will also be on hand for additionally commentary. Joining them will be research producer and sports betting analyst Chris “The Bear” Fallica and reporters Jen Lada and Gene Wojciechowski.
Laura Rutledge will anchor SEC Network’s SEC Nation broadcast. Paul Finebaum, Roman Harper, Jordan Rodgers and Tim Tebow will join Rutledge for the broadcast.
Additionally, Marty Smith and Ryan McGee will be live from 9-10 a.m. Saturday on their weekly show, Marty & McGee Presented by Old Trapper, previewing Saturday’s key SEC matchup.
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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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ESPN will broadcast five college football conference championships this season.
Network officials announced the broadcast schedule for the conference championships Tuesday. Opening this year’s coverage is the MAC Championship. The conference title game is scheduled to take place at 7:30 p.m. ET on Dec. 18 on ESPN. The game is scheduled to take place at Ford Field in Detroit, MI.
The other four title games are scheduled to take place the following day, Dec. 19. Opening the day-long schedule is the Dr. Pepper Big 12 Championship. Coverage is scheduled to start at noon on ABC. It will simulcast on ESPN Radio.
The start time for the day’s next game — the Sun Belt Championship — is under consideration. Conference officials are determining whether to play the game at noon or 3:30 p.m. ET. Additionally, the game site is under consideration along with network (ESPN/ESPN2).
The ACC Championship continues the day’s action at 4 p.m. ET on ABC and ESPN Radio. Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, NC is the scheduled site for the game.
The American Athletic Conference Championship rounds out the weekend’s Championship coverage for the 2020-21 college football season. Coverage is scheduled to start at 8 p.m. ET on ABC. The game site is under consideration.
The full weekend schedule for the conference championship coverage is noted below.
College Football Conference Championship Games on ESPN and ABC:
Date
Time (ET)
Matchup/Commentators
Network
Fri, Dec 18
7:30 p.m.
MAC ChampionshipFord Field, Detroit, Mich.
ESPN
Sat, Dec 19
Noon
Dr Pepper Big 12 ChampionshipAT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas
ABC ESPN Radio
Noon or 3:30 p.m.
Sun Belt Championshipcampus site TBD
ESPN or ESPN2
4 p.m.
ACC ChampionshipBank of America Stadium, Charlotte, N.C.
ABC ESPN Radio
8 p.m.
American Athletic Championshipcampus site TBD
ABC
* The Pac 12 Championship on Dec. 18 will also be available on ESPN Radio
In other college football news, ESPN officials have released a statement in regards to the game site for the upcoming New Mexico Bowl. It notes that COVID-19 restrictions in New Mexico have forced the game’s site to move out of state.
“Due to current state guidelines in New Mexico regarding intercollegiate athletics and travel, the 2020 New Mexico Bowl will be staged in Frisco, Texas, at Toyota Stadium, on Thursday, Dec. 24, at 3:30 p.m. ET,” the statement reads.
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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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College football fans and teams alike will get their first view of the post season tonight.
ESPN will broadcast the College Football Playoff Top 25 Ranking Show Presented by Allstate at 7 p.m .ET. Rece Davis will anchor the program. Analysts Kirk Herbstreit, Joey Galloway, Jesse Palmer, and David Pollack will join Davis for the broadcast.
The first rankings presentation ahead of the post season, it will feature an interview with College Football Playoffs Selection Committee Chairman Gary Barta. The broadcast will also feature the unveiling of the first playoffs ranking from the selection committee in real time.
As an added viewing option, Rankings Reaction, sponsored by Cheez-It will air online through Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, and the ESPN App. Mike Golic Jr., Jason Fitz, and Christine Williamson will host the program live from Studio E in Bristol, CT. The program will air throughout the remainder of the regular season and the post season right up until selection day, Dec. 30.
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Los Angeles Dodgers fans and baseball fans alike can relive history beginning next month.
Major League Baseball Productions and Shout! Factory have partnered to release 2020 World Series: Los Angeles Dodgers Dec. 8. The 90-minute presentation takes audiences through the Dodgers’ 2020 season all the way through the World Series.
Legendary Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully narrates the program, which culminates in the Dodgers’ first World Series Championship in 32 years.
Scully was humble as he talked about taking part in the production.
“It was 32 years since the Dodgers won a World Series and the seventh in the history of the organization, bringing great joy to their fans and the city of Los Angeles in particular,” said Scully. “This is their winning story against the Tampa Bay Rays, and it’s an honor for me to recount just how they did it.”
Media access was limited this year as a result of COVID-19 restrictions. However, approved access and other feeds allowed for this year’s production to happen. The set is expected to retail for MSRP of $19.98 (DVD) and $26.98 (Blu-ray/DVD combo pack).
Courtesy: Shout! Factory/MLB Prouctions
As an additional bonus, the entire six-game world series is scheduled for release Feb. 9 through Shout! Factory and Major League Baseball Productions. The set will feature Game 3 of the National League Division Series and Game Seven of the National League Championship Series as bonus content.
2020 World Series Collector’s Edition is expected to retail for MSRP of $59.98 (DVD) and $74.98 (Blu-ray).
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A dozen of the NCAA’s Top 25 college football teams are on the ESPN networks’ broadcast schedule this week.
The networks’ Week 11 broadcast schedule was announced Monday. This week’s schedule gets off to an early start tonight with a matchup between Kent State and Bowling Green on ESPN2. Coverage is scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m. ET. Miami (OH) and Buffalo continue the MAC action tonight at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN.
The networks’ schedule continues Wednesday with two more games at 8 p.m. ET. The first of the night’s games — Toledo at Western Michigan — will air on ESPN. The other — Central Michigan at Northern Illinois — will air on ESPNU.
No. 7 Cincinnati (which fell from No. 6 to No. 7 in the AP standings over the weekend despite a dominating win over Houston and despite being the AAC’s only undefeated team at 6-0, 4-0) will host East Carolina University at 7:30 p.m. Friday on ESPN2.
Big 10 foes No. 13 Wisconsin and Maryland will headline this week’s schedule at 7:30 p.m. ET Saturday night on ABC’s Saturday Night Football Presented by Capital One.
Another key matchup in this week’s schedule is a showdown between Notre Dame and Boston College. Game coverage is scheduled to start at 3:30 p.m. ET on ABC.
The ESPN networks’ full broadcast schedule for Week 11 of the 2020 college football season is noted below.
Date
Time (ET)
Game/Talent
Network
Tue, Nov 10
7:30 p.m.
Kent State at Bowling Green Mike Couzens, Cole Cubelic
ESPN2
8 p.m.
Miami (OH) at Buffalo Matt Barrie, Mike Golic Jr., Paul Carcaterra
ESPN
Wed, Nov 11
8 p.m.
Toledo at Western Michigan Anish Shroff, Tom Luginbill, Eric Wood
ESPN
Central Michigan at Northern Illinois Mike Corey, Rocky Boiman
ESPNU
Fri, Nov 13
7:30 p.m.
East Carolina at No. 7 Cincinnati Jason Benetti, Andre Ware, Rocky Boiman
ESPN2
Sat, Nov 14
Noon
No. 10 Indiana at Michigan State Dave Pasch, Greg McElroy, Holly Rowe
ABC
No. 12 Georgia at Missouri Mark Jones, Dusty Dvoracek, Quint Kessenich
ESPN
No. 9 Miami at Virginia Tech Roy Philpott, Kelly Stouffer, Eric Wood
ESPN2
No. 15 Coastal Carolina at Troy John Schriffen, Rene Ingoglia
ESPNU
Wake Forest at North Carolina Dave O’Brien, Tim Hasselbeck, Katie George
ACC Network
Vanderbilt at Kentucky Dave Neal, DJ Shockley, Dawn Davenport
SEC Network
Coast Guard at Merchant Marine Dave Leno, Ken Dunek
ESPN3
Western Carolina at No. 22 Liberty
ESPN3
Army at Tulane Joel Meyers, Brian Kinchen
ESPN+
2 p.m.
South Alabama at No. 25 Louisiana
ESPN+
2:30 p.m.
Georgia State at Appalachian State
ESPN+
3 p.m.
South Florida at Houston David Saltzman, Stan Routt
ESPN+
UTEP at UTSA
ESPN+
Louisiana-Monroe at Arkansas State
ESPN3
3:30 p.m.
No. 2 Notre Dame at Boston College Sean McDonough, Todd Blackledge, Todd McShay, Molly McGrath
ABC
No. 5 Texas A&M at Tennessee Kevin Brown, Mike Golic Sr., Marty Smith
ESPN/ESPN Radio
Colorado at Stanford Beth Mowins, Rod Gilmore, Shelley Smith
ESPN2
Memphis at Navy Clay Matvick, Jay Walker
ESPNU
Louisville at Virginia Chris Cotter, Mark Herzlich, Jerry Punch
ACC Network
Rice at Louisiana Tech
ESPN3
Texas State at Georgia Southern
ESPN3
7 p.m.
Arkansas at No. 6 Florida Bob Wischusen, Dan Orlovsky, Allison Williams
ESPN
No. 19 SMU at Tulsa Anish Shroff, Tom Luginbill, Ian Fitzsimmons
ESPN2
Pittsburgh at Georgia Tech
ESPN3
7:30 p.m.
No. 13 Wisconsin at Michigan Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Maria Taylor
ABC
Temple at UCF Mike Corey, Hutson Mason
ESPNU
Florida State at NC State Wes Durham, Roddy Jones, Lericia Harris
ACC Network
South Carolina at Ole Miss Tom Hart, Jordan Rodgers, Cole Cubelic
SEC Network
10:30 p.m.
California at Arizona State Dave Flemming, Kirk Morrison, Kris Budden
ESPN2
Courtesy: ESPN
In related news, College GameDay Built by The Home Depot will air live Saturday from Augusta, GA, the home of the Masters.
The special edition of ESPN’s CGD will air live from Augusta National Golf Club. The broadcast will preview The PGA’s Masters Golf Tournament and will come specifically from the Par 3 course, the site of the Masters Par 3 Contest. The Masters Gold Tournament was postponed from its normal date in April to Saturday, Nov. 14 as a result of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Jimmy Pitaro, Chairman, ESPN and Sports Content, commented on this weekend’s broadcast in a prepared statement.
“Anytime College GameDay travels to a new destination it’s special, and the opportunity to be on the grounds of Augusta National Golf Club during the Masters is extraordinary,” said Pitaro. “As this iconic event coincides with the college football season for the first time, we look forward to getting fans ready for a football Saturday, while also showcasing the Masters and the greatest golfers in the world.”
A “virtual pit’ will allow fans to take part in the broadcast from the safety of their own homes. Fans who want to take part in the ‘virtual pit’ can register for a chance for inclusion in the event here.
Rece Davis will anchor the broadcast. Five-time Emmy Award-winning analyst Kirk Herbstreit, Heisman Trophy winner and NFL MVP Desmond Howard, College Football Hall of Fame inductee and former Georgia All-American Georgia undergrad and MBA alum Maria Taylor, and Tom Rinaldi will join Davis for the broadcast. Additionally, Lee Corso will contribute remotely from his home.
Other contributors expected to appear on Saturday’s edition of College GameDay Built by The Home Depot are: Jen Lada, Pat McAfee, and Gene Wojciechowski. Along with appearing on Saturday’s broadcast, Rinaldi will also repot on The Masters for his 13th consecutive year.
This year is the first that ESPN’s College GameDay Built by The Home Depot has aired from Augusta. However, the program has previously welcomed some well-known college golf athletes. PGA golfer Ricky Fowler (former Oklahoma State golfer), and fellow PGA star Justin Thomas (former Alabama golfer) have appeared on the program.
ESPN will air the first and second rounds of The Masters tournament from 1 – 5:30 p.m. ET on Thursday and Friday, Nov. 12-13. ESPN will offer expanded PGA coverage this year from Nov. 9-15 on ESPN+, including exclusive practice round coverage on Nov. 10-11, and coverage of Holes 4,5, and 6 on all four days of the tournament. Additionally, SportsCenter will have special coverage from The Masters throughout the week of the tournament.
More information on ESPN’s college football and PGA coverage is available along with all of the latest PGA headlines at:
Due to President-Elect Biden’s planned speech tonight, the day’s headliner between Stanford and Oregon will start on ABC, but switch over to ESPNEWS once Biden’s speech starts.
In other words, coverage for the game will start at 7 p.m. on ABC, but switch over the ESPNEWS around 8 p.m. ET. The game will simulcast on the ESPN App. Once Biden’s speech ends, the game will return to ABC.
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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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