ESPN To Air Annual Heisman Trophy Ceremony Tuesday

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The Heisman Trophy ceremony is now only days away.

This year’s ceremony will take place Tuesday live from ESPN’s Bristol, CT studios. The network is scheduled to broadcast the ceremony live at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN.

Chris Fowler will anchor the one-hour broadcast. Reporter Maria Taylor will provide additional commentary from this year’s finalists — Alabama Quarterback Mac Jones, Clemson QB Trevor Lawrence, Alabama Wide Receiver DeVonta Smith, and Florida QB Kyle Trask. Analysts and former Heisman Trophy winners Desmond Howard (1991) and Tim Tebow (2007) will provide additional commentary remotely.

Leading up to Tuesday night’s ceremony, ESPN’s digital and social platforms will stream The Heisman Show presented by Nissan. The half-hour stream is scheduled to start at 6:30 p.m. ET. Christine Williamson and Harry Lyles. Jr. will co-anchor the stream.

ESPN has been the exclusive home of the Heisman Trophy ceremony since 1994.

More information on Tuesday evening’s broadcasts and all of the ESPN networks’ college football coverage is available online at:

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ESPN Announces ‘Capital One Bowl Mania’ Broadcast Schedule

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It is officially time to go bowling.

The 2020-21 college football season’s bowl schedule, dubbed Capital One Bowl Mania, opens at 2:30 p.m. ET today. The inaugural Myrtle Beach Bowl opens this season’s bowl schedule on ESPN and ESPN Deportes. Appalachian State and North Texas will face off in this afternoon’s bowl, with the broadcast team of Eric Mac Lain, Ryan McGee, and Marty Smith on the call.

The month-long schedule culminates with the College Football Playoff National Championship Presented by AT&T on Jan. 11. The College Football Playoff National Championship Presented by AT&T is scheduled to take place at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, FL.

While Capital One Bowl Mania will feature 27 bowl games, 13 bowl games had been cancelled as of Sunday. Among those games cancelled were bowls, such as the Cricket Celebration Bowl, Ticketmaster Birmingham Bowl, and Holiday Bowl. The list of bowl games cancelled is noted below.

1. Bahamas Bowl (C-USA vs. MAC)
2. Celebration Bowl (MEAC vs. SWAC)
3. Fenway Bowl (AAC vs. ACC)
4. Hawaii Bowl (AAC vs. Mountain West)
5. Holiday Bowl (ACC vs. Pac-12)
6. Las Vegas Bowl (Pac-12 vs. SEC)
7. Los Angeles Bowl (Pac-12 vs. Mountain West)
8. Pinstripe Bowl (ACC vs. Big Ten)
9. Quick Lane Bowl (ACC, Big Ten, MAC)
10. Redbox Bowl (Big Ten vs. Pac-12)
11. Sun Bowl (ACC vs. Pac-12)
12. Tropical Smoothie Cafe Frisco Bowl (AAC vs. WAC)
13. Ticketmaster Birmingham Bowl (SEC vs. AAC)

This year’s Capital One Bowl Mania schedule is noted below.

ESPN’s 2020-21 Bowl Season Schedule (excluding NY6 Bowls)

Date	Time (ET)	Event/Commentators	Network
Mon, Dec. 21	2:30 p.m.	Myrtle Beach Bowl* Appalachian State vs. North Texas Brooks Stadium – Conway, S.C. Courtney Lyle, Eric Mac Lain, Ryan McGee/Marty Smith	ESPN / ESPN Deportes
Tue, Dec. 22	3:30 p.m.	Famous Idaho Potato Bowl* Tulane vs. Nevada Lyle Smith Field at Albertsons Stadium – Boise, Idaho Chris Cotter, Mark Herzlich, Taylor Davis	ESPN / ESPN Deportes
	7 p.m.	RoofClaim.com Boca Raton Bowl* UCF vs. BYU Howard Schnellenberger Field at FAU Stadium – Boca Raton, Fla. Dave Neal, DJ Shockley, Lericia Harris Radio: Chris Carlin, Craig Haubert	ESPN and ESPN Radio / ESPN Deportes
Wed, Dec. 23	3 p.m.	R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl Louisiana Tech vs. Georgia Southern Mercedes-Benz Superdome – New Orleans, La. Matt Barrie, Mike Golic Jr, Dawn Davenport Radio: Sean Kelley, Barrett Jones	ESPN and ESPN Radio / ESPN Deportes
	7 p.m.	Montgomery Bowl* Memphis vs. Florida Atlantic Cramton Bowl – Montgomery, Ala. Clay Matvick, Rocky Boiman, Lauren Sisler	ESPN / ESPN Deportes
Thu, Dec. 24	3:30 p.m.	New Mexico Bowl* Hawai‘i vs. Houston Toyota Stadium – Frisco, Texas John Schriffen, Rene Ingoglia, Kris Budden Radio: Kevin Winter, Craig Haubert	ESPN and ESPN Radio / ESPN Deportes
Fri, Dec. 25	2:30 p.m.	Camellia Bowl* Marshall vs. Buffalo Cramton Bowl – Montgomery, Ala. Bill Roth, Dustin Fox, Lauren Sisler	ESPN
Sat, Dec. 26	Noon	Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl* South Carolina vs. UAB Raymond James Stadium – Tampa, Fla. Jason Benetti, Andre Ware, Paul Carcaterra	ABC / ESPN Deportes
	3:30 p.m.	SERVPRO First Responder Bowl* Louisiana vs. UTSA Gerald J. Ford Stadium – Dallas, Texas Anish Shroff, Tom Luginbill, Quint Kessenich	ABC / ESPN Deportes
		LendingTree Bowl Western Kentucky vs. Georgia State Ladd-Peebles Stadium – Mobile, Ala. Mike Couzens, Jay Walker, Dawn Davenport	ESPN
	7:30 p.m.	FBC Mortgage Cure Bowl* Liberty vs. Coastal Carolina Camping World Stadium – Orlando, Fla. Roy Philpott, Kelly Stouffer, Alex Chappell	ESPN
Tue, Dec. 29	5:30 p.m.	Cheez-It Bowl Oklahoma State vs. Miami Camping World Stadium – Orlando, Fla. Dave O’Brien, Tim Hasselbeck, Katie George Radio: Sean Kelley, Barrett Jones	ESPN and ESPN Radio / ESPN Deportes
	9 p.m.	Valero Alamo Bowl Texas vs. Colorado Alamodome – San Antonio, Texas Dave Pasch, Mike Golic Sr., Kris Budden Radio: Marc Kestecher, Trevor Matich	ESPN and ESPN Radio / ESPN Deportes
Wed, Dec. 30	Noon	Duke’s Mayo Bowl Wake Forest vs. Wisconsin Bank of America Stadium Charlotte, N.C. Taylor Zarzour, Matt Stinchcomb, Marty Smith	ESPN / ESPN Deportes
	4 p.m.	TransPerfect Music City Bowl Iowa vs. Missouri Nissan Stadium – Nashville, Tenn. Tom Hart, Jordan Rodgers, Cole Cubelic Radio: Sean Kelley, Barrett Jones	ESPN and ESPN Radio / ESPN Deportes
Thu, Dec. 31	Noon	Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl* Tulsa vs. Mississippi State Amon G. Carter Stadium – Fort Worth, Texas Chris Cotter, Mark Herzlich, Ian Fitzsimmons	ESPN / ESPN Deportes
	4 p.m.	AutoZone Liberty Bowl West Virginia vs. Tennessee Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium – Memphis, Tenn. Wes Durham, Roddy Jones, Eric Wood Radio: Jay Alter, Brad Edwards	ESPN and ESPN Radio / ESPN Deportes
	8 p.m.	Mercari Texas Bowl* Arkansas vs. TCU NRG Stadium – Houston Jason Benetti, Andre Ware, Dawn Davenport Radio: Marc Kestecher, Ben Hartsock	ESPN and ESPN Radio / ESPN Deportes
Fri, Jan. 1	1 p.m.	Vrbo Citrus Bowl Auburn vs. Northwestern Camping World Stadium – Orlando, Fla. Dave Flemming, Rod Gilmore, Paul Carcaterra	ABC
Sat, Jan. 2	Noon	TaxSlayer Gator Bowl N.C. State vs. Kentucky TIAA Bank Field – Jacksonville, Fla. Anish Shroff, Tom Luginbill, Lericia Harris	ESPN
	12:30 p.m.	Outback Bowl Ole Miss vs. Indiana Raymond James Stadium – Tampa, Fla. Tom Hart, Jordan Rodgers, Cole Cubelic	ABC

* — ESPN owned and operated event

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ESPN’s ‘CGD’ Broadcast To Air Live From Charlotte Saturday

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ESPN’s flagship college football show will come live from North Carolina’s “Queen City” this weekend.

College GameDay Built by The Home Depot will air Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon ET live on ESPN and ESPNU from Bank of America Stadium, the home of the Carolina Panthers for its weekly broadcast. Saturday’s show will preview the 2020 ACC Championship between No. 2 Notre Dame and No. 3 Clemson.

One of the biggest topics on the day will likely be Notre Dame Coach Brian Kelly’s comments today that the team might not play in the College Football Championship if the families of the players are not permitted to attend. Kelly’s comments have created a firestorm throughout the college football world.

Rece Davis will anchor Saturday’s broadcast. The team of Kirk Herbstreit, Desmond Howard, David Pollack, Maria Taylor and Chris “The Bear” Fallica will join Davis for the broadcast. Lee Corso will join the broadcast live remotely from his home.

The ACC Championship is just one of the games set for Saturday’s day-long series of games that the group will preview. No. 11 Oklahoma and No. 7 Iowa State will face off in the Dr. Pepper Big 12 Championship Game at noon. After wo weeks off the field, the now No. 6 ranked Cincinnati Bearcats will face Tulsa for the American Athletic Conference Championship at 8 p.m. on ABC.

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

Date	Time (ET)	Game/Talent	Network
Fri, Dec 18	7:30 p.m.	Rocket Mortgage MAC Championship: Ball State vs. Buffalo Clay Matvick, Rocky Boiman, Katie George	ESPN
	8 p.m.	Pac-12 Championship Game: Oregon at No. 15 USC Sean Kelley, Barrett Jones	ESPN Radio
Sat, Dec 19	Noon	Dr Pepper Big 12 Championship: No. 11 Oklahoma vs. No. 7 Iowa State TV: Sean McDonough, Todd Blackledge, Todd McShay, Allison Williams Radio: Marc Kestecher, Ben Hartsock	ABC/ESPN Radio
		No. 5 Texas A&M at Tennessee Bob Wischusen, Dusty Dvoracek, Quint Kessenich	ESPN
		Florida State at Wake Forest Chris Cotter, Roddy Jones, Eric Wood	ACC Network
	3:30 p.m.	Ole Miss at LSU Taylor Zarzour, Matt Stinchcomb, Cole Cubelic	SEC Network
		No. 25 Missouri at Mississippi State Roy Philpott, Kelly Stouffer, Dawn Davenport	SEC Network Alternate
	4 p.m.	ACC Championship Game: No. 3 Clemson vs. No. 2 Notre Dame TV: Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Maria Taylor Radio: Sean Kelley, Barrett Jones	ABC/ESPN Radio
	7 p.m.	Stanford at UCLA Beth Mowins, Kirk Morrison, Taylor McGregor	ESPN
	8 p.m.	American Championship: No. 24 Tulsa at No. 8 Cincinnati Joe Tessitore, Greg McElroy, Holly Rowe	ABC
	10:30 p.m.	Arizona State at Oregon State Dave Flemming, Rod Gilmore, Stormy Buonantony	ESPN

More information on the ESPN networks’ college football coverage is available online along with all of the latest college football news at:

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Texas Bowl Gets New Sponsor

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ESPN Events’ Texas Bowl has a new title sponsor.

Mercari has signed on as the game’s title sponsor. The announcement was made Tuesday by Lone Star Sports & Entertainment and ESPN. The Texas Bowl features a matchup of teams from Big 12 and Southeastern Conference (SEC).

According to information about the company on its official website, Mercari, Inc. is a Japanese e-commerce company. Its app allows people to buy and sell their products through an online marketplace.

Mercari USA CEO John Lagerling commented on the company’s addition to the Texas Bowl in a prepared statement.

“Mercari is thrilled to serve as the title sponsor of the Mercari Texas Bowl in Houston, Texas” the statement reads. “This has been a challenging year for many Americans, and Mercari is committed to supporting the needs of everyone who loves and contributes to our marketplace. At its core, Mercari is about connecting people and we are looking forward to bringing football fans around the country together to enjoy the storied tradition of this iconic game.”

Texas Bowl Executive Director David Fletcher shared Lagerling’s enthusiasm for the new partnership between the Texas Bowl and Mercari, Inc.

“We are excited to welcome Mercari as the new title sponsor of the Texas Bowl,” said Fletcher. “The Mercari Texas Bowl has become one of the biggest college football events in the country through a strong partnership with the Big 12, SEC and many great supporters in the Houston community. We are thrilled to add a partner in Mercari, one of the most exciting new brands and e-commerce platforms in the U.S., to further elevate the event and the experience.

Founded in 2003, the Texas Bowl has generated approximately $30 million for the Houston area economy each year, according to information about Mercari’s addition as the bowl game’s title sponsor.

Texas A&M defeated Oklahoma State 24-21 in the 2019 Texas Bowl. The game was one of the top five most-attended bowl games for the fourth consecutive year and one of 2019’s most-watched bowl games.

This year’s Texas Bowl is scheduled to take place at 8 p.m. ET on Dec. 31 on ESPN from NRG stadium.

Tuesday’s announcement is the second this month of a bowl game signing a new title sponsor. Cricket Wireless was announced as the title sponsor for the 2021 MEAC/SWAC Challenge Kickoff.

Tiffany Baehman, Cricket Wireless Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, was quoted in a prepared statement as expressing her pleasure at expanding the company’s partnership with ESPN and ESPN Events.

“At Cricket, we’re all about creating a meaningful connection with our customers and within the communities where we operate,” the statement reads. “Our extended relationship with ESPN allows us to continue to introduce our brand to HBCU students, alumni and fans. It also means that we can help amplify the rich culture and legacy of HBCUs, and the positive impact they have within the Black community.”

John Grant, MEAC/SWAC Challenge Kickoff and Celebration Bowl Executive Director, shared Beahman’s pleasure about the announcements.

“We are delighted to have Cricket Wireless as the title sponsor of both our football kickoff and bowl games,” said Grant. “These events provide valuable diversity to the sports offerings in the city of Atlanta. This relationship reflects our mutual passion for and appreciation of Historically Black Colleges and Universities and the valuable contributions they make to our nation. We look forward to working together and building world-class events in a world-class city.”

Played annually in September between teams from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) and the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC), the game is an early-season game between two HBCU teams. The 2021 MEAC/SWAC Challenge is scheduled to take place Sept. 5, 2021 at Georgia State Stadium in Atlanta, GA.

Cricket, which has served as the title sponsor for the Celebration Bowl since 2018, announced in October that it has renewed with ESPN and ESPN Events as the bowl game’s title sponsor through 2023.

This year’s Celebration Bowl and MEAC/SWAC Challenge Kickoff were cancelled due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Both are currently expected to return in 2021.

More information on the ESPN networks’ college football coverage is available online along with all of the latest college football news at:

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

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

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

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

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

No. 2 Alabama at Ole Miss

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

LSU vs. No. 17 LSU

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

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

LOUISIANA-MONROE AT LIBERTY

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

COASTAL CAROLINA AT NO. 23 LOUISIANA

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

ARKANSAS AT No. 13 AUBURN

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

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

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

Saturday’s full new broadcast schedule is noted below.

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

Note: Not all digital games are exclusive

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ESPN’s ‘College GameDay’ Season Premiere To Come Live From Wake Forest University

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ESPN’s College GameDay Built By the Home Depot will make its season debut Saturday in North Carolina.

The long-running weekly college football program will broadcast live from the campus of Wake Forest University.  The three-hour show starts at 9 a.m. ET and will air live from Truist Field at WFU.  It marks the first time that the show has ever broadcast from the university.

Rece Davis will anchor the broadcast.  Analysts Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit, Desmond Howard, and David Pollack will provide additional commentary.  Additionally, Chris “The Bear” Fallica, Jen Lada, Pat McAfee, Tom Rinaldi, Maria Taylor, and Gene Wojciechowski will provide insight.

Coverage of Saturday’s game is scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m. ET.

The game is just one of the matchups on tap for next weekend’s college football schedule.  South Florida will represent the American Athletic Conference as it hosts The Citadel live on ESPN+.  Coverage of the game is scheduled to start at 1 p.m. ET.

App State is scheduled to host UNC-Charlotte at noon on ESPN2.  Louisiana is on the road against Iowa State live at noon on ESPN.  The ACC Network will feature UNC Chapel Hill hosting Syracuse.

Before any of these games take place, the ACC Network will feature the Miami Hurricanes hosting the UAB Blazers Sept. 10.  Coverage of that game is scheduled to start at 8 p.m. ET.

The latest college football coverage schedule from the ESPN family of networks is noted below.

Date	Time (ET)	Game	Network
Thu, Sep 10	8 p.m.	UAB at Miami	ACC Network
Sat, Sep 12	Noon	Louisiana at Iowa State	ESPN
		Charlotte at Appalachian State	ESPN2
		Syracuse at North Carolina	ACC Network
	1 p.m.	The Citadel at South Florida	ESPN+
	3:30 p.m.	Georgia Tech at Florida State	ABC
		UTSA at Texas State	ESPN2
		Campbell at Georgia Southern	ESPNU
	4 p.m.	Austin Peay at Pittsburgh	ACC Network
	7:30 p.m.	Clemson at Wake Forest	ABC
		Tulsa at Oklahoma State	ESPN or ESPNU
		Tulane at South Alabama	ESPN2
	8 p.m.	UTEP at Texas	Longhorn Network
		Western Kentucky at Louisville	ACC Network
		Houston Baptist at Texas Tech	Big 12 Now on ESPN+
Fri, Sep 18	7:30 p.m.	Houston at Memphis	ESPN
Sat, Sep 19	Noon	Navy at Tulane	ABC
		Austin Peay at Cincinnati	ESPN
		Louisiana at Georgia State	ESPN2
		Liberty at Western Kentucky	ESPNU
		Syracuse at Pittsburgh	ACC Network
		Boston College at Duke	ESPN3
	3 p.m.	Stephen F. Austin at UTSA	ESPN3
	3:30 p.m. or 7:30 p.m.	Virginia at Virginia Tech	ABC
	3:30 p.m. or 7:30 p.m.	Miami at Louisville	ABC
	3:30 p.m.	UCF at Georgia Tech	ESPN
		Charlotte at North Carolina	ESPN3
	4 p.m.	Florida Atlantic at Georgia Southern	ESPN2
		Troy at Middle Tennessee	ESPNU
		The Citadel at Clemson	ACC Network
	7 p.m.	Central Arkansas at Arkansas State	ESPN+
	7:30 p.m.	Louisiana Tech at Southern Mississippi	ESPN2
		Texas State at Louisiana-Monroe	ESPNU
	8 p.m.	Wake Forest at NC State	ACC Network
	9 p.m.	Abilene Christian at UTEP	ESPN3
	TBD	Campbell at Coastal Carolina	ESPN3
Thu, Sep 24	7:30 p.m.	UAB at South Alabama	ESPN
Sat, Sep 26	Noon	Florida at Ole Miss	ESPN
		Kentucky at Auburn	SEC Network
	4 p.m.	Georgia at Arkansas	SEC Network
	7 p.m.	Alabama at Missouri	ESPN
	7:30 p.m.	Tennessee at South Carolina	SEC Network
		Vanderbilt at Texas A&M	SEC Network Alternate
	10:15 p.m.	Troy at BYU	ESPN
Sat, Oct 3	Noon	South Carolina at Florida	ESPN
		Missouri at Tennessee	SEC Network
	4 p.m.	Ole Miss at Kentucky	SEC Network
	7:30 p.m.	Auburn at Georgia	ESPN
		LSU at Vanderbilt	SEC Network
		Arkansas at Mississippi State	SEC Network Alternate
Wed, Oct 7	7:30 p.m.	Louisiana at Appalachian State	ESPN
Thu, Oct 8	7:30 p.m.	Tulane at Houston	ESPN
Fri, Oct 9	7 p.m.	Louisville at Georgia Tech	ESPN
	8 p.m.	Campbell at Wake Forest	ACC Network
Wed, Oct 14	7:30 p.m.	Appalachian State at Georgia Southern	ESPN
Thu, Oct 15	7:30 p.m.	Georgia State at Arkansas State	ESPN
Fri, Oct 16	7:30 p.m.	SMU at Tulane	ESPN2
Sat, Oct 17	Noon or 3:30/4 p.m.	Auburn at South Carolina	ESPN or ESPN2 or ESPNU or SEC Network
	Noon or 3:30/4 p.m.	Kentucky at Tennessee	ESPN or ESPN2 or ESPNU or SEC Network
	Noon or 3:30/4 p.m.	Texas A&M at Mississippi State	ESPN or ESPN2 or ESPNU or SEC Network
	Noon or 3:30/4 p.m.	Ole Miss at Arkansas	ESPN or ESPN2 or ESPNU or SEC Network
	3:30 p.m.	LSU at Florida	ESPN or ESPN2
	7:30 p.m.	Vanderbilt at Missouri	SEC Network
Thu, Oct 22	7:30 p.m.	Arkansas State at Appalachian State	ESPN
Fri, Oct 23	7:30 p.m.	Tulsa at South Florida	ESPN
Thu, Oct 29	7:30 p.m.	South Alabama at Georgia Southern	ESPN
Sat, Oct 31	Noon	Kentucky at Missouri	SEC Network
	4 p.m.	Ole Miss at Vanderbilt	SEC Network
	7 p.m.	Mississippi State at Alabama	ESPN
	7:30 p.m.	Arkansas at Texas A&M	SEC Network
Thu, Nov 5	7:30 p.m.	SMU at Temple	ESPN
Fri, Nov 6	7:30 p.m.	Miami at NC State	ESPN
Sat, Nov 7	4 p.m.	Vanderbilt at Mississippi State	SEC Network
	7:30 p.m.	Tennessee at Arkansas	ESPN or SEC Network
		Texas A&M at South Carolina	ESPN or SEC Network
Sat, Nov 14	TBD	Memphis at Navy	TBD
Fri, Nov 20	7:30 p.m.	Syracuse at Louisville	ESPN
Fri, Nov 27	TBD	Iowa State at Texas	TBD
	TBD	Notre Dame at North Carolina	TBD
	TBD	UCF at South Florida	TBD
	TBD	Memphis at Tulane	TBD
	TBD	Louisville at Boston College	TBD

As an added bonus for fans, the ESPN networks will carry coverage of championships in the American Athletic Conference, Atlantic Coast Conference, Big 12, and Sun Belt Conference in December.

More information on the ESPN networks’ college football coverage is available online along with all of the latest college football news at:

 

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

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

Twitter: http://twitter.com/espncfb

 

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Clemson, Wake Forest To Open ESPN’s 2020 ‘Saturday Night Football’ Season Next Week

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It’s time to celebrate Saturday nights with college football again!

The Wake Forest Demon Deacons will host the Clemson Tigers next weekend on the season-opening broadcast of ESPN’s Saturday Night Football presented by Capital One.  Coverage is scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m. ET.

The game is just one of the matchups on tap for next weekend’s college football schedule.  South Florida will represent the American Athletic Conference as it hosts The Citadel live on ESPN+.  Coverage of the game is scheduled to start at 1 p.m. ET.

App State is scheduled to host UNC-Charlotte at noon on ESPN2.  Louisiana is on the road against Iowa State live at noon on ESPN.  The ACC Network will feature UNC Chapel Hill hosting Syracuse.

Before any of these games take place, the ACC Network will feature the Miami Hurricanes hosting the UAB Blazers Sept. 10.  Coverage of that game is scheduled to start at 8 p.m. ET.

The latest college football coverage schedule from the ESPN family of networks is noted below.

Date	Time (ET)	Game	Network
Thu, Sep 10	8 p.m.	UAB at Miami	ACC Network
Sat, Sep 12	Noon	Louisiana at Iowa State	ESPN
		Charlotte at Appalachian State	ESPN2
		Syracuse at North Carolina	ACC Network
	1 p.m.	The Citadel at South Florida	ESPN+
	3:30 p.m.	Georgia Tech at Florida State	ABC
		UTSA at Texas State	ESPN2
		Campbell at Georgia Southern	ESPNU
	4 p.m.	Austin Peay at Pittsburgh	ACC Network
	7:30 p.m.	Clemson at Wake Forest	ABC
		Tulsa at Oklahoma State	ESPN or ESPNU
		Tulane at South Alabama	ESPN2
	8 p.m.	UTEP at Texas	Longhorn Network
		Western Kentucky at Louisville	ACC Network
		Houston Baptist at Texas Tech	Big 12 Now on ESPN+
Fri, Sep 18	7:30 p.m.	Houston at Memphis	ESPN
Sat, Sep 19	Noon	Navy at Tulane	ABC
		Austin Peay at Cincinnati	ESPN
		Louisiana at Georgia State	ESPN2
		Liberty at Western Kentucky	ESPNU
		Syracuse at Pittsburgh	ACC Network
		Boston College at Duke	ESPN3
	3 p.m.	Stephen F. Austin at UTSA	ESPN3
	3:30 p.m. or 7:30 p.m.	Virginia at Virginia Tech	ABC
	3:30 p.m. or 7:30 p.m.	Miami at Louisville	ABC
	3:30 p.m.	UCF at Georgia Tech	ESPN
		Charlotte at North Carolina	ESPN3
	4 p.m.	Florida Atlantic at Georgia Southern	ESPN2
		Troy at Middle Tennessee	ESPNU
		The Citadel at Clemson	ACC Network
	7 p.m.	Central Arkansas at Arkansas State	ESPN+
	7:30 p.m.	Louisiana Tech at Southern Mississippi	ESPN2
		Texas State at Louisiana-Monroe	ESPNU
	8 p.m.	Wake Forest at NC State	ACC Network
	9 p.m.	Abilene Christian at UTEP	ESPN3
	TBD	Campbell at Coastal Carolina	ESPN3
Thu, Sep 24	7:30 p.m.	UAB at South Alabama	ESPN
Sat, Sep 26	Noon	Florida at Ole Miss	ESPN
		Kentucky at Auburn	SEC Network
	4 p.m.	Georgia at Arkansas	SEC Network
	7 p.m.	Alabama at Missouri	ESPN
	7:30 p.m.	Tennessee at South Carolina	SEC Network
		Vanderbilt at Texas A&M	SEC Network Alternate
	10:15 p.m.	Troy at BYU	ESPN
Sat, Oct 3	Noon	South Carolina at Florida	ESPN
		Missouri at Tennessee	SEC Network
	4 p.m.	Ole Miss at Kentucky	SEC Network
	7:30 p.m.	Auburn at Georgia	ESPN
		LSU at Vanderbilt	SEC Network
		Arkansas at Mississippi State	SEC Network Alternate
Wed, Oct 7	7:30 p.m.	Louisiana at Appalachian State	ESPN
Thu, Oct 8	7:30 p.m.	Tulane at Houston	ESPN
Fri, Oct 9	7 p.m.	Louisville at Georgia Tech	ESPN
	8 p.m.	Campbell at Wake Forest	ACC Network
Wed, Oct 14	7:30 p.m.	Appalachian State at Georgia Southern	ESPN
Thu, Oct 15	7:30 p.m.	Georgia State at Arkansas State	ESPN
Fri, Oct 16	7:30 p.m.	SMU at Tulane	ESPN2
Sat, Oct 17	Noon or 3:30/4 p.m.	Auburn at South Carolina	ESPN or ESPN2 or ESPNU or SEC Network
	Noon or 3:30/4 p.m.	Kentucky at Tennessee	ESPN or ESPN2 or ESPNU or SEC Network
	Noon or 3:30/4 p.m.	Texas A&M at Mississippi State	ESPN or ESPN2 or ESPNU or SEC Network
	Noon or 3:30/4 p.m.	Ole Miss at Arkansas	ESPN or ESPN2 or ESPNU or SEC Network
	3:30 p.m.	LSU at Florida	ESPN or ESPN2
	7:30 p.m.	Vanderbilt at Missouri	SEC Network
Thu, Oct 22	7:30 p.m.	Arkansas State at Appalachian State	ESPN
Fri, Oct 23	7:30 p.m.	Tulsa at South Florida	ESPN
Thu, Oct 29	7:30 p.m.	South Alabama at Georgia Southern	ESPN
Sat, Oct 31	Noon	Kentucky at Missouri	SEC Network
	4 p.m.	Ole Miss at Vanderbilt	SEC Network
	7 p.m.	Mississippi State at Alabama	ESPN
	7:30 p.m.	Arkansas at Texas A&M	SEC Network
Thu, Nov 5	7:30 p.m.	SMU at Temple	ESPN
Fri, Nov 6	7:30 p.m.	Miami at NC State	ESPN
Sat, Nov 7	4 p.m.	Vanderbilt at Mississippi State	SEC Network
	7:30 p.m.	Tennessee at Arkansas	ESPN or SEC Network
		Texas A&M at South Carolina	ESPN or SEC Network
Sat, Nov 14	TBD	Memphis at Navy	TBD
Fri, Nov 20	7:30 p.m.	Syracuse at Louisville	ESPN
Fri, Nov 27	TBD	Iowa State at Texas	TBD
	TBD	Notre Dame at North Carolina	TBD
	TBD	UCF at South Florida	TBD
	TBD	Memphis at Tulane	TBD
	TBD	Louisville at Boston College	TBD

As an added bonus for fans, the ESPN networks will carry coverage of championships in the American Athletic Conference, Atlantic Coast Conference, Big 12, and Sun Belt Conference in December.

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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

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

 

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

Courtesy: ESPN

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

Courtesy: ESPN

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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