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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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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ESPN Announces College Football Week 3 Broadcast Schedule

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ESPN has announced its broadcast schedule for its networks’ coverage for the second week of the 2017 – ’18 college football season.

The second week of the 2017 – ’18 college football season launches Friday at 8 p.m. on ESPN with a matchup between New Mexico and Boise State.  The weekend’s schedule continues at 7 p.m. Friday as No. 22 South Florida plays host to Illinois on ESPN.

Saturday’s daylong schedule will be highlighted on television with a showdown between No. 3 Clemson and No. 14 Louisville on ABC’s Saturday Night Football presented by Wells Fargo.  Coverage is currently scheduled to start at 8 p.m. ET.  Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit and Maria Taylor will cover Saturday night’s game live from Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium.

Along with Saturday night’s game between the Tigers and Cardinals, No. 9 Oklahoma is scheduled to take on Pittsburg at noon Saturday.  No. 10 Wisconsin will face BYU at 3:30 p.m. College GameDay Built by The Home Depot will precede Saturday’s games beginning at 9 a.m. live on site in Louisville, KY.

Saturday night’s game between the Cardinals and Tigers is the weekend’s feature game due to the effects of Hurricane Irma.  The game was originally scheduled to air at 3:30 p.m., with Miami and Florida State originally scheduled for the 8 p.m. slot.  That game was postponed and re-scheduled for Oct. 7, leading the Louisville – Clemson game to fill Saturday night’s headline matchup.

Also shifted as a result of Hurricane Irma was a matchup between Notre Dame and Boston College.  That game was originally scheduled for noon, but was moved to a 3:30 p.m. start time on ESPN.

Hurricane Irma’s impact also led Saturday’s matchup between Georgia Tech and USF (scheduled for 7:30 p.m on ESPNNEWS) to be canceled.  Other games have also been moved to other networks and times due to the far-reaching effects of Hurricane Irma.  The ESPN networks’ full Week 3 college football broadcast schedule is noted below.

All Games are Saturday, Sept. 16 unless noted

Date	Time (ET)	Game	Network
Thu, Sept. 14	8 p.m.	New Mexico at Boise State Dave Flemming, Brock Huard, Laura Rutledge	ESPN
Fri, Sept. 15	7 p.m.	Illinois at No. 22 South Florida Dave Lamont, Mack Brown, Jen Lada	ESPN
		Massachusetts at Temple Mike Corey, Rene Ingoglia	ESPNU
	10:15 p.m.	Arizona at UTEP Adam Amin, Dusty Dvoracek, Molly McGrath	ESPN
Sat, Sept. 16	Noon	No. 25 UCLA at Memphis Beth Mowins, Anthony Becht, Rocky Boiman	ABC
		No. 9 Oklahoma State at Pittsburgh Dave Pasch, Greg McElroy, Tom Luginbilll	ESPN
		UConn at Virginia Jason Benetti, Kelly Stouffer, Kris Budden	ESPN2
		Kansas at Ohio Clay Matvick, Kirk Morrison	ESPNU
		Louisiana at Texas A&M Dave Neal, Matt Stinchcomb, Dawn Davenport	SEC Network
		Edinboro at West Chester	ESPN3
		Peru State at Missouri Valley	ESPN3
	12:20 p.m.	Furman at NC State	ACC Network Extra
	12:30 p.m.	Baylor at Duke	ACC Network Extra
	1:00 p.m.	Grand Valley State at Michigan Tech	ESPN3
		Walsh at Jacksonville	ESPN3
		The Citadel at East Tennessee State	ESPN3
	2:00 p.m.	Central Connecticut State and Youngstown State	ESPN3
	3:00 p.m.	North Dakota at South Dakota	ESPN3
		Tennessee Tech at Ball State Jim Barbar, Mark Herrmann	ESPN3
		Utah State at Wake Forest Bill Roth, Christian Ponder	ACC Network Extra
	3:30 p.m.	No. 10 Wisconsin at BYU Mike Patrick, Tommy Tuberville, Paul Carceterra	ABC
		Notre Dame at Boston College Steve Levy, Brian Griese, Todd McShay	ESPN
		North Texas at Iowa Anish Shroff, Ahmad Brooks, Roddy Jones	ESPN2
		SMU at No. 20 TCU Roy Philpott, Tom Ramsey	ESPNU
		Central Michigan at Syracuse Doug Sherman, Matt Chatham	ACC Network Extra
	4:00 p.m.	Purdue at Missouri Taylor Zarzour, Andre Ware, Olivia Harlan	SEC Network
		Mercer at No. 15 Auburn Joel Meyers, Brian Kinchen, Gabe Gross	SEC Network Alternate
	6:00 p.m.	Colgate at Buffalo Greg Mescall, Marcus Ray	ESPN3
		Carson-Newman at Wingate	ESPN3
		Dartmouth at Stetson	ESPN3
		Villanova at Lafayette	ESPN3
		Indian State at Liberty	ESPN3
		Tennessee-Martin at Chattanooga	ESPN3
	7:00 p.m.	No. 12 LSU at Mississippi State Joe Tessitore, Todd Blackledge, Holly Rowe	ESPN
		Colorado State at No. 1 Alabama Mark Jones, Rod Gilmore, Quint Kessenich	ESPN2
		Idaho at Western Michigan Dan Gutowsky, Tyoka Jackson	ESPN3
		Tulsa at Toledo	ESPN3
		Appalachian State at Texas State Tyler Denning, Stan Lewter	ESPN3
		Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Arkansas State Drew Fellios, Forrest Conoly	ESPN3
		Southern Miss at Louisiana-Monroe David Saltzman, Watson Brown	ESPN3
		Alabama A&M at South Alabama Matt Stewart, Doug Graber	ESPN3
		North Alabama at Valdosta State	ESPN3
		Houston Baptist at Abilene Christian	ESPN3
		Incarnate World at Stephen F. Austin	ESPN3
		Lamar at Northwestern State	ESPN3
		Tusculum at Limestone	ESPN3
		Monmouth at Albany	ESPN3
		Drake at South Dakota State	ESPN3
		Jackson State at Grambling State* Eric Clemons, Jay Walker	ESPN3
	7:30 p.m.	No. 18 Kansas State at Vanderbilt Mike Couzens, John Congemi	ESPNU
		Kentucky at South Carolina Tom Hart, Jordan Rodgers, Cole Cubelic	SEC Network
		Samford at No. 13 Georgia Mike Morgan, Barrett Jones, Desmond Purnell	SEC Network Alternate
	8:00 p.m.	No. 3 Clemson at No. 14 Louisville Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Maria Taylor	ABC
		Rice at Houston Robert Lee, Stanford Routt	ESPN3
		Troy at New Mexico State	ESPN3
		Cincinnati at Miami (Ohio)	ESPN3
	8:30 p.m.	Texas at No. 4 USC Bill Rosinski, Dusty Dvoracek, Ian Fitzsimmons	ESPN Radio
	10:00 p.m.	San Jose State at Utah Mark Neely, Ray Bentley, Alex Corddry	ESPN2
	10:30 p.m.	Ole Miss at California Bob Wischusen, Brock Huard, Allison WIlliams	ESPN

*Airing on-delay at 10 p.m. on ESPNU
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ESPN To Mark College Football’s 150th Anniversary With Year-Long Celebration

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ESPN and its family of networks will celebrate college football’s history in a very big way in 2019.

Network officials made the announcement Thursday in a press release that revealed the ESPN networks will spend all of 2019 celebrating what will then be college football’s 150^th anniversary.  The release states the networks will spend the year’s first seven and a half months presenting content “examining and celebrating” the sport’s rich history.  It adds the examination and celebration will be done through presentation of the games, traditions, developments and people that shaped the game.

The content provided over the noted time span will be presented on ESPN’s digital, mobile and social outlets.  The next 150 days that follows, which lead up to Jan. 13, 2020, will feature a vast range of stories from college football’s history.  The whole effort will be headed by longtime college athletics administrator and former Big 12 Commissioner Kevin Weiberg.

Weiberg said of the effort that he was looking forward to the celebration and being part of the anniversary.

“I’m very pleased to have the opportunity to coordinate a nationwide celebration of college football’s 150^th anniversary in 2019,” Weiberg said.  “It’s wonderful to have great partners like ESPN to showcase the rich history and traditions of college football while also putting a spotlight on the opportunities it provides young people to pursue a college degree and to develop the skills needed to succeed in life after football.”

John Skipper, ESPN President shared Wieberg’s anticipation.

“We are extraordinarily proud to celebrate a sport that has such a great influence on numerous generations,” Skipper said.  “Our year-long exploration will showcase college football’s rich history, which is indelibly rooted in the fabric of American culture, and explore the current and future state of the sport.  Fans can expect a comprehensive storytelling approach, presented creatively across the breadth of the ESPN platform.”

Audiences can view a trailer promoting the year-long celebration online now here.

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ESPN’s College Football Championship Preview Coverage Begins Today

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The stage is officially set for the 2017 college football championship, and ESPN’s networks will have extensive preview coverage of the upcoming matchup today and tomorrow.

That coverage begins this afternoon at 1 p.m. on ESPN’s College Football Live.  ESPN will carry a special hour-long edition of its flagship college football program today and tomorrow on ESPN.  The broadcasts will air live from the campuses of Clemson and Alabama.

Adnan Virk will anchor the program’s broadcast live from Clemson, SC.  He will be joined by analysts Joey Galloway and Danny Kannell for additional commentary.  Reporter Marty Smith will also be on hand for additional news and insights.

Molly McGrath will head up the program’s broadcast live from Tuscaloosa, ALA.  She will be joined by analysts David Pollack and Booger McFarland for additional commentary.  Reporter Tom Rinaldi will also be on hand for additional news and interviews.

As an additional bonus, McGrath, Galloway, McFarland and Pollack will all be live on hand live in Tampa for Friday’s broadcast at 1 p.m. on ESPN.

College Football Live is just one of the ESPN networks’ programs that will offer extensive preview coverage of the college football championship.  ESPN’s flagship sports news broadcast SportsCenter will offer its own extensive coverage.

Jay Crawford will anchor tonight’s SportsCenter broadcast and Thursday’s 6 p.m. broadcast with Tom Rinaldi reporting live from Alabama and Marty Smith reporting live from South Carolina.  He will also anchor Friday’s broadcast live from Tampa.

Cari Champion will host the program’s 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. broadcast this morning from Clemson.  David Lloyd will host Thursday’s 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. broadcast Thursday from Alabama.

Sage Steele will anchor broadcasts on Friday between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m.

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