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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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* |
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No. 20 NC State at Boston College Bob Wischusen, Brock Huard, Allison Williams |
ABC or ESPN2* |
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Arkansas at No. 19 LSU Jason Benetti, Kelly Stouffer, Julie Stewart-Binks |
ESPN |
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Connecticut at UCF Mike Couzens, John Congemi, |
ESPNU |
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Missouri Valley at MidAmerica Nazarene |
ESPN3 |
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No. 24 Michigan State at No. 6 Ohio State |
ESPN Radio |
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Louisiana at Ole Miss Dave Neal, Matt Stinchcomb, Dawn Davenport |
SEC Network |
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Merchant Marine Academy at Coast Guard Academy Dave Weekley, Matt Chatham |
ESPN3 |
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12:10 p.m. |
Indiana PA at West Chester |
ESPN3 |
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12:20 p.m. |
No. 13 Virginia Tech at Georgia Tech |
ACC Network Extra |
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1 p.m. |
Tiffin at Grand Valley State |
ESPN3 |
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Western Illinois at Indiana State |
ESPN3 |
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Stetson at Jacksonville |
ESPN3 |
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1:30 p.m. |
Wofford at VMI |
ESPN3 |
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2 p.m. |
Middle Tennessee at Charlotte |
ESPN3 |
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Youngstown State at Southern Illinois |
ESPN3 |
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The Citadel at Furman |
ESPN3 |
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Mercer at Western Carolina |
ESPN3 |
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Jacksonville State at Tennessee-Martin |
ESPN3 |
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3 p.m. |
Wake Forest at Syracuse |
ACC Network Extra |
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Northern Iowa at Missouri State |
ESPN3 |
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Illinois State at South Dakota State |
ESPN3 |
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East Tennessee State at Samford |
ESPN3 |
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3:30 p.m. |
Iowa at No. 9 Wisconsin Joe Tessitore, Todd Blackledge, Holly Rowe |
ABC |
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Florida State at No. 4 Clemson Steve Levy, Brian Griese, Todd McShay |
ESPN |
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West Virginia at Kansas State Anish Shroff, Mike Golic Jr., Roddy Jones |
ESPN2 |
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Virginia at Louisville Mike Corey, Rene Ingoglia |
ESPNU |
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Charleston Southern at Kennesaw State |
ESPN3 |
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South Dakota at North Dakota State |
ESPN3 |
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4 p.m. |
Kentucky at Vanderbilt Taylor Zarzour, Andre Ware, Olivia Harlan |
SEC Network |
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San Jose State at Nevada Shawn Kenney, Al Groh |
ESPN3 |
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Georgia State at Texas State |
ESPN3 |
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Nicholls at Stephen F. Austin |
ESPN3 |
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4:30 p.m. |
Troy at Coastal Carolina Jim Barbar, John Gregory |
ESPN3 |
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5 p.m. |
UTEP at North Texas |
ESPN3 |
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Arkansas State at South Alabama Matt Stewart, Forrest Conoly |
ESPN3 |
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6 p.m. |
Kansas at Texas Lowell Galindo, Ahmad Brooks, Kris Budden |
LHN |
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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 |
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Purdue at Northwestern Beth Mowins, Anthony Becht, Rocky Boiman |
ESPN2 |
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New Mexico at Texas A&M Clay Matvick, Kirk Morrison |
ESPNU |
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Florida Tech at Delta State |
ESPN3 |
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Northwestern State at McNeese |
ESPN3 |
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Sam Houston State at Abilene Christian |
ESPN3 |
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7:30 p.m. |
Tennessee at Missouri Tom Hart, Jordan Rodgers, Cole Cubelic |
SEC Network |
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8 p.m. |
No. 3 Notre Dame at No. 10 Miami Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Maria Taylor |
ABC |
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10 p.m. |
Oregon State at No. 22 Arizona Mark Jones, Rod Gilmore, Quint Kessenich |
ESPN2 |
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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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