ESPN networks will showcase 11 of the remaining 14 undefeated college football teams this week, highlighted by No. 5 Florida State at No. 3 Clemson in a matchup of unbeaten ACC squads on Saturday, Oct. 19, at 8 p.m. ET on ABC. It will mark this season’s first meeting between top-five ranked teams and the second time this season Clemson will play a top-five ranked team on the ABC Saturday Night Football Presented by Windows series (defeating No. 5 Georgia on August 31).
Overall, ESPN platforms will carry 12 of the top 14 ranked teams during the week beginning Thursday, Oct. 17, with undefeated No. 10 Miami at North Carolina on ESPN at 7:30 p.m. ESPN will follow that game with unbeaten No. 8 Louisville against one-loss UCF on Friday, Oct. 18, at 8 p.m.
The schedule for Saturday, Oct. 19, will include three matchups between ranked teams including No. 5 Florida State at No. 3 Clemson: No. 9 UCLA at No. 13 Stanford at 3:30 p.m. on ABC and ESPN2, and No. 22 Florida at No. 14 Missouri at 12:21 p.m. on ESPN3 and SEC TV. Additional highlights for Saturday:
- The second game of the ABC Saturday 3:30 p.m. split-national telecast, with an ESPN2 reverse mirror, will showcase No. 4 Ohio State against Iowa at 3:30 p.m.
- ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU will each televise a 7 p.m. game featuring a ranked team: No. 1 Alabama against Arkansas (ESPN), No. 6 LSU at Ole Miss (ESPN2) and No. 12 Baylor against Iowa State (ESPNU).
- ESPNEWS will televise BYU at undefeated Houston at 3:30 p.m.
- ESPN3 will carry undefeated No. 23 Northern Illinois at Central Michigan at 3 p.m.
All ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3 and ESPNEWS games will be available through WatchESPN, accessible online at WatchESPN.com, on smartphones and tablets via the WatchESPN app, through ESPN on Xbox LIVE to Gold members and on Apple TV to fans who receive their video subscription from an affiliated provider.
ESPN Goal Line network will offer unlimited live cut-ins and highlights from numerous top college football games every Saturday beginning at noon. Goal Line is currently available to Time Warner Cable, Bright House Networks, Cox, Cablevision, Verizon FiOS TV, Comcast and Midcontinent Communications customers.
ESPN, ABC, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3, ESPNEWS and ESPN Radio Schedule
| Date | Time (ET) | Matchup/Commentator | Network |
| Thu, Oct 17 | 7:30 p.m. | No. 10 Miami (Fla.) at North Carolina Rece Davis, Jesse Palmer, David Pollack & Samantha Ponder |
ESPN |
| Fri, Oct 18 | 8 p.m. | UCF at No. 8 Louisville Carter Blackburn, Danny Kanell & Allison Williams |
ESPN |
| Sat, Oct 19 | Noon | No. 11 South Carolina at Tennessee Dave Pasch, Brian Griese & Tom Luginbill |
ESPN |
| Minnesota at Northwestern Beth Mowins, Joey Galloway & Paul Carcaterra |
ESPN2 | ||
| Connecticut at Cincinnati Tom Hart & John Congemi |
ESPNU | ||
| Navy at Toledo Ryan Ruocco & Pete Najarian |
ESPNEWS | ||
| SMU at Memphis Eamon McAnaney, Anthony Becht & Brooke Weisbrod |
ESPN3 * & RSN | ||
| TCU at No. 21 Oklahoma State Bill Rosinski, David Norrie & Joe Schad |
ESPN Radio | ||
| 12:21 p.m. | No. 22 Florida at No. 14 Missouri Dave Neal, Andre Ware & Cara Capuano |
ESPN3 * & SEC TV | |
| 12:30 p.m. | Syracuse at Georgia Tech | ESPN3 * & ACC Network | |
| 1 p.m. | Army at Temple John Sadak & Al Groh |
ESPN3 | |
| Ohio at Eastern Michigan Dan Gutowsky & Dustin Fox |
ESPN3 | ||
| Akron at Miami (Ohio) Jim Barbar & Rocky Boiman |
ESPN3 | ||
| 2 p.m. | Ball State at Western Michigan Shawn Kenney & Bob Chmeil |
ESPN3 | |
| Indiana State at Illinois State | ESPN3 * | ||
| 3 p.m. | No. 23 Northern Illinois at Central Michigan Michael Reghi & Jerrod Cherry |
ESPN3 | |
| Kent State at South Alabama Drew Fellios & Forrest Conoly |
ESPN3 | ||
| North Dakota State at Southern Illinois | ESPN3 * | ||
| 3:30 p.m. | No. 9 UCLA at No. 13 Stanford Sean McDonough, Chris Spielman & Shannon Spake |
ABC & ESPN2 | |
| Iowa at No. 4 Ohio State Bob Wischusen, Rod Gilmore & Quint Kessenich |
ABC & ESPN2 ** | ||
| No. 18 Oklahoma at Kansas Mark Jones, Brock Huard & Kaylee Hartung |
ESPN | ||
| Maryland at Wake Forest Anish Shroff & Kelly Stouffer |
ESPNU | ||
| BYU at Houston Joe Davis & David Diaz-Infante |
ESPNEWS | ||
| Coastal Carolina at Liberty | ESPN3 | ||
| Wofford at Western Carolina | ESPN3 | ||
| Duke at Virginia | ESPN3 * & RSN | ||
| Massachusetts at Buffalo | ESPN3 * | ||
| 4 p.m. | Austin Peay at Murray State | ESPN3 | |
| Western Illinois at Youngstown State | ESPN3 * | ||
| Nicholls State at Stephen F. Austin | ESPN3 * | ||
| 7 p.m. | Arkansas at No. 1 Alabama Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge & Holly Rowe |
ESPN | |
| No. 6 LSU at Ole Miss Joe Tessitore, Matt Millen & Maria Taylor |
ESPN2 | ||
| Iowa State at No. 12 Baylor Clay Matvick, Matt Stinchcomb & Dawn Davenport |
ESPNU | ||
| Old Dominion at Pitt | ESPN3 * & RSN | ||
| Georgia State at Texas State | ESPN3 | ||
| Texas A&M-Kingsville at North Alabama | ESPN3 * | ||
| 8 p.m. | No. 5 Florida State at No. 3 Clemson Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit & Heather Cox |
ABC | |
| Rice at New Mexico State | ESPN3 * | ||
| Sam Houston State at McNeese State | ESPN3 | ||
| 10:30 p.m. | Oregon State at California Mike Patrick, Ed Cunningham & Jeannine Edwards |
ESPN2 |
* Local blackout may apply
** Reverse mirror in which ESPN2 will regionalize two games on ABC to markets not receiving the telecast
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