ESPN’s college football schedule this week includes four conference championships, four games between ranked teams and all eight of the second round NCAA Division I Football Championship matchups.
ABC and ESPN will each televise a conference title game between ranked teams Saturday, Dec. 3:
- Conference USA Championship at noon on ABC: No. 24 Southern Miss vs. undefeated No. 6 Houston
- Dr Pepper ACC Championship Game at 8 p.m. on ESPN and ESPN3: No. 5 Virginia Tech vs. No. 20 Clemson
On Friday, Dec. 2, ESPN2 and ESPN3 will carry the Marathon MAC Championship pitting Ohio against Northern Illinois at 7 p.m. In addition, ESPN Radio will broadcast the inaugural Pac-12 Championship featuring UCLA vs. No. 9 Oregon on at 8 p.m.
ABC will broadcast two Big 12 games between ranked teams Saturday, Dec. 3: No. 22 Texas at No. 17 Baylor at 3:30 p.m. followed by No. 10 Oklahoma at No. 3 Oklahoma State at 8 p.m., which will determine the Big 12 champion.
ESPN3 will offer exclusive coverage of the entire second round of the NCAA Division I Football Championship Presented by Enterprise Rent-A-Car on Saturday, Dec. 3 beginning at 1 p.m.
| Date | Time (ET) | Game/Commentators | Network |
| Thu, Dec 1 | 8 p.m. | No. 23 West Virginia at South Florida Rece Davis, Craig James, Jesse Palmer & Jenn Brown |
ESPN / ESPN3 / ESPN 3D |
| Fri, Dec 2 | 7 p.m. | Marathon MAC Championship: Ohio vs. Northern Illinois Joe Tessitore, Rod Gilmore & Jeannine Edwards |
ESPN2 / ESPN3 |
| 8 p.m. | Pac-12 Championship Game: UCLA at No. 9 Oregon Dave Flemming, David Norrie & Ian Fitzsimmons |
ESPN Radio | |
| Sat, Dec 3 | Noon | Conference USA Championship: No. 24 Southern Miss at No. 6 Houston Mike Patrick, Craig James & Lisa Salters |
ABC |
| Connecticut at Cincinnati Dave Pasch, Chris Spielman & Quint Kessenich |
ESPN / ESPN3 | ||
| Syracuse at Pittsburgh Dave Lamont & Mike Bellotti |
ESPN2 / ESPN3 | ||
| 1 p.m. | NCAA Division I Football Championship Presented By Enterprise Rent-A-Car: Old Dominion at No. 3 Georgia Southern Doug Bell & John Bunting |
ESPN3* | |
| 2 p.m. | NCAA Division I Football Championship Presented By Enterprise Rent-A-Car: Maine at Appalachian State John Sadak & Rene Ingoglia |
ESPN3* | |
| NCAA Division I Football Championship Presented By Enterprise Rent-A-Car: Central Arkansas at No. 4 Montana Ryan Rose & Adam Archuletta |
ESPN3* | ||
| 3 p.m. | Troy at Arkansas State | ESPN3 | |
| NCAA Division I Football Championship Presented By Enterprise Rent-A-Car: New Hampshire at Montana State Trey Bender & Jay Taylor |
ESPN3* | ||
| NCAA Division I Football Championship Presented By Enterprise Rent-A-Car: Stony Brook at No. 1 Sam Houston State Dan Gutowsky & Warrick Dunn |
ESPN3* | ||
| 3:30 p.m. | No. 22 Texas at No. 17 Baylor Sean McDonough, Matt Millen & Samantha Steele |
ABC | |
| Utah State at New Mexico State | ESPN3 | ||
| NCAA Division I Football Championship Presented By Enterprise Rent-A-Car: Lehigh at Towson Bob Picozzi & John Gregory |
ESPN3* | ||
| 4 p.m. | Idaho at Nevada | ESPN3 | |
| NCAA Division I Football Championship Presented By Enterprise Rent-A-Car: James Madison at No. 2 North Dakota State Jim Barbar & Jay Walker |
ESPN3* | ||
| 5 p.m. | NCAA Division I Football Championship Presented By Enterprise Rent-A-Car: Wofford at No. 5 Northern Iowa Shawn Kenney & Rob Harley |
ESPN3* | |
| 7:30 p.m. | BYU at Hawaii Carter Blackburn & Brock Huard |
ESPN2 / ESPN3 | |
| 8 p.m. | No. 10 Oklahoma at No. 3 Oklahoma State Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge & Holly Rowe |
ABC | |
| Dr Pepper ACC Championship Game: No. 5 Virginia Tech vs. No. 20 Clemson ESPN: Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit & Heather Cox ESPN Radio: Bill Rosinski, Danny Kanell & Joe Schad |
ESPN / ESPN3 / ESPN 3D / ESPN Radio |
* ESPN3 exclusive
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