This week’s college football schedule will include telecasts of the top four teams in the BCS Standings and six of the top 10. The lineup is highlighted by No. 4 Stanford, coming off a victory over then-undefeated Oregon, at USC on ABC’s Saturday Night Football Presented by Windows on November 16 at 8 p.m. ET. ESPN Radio will also broadcast the game.
That afternoon, ABC and ESPN2, combine to televise unbeaten No. 2 Florida State against new ACC foe Syracuse and No. 16 Michigan State at Nebraska on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. Additional Saturday highlights:
- ESPN will televise two of the top three teams, both on the road against conference opponents: No. 3 Ohio State at Illinois at noon and No. 1 Alabama at Mississippi State at 7:45 p.m.
- ESPNU’s Saturday 3:30 p.m. telecast will feature No. 23 Miami (Fla.) at Duke in a showdown between ACC Coastal Division rivals with matching 7-2 records.
- ESPN3 and ESPNU will combine to cover two of the top teams in the American Athletic Conference: No. 17 UCF at Temple at noon on ESPN3 and No. 20 Louisville against Houston at 7 p.m. on ESPNU.
ESPN and ESPN2 will combine to televise three teams in the BCS Standings over three consecutive weekdays beginning Wednesday, Nov. 13, at 8 p.m. with undefeated No. 15 Northern Illinois against one-loss Ball State in a showdown between the top two teams in the Mid-American Conference West division. Thursday’s ESPN College Football Primetime on November 14, at 7:30 p.m., will pit No. 8 Clemson against Georgia Tech while ESPN2’s Friday night matchup on November 15, at 9 p.m., will pit No. 13 UCLA against Washington.
ESPN, ABC, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3, ESPNEWS and ESPN Radio Schedule
| Date | Time (ET) | Matchup/Commentator | Network |
| Tue, Nov 12 | 7:30 p.m. | Buffalo at Toledo Adam Amin & Kelly Stouffer |
ESPNU |
| Ohio at Bowling Green Michael Reghi & Rocky Boiman |
ESPN3 | ||
| Wed, Nov 13 | 8 p.m. | Ball State at No. 15 Northern Illinois Bob Wischusen, Desmond Howard & Quint Kessenich |
ESPN2 |
| Miami (Ohio) at Kent State Tom Hart & John Congemi |
ESPNU | ||
| Thu, Nov 14 | 7:30 p.m. | Georgia Tech at No. 8 Clemson Rece Davis, Jesse Palmer, David Pollack & Samantha Ponder |
ESPN |
| Morgan State at South Carolina State Mark Neely & Jay Walker |
ESPNU | ||
| Fri, Nov 15 | 9 p.m. | Washington at No. 13 UCLA Carter Blackburn, Danny Kanell & Allison Williams |
ESPN2 |
| Sat, Nov 16 | Noon | No. 3 Ohio State at Illinois Dave Pasch, Brian Griese & Tom Luginbill |
ESPN |
| Indiana at No. 22 Wisconsin Bob Wischusen, Rod Gilmore & Quint Kessenich |
ESPN2 | ||
| Troy at Ole Miss Tom Hart & John Congemi |
ESPNU | ||
| Cincinnati at Rutgers Beth Mowins, Joey Galloway & Paul Carcaterra |
ESPNEWS | ||
| No. 17 UCF at Temple Eamon McAnaney, Anthony Becht & Brooke Weisbrod |
ESPN3 * & RSN | ||
| Central Michigan at Western Michigan Michael Reghi & Doug Graber |
ESPN3 * & RSN | ||
| Wagner at Saint Francis | ESPN3 | ||
| 12:21 p.m. | Kentucky at Vanderbilt Dave Neal, Andre Ware & Cara Capuano |
ESPN3 * & SEC TV | |
| 12:30 p.m. | North Carolina at Pitt | ESPN3 * & ACC Network | |
| Maryland at Virginia Tech | ESPN3 * & ACC Network | ||
| NC State at Boston College | ESPN3 * & RSN | ||
| 1 p.m. | Akron at Massachusetts Bob Picozzi & KC Keeler |
ESPN3 | |
| Yale at Princeton Dave Popkin & Pete Najarian |
ESPN3 | ||
| Jacksonville State at Eastern Illinois | ESPN3 | ||
| Presbyterian at Coastal Carolina | ESPN3 | ||
| 2 p.m. | Louisiana-Lafayette at Georgia State Ryan Rose & Warrick Dunn |
ESPN3 | |
| North Dakota State at Youngstown State | ESPN3 | ||
| Northern Iowa at Missouri State | ESPN3 | ||
| 3 p.m. | Connecticut at SMU Trey Bender & Kevin O’Connell |
ESPN3 | |
| Tennessee-Chattanooga at Samford | ESPN3 | ||
| 3:30 p.m. | No. 16 Michigan State at Nebraska Sean McDonough, Chris Spielman & Shannon Spake |
ABC & ESPN2 ** | |
| Syracuse at No. 2 Florida State Mike Patrick, Ed Cunningham & Jeannine Edwards |
ABC & ESPN2 ** | ||
| No. 23 Miami (Fla.) at Duke Anish Shroff & Kelly Stouffer |
ESPNU | ||
| 7 p.m. | Florida at No. 10 South Carolina Joe Tessitore, Matt Millen & Maria Taylor |
ESPN2 | |
| Houston at No. 20 Louisville Clay Matvick, Matt Stinchcomb & Dawn Davenport |
ESPNU | ||
| Memphis at South Florida Shawn Kenney, Al Groh & Steffi Sorensen |
ESPN3 | ||
| 7:30 p.m. | Texas State at Arkansas State | ESPN3 | |
| 7:45 p.m. | No. 1 Alabama at Mississippi State Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge & Holly Rowe |
ESPN & ESPN Radio | |
| 8 p.m. | No. 4 Stanford at USC Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit & Heather Cox |
ABC & ESPN Radio | |
| Northwestern State at McNeese State | ESPN3 | ||
| 10:15 p.m. | Wyoming at Boise State Mark Jones, Brock Huard & Jessica Mendoza |
ESPN2 | |
| 10:30 p.m. | San Jose State at Nevada Joe Davis & David Diaz-Infante |
ESPNU |
* 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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