ESPN will televise post-season games from four college football divisions this weekend, including the first games of a 38-game Football Bowl Subdivision schedule, both Football Championship Subdivision semifinals and the Division II and Division III championships.
ESPN will kick off its FBS bowl coverage – 38 total games highlighted by the entire inaugural College Football Playoff – will begin Saturday, Dec. 20, with five games (four on ESPN and ESPN Radio and one on ABC). ESPN and ESPN Radio will combine to cover the new post-season format – four teams meeting in semifinals followed by a championship contest between the winning programs – with a New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day tripleheaders as part of a New Year’s Six schedule featuring both semifinals and four additional premier bowls. Both networks will provide exclusive coverage of the first-ever College Football Playoff National Championship on January 12. ESPN’s bowl schedule with commentator assignments: https://es.pn/1whoswx
- ESPNU’s telecast of Wisconsin-Whitewater against Mount Union in the NCAA Division III Football Championship on Friday, Dec. 19, at 7 p.m. ET will mark the ninth title game showdown between the programs in the past 10 post-seasons. Whitewater-Wisconsin has won five of games.
- ESPN2 will televise Colorado State-Pueblo vs. Minnesota State-Mankato in the NCAA Division II Football Championship on Saturday, Dec. 20, at 4 p.m. It will mark the first meeting between the programs and first NCAA Division II title game appearance for each.
- ESPN2 and ESPNU will combine to televise the NCAA Division I Football Championship semifinals over two days:
- ESPN2 will televise Sam Houston State against three-time defending National Champion North Dakota State on Friday, Dec. 19, at 8 p.m. North Dakota State has defeated Sam Houston State twice in the last three FCS championship contests.
- The second semifinal on Saturday, Dec. 20, at 2 p.m. on ESPNU will pit fifth-seeded Illinois State against No. 1 overall seed New Hampshire. The winner will advance to the first FCS National Championship appearance in school history.
ESPN’s extensive coverage of the FCS championship – every game on an ESPN platform – will conclude with the championship from Frisco, Texas, on Saturday, Jan. 10, at 1 p.m.
| Date | Time (ET) | Matchup/Commentator | Network |
| Fri, Dec 19 | 7 p.m. | NCAA Division III Football Championship: Wisconsin-Whitewater vs. Mount Union Clay Matvick, Anthony Becht & Cara Capuano |
ESPNU |
| 8 p.m. | NCAA Division I – Semifinal: Sam Houston State vs. North Dakota State Anish Shroff & Kelley Stouffer |
ESPN2 | |
| Sat, Dec 20 | 2 p.m. | NCAA Division I – Semifinal: Illinois State vs. New Hampshire Shawn Kenney & Jay Walker |
ESPNU |
| 4 p.m. | NCAA Division II Football Championship: Colorado State-Pueblo vs. Minnesota State-Mankato Adam Amin, John Congemi & Quint Kessenich |
ESPN2 | |
| Sat, Jan 10 | 1 p.m. | Championship: TBD | ESPN2 |
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