The college football schedule across ESPN networks on Saturday, Oct. 5, will include 13 of the remaining 20 undefeated teams, highlighted by three matchups between unbeatens.ESPN will kick off and end its coverage with a game between undefeated programs: No. 25 Maryland at No. 8 Florida State at noon and No. 15 Washington at No. 5 Stanford at 10:30 p.m. The ABC Saturday Night Football Presented by Windows telecast at 8 p.m. ET will pit No. 4 Ohio State at No. 16 Northwestern.
Additional highlights for Saturday, Oct. 5:
- ABC will televise two of the unbeaten teams at 3:30 p.m. in a reverse mirror with ESPN2: No. 19 Michigan against one-loss Minnesota and No. 3 Clemson at new ACC member Syracuse. The ABC window will also include one-loss No. 21 Oklahoma State against Kansas State.
- ESPNU will televise a showdown of ACC Coastal Division rivals pitting undefeated No. 14 Miami (Fla.) against one-loss Georgia Tech at 3:30 p.m.
- ESPN3 will showcase four of the unbeaten squads: No. 1 Alabama against Georgia State at 12:21 p.m., No. 7 Louisville at Temple at noon, Northern Illinois at Kent State at 3:30 p.m. and Missouri at Vanderbilt at 7:30 p.m.
In addition to undefeated teams in action, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN3 Saturday 7 p.m. games will involve at least one one-loss team: No. 24 Ole Miss at Auburn in a showdown of two one-loss SEC squads (ESPNU), No. 10 LSU at Mississippi State (ESPN & ESPN Radio), No. 18 Florida against Arkansas (ESPNU) and Cincinnati at South Florida (ESPN3).
All ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN3 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 3 | 7:30 p.m. | Texas at Iowa State
Rece Davis, Jesse Palmer, David Pollack & Samantha Ponder
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ESPN |
| Western Kentucky at Louisiana-Monroe
Mark Neely & Jay Walker
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ESPNU | ||
| Fri, Oct 4 | 9 p.m. | Nevada at San Diego State
Carter Blackburn, Danny Kanell & Allison Williams
|
ESPN |
| Sat, Oct 5 | Noon | No. 25 Maryland at No. 8 Florida State
Dave Pasch, Brian Griese & Tom Luginbill
|
ESPN |
| Michigan State at Iowa
Beth Mowins, Joey Galloway & Paul Carcaterra
|
ESPN2 | ||
| Illinois at Nebraska
Tom Hart & John Congemi
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ESPNU | ||
| Rutgers at SMU
Dave Lamont & David Diaz-Infante
|
ESPNEWS | ||
| No. 7 Louisville at Temple
Eamon McAnaney, Anthony Becht & Brooke Weisbrod
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ESPN3 & RSN * | ||
| Eastern Michigan at Buffalo
Michael Reghi & Doug Graber
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ESPN3 & RSN * | ||
| Ball State at Virginia | ESPN3 & RSN * | ||
| 12:21 p.m. | Georgia State at No. 1 Alabama
Dave Neal, Andre Ware & Cara Capuano
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ESPN3 & SEC TV * | |
| 12:30 p.m. | North Carolina at Virginia Tech | ESPN3 & ACC Network * | |
| 1 p.m. | Army at Boston College
Shawn Kenney & Pete Najarian
|
ESPN3 | |
| Central Michigan at Miami (Ohio)
Jim Barbar & Rocky Boiman
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ESPN3 | ||
| Columbia at Princeton
Dave Popkin & KC Keeler
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ESPN3 | ||
| South Alabama at Troy | ESPN3 * | ||
| Saint Francis at Central Connecticut State | ESPN3 | ||
| 1:30 p.m. | Elon at Furman | ESPN3 | |
| 2 p.m. | Ohio at Akron
Dave Weekley & John Gregory
|
ESPN3 | |
| 3 p.m. | Jacksonville State at Tennessee-Martin
Jim Barbar & John Gregory
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ESPN3 | |
| Western Michigan at Toledo | ESPN3 * | ||
| Southern Illinois at South Dakota State | ESPN3 * | ||
| 3:30 p.m. | Minnesota at No. 19 Michigan
Mike Patrick, Ed Cunningham & Jeannine Edwards
|
ABC & ESPN2 ** | |
| No. 3 Clemson at Syracuse
Sean McDonough, Chris Spielman & Shannon Spake
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ABC & ESPN2 ** | ||
| Kansas State at No. 21 Oklahoma State
Bob Wischusen, Rod Gilmore & Quint Kessenich
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ABC | ||
| Georgia Tech at No. 14 Miami (Fla.)
Anish Shroff, Kelly Stouffer & Nikki Noto
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ESPNU | ||
| NC State at Wake Forest | ESPN3 & RSN * | ||
| Atlanta Football Classic: South Carolina State vs. North Carolina A&T
Joe Davis & Jay Walker
|
ESPN3 ^ | ||
| Northern Illinois at Kent State | ESPN3 * | ||
| Massachusetts at Bowling Green | ESPN3 * | ||
| 4 p.m. | McNeese State at Central Arkansas | ESPN3 * | |
| 4:30 p.m. | UCF at Memphis
Joe Meyers & Kevin O’Connell
|
ESPN3 | |
| 7 p.m. | No. 10 LSU at Mississippi State
TV: Joe Tessitore, Matt Millen & Maria Taylor
Radio: Bill Rosinski, David Norrie & Joe Schad
|
ESPN & ESPN Radio | |
| Arkansas at No. 18 Florida
Mark Jones, Brock Huard & Kaylee Hartung
|
ESPN2 | ||
| No. 24 Ole Miss at Auburn
Clay Matvick, Matt Stinchcomb & Dawn Davenport
|
ESPNU | ||
| Cincinnati at South Florida
John Sadak, Al Groh & Tiffany Greene
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ESPN3 | ||
| Texas State at Louisiana-Lafayette | ESPN3 * | ||
| 7:30 p.m. | Kentucky at No. 13 South Carolina | ESPN3 & RSN * | |
| Missouri at Vanderbilt
Matt Stewart, Chris Doering & Joe Budden
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ESPN3 & RSN * | ||
| 8 p.m. | No. 4 Ohio State at No. 16 Northwestern
Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit & Heather Cox
|
ABC | |
| 10:30 p.m. | No. 15 Washington at No. 5 Stanford
Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge & Holly Rowe
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ESPN |
* Local blackout may apply
** Reverse mirror in which ESPN2 will regionalize two games on ABC to markets not receiving the telecast
^ Available on ESPNU Saturday, Oct. 5, at 10:30 p.m.
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