ESPN’s college football week 5 schedule will feature the nation’s top 6 teams and 15 ranked teams overall when it carries more than 40 games between Thu, Oct. 1, and Sat, Oct. 3, highlighted by Saturday Night Football on ABC presented by Wells No. 6 Notre Dame at No. 12 Clemson (8 p.m. ET) and No. 3 Ole Miss at No. 25 Florida (ESPN at 7 p.m.)
Additional Sat, Oct. 3, highlights include:
- ABC will also air Texas at No. 4 TCU (Noon) and No. 1 Ohio State at Indiana or Texas Tech at No. 5 Baylor (3:30 p.m. ET)*
- ESPN will feature a quadruple header: Iowa at No. 19 Wisconsin (noon), No. 11 Florida State at Wake Forest (3:30 p.m.), and Oregon at Colorado (10 p.m.) in addition to the previously mentioned No. 3. Ole Miss at No. 25 Florida (7 p.m.)
- SEC Network’s schedule is highlighted by a top 25 matchup: No. 21 Mississippi State at No. 14 Texas A&M (7:30 p.m.)
- Purdue at No. 2 Michigan State (Noon on ESPN2) and Eastern Michigan at No. 9 LSU (7 p.m. on ESPNU) also on the slate
- ESPN Radio will air No. 13 Alabama at No. 8 Georgia (3:30 p.m.)
*Regionalized on ABC/ESPN2
Every ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNEWS, ESPN3, SEC Network and Longhorn Network game will also streamed live on WatchESPN, accessible on computers, smartphones, tablets and connected devices to fans who receive their video subscription from an affiliated provider.
ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3, ESPNEWS, SEC Network and ESPN Radio Schedule
| Date | Time (ET) | Game / Commentators | Networks |
| Thu, Oct 1 | 7:30 p.m. | Miami (Fla.) at Cincinnati Joe Tessitore, Jesse Palmer, David Pollack, Kaylee Hartung |
ESPN |
| Alabama State at Texas Southern Mark Neely, Jay Walker |
ESPNU | ||
| Fri, Oct 2 | 7 p.m. | Memphis at South Florida Dave Flemming, Mack Brown, Allison Williams |
ESPN2 |
| 10:15 p.m. | Connecticut at BYU Eamon McAnaney, Rocky Boiman |
ESPN2 | |
| Sat, Oct 3 | Noon | Texas at No. 4 TCU Sean McDonough, Chris Spielman, Todd McShay |
ABC |
| Iowa at No. 19 Wisconsin Steve Levy, Brock Huard, Shannon Spake |
ESPN | ||
| Purdue at No. 2 Michigan State Beth Mowins, Anthony Becht, Paul Carcaterra |
ESPN2 | ||
| Army at Penn State Anish Shroff, Ahmad Brooks |
ESPNU | ||
| UCF at Tulane Jason Benetti, Brian Kinchen |
ESPNEWS | ||
| South Carolina at Missouri Tom Hart, Andre Ware, Laura Rutledge |
SEC Network | ||
| Pittsburgh at Virginia Tech | ESPN3** | ||
| 12:30 p.m. | Louisville at NC State | ESPN3** | |
| 2 p.m. | Ohio at Akron Michael Reghi, Jerod Cherry |
ESPN3 | |
| 3 p.m. | Toledo at Ball State | ESPN3 | |
| Northern Illinois at Central Michigan Jim Barbar, Dustin Fox |
ESPN3 | ||
| Florida International at UMass Alex Faust, Matt Chatham |
ESPN3 | ||
| 3:30 p.m. | Texas Tech at No. 5 Baylor Dave Pasch, Brian Griese, Tom Luginbill |
ABC / ESPN2 | |
| No. 1 Ohio State at Indiana Mike Patrick, Ed Cunningham, Dr. Jerry Punch |
ABC / ESPN2 | ||
| No. 11 Florida State at Wake Forest Mark Neely, David Diaz-Infante |
ESPN | ||
| North Carolina at Georgia Tech Clay Matvick, John Congemi |
ESPNU | ||
| Boston College at Duke | ESPN3** | ||
| No. 13 Alabama at No. 8 Georgia Bill Rosinski, David Norrie, Joe Schad |
ESPN Radio | ||
| Bowling Green at Buffalo | ESPN3 | ||
| Miami (Ohio) at Kent State Dough Sherman, Josh Cribbs |
ESPN3 | ||
| Wyoming at Appalachian State Dave Weekley, Al Groh |
ESPN3 | ||
| Liberty at Georgia State Matt Stewart, Wayne Gandy |
ESPN3 | ||
| 4 p.m. | East Carolina at SMU Mike Corey, Rene Ingoglia |
ESPNEWS | |
| San Jose State at Auburn Dave Neal, Matt Stinchcomb, Kayce Smith |
SEC Network
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| Bethune-Cookman at NC Central Roy Philpott, Jay Walker |
ESPN3& | ||
| 7 p.m. | No. 3 Ole Miss at No. 25 Florida Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge, Holly Rowe |
ESPN | |
| Arkansas at Tennessee Mark Jones, Rod Gilmore, Quint Kessenich |
ESPN2 | ||
| Eastern Michigan at No. 9 LSU Allen Bestwick, Dan Hawkins |
ESPNU | ||
| Idaho at Arkansas State Dave Raymond, Stan Lewter |
ESPN3 | ||
| Georgia Southern at Louisiana-Monroe Joel Meyers, Pete Najarian |
ESPN3 | ||
| South Alabama at Troy Drew Fellios, Forrest Conoly |
ESPN3 | ||
| Colorado State at Utah State Trey Bender, Jay Taylor |
ESPN3 | ||
| 7:30 p.m. | No. 21 Mississippi State at No. 14 Texas A&M Brent Musburger, Jesse Palmer, Maria Taylor |
SEC Network | |
| Eastern Kentucky at Kentucky Mike Couzens, Cole Cubelic, Kevin Weidl |
SEC Network Alternate | ||
| 8 p.m. | No. 6 Notre Dame at No. 12 Clemson Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Heather Cox |
ABC | |
| 10 p.m. | Oregon at Colorado Adam Amin, Kelly Stouffer, Olivia Harlan |
ESPN | |
| 10:15 p.m. | Hawaii at Boise State Dave Lamont, Ray Bentley |
ESPN2 |
** – Local blackout may apply
& – Tape-delayed at 10:30 p.m. on ESPNU
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Media contact: Derek Volner at 860-384-9986; Derek.Volner@ESPN.com and @DerekVolner
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