ESPN College Football Week 13: TV Schedule Featuring 12 of Top 15 Teams, College GameDay in Stillwater, SEC Nation at the Iron Bowl, FCS Playoff and a Week 12 Ratings Update

• Schedule: No. 8 Ohio State at No. 10 Michigan, No. 3 Oklahoma at No. 11 Oklahoma State Highlight Rivalry Weekend
• College GameDay Returns to Stillwater for ‘Bedlam’ Matchup
• SEC Network Goes ‘Inside’ Auburn Program & SEC Nation Makes First Visit to the Iron Bowl
• FCS Playoff First and Second Matchups Announced
• Twenty-Four Finalists Announced for the Home Depot 25th Anniversary College Football Awards on Thursday, Dec. 10
• ESPN Week 12 Ratings: Michigan State at Ohio State – Highest-Rated Game of Season across All Networks

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Schedule: No. 8 Ohio State at No. 10 Michigan, No. 3 Oklahoma at No. 11 Oklahoma State Highlight Rivalry Weekend     
contact: Derek.Volner@ESPN.com

No. 8 Ohio State at No. 10 Michigan (noon ET on ABC) and No. 3 Oklahoma at No. 11 Oklahoma State (8 p.m. on ABC) on Sat., Nov. 28, highlights an ESPN/ABC week 13 schedule which features 18 teams ranked in the College Football Playoff rankings, including No. 1 Clemson and 12 of the top 15 teams:

Additional highlights:

• 4 Iowa at Nebraska on Fri., Nov. 27, at 3:30 p.m. on ABC
• Penn State at No. 5 Michigan State on Sat., Nov. 28, on ABC
• 13 Florida State at No. 12 Florida on Sat., Nov. 28, at 7:30 p.m. on ESPN

Full Schedule:  http://es.pn/1Myqdh6
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College GameDay Returns to Stillwater for ‘Bedlam’ Matchup
contact: Rachel.M.Siegal@espn.com

ESPN College GameDay Built by The Home Depot – college football’s longest running and most celebrated pregame show – will visit Stillwater, Okla., for the fifth time on Saturday, Nov. 28, in advance of Saturday Night Football on ABC presented by Wells Fargo featuring the annual “Bedlam” inter-state rivalry – No. 6 Oklahoma State hosting No. 7 Oklahoma at 8 p.m. (Rankings to be updated tonight, Tuesday, Nov. 24). The Emmy Award-winning show runs 9 a.m.-noon on ESPN.

H­ost Rece Davis – in his first season at the College GameDay desk –  is joined by analysts Kirk Herbstreit, Lee Corso and David Pollack, as well as contributors Samantha Ponder, Tom Rinaldi, George Whitfield and Gene Wojciechowski. Herbstreit will call the game with Chris Fowler and reporter Heather Cox.

Rather than at his usual spot on the show, Desmond Howard will be in Ann Arbor, Mich., where his #21 jersey will be retired prior to No. 12 Michigan’s rivalry game against No. 3 Ohio State (Noon, ABC) Saturday. Howard will provide live segments from Michigan during College GameDay.

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SEC Network Goes ‘Inside’ Auburn Program & SEC Nation Makes First Visit to the Iron Bowl
contact: Gracie.Blackburn@espn.com

SEC Network closes out the regular season by highlighting one of college football’s most famous rivalries, Alabama vs. Auburn in the 2015 Iron Bowl. SEC Nation, the network’s traveling pregame show, will be live Saturday, Nov. 28, from 10 a.m. to noon on the Campus Green. It will mark the show’s first trip to the Iron Bowl. In addition, the network’s new show, SEC Inside, will embed with Auburn on game day. The episode Wednesday, Dec. 2, will include unseen vantage points from the game and Auburn locker room.

This week’s SEC Inside on Wednesday, Nov. 25, at 7 p.m., features new insight and angles from the Mississippi State vs. Arkansas game. Then at 7:30 p.m., SEC Film Room sits down with Texas A&M head coach Kevin Sumlin to break down the X’s and O’s of their recent win over Vanderbilt.

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FCS Playoff First and Second Matchups Announced
contact:  Derek.Volner@ESPN.com

ESPN’s 2015-16 NCAA Championship coverage continues Saturday, Nov.28, with all eight games from the first round of the Football Championship Subdivision Playoff. Over the next several weeks, ESPN will cover all 23 games from the championship, including eight second-round games (Dec. 5), the quarterfinals (Dec. 11-12), semifinals (Dec. 18-19) and final (Jan. 9). ESPN3 will stream the first and second rounds as well as two of the quarterfinal games. The remaining two quarterfinals will air on ESPN or ESPN2, the semifinals on ESPN2 and ESPNU and the final on ESPN2 from Frisco, Texas.

First Round – Sat, Nov. 28

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Twenty-Four Finalists Announced for The Home Depot 25th Anniversary College Football Awards on Thursday, Dec. 10  
contact:  Derek.Volner@ESPN.com

The Home Depot 25th Anniversary College Football Awards will air on ESPN, Thursday, Dec. 10, at 7 p.m. ET.  The show, relocating to the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta, highlights the achievements of college football student-athletes in 2015.  Twenty-four players were selected as finalists for the nine National College Football Awards Association (NCFAA) awards given annually during the show. The nominees were announced during The Home Depot College Football Awards Nomination Special at 5 p.m. ET today on ESPNU.

Derrick Henry (Alabama), Christian McCaffrey (Stanford) and Deshaun Watson (Clemson) are each finalists for two awards. Alabama and Stanford lead schools in nominations as Alabama has three players nominated for four awards and Stanford has two players nominated for three awards.

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Michigan State at Ohio State: Highest-Rated Game of Season across All Networks  
contact: Derek.Volner@ESPN.com

ABC’s telecast of No. 9 Michigan State at No. 3 Ohio State (3:30 p.m. ET) earned a 6.6 household rating, the highest-rated college football game of the 2015 season across all networks. Season-to-date, ESPN/ABC has televised six of the seven highest-rated games across all networks:

2015 College Football Season: Highest-Rated Games*

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