ESPN’s college football schedule this week will be highlighted by two Saturday night telecasts matching ranked teams with all four in the top 11 of the BCS standings:- ABC will broadcast undefeated No. 5 Notre Dame at one-loss No. 8 Oklahoma as part of the Saturday Night Football series at 8 p.m. ET. Notre Dame has defeated Oklahoma eight of the nine all-time meetings against the Sooners, including the last meeting in 1999.
- ESPN will televise No. 11 Mississippi State at No. 1 Alabama in a showdown of unbeaten SEC teams at 8:30 p.m. Mississippi State, at 7-0, has had its best start to a season since 1999 and won its first seven games for only the second time in 113 years of playing football. Alabama has won eight of the last 10 games against the Bulldogs.
Overall, ESPN platforms will offer coverage of seven of the remaining 11 undefeated teams: No. 1 Alabama, No. 5 Notre Dame, No. 11 Mississippi State, No. 15 Rutgers, No. 16 Louisville, No. 24 Ohio and Ohio State. Additional highlights:
- An ESPN Friday night matchup on October 26 will pit one-loss Cincinnati at undefeated BIG EAST foe No. 16 Louisville at 8 p.m.
- ESPN will televise unbeaten Ohio State at a Penn State squad that has won five straight since opening the season 0-2 on Saturday, Oct. 27, at 5:30 p.m.
- ESPN3 will provide coverage of Kent State, with a 6-1 record, at undefeated No. 15 Rutgers on Saturday, Oct. 27, at 3:30 p.m.
ESPN, ABC, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3, ESPN 3D and ESPN Radio Schedule
| Date | Time (ET) | Game / Commentators | Network |
| Tue, Oct 23 | 8 p.m. | Arkansas State at Louisiana-Lafayette
Joe Tessitore & Desmond Howard
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ESPN2 |
| Thu, Oct 25 | 7:30 p.m. | No. 18 Clemson at Wake Forest
Rece Davis, Jesse Palmer, David Pollack & Samantha Steele
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ESPN |
| 7:30 p.m. | Delaware State at Morgan State
Joe Davis & Jay Walker
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ESPNU | |
| 7:30 p.m. | Valdosta State at Shorter | ESPN3 | |
| Fri, Oct 26 | 8 p.m. | Cincinnati at No. 16 Louisville
Carter Blackburn, Rod Gilmore & Jemele Hill
|
ESPN |
| Sat, Oct 27 | Noon | Tennessee at No. 13 South Carolina
Dave Pasch, Brian Griese & Jenn Brown
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ESPN & ESPN 3D |
| Noon | Iowa at Northwestern
Beth Mowins, Joey Galloway & Lewis Johnson
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ESPN2 | |
| Noon | Kentucky at Missouri
Tom Hart & John Congemi
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ESPNU | |
| Noon | Ole Miss at Arkansas
Dave Neal, Andre Ware & Cara Capuano
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ESPN3 & SEC Network | |
| Noon | Temple at Pittsburgh
Eamon McAnaney, David Diaz-Infante & Paul Carcaterra
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ESPN3 * & BIG EAST Network | |
| Noon | Northern Illinois at Western Michigan
Michael Reghi & Doug Graber
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ESPN3 * | |
| 12:30 p.m. | NC State at North Carolina | ESPN3 * & ACC Network | |
| 1 p.m. | Maryland at Boston College
Shawn Kenney & John Bunting
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ESPN3 | |
| 1 p.m. | Stony Brook at Presbyterian | ESPN3 | |
| 1:30 p.m. | The Citadel at Wofford | ESPN3 | |
| 1:30 p.m. | Presbyterian at Charleston Southern | ESPN3 | |
| 2 p.m. | Utah State at Texas-San Antonio
Jonathan Yardley & Forrest Conoly
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ESPN3 | |
| 2 p.m. | South Dakota at Indiana State | ESPN3 | |
| 3 p.m. | BYU at Georgia Tech | ESPN3 | |
| 3 p.m. | Youngstown State at South Dakota State | ESPN3 | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Michigan State at No. 25 Wisconsin
Mike Patrick, Ed Cunningham & Jeannine Edwards
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ABC & ESPN2 * | |
| No. 9 USC at Arizona
Joe Tessitore, Matt Millen & Maria Taylor
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ABC & ESPN2 * | ||
| 3:30 p.m. | Duke at No. 12 Florida State
Anish Shroff, Dan Hawkins & Tom Luginbill
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ESPNU | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Kent State at No. 15 Rutgers
Mike Corey & Rene Ingoglia
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ESPN3 * | |
| 3:30 p.m. | No. 24 Ohio at Miami (Ohio) | ESPN3 * | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Eastern Michigan at Bowling Green
Greg Franke & Tom Cole
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ESPN3 | |
| 3:30 p.m. | North Texas at Middle Tennessee | ESPN3 | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Liberty at Coastal Carolina | ESPN3 | |
| 4 p.m. | Sam Houston State at Lamar | ESPN3 | |
| 5:30 p.m. | Ohio State at Penn State
Sean McDonough, Chris Spielman & Quint Kessenich
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ESPN | |
| 6 p.m. | Western Kentucky at Florida International
Drew Fellios & Warrick Dunn
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ESPN3 | |
| 7 p.m. | No. 20 Texas A&M at Auburn
Clay Matvick, Matt Stinchcomb & Allison Williams
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ESPNU | |
| 7 p.m. | Syracuse at South Florida
Mike Gleason & John Gregory
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ESPN3 | |
| 7 p.m. | Massachusetts at Vanderbilt | ESPN3 * | |
| 8 p.m. | No. 5 Notre Dame at No. 8 Oklahoma
Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit & Heather Cox
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ABC | |
| 8 p.m. | No. 22 Michigan at Nebraska
ESPN: Mark Jones, Brock Huard & Jessica Mendoza
ESPN Radio: Bill Rosinski, David Norrie & Joe Schad
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ESPN2 & ESPN Radio | |
| 8 p.m. | Louisiana Tech at New Mexico State | ESPN3 | |
| 8 p.m. | Stephen F. Austin at McNeese State | ESPN3 | |
| 8 p.m. | West Texas A&M at West Georgia | ESPN3 | |
| 8:30 p.m. | No. 11 Mississippi State at No. 1 Alabama
Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge & Holly Rowe
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ESPN | |
| 10:30 p.m. | Magic City Classic: Alabama A&M vs. Alabama State (from Birmingham)
Joe Davis & Jay Walker
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ESPNU *** |
* Local blackout may apply
** Reverse mirror in which ESPN2 will regionalize two games on ABC to markets not receiving the telecast
*** Live on ESPN3 at 3:30 p.m. ET & same day delay on ESPNU
ESPN will use BCS Standings through the remainder of the season
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