ESPN Will Cover Seven of Top 10 College Football Teams Across Networks

By: Sep. 17, 2013
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College Football: Seven of Top 10 Teams across ESPN Networks

ESPN networks will combine to cover seven of the top 10 ranked programs in action during the fourth week of the season, beginning with No. 3 Clemson at undefeated ACC Atlantic division rival NC State on Thursday, Sept. 19, at 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN and ESPN Radio. Highlights for Saturday, Sept. 21:

· ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU will each televise a prime-time matchup featuring an SEC team in the top 10: No. 1 Alabama against Colorado at 7 p.m. on ESPN2; No. 6 LSU against SEC foe Auburn at 7:45 p.m. on ESPN; and No. 10 Texas A&M against SMU at 7 p.m. on ESPNU.

· ESPN3 will provide coverage of three top 10 teams: No. 7 Louisville against Florida International at noon, No. 9 Georgia against North Texas at 12:21 p.m. (also available on SEC TV) and No. 8 Florida State against Bethune-Cookman at 6 p.m.

· Saturday Night Football Presented by Windows on ABC at 8 p.m. will include two games in a split national telecast: Kansas State at Texas and No. 15 Michigan at Connecticut.

All 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

Thu, Sep 19

7:30 p.m. No. 3 Clemson at NC State TV: Rece Davis, Jesse Palmer, David Pollack & Samantha Ponder Radio: Bill Rosinski, David Norrie & Joe Schad ESPN & ESPN Radio Texas Southern at Jackson State Mark Neely & Jay Walker ESPNU

Fri, Sep 20

9 p.m. Boise State at Fresno State Carter Blackburn, Danny Kanell & Allison Williams ESPN

Sat, Sep 21

Noon North Carolina at Georgia Tech Dave Pasch, Brian Griese & Tom Luginbill ESPN San Jose State at Minnesota Beth Mowins, Joey Galloway & Paul Carcaterra ESPN2 Marshall at Virginia Tech Tom Hart & John Congemi ESPNU Vanderbilt at Massachusetts Dave Lamont & Ray Bentley ESPNEWS Toledo at Central Michigan Michael Reghi & Doug Graber ESPN3 & RSN * Florida International at No. 7 Louisville ESPN3 & RSN *

12:21 p.m. North Texas at No. 9 Georgia Dave Neal, Andre Ware & Cara Capuano ESPN3 & SEC TV *

12:30 p.m. Pitt at Duke ESPN3 & ACC Network * Tulane at Syracuse ESPN3 & RSN *

1 p.m. Ball State at Eastern Michigan Dan Gutowsky & Forrest Conoly ESPN3

2 p.m. Austin Peay at Ohio Keith Morehouse & Rocky Boiman ESPN3 Jacksonville State at Georgia State Roy Philpott & Peter Vaas ESPN3

3:30 p.m. Purdue at No. 24 Wisconsin Mike Patrick, Ed Cunningham & Jeannine Edwards ABC & ESPN2 ** Utah State at USC TV: Dave Flemming, David Diaz-Infante & Shelley Smith Radio: Rich Cellini, Tom Ramsey & Dave Shore ABC & ESPN2 ** & ESPN Radio Arkansas at Rutgers Bob Wischusen, Rod Gilmore & Quint Kessenich ESPN West Virginia vs. Maryland (from Baltimore) Anish Shroff & Kelly Stouffer ESPNU Virginia Military Institute at Virginia Shawn Kenney, Stan Lewter & Angela Mallen ESPN3 Murray State at Bowling Green Dave Weekley & John Gregory ESPN3 Delaware State at North Dakota State ESPN3 * Tennessee at No. 19 Florida Bill Rosinski, David Norrie & Joe Schad ESPN Radio

4 p.m. Cincinnati at Miami (Ohio) Jim Barbar, Pete Najarian & Rontina McCann ESPN3

4:30 p.m. Arkansas State at Memphis Joel Meyers & Kevin O'Connell ESPN3

6 p.m. Bethune-Cookman at No. 8 Florida State John Sadak, Al Groh & Tiffany Greene ESPN3 Louisiana-Lafayette at Akron Frank Giardina & Jerod Cherry ESPN3 Lafayette at Penn ESPN3

7 p.m. Colorado State at No. 1 Alabama Joe Tessitore, Matt Millen & Maria Taylor ESPN2 SMU at No. 10 Texas A&M Clay Matvick, Matt Stinchcomb & Dawn Davenport ESPNU Eastern Illinois at Northern Illinois Mike Couzens & Bob Chmeil ESPN3 Savannah State at No. 16 Miami (Fla.) Drew Fellios, Cory Chavous & Steffi Sorensen ESPN3 Morgan State at Western Kentucky Trey Bender & Brian Kinchen ESPN3 Montana State at Stephen F. Austin ESPN3 *

7:30 p.m. Troy at Mississippi State ESPN3 & RSN * Midwestern State at West Georgia ESPN3 *

7:45 p.m. Auburn at No. 6 LSU Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge & Holly Rowe ESPN

8 p.m. Kansas State at Texas Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit & Heather Cox ABC & ESPN3 No. 15 Michigan at Connecticut Sean McDonough, Chris Spielman & Shannon Spake ABC & ESPN3 Tennessee State at Tennessee Tech ESPN3

10:15 p.m. Utah at BYU Mark Jones, Brock Huard & Lewis Johnson ESPN2 Wyoming at Air Force Joe Davis & Dan Hawkins ESPNU

* Local blackout may apply

** Reverse mirror in which ESPN2 will regionalize two games on ABC to markets not receiving the telecast



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