College Football: Top Four Teams in BCS Standings on ESPN and ABC
This week's college football schedule will include telecasts of the top four teams in the BCS Standings and six of the top 10. The lineup is highlighted by No. 4 Stanford, coming off a victory over then-undefeated Oregon, at USC on ABC's Saturday Night Football Presented by Windows on November 16 at 8 p.m. ET. ESPN Radio will also broadcast the game.
That afternoon, ABC and ESPN2, combine to televise unbeaten No. 2 Florida State against new ACC foe Syracuse and No. 16 Michigan State at Nebraska on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. Additional Saturday highlights:
· ESPN will televise two of the top three teams, both on the road against conference opponents: No. 3 Ohio State at Illinois at noon and No. 1 Alabama at Mississippi State at 7:45 p.m.
· ESPNU's Saturday 3:30 p.m. telecast will feature No. 23 Miami (Fla.) at Duke in a showdown between ACC Coastal Division rivals with matching 7-2 records.
· ESPN3 and ESPNU will combine to cover two of the top teams in the American Athletic Conference: No. 17 UCF at Temple at noon on ESPN3 and No. 20 Louisville against Houston at 7 p.m. on ESPNU.
ESPN and ESPN2 will combine to televise three teams in the BCS Standings over three consecutive weekdays beginning Wednesday, Nov. 13, at 8 p.m. with undefeated No. 15 Northern Illinois against one-loss Ball State in a showdown between the top two teams in the Mid-American Conference West division. Thursday's ESPN College Football Primetime on November 14, at 7:30 p.m., will pit No. 8 Clemson against Georgia Tech while ESPN2's Friday night matchup on November 15, at 9 p.m., will pit No. 13 UCLA against Washington.
ESPN, ABC, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3, ESPNEWS and ESPN Radio Schedule
Date Time (ET) Matchup/Commentator Network
Tue, Nov 12 7:30 p.m. Buffalo at Toledo
Adam Amin & Kelly Stouffer ESPNU
Ohio at Bowling Green
Michael Reghi & Rocky Boiman ESPN3
Wed, Nov 13 8 p.m. Ball State at No. 15 Northern Illinois
Bob Wischusen, Desmond Howard & Quint Kessenich ESPN2
Miami (Ohio) at Kent State
Tom Hart & John Congemi ESPNU
Thu, Nov 14 7:30 p.m. Georgia Tech at No. 8 Clemson
Rece Davis, Jesse Palmer, David Pollack & Samantha Ponder ESPN
Morgan State at South Carolina State
Mark Neely & Jay Walker ESPNU
Fri, Nov 15 9 p.m. Washington at No. 13 UCLA
Carter Blackburn, Danny Kanell & Allison Williams ESPN2
Sat, Nov 16 Noon No. 3 Ohio State at Illinois
Dave Pasch, Brian Griese & Tom Luginbill ESPN
Indiana at No. 22 Wisconsin
Bob Wischusen, Rod Gilmore & Quint Kessenich ESPN2
Troy at Ole Miss
Tom Hart & John Congemi ESPNU
Cincinnati at Rutgers
Beth Mowins, Joey Galloway & Paul Carcaterra ESPNEWS
No. 17 UCF at Temple
Eamon McAnaney, Anthony Becht & Brooke Weisbrod ESPN3 * & RSN
Central Michigan at Western Michigan
Michael Reghi & Doug Graber ESPN3 * & RSN
Wagner at Saint Francis ESPN3
12:21 p.m. Kentucky at Vanderbilt
Dave Neal, Andre Ware & Cara Capuano ESPN3 * & SEC TV
12:30 p.m. North Carolina at Pitt ESPN3 * & ACC Network
Maryland at Virginia Tech ESPN3 * & ACC Network
NC State at Boston College ESPN3 * & RSN
1 p.m. Akron at Massachusetts
Bob Picozzi & KC Keeler ESPN3
Yale at Princeton
Dave Popkin & Pete Najarian ESPN3
Jacksonville State at Eastern Illinois ESPN3
Presbyterian at Coastal Carolina ESPN3
2 p.m. Louisiana-Lafayette at Georgia State
Ryan Rose & Warrick Dunn ESPN3
North Dakota State at Youngstown State ESPN3
Northern Iowa at Missouri State ESPN3
3 p.m. Connecticut at SMU
Trey Bender & Kevin O'Connell ESPN3
Tennessee-Chattanooga at Samford ESPN3
3:30 p.m. No. 16 Michigan State at Nebraska
Sean McDonough, Chris Spielman & Shannon Spake ABC & ESPN2 **
Syracuse at No. 2 Florida State
Mike Patrick, Ed Cunningham & Jeannine Edwards ABC & ESPN2 **
No. 23 Miami (Fla.) at Duke
Anish Shroff & Kelly Stouffer ESPNU
7 p.m. Florida at No. 10 South Carolina
Joe Tessitore, Matt Millen & Maria Taylor ESPN2
Houston at No. 20 Louisville
Clay Matvick, Matt Stinchcomb & Dawn Davenport ESPNU
Memphis at South Florida
Shawn Kenney, Al Groh & Steffi Sorensen ESPN3
7:30 p.m. Texas State at Arkansas State ESPN3
7:45 p.m. No. 1 Alabama at Mississippi State
Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge & Holly Rowe ESPN & ESPN Radio
8 p.m. No. 4 Stanford at USC
Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit & Heather Cox ABC & ESPN Radio
Northwestern State at McNeese State ESPN3
10:15 p.m. Wyoming at Boise State
Mark Jones, Brock Huard & Jessica Mendoza ESPN2
10:30 p.m. San Jose State at Nevada
Joe Davis & David Diaz-Infante 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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