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College Football: ESPN Networks Highlighted by 19 Teams in First BCS Standings
ESPN networks will showcase 19 college football programs this week ranked in the first BCS Standings which were exclusively unveiled on ESPN Sunday evening on BCS Countdown (8:30 p.m. ET). Overall, games will include eight of the top 10 in the Standings, and also contains seven of the 10 remaining unbeaten teams. The schedule is highlighted by No. 12 UCLA's visit to No. 3 Oregon at 7 p.m. (ESPN) and the site of ESPN's College GameDay Built by The Home Depot at 9 a.m. (ESPN).
Saturday's schedule includes:
· No. 7 and unbeaten Miami (Fla.) hosts Wake Forest at noon (ESPNU).
· The 7 p.m. window highlights No. 21 South Carolina at No. 5 Missouri (ESPN2) and No. 8 Baylor at Kansas (ESPNU).
· The ABC Saturday 3:30 p.m. split national telecast, with an ESPN2 reverse mirror, will showcase NC State at No. 2 Florida State and Michigan State at Illinois.
· No. 4 Ohio State plays Penn State in the ABC Saturday Night Football Presented by Windows series at 8 p.m.
· The 10:30 p.m. window presents a top-25 matchup between No. 6 Stanford at No. 25 Oregon State (ESPN), plus unbeaten No. 17 Fresno State at San Diego State (ESPN2).
All ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3 and ESPNEWS 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, Longhorn Network and ESPN Radio Schedule
Date Time (ET) Matchup/Commentator Network
Tue, Oct 22 8 p.m. Louisiana-Lafayette at Arkansas State
Joe Davis & David Diaz-Infante ESPN2
Thu, Oct 24 7:30 p.m. Kentucky at Mississippi State
Rece Davis, Jesse Palmer, David Pollack & Samantha Ponder ESPN
Fri, Oct 25 8 p.m. Boise State at BYU
Carter Blackburn, Danny Kanell & Allison Williams ESPN
Sat, Oct 26 Noon No. 24 Nebraska at Minnesota
Dave Pasch, Brian Griese & Tom Luginbill ESPN
No. 20 Louisville at USF
Beth Mowins, Joey Galloway & Paul Carcaterra ESPN2
Wake Forest at No. 7 Miami (FL)
Tom Hart & John Congemi ESPNU
Houston at Rutgers
Dave Lamont & Ray Bentley ESPNEWS
Connecticut at No. 23 UCF
Eamon McAnaney, Anthony Becht & Brooke Weisbrod ESPN3* / RSN
Ball State at Akron
Mike Reghi & Greg Graber ESPN3* / RSN
12:21 p.m. Vanderbilt at No. 16 Texas A&M
Dave Neal, Andre Ware & Cara Capuano ESPN3* /
SEC TV
1:30 p.m. Liberty at Gardner Webb ESPN3
2 p.m. Miami (OH) at Ohio
Dave Weekley & Dustin Fox ESPN3
Eastern Kentucky at SE Missouri ESPN3
2:30 p.m. Toledo at Bowling Green
Jim Barbar & Rocky Boiman ESPN3
3 p.m. Temple at SMU
Shawn Kenney & Pete Najarian ESPN3
Western Michigan at UMass
Bob Picozzi & Matt Chattam ESPN3
3:30 p.m. NC State at No. 2 Florida State
Sean McDonough, Chris Spielman & Shannon Spake ABC / ESPN2**
Michigan State at Illinois
Bob Wischusen, Rod Gilmore & Quint Kessenich ABC / ESPN2**
No. 9 Clemson at Maryland
Mike Patrick, Ed Cunningham & Jeannine Edwards ESPN
Duke at No. 14 Virginia Tech
Anish Shroff & Kelly Stouffer ESPNU
Eastern Michigan at Northern Illinois ESPN3* /
CSN Chicago
Buffalo at Kent State ESPN3* /
TWC Ohio
Magic City Classic (Birmingham, Ala.):
Alabama A&M at Alabama State
Joe Davis & Jay Walker ESPN3^
4 p.m. Troy at Western Kentucky
John Sadak & John Gregory ESPN3
Utah at USC
Bill Rosinski & David Norrie ESPN Radio
6 p.m. UNLV at Nevada
Trey Bender & Kevin O'Connell ESPN3
7 p.m. No. 12 UCLA at No. 3 Oregon
Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit & Heather Cox ESPN
No. 21 South Carolina at No. 5 Missouri
Joe Tessitore, Matt Millen & Maria Taylor ESPN2
No. 8 Baylor at Kansas
Clay Matvick, Matt Stinchcomb & Dawn Davenport ESPNU
Georgia State at Louisiana Monroe
Drew Fellios & Stan Lewter ESPN3
South Alabama at Texas State
Brock Bowling & KC Keeler ESPN3
Furman at No. 13 LSU ESPN3* / RSN
7:30 p.m. Idaho at Mississippi
Matt Stewart, Chris Doering & Joe Budden ESPN3* / CSS
Florida Atlantic at No. 11 Auburn ESPN3* / RSN
8 p.m. Penn State at No. 4 Ohio State
Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge & Holly Rowe ABC
Lamar at SE Louisiana ESPN3
10:30 p.m. No. 6 Stanford at No. 25 Oregon State
Mark Jones, Brock Huard & Jessica Mendoza ESPN
No. 17 Fresno State at San Diego State
Dave Flemming, David Diaz-Infante & Allison Williams ESPN2
* Local blackout may apply
** Reverse mirror in which ESPN2 will regionalize two games on ABC to markets not receiving the telecast
^ - Tape delayed on ESPNU at 10:30 p.m.
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