ESPN Family of Networks College Football Schedule For Week 9

Games are being played from Tuesday and the way through early Sunday morning on the ESPN family of networks. ESPN2 has a game on Tuesday, ESPN airs one game each from Wednesday through Friday. And of course, Saturday has a whole plethora of games.

Among the highlights on Saturday, Michigan State taking on Nebraska on ESPN at noon ET, Oklahoma at Kansas State on ESPN at 3:30 p.m. ET, Stanford at USC on ABC at 8 p.m. ET, and Wisconsin at Ohio State on ESPN at 8 p.m. ET.

We have your schedule in full and look below for the notice on where College GameDay will be on Saturday.

Two Matchups between Ranked Teams, Six of Top 10 Teams across ESPN Networks & Top Players in Prime Time

ESPN’s college football schedule for Saturday, Oct. 29 is highlighted by two showdowns between top 25 teams:

  • No. 9 Oklahoma at No. 8 Kansas State at 3:30 p.m. ET on ESPN and ESPN3
  • No. 11 Michigan State at No. 14 Nebraska at noon on ESPN and ESPN3

Additional telecasts featuring top 10 teams include No. 3 Oklahoma State (against Baylor at 3:30 p.m. on ABC, ESPN2 and ESPN3); No. 5 Clemson (at Georgia Tech at 8 p.m. on ABC and ESPN3); No. 6 Stanford (at USC at 8 p.m. on ABC and ESPN3) and No. 10 Arkansas (at Vanderbilt at noon on ESPN3).

The ABC Saturday Night Football split national broadcast at 8 p.m. (also available on ESPN3) will showcase top players: Heisman Trophy candidate quarterback Andrew Luck will lead No. 6 Stanford against USC, led by its own dynamic quarterback in Matt Barkley and No. 5 Clemson, with quarterback Tajh Boyd, at Georgia Tech. In addition, ESPN will televise No. 15 Wisconsin, led by Heisman Trophy candidate quarterback Russell Wilson, at Ohio State at 8 p.m.

Date Time (ET) Game Network
Tue, Oct 25 8 p.m. Troy at Florida International
Dari Nowkhah & Danny Kanell
ESPN2/ESPN3
Wed, Oct 26 8 p.m. Connecticut at Pittsburgh
Joe Tessitore, Mark May, Lou Holtz & Quint Kessenich
ESPN/ESPN3
Thu, Oct 27 8 p.m. Virginia at Miami
Rece Davis, Craig James, Jesse Palmer & Jenn Brown
ESPN/ESPN3/ESPN 3D
Fri, Oct 28 8 p.m. BYU vs. TCU (from Arlington, Texas)
Joe Tessitore, Rod Gilmore & Samantha Steele
ESPN/ESPN3
Sat, Oct 29 Noon No. 11 Michigan State at No. 14 Nebraska
Dave Pasch, Chris Spielman, Urban Meyer & Quint Kessenich
ESPN/ESPN3
  Purdue at No. 18 Michigan
Beth Mowins, Mike Bellotti & Shelley Smith
ESPN2/ESPN3
  NC State at Florida State
Rob Stone & Danny Kanell
ESPNU
  Syracuse at Louisville
Mike Gleason, John Congemi & Eamon McAnaney
ESPN3/BIG EAST Network
  No. 10 Arkansas at Vanderbilt
Dave Neal, Andre Ware & Cara Capuano
ESPN3/SEC Network
  Central Michigan at Akron
Michael Reghi & Doug Garber
ESPN3
  12:30 p.m. No. 12 Virginia Tech at Duke ESPN3
  3 p.m. Boston College at Maryland ESPN3
  3:30 p.m. Illinois at No. 19 Penn State
Carter Blackburn, Brock Huard & Lisa Salters
ABC/ESPN2/ESPN3
  Baylor at No. 3 Oklahoma State
Bob Wischusen, Bob Davie & Jeannine Edwards
ABC/ESPN2/ESPN3
  No. 25 West Virginia at Rutgers
Mark Neely & Ray Bentley
ABC/ESPN3
  No. 9 Oklahoma at No. 8 Kansas State
Sean McDonough, Matt Millen & Heather Cox
ESPN/ESPN3
  Wake Forest at North Carolina
Pam Ward & Dan Hawkins
ESPNU
  No. 22 Georgia vs. Florida (from Jacksonville)
Bill Rosinski, David Norrie & Joe Schad
ESPN Radio
  Buffalo at Miami (Ohio) ESPN3
  5 p.m. Hawaii at Idaho
Trey Bender & Jay Taylor
ESPN3
  7 p.m. Mississippi at No. 23 Auburn
Clay Matvick, Brian Griese & Allison Williams
ESPNU
  Mississippi State at Kentucky ESPN3
  Kansas at No. 24 Texas
Dave Lamont, Tim Brown & Samantha Steele
Longhorn Network
  7:15 p.m. No. 13 South Carolina at Tennessee
Mark Jones, Ed Cunningham & Jessica Mendoza
ESPN2/ESPN3
  7:30 p.m. Louisiana Lafayette at Middle Tennessee ESPN3
  8 p.m. No. 6 Stanford at USC
Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit & Erin Andrews
ABC and ESPN3 *
  No. 5 Clemson at Georgia Tech
Mike Patrick, Craig James & Jenn Brown
ABC and ESPN3 *
  No. 15 Wisconsin at Ohio State
Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge & Holly Rowe
ESPN/ESPN3
  Nevada at New Mexico State ESPN3
  10:30 p.m. Alabama State at Alabama A&M
Adam Amin & Jay Walker
ESPNU **
Tue, Nov 1 7 p.m. Northern Illinois at Toledo
TBD
ESPN2/ESPN3/ESPN 3D
Wed, Nov 2 8 p.m. Temple at Ohio
Mark Neely & Ray Bentley
ESPN/ESPN3

* Alternate game of ABC’s split national telecast available on ESPN3, WatchESPN and ESPN GamePlan
** Same day delay, available live on ESPN3 at 3:30 p.m.

College GameDay is headed back to the West Coast on Saturday for the Stanford-USC game.

College GameDay Returns to the West Coast for Stanford-USC

ESPN’s Emmy Award-winning College GameDay travels to Los Angeles, on Saturday, Oct. 29, in advance of the Pac-12 matchup of No. 6 Stanford at USC (8 p.m., ABC). USC will host College GameDay the eighth time, and the set will be located outside the Los Angeles Memorial Stadium. The weekly show airs at 9-10 a.m. on ESPNU and 10 a.m.-noon on ESPN.

And we’ll shut down the blog for the night.

About Ken Fang

Ken has been covering the sports media in earnest at his own site, Fang's Bites since May 2007 and at Awful Announcing since March 2013. He provides a unique perspective having been an award-winning radio news reporter in Providence and having worked in local television. Fang celebrates the three Boston Red Sox World Championships in the 21st Century, but continues to be a long-suffering Cleveland Browns fan.

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