ESPN’s College Football Games For Week 5 Including Announcing Assignments

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Let’s look at the college football games ESPN will air this week. It all begins tonight with two games on the ESPN family, one on ESPNU and a Pac-12 game on ESPN.

Interesting week, ABC has just two games, one at 3:30 p.m. ET with Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit and Heather Cox in East Lansing, MI for the Ohio State-Michigan State. ABC’s primetime game will have Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge and Holly Rowe calling Wisconsin at Nebraska.

The other ESPN networks have lots of action including Mississippi at Alabama called by Joe Tessitore, Matt Millen and Shelley Smith Jessica Mendoza.

Let’s take a look at the games that ESPN’s networks will air this weekend.

Seven of Top Eight Teams across ESPN Networks; Five of Top Six in Prime Time on Saturday

ESPN’s college football schedule this week will include seven of the top eight teams in the Associated Press Top 25 poll. The lineup is highlighted by five of the top six in prime time across ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU on Saturday, Sept. 29.

• An ESPN doubleheader kicks off with No. 4 Florida State at South Florida at 6 p.m. ET followed by No. 1 Alabama against SEC West rival Ole Miss at 9:15 p.m. ESPN Radio will also broadcast the Ole Miss at Alabama game.
• An ESPN2 doubleheader showcases SEC and Pac-12 conference contests beginning with No. 6 South Carolina at SEC East foe Kentucky at 7 p.m. followed by No. 2 Oregon versus Pac-12 North rival Washington State from Seattle at 10:30 p.m.
• ESPNU will televise No. 3 LSU against Towson at 7 p.m.

ESPN and ESPN Radio will combine to cover the other two of the top eight teams. The Thursday ESPN College Football Primetime matchup on September 27 will pit undefeated No. 8 Stanford at Washington at 9 p.m. ESPN Radio will broadcast No. 5 Georgia against Tennessee on Saturday, Sept. 29, at 3:30 p.m.

In addition, ABC will broadcast two Big Ten contests on Saturday, Sept. 29: unbeaten No. 14 Ohio State at one-loss No. 20 Michigan State at 3:30 p.m. and Wisconsin at No. 22 Nebraska in a showdown of 3-1 teams at 8 p.m.

ESPN, ABC, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3, ESPN 3D, Longhorn Network and ESPN Radio Schedule

Date	Time (ET)	Game / Commentators	Network
Thu, Sep 27	7:30 p.m.	Morgan State at North Carolina A&T Joe Davis & Jay Walker	ESPNU
	9 p.m.	No. 8 Stanford at Washington ESPN: Rece Davis, Jesse Palmer, David Pollack & Samantha Steele Radio: Bill Rosinski, David Norrie & Shelley Smith	ESPN & ESPN Radio
Fri, Sep 28	8 p.m.	Hawaii at BYU Carter Blackburn, Rod Gilmore & Jemele Hill	ESPN
Sat, Sep 29	Noon	Penn State at Illinois Dave Pasch, Brian Griese & Jenn Brown	ESPN & ESPN 3D
	Noon	Minnesota at Iowa Beth Mowins, Joey Galloway & Lewis Johnson	ESPN2
	Noon	NC State at Miami Tom Hart & John Congemi	ESPNU
	Noon	Arkansas at Texas A&M Dave Neal, Andre Ware & Cara Capuano	ESPN3 & SEC Network
	Noon	Buffalo at Connecticut Eamon McAnaney, David Diaz-Infante & Paul Carcaterra	ESPN3 * & BIG EAST Network
	Noon	Ball State at Kent State Michael Reghi & Doug Graber	ESPN3 *
	Noon	Middle Tennessee at Georgia Tech	ESPN3 * & RSN
	Noon	Central Connecticut at Sacred Heart	ESPN3
	12:30 p.m.	Duke at Wake Forest	ESPN3 * & ACC Network
	2 p.m.	Nevada at Texas State Dave Armstrong & Kelly Stouffer	Longhorn Network
	2 p.m.	Miami (Ohio) at Akron Dave Weekley & Rocky Boiman	ESPN3
	3:30 p.m.	No. 14 Ohio State at No. 20 Michigan State Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit & Heather Cox	ABC
	3:30 p.m.	No. 17 Clemson at Boston College Bob Wischusen, Danny Kanell & Maria Taylor	ESPN2
	3:30 p.m.	Virginia Tech vs. Cincinnati (from Landover, Md.) Anish Shroff & Dan Hawkins	ESPNU
	3:30 p.m.	Tennessee at No. 5 Georgia Bill Rosinski, David Norrie & Joe Schad	ESPN Radio
	3:30 p.m.	Louisiana Tech at Virginia John Sadak, John Gregory & Angela Mallen	ESPN3
	3:30 p.m.	Ohio at Massachusetts Bob Picozzi & Rene Ingoglia	ESPN3
	3:30 p.m.	Central Michigan at Northern Illinois Dan Gutowsky & Cory Chavous	ESPN3
	3:30 p.m.	Rhode Island at Bowling Green Greg Franke & Tom Cole	ESPN3
	3:30 p.m.	Idaho at North Carolina	ESPN3 * & RSN
	3:30 p.m.	Troy at South Alabama	ESPN3
	4 p.m.	Southeastern Louisiana at Lamar	ESPN3
	5 p.m.	North Texas at Florida Atlantic Shawn Kenney & John Bunting	ESPN3
	6 p.m.	No. 4 Florida State at South Florida Sean McDonough, Chris Spielman & Quint Kessenich	ESPN
	6 p.m.	Samford at Georgia Southern	ESPN3
	7 p.m.	No. 6 South Carolina at Kentucky Mike Patrick, Ed Cunningham & Jeannine Edwards	ESPN2
	7 p.m.	Towson at No. 3 LSU Clay Matvick, Matt Stinchcomb & Allison Williams	ESPNU
	7 p.m.	Toledo at Western Michigan Jim Barbar & Ben Leber	ESPN3
	7 p.m.	Western Kentucky at Arkansas State Rich Hollenberg & Stan Lewter	ESPN3
	7 p.m.	Florida International at Louisiana-Lafayette Jonathan Yardley & Forrest Conoly	ESPN3
	7 p.m.	Indiana State at Southern Illinois	ESPN3
	7 p.m.	Missouri State at South Dakota State	ESPN3
	8 p.m.	Wisconsin at No. 22 Nebraska Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge & Holly Rowe	ABC
	8 p.m.	UNLV at Utah State Trey Bender & Jay Taylor	ESPN3
	9:15 p.m.	Ole Miss at No. 1 Alabama ESPN: Joe Tessitore, Matt Millen & Jessica Mendoza Radio: Dave Lamont, Tom Ramsey & Brett McMurphy	ESPN & ESPN Radio
	10:30 p.m.	No. 2 Oregon at Washington State (from Seattle) Mark Jones, Brock Huard & Shelley Smith	ESPN2
	10:30 p.m.	Grambling State at Alabama A&M Joe Davis & Jay Walker	ESPNU ***

* Local blackout may apply
*** Live on ESPN3 at 7 p.m. ET & same day delay on ESPNU

That will do it.

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