ESPN's College Football Games For Week 8 Including Announcing Assignments

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Week 8 in college football actually begins tonight with a game on ESPN2 between Louisiana-Lafayette and North Texas to be called by the SEC Network crew of Dave Neal, Andre Ware and Cara Capuano.

Then on Thursday, ESPN has a Pac-12 showdown between Oregon and Arizona State, two teams with one loss among them.

In addition, there’s a rare SEC game at noon ET on ESPN between LSU and Texas A&M this Saturday. Also on Saturday, ABC will have regional action at noon, 3:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. It includes Beth Mowins making her ABC College Football debut on Purdue at Ohio State.

Let’s check out the schedule for ESPN’s family of networks this week.

College Football: 17 Games Featuring Undefeated or One-Loss Teams

ESPN’s college football schedule this week will include 17 telecasts involving an undefeated or one-loss team. The weekday schedule is highlighted by an ESPN telecast pitting undefeated No. 3 Oregon at one-loss Arizona State in a Pac-12 showdown between Division leaders on Thursday, Oct. 18, at 9 p.m. ET.

Highlights for Saturday, Oct. 20:

• ESPN and ABC will each televise a game between ranked, one-loss teams: No. 6 LSU at No. 18 Texas A&M in a matchup between SEC West Division squads at noon on ESPN and No. 17 Texas Tech at No. 23 TCU in a Big 12 contest at 3:30 p.m. on ABC and ESPN2.
• ESPN2 will televise unbeaten No. 8 Oregon State against Utah at 10:30 p.m.
• The ABC Saturday Night Football broadcast at 8 p.m. will feature regional coverage of two intrastate matchups: No. 14 Florida State at Miami (Fla.) and Baylor at No. 25 Texas.
• ESPN platforms will carry eight of the remaining 12 undefeated teams: No. 1 Alabama, No. 3 Oregon, No. 8 Oregon State, No. 12 Mississippi State, No. 15 Rutgers, No. 16 Louisville, No. 21 Cincinnati and Ohio State.
• ESPN and ESPN2 will each televise an unbeaten SEC team at 7 p.m.: No. 1 Alabama (at Tennessee) on ESPN and No. 12 Mississippi State (against Middle Tennessee) on ESPN2.
• ESPN will offer coverage of all three remaining undefeated BIG EAST teams: No. 15 Rutgers (at Temple) at noon on ESPN3 and the BIG EAST Network, No. 16 Louisville (against South Florida) at 3:30 p.m. on ABC and ESPN3, and No. 21 Cincinnati (at 6-1 Toledo from the Mid-American Conference) at 7 p.m. on ESPN3.

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

Date	Time (ET)	Game / Commentators	Network
Tue, Oct 16	9 p.m.	Louisiana-Lafayette at North Texas Dave Neal, Andre Ware & Cara Capuano	ESPN2
Thu, Oct 18	7:30 p.m.	Hampton at North Carolina Central Joe Davis & Jay Walker	ESPNU
	7:30 p.m.	North Alabama at West Georgia	ESPN3
	9 p.m.	No. 3 Oregon at Arizona State Rece Davis, Jesse Palmer, David Pollack & Samantha Steele	ESPN
Fri, Oct 19	8 p.m.	Connecticut at Syracuse Carter Blackburn, Rod Gilmore & Jemele Hill	ESPN
Sat, Oct 20	Noon	Purdue at Ohio State Beth Mowins, Joey Galloway & Lewis Johnson	ABC & ESPN2 **
		Virginia Tech at No. 19 Clemson Mike Patrick, Ed Cunningham & Jeannine Edwards	ABC & ESPN2 **
	Noon	No. 6 LSU at No. 18 Texas A&M Dave Pasch, Brian Griese & Jenn Brown	ESPN & ESPN 3D
	Noon	Minnesota at Wisconsin Tom Hart & John Congemi	ESPNU
	Noon	Auburn at Vanderbilt Dave Neal, Andre Ware & Cara Capuano	ESPN3 & SEC Network
	Noon	No. 15 Rutgers at Temple Eamon McAnaney, David Diaz-Infante & Paul Carcaterra	ESPN3 * & BIG EAST Network
	Noon	Northern Illinois at Akron Michael Reghi & Doug Graber	ESPN3 *
	12:30 p.m.	Wake Forest at Virginia	ESPN3 * & ACC Network
	1 p.m.	Army at Eastern Michigan	ESPN3
	1 p.m.	Harvard at Princeton	ESPN3
	1 p.m.	Florida International at Troy	ESPN3
	1:30 p.m.	Presbyterian at Charleston Southern	ESPN3
	2 p.m.	San Jose State at Texas-San Antonio	ESPN3
	3 p.m.	Boston College at Georgia Tech	ESPN3 *
	3 p.m.	Western Carolina at Elon	ESPN3
	3:30 p.m.	Nebraska at Northwestern Bob Wischusen, Danny Kanell & Maria Taylor	ABC & ESPN2 *
		No. 17 Texas Tech at No. 23 TCU Dave Lamont & Kelly Stouffer	ABC & ESPN2 *
		South Florida at No. 16 Louisville Mark Neely & Ray Bentley	ABC & ESPN3
	3:30 p.m.	NC State at Maryland Anish Shroff & Dan Hawkins	ESPNU
	3:30 p.m.	Michigan State at Michigan	ESPN Radio
	3:30 p.m.	Ball State at Central Michigan	ESPN3
	3:30 p.m.	Pittsburgh at Buffalo Bob Picozzi & Chris Doering	ESPN3 *
	3:30 p.m.	Concord at Liberty	ESPN3
	4 p.m.	Louisiana-Monroe at Western Kentucky	ESPN3
	4 p.m.	Nicholls State at Stephen F. Austin	ESPN3
	4 p.m.	Shorter at West Alabama	ESPN3
	6 p.m.	Colorado at No. 10 USC	ESPN Radio
	7 p.m.	No. 1 Alabama at Tennessee Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge & Holly Rowe	ESPN
	7 p.m.	Middle Tennessee at No. 12 Mississippi State Mark Jones, Brock Huard & Jessica Mendoza	ESPN2
	7 p.m.	North Carolina at Duke Clay Matvick, Matt Stinchcomb & Allison Williams	ESPNU
	7 p.m.	No. 21 Cincinnati at Toledo	ESPN3
	7 p.m.	No. 11 Georgia at Kentucky	ESPN3 *
	7 p.m.	Idaho at Louisiana Tech Trey Bender & Jay Taylor	ESPN3
	8 p.m.	Baylor at No. 25 Texas Sean McDonough, Chris Spielman & Quint Kessenich	ABC & ESPN3 *
		No. 14 Florida State at Miami (Fla.) Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit & Heather Cox	ABC & ESPN3 *
	10:30 p.m.	Utah at No. 8 Oregon State Joe Tessitore, Matt Millen & Shannon Spake	ESPN2
	10:30 p.m.	South Carolina State at Florida A&M Joe Davis & Jay Walker	ESPNU ***

* Local blackout may apply
** Reverse mirror in which ESPN2 will regionalize two games on ABC to markets not receiving the telecast
*** Live on ESPN3 at 6 p.m. ET & same day delay on ESPNU

ESPN will use BCS Standings through the remainder of the season.

That is all.

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