- B1G Saturday: No. 2 Michigan-Michigan State, Northwestern-No. 6 Ohio State and No. 7 Nebraska-No. 11 Wisconsin
- 5 Louisville, No. 8 Baylor and No. 9 Texas A&M in Action
In week 9 of the college football season, ABC’s Saturday Night Football Presented by Walmartairs an important ACC Atlantic division matchup as No. 3 Clemson travels to No. 12 Florida State on Saturday, Oct. 29 (8 p.m. ET). Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit and Samantha Ponder will be at Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee, Fla. for the matchup of AP ranked teams.
B1G Saturday on ESPN
ESPN airs a tripleheader of Big Ten action with each game featuring a Top 10 team and concluding with a matchup of top ranked teams. The action begins with No. 2 Michigan traveling to Michigan State (noon), continues with No. 6 Ohio State hosting Northwestern (3:30 p.m.) and concludes with No. 7 Nebraska at No. 11 Wisconsin (7 p.m.). ESPN3 will offer the Sky Cam option for the Michigan-Michigan State game and the Nebraska-Wisconsin game will have both the Sky Cam and Command Center options on the platform.
Bob Wischusen, Brock Huard, and Allison Williams will be in East Lansing, Mich., for the Wolverines-Spartans matchup, while Dave Pasch, Greg McElroy, Tom Luginbill in Columbus, Ohio, for the Wildcats-Buckeyes game and Joe Tessitore, Todd Blackledge, Holly Rowe in Madison, Wis., for the Cornhuskers-Badgers matchup.
Additional Top 25 Games on ESPN’s Networks
- No. 25 Virginia Tech at Pittsburgh on Thursday, Oct. 27 (7 p.m. on ESPN)
- No. 22 Navy travels to South Florida on Friday, Oct. 28 (7 p.m. on ESPN2)
- No. 5 Louisville visits Virginia (Noon on ABC or ESPN2**)
- No. 24 Penn State heads to Purdue (Noon on ABC or ESPN2**)
- No. 8 Baylor at Texas (3:30 p.m. on ABC)
- No. 18 Tennessee is at South Carolina (7:15 p.m. on ESPN2)
- No. 15 Auburn visits Ole Miss (7:15 p.m. on SEC Network and Sky Cam option on SEC Network +)
- No. 9 Texas A&M hosts New Mexico State (7:30 p.m. on ESPNU)
ESPN Radio will be in Jacksonville, Fla., for the call of the Georgia vs. No. 14 Florida game (3:30 p.m.)
All games are Saturday, Oct. 29, unless note
**Game is regionalized
Week 9
| Date | Time (ET) | Game | Network |
| Thu, Oct. 27 | 7 p.m. | No. 25 Virginia Tech at Pittsburgh Dave Flemming, Jesse Palmer, Laura Rutledge |
ESPN |
| 7:30 p.m. | Appalachian State at Georgia Southern Dave Lamont, Rocky Boiman |
ESPNU | |
| Akron at Buffalo | ESPN3* | ||
| 10:30 p.m. | California at USC TV: Mike Patrick, Ed Cunningham, Dr. Jerry Punch Radio: Bill Rosinski, David Norrie, Ian Fitzsimmons |
ESPN, ESPN3*** and ESPN Radio | |
| Fri, Oct. 28 | 7 p.m. | No. 22 Navy at South Florida Adam Amin, Mack Brown, Molly McGrath |
ESPN2 |
| 10:30 p.m. | Air Force at Fresno State Mark Neely, Ray Bentley |
ESPN2 | |
| Sat, Oct. 29 | Noon | No. 5 Louisville at Virginia Allen Bestwick, Mike Bellotti, Kris Budden |
ABC or ESPN2 |
| No. 24 Penn State at Purdue Beth Mowins, Anthony Becht, Rocky Boiman |
ABC or ESPN2 | ||
| No. 2 Michigan at Michigan State Bob Wischusen, Brock Huard, Allison Williams |
ESPN | ||
| UCF at Houston Roy Philpott, Tom Ramsey, Dawn Davenport |
ESPNU | ||
| Kentucky at Missouri Tom Hart, Andre Ware, Cole Cubelic |
SEC Network | ||
| UConn at East Carolina Mike Couzens, Dan Hawkins |
ESPNEWS | ||
| Duke at Georgia Tech | ACC Network Extra* | ||
| Wagner at Massachusetts | ESPN3* | ||
| Peru State at Graceland | ESPN3* | ||
| West Chester at East Stroudsburg | ESPN3* | ||
| 12:30 p.m. | Boston College at NC State | ACC Network Extra* | |
| 1 p.m. | Kennesaw State at Monmouth | ESPN3 | |
| 1:30 p.m. | Furman at VMI | ESPN3 | |
| Mercer at Wofford | ESPN3 | ||
| 2 p.m. | East Tennessee State at The Citadel | ESPN3 | |
| Butler at Valparaiso | ESPN3 | ||
| 3 p.m. | Southern Illinois at Missouri State | ESPN3 | |
| South Dakota State at Illinois State | ESPN3* | ||
| Seton Hill at Edinboro | ESPN3* | ||
| Western Illinois at South Dakota | ESPN3* | ||
| Eastern Illinois at Jacksonville State | ESPN3 | ||
| 3:30 p.m. | No. 8 Baylor at Texas Steve Levy, Brian Griese, Todd McShay |
ABC | |
| Northwestern at No. 6 Ohio State Dave Pasch, Greg McElroy, Tom Luginbill |
ESPN | ||
| Texas Tech at TCU Jason Benetti, Kelly Stouffer, Paul Carcaterra |
ESPN2 | ||
| Maryland at Indiana Eamon McAnaney, John Congemi |
ESPNU | ||
| Samford at Mississippi State Dave Neal, Matt Stinchcomb, Olivia Harlan |
SEC Network | ||
| Georgia at No. 14 Florida Bill Rosinski, David Norrie, Ian Fitzsimmons |
ESPN Radio | ||
| Army at Wake Forest | ACC Network Extra* | ||
| Miami (Ohio) at Eastern Michigan | ESPN3* | ||
| Central Arkansas at Southeastern Louisiana | ESPN3 | ||
| 4 p.m. | SMU at Tulane Dave Lamont, Brian Kinchen |
ESPNEWS | |
| Indiana State at Youngstown State | ESPN3 | ||
| Alabama A&M at Alabama State | ESPN3 | ||
| 5 p.m. | Georgia State at South Alabama Matt Stewart, Doug Graber |
ESPN3 | |
| 6 p.m. | William Jewell at Indianapolis | ESPN3 | |
| 7 p.m. | No. 7 Nebraska at No. 11 Wisconsin Joe Tessitore, Todd Blackledge, Holly Rowe |
ESPN and ESPN3 | |
| Middle Tennessee at Florida International | ESPN3 | ||
| North Dakota State at Northern Iowa | ESPN3* | ||
| Valdosta State at Florida Tech | ESPN3 | ||
| Louisiana-Monroe at Arkansas State Shawn Kenney, Forrest Conoly |
ESPN3 | ||
| Houston Baptist at Lamar | ESPN3 | ||
| Texas Southern at Sam Houston State | ESPN3 | ||
| Nicholls at Northwestern State | ESPN3* | ||
| 7:15 p.m. | No. 18 Tennessee at South Carolina Mark Jones, Rod Gilmore, Quint Kessenich |
ESPN2 | |
| No. 15 Auburn at Ole Miss Brent Musburger, Jesse Palmer, Kaylee Hartung |
SEC Network and SEC Network + | ||
| 7:30 p.m. | New Mexico State at No. 9 Texas A&M Anish Shroff, Ahmad Brooks |
ESPNU | |
| 8 p.m. | No. 3 Clemson at No. 12 Florida State Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Samantha Ponder |
ABC | |
| Tulsa at Memphis Mike Corey, Rene Ingoglia |
ESPNEWS | ||
| 10:45 p.m. | Washington State at Oregon State Clay Matvick, Dusty Dvoracek, Alex Corddry |
ESPN2 |
*Non Exclusive
**Game is regionalized
***ESPN3 offers the DataCenter
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