8/29 – ESPN’s 2012 College Football Regular Season Schedule


2012 ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3 and ESPN Radio College Football Schedule Note: Schedule subject to change; Saturday noon, afternoon and prime time windows will be added as the season progresses; all rankings Associated Press

Date Time (ET) Game Network
Thu, Aug 30 7 p.m. No. 9 South Carolina at Vanderbilt ESPN
7 p.m. Central Florida at Akron ESPN3
7 p.m. Eastern Michigan at Ball State ESPN3
7 p.m. Southeast Missouri State at Central Michigan ESPN3
7:30 p.m. Texas San Antonio at South Alabama ESPN3
7:30 p.m. McNeese State at Middle Tennessee State ESPN3
7:30 p.m. Massachusetts at Connecticut ESPN3 * & BIG EAST Local Package
9 p.m. Eastern Washington at Idaho ESPN3
10:15 p.m. Washington State at BYU ESPN
Fri, Aug 31 7 p.m. Villanova at Temple ESPN3
7:30 p.m. Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game: NC State vs. Tennessee (Atlanta) ESPNU & ESPN Radio
8 p.m. No. 24 Boise State at No. 13 Michigan State ESPN
8 p.m. Wagner at Florida Atlantic ESPN3
Sat, Sep 1 Noon Ohio at Penn State ESPN & ESPN 3D
Noon Northwestern at Syracuse ESPN2
Noon Western Michigan at Illinois ESPNU
Noon Buffalo at No. 6 Georgia ESPN3 * & SEC Network
12:30 p.m. Elon at North Carolina ESPN3 * & ACC Network
3 p.m. William & Mary at Maryland ESPN3
3 p.m. Richmond at Virginia ESPN3 * & ACC Network
3:30 p.m. Southern Mississippi at No. 17 Nebraska ABC & ESPN2 **
Miami at Boston College ABC & ESPN2 **
3:30 p.m. Bowling Green at No. 23 Florida ESPN
3:30 p.m. Iowa vs. Northern Illinois (from Solider Field – Chicago) ESPNU
6 p.m. Youngstown State at Pittsburgh      ESPN3
6 p.m. Murray State at No. 7 Florida State ESPN3
6:30 p.m. Liberty at Wake Forest ESPN3
7 p.m. Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game: No. 14Clemson vs. Auburn (Atlanta) ESPN
7 p.m. North Texas at No. 3 LSU ESPNU
7 p.m. Florida International at Duke ESPN3
7 p.m. Tennessee-Chattanooga at South Florida ESPN3
7 p.m. Austin Peay at Western Kentucky ESPN3
7 p.m. Jackson State at Mississippi State ESPN3 * & RSN
7 p.m. Central Arkansas at Mississippi ESPN3 * & PPV
7 p.m. Jacksonville State at No. 10 Arkansas ESPN3 * & PPV
7 p.m. Southeastern Louisiana at Missouri ESPN3 * & PPV
7:30 p.m. Hawaii at No. 1 USC ESPN Radio
8 p.m. Cowboys Classic: No. 8 Michigan vs. No. 2 Alabama (Arlington, Texas) ABC & ESPN Radio
10:30 p.m. Arkansas State at No. 5 Oregon ESPN
10:30 p.m. Toledo at Arizona State ESPNU
Sun, Sep 2 Noon MEAC/SWAC Challenge Presented by Disney: Bethune-Cookman vs. Alabama State (from Florida Citrus Bowl Stadium – Orlando) ESPN
3:30 p.m. Kentucky at No. 25 Louisville ESPN
Mon, Sep 3 8 p.m. Georgia Tech at No. 16 Virginia Tech ESPN
Thu, Sep 6 8 p.m. Pittsburgh at Cincinnati ESPN
Fri, Sep 7 8 p.m. Utah at Utah State ESPN2
Sat, Sep 8 Noon Penn State at Virginia ABC
Noon Auburn at Mississippi State ESPN & ESPN 3D
Noon Central Florida at No. 18 Ohio State ESPN2
Noon Maryland at Temple ESPNU
Noon East Carolina at No. 9 South Carolina ESPN3 * & SEC Network
Noon NC State at Connecticut ESPN3 * & BIG EAST Local Package
12:30 p.m. Ball State at No. 14 Clemson ESPN3 * & ACC Network
1 p.m. Maine at Boston College ESPN3
1 p.m. Southern Illinois at Miami (Ohio) ESPN3
1:30 p.m. Austin Peay at No. 16 Virginia Tech ESPN3
3 p.m. North Carolina at Wake Forest ESPN3 * & ACC Network
3:30 p.m. Air Force at No. 8 Michigan ABC & ESPN2 **
No. 1 USC at Syracuse ABC & ESPN2 **
3:30 p.m. No. 23 Florida at Texas A&M ESPN & ESPN Radio
3:30 p.m. No. 13 Michigan State at Central Michigan ESPNU
3:30 p.m. Indiana at Massachusetts ESPN3
3:30 p.m. Western Kentucky at No. 2 Alabama ESPN3 * & SEC Network
3:30 p.m. Howard at Rutgers ESPN3 * & BIG EAST Local Package
3:30 p.m. Missouri State at No. 25 Louisville ESPN3 * & RSN
4 p.m. Georgia State at Tennessee ESPN3 * & PPV
5 p.m. Nicholls State at South Alabama ESPN3
6 p.m. Savannah State at No. 7 Florida State ESPN3
6 p.m. Akron at Florida International ESPN3
6 p.m. Bethune-Cookman at South Carolina State ESPN3
6:30 p.m. Montana at Appalachian State ESPN3 * & PPV
7 p.m. Washington at No. 3 LSU ESPN
7 p.m. Louisiana-Monroe at No. 10 Arkansas ESPNU
7 p.m. Memphis at Arkansas State ESPN3
7 p.m. Louisiana-Lafayette at Troy ESPN3
7 p.m. Texas Tech at Texas State ESPN3
7 p.m. Presbyterian at Georgia Tech ESPN3
7 p.m. New Mexico State at Ohio ESPN3
7 p.m. Tennessee-Martin at Northern Illinois ESPN3
7 p.m. Eastern Illinois at Western Michigan ESPN3
7 p.m. Idaho at Bowling Green ESPN3
7 p.m. Florida Atlantic at Middle Tennessee State ESPN3
7 p.m. Texas Southern at North Texas ESPN3
7 p.m. UTEP at Mississippi ESPN3 * & RSN
7:30 p.m. Kent State at Kentucky ESPN3 * & RSN
7:30 p.m. No. 17 Nebraska at UCLA ESPN Radio
7:45 p.m. No. 6 Georgia at Missouri ESPN2
10:30 p.m. Illinois at Arizona State ESPN
10:30 p.m. Bethune-Cookman at South Carolina State ^ ESPNU
Thu, Sep 13 7:30 p.m. Rutgers at South Florida ESPN
7:30 p.m. Mississippi Valley State at Southern ESPNU
Fri, Sep 14 9 p.m. Washington State at UNLV ESPN
Sat, Sep 15 Noon California at No. 18 Ohio State ABC
Noon Arkansas State at No. 17 Nebraska ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU
Noon No. 16 Virginia Tech at Pittsburgh           ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU
Noon Wake Forest at No. 7 Florida State ESPN or ESPN2
Noon Louisiana-Monroe at Auburn ESPN3 * & SEC Network
Noon Bethune-Cookman at Miami ESPN3
12:30 p.m. Connecticut at Maryland ESPN3 * & ACC Network
12:30 p.m. Presbyterian at Vanderbilt ESPN3 * & RSN
3 p.m. Furman at No. 14 Clemson ESPN3 * & ACC Network
3:30 p.m. Navy at Penn State ABC & ESPN2 **
3:30 p.m. North Carolina at No. 25 Louisville          ABC & ESPN2 **
3:30 p.m. Virginia at Georgia Tech ESPNU
3:30 p.m. Morgan State at Akron ESPN3
4 p.m. Stony Brook at Syracuse ESPN3 * & BIG EAST Local Package
4 p.m. Howard at Norfolk State ESPN3
6 p.m. No. 23 Florida at Tennessee ESPN & ESPN Radio
6 p.m. South Alabama at NC State ESPN3
7 p.m. Arizona State at Missouri ESPN2
7 p.m. Western Kentucky at Kentucky ESPNU
7 p.m. NC Central at Duke ESPN3
7 p.m. Rice at Louisiana Tech ESPN3
7 p.m. Bowling Green at Toledo ESPN3
7 p.m. Delaware State at Cincinnati ESPN3
7 p.m. Mississippi State at Troy ESPN3
7 p.m. UAB at No. 9 South Carolina ESPN3 * & RSN
7:30 p.m. Florida Atlantic at No. 6 Georgia ESPN3 * & RSN
8 p.m. Notre Dame at No. 13 Michigan State ABC
8 p.m. Colorado State at San Jose State ESPN3
8 p.m. Idaho at No. 3 LSU ESPN3 * & PPV
9:15 p.m. No. 15 Texas at Mississippi ESPN
10 p.m. BYU at Utah ESPN2
10:30 p.m. Howard at Norfolk State ^ ESPNU
Wed, Sep 19 7 p.m. Kent State at Buffalo ESPNU
Thu, Sep 20 7:30 p.m. Arkansas Pine Bluff at Alabama State ESPNU
9 p.m. BYU at No. 24 Boise State ESPN
Fri, Sep 21 7 p.m. Georgetown at Princeton ESPNU
8 p.m. Baylor at Louisiana-Monroe ESPN
Sat, Sep 22 Noon Massachusetts at Miami (OH) ESPN3 * & MAC Game of the Week
2 p.m. Connecticut at Western Michigan ESPN3
2 p.m. Norfolk State at Ohio ESPN3
3:30 p.m. Gardner-Webb at Pittsburgh ESPN3
4:30 pm South Florida at Ball State ESPN3
5 p.m. Wyoming at Idaho ESPN3
7 p.m. No. 25 Louisville at Florida International ESPNU or ESPN3
7 p.m. Southern Mississippi at Western Kentucky ESPN3
7 p.m. Troy at North Texas ESPN3
7 p.m. Coastal Carolina at Toledo ESPN3
7 p.m. Alcorn State at Arkansas State ESPN3
8 p.m. New Mexico at New Mexico State ESPN3
TBD Arizona at No. 5 Oregon ABC, ESPN or ESPN2
TBD Kansas at Northern Illinois ESPNU or ESPN3
TBD No. 3 LSU at Auburn ESPN Radio
TBD California at No. 1 USC ESPN Radio
Thu, Sep 27 7:30 p.m. Morgan State at North Carolina A&T ESPNU
9 p.m. No. 21 Stanford at Washington ESPN & ESPN Radio
Fri, Sep 28 8 p.m. Hawaii at BYU ESPN
Sat, Sep 29 Noon Buffalo at Connecticut ESPN3 * & BIG EAST Local Package
Noon Ball State at Kent State ESPN3 * & MAC Game of the Week
2 p.m. Miami at Akron ESPN3
3:30 p.m. Rhode Island at Bowling Green ESPN3
3:30 p.m. Central Michigan at Northern Illinois ESPN3
3:30 p.m. Ohio at Massachusetts ESPN3
6 p.m. Samford at Georgia Southern ESPN3
7 p.m. Western Kentucky at Arkansas State ESPN3
7 p.m. Florida International at Louisiana-Lafayette ESPN3
7 p.m. Grambling State at Alabama A&M ESPN3
7 p.m. Indiana State at Southern Illinois ESPN3
7 p.m. Toledo at Western Michigan ESPN3
8 p.m. No. 12 Wisconsin at No. 17 Nebraska ABC
8 p.m. UNLV at Utah State ESPN3
10:30 p.m. Grambling State at Alabama A&M ^ ESPNU
TBD No. 7 Florida State at South Florida ABC, ESPN or ESPN2
TBD North Texas at Florida Atlantic ESPN3
TBD Tennessee at No. 6 Georgia ESPN Radio
TBD Mississippi at No. 2 Alabama ESPN Radio
Thu, Oct 4 7:30 p.m. Arkansas State at Florida International ESPNU
9 p.m. No. 1 USC at Utah ESPN
Fri, Oct 5 7 p.m. Pittsburgh at Syracuse ESPN
10:15 p.m. Utah State at BYU ESPN
Sat, Oct 6 Noon Buffalo at Ohio ESPN3 * & MAC Game of the Week
1:30 p.m. Presbyterian at Virginia Military Institute ESPN3
2 p.m. Youngstown State at North Dakota State ESPN3
3:30 p.m. Illinois at No. 12 Wisconsin ABC & ESPN2 **
TBD ABC & ESPN2 **
7 p.m. UNLV at Louisiana Tech ESPN3 * & WAC Syndication
7 p.m. Grambling State at Prairie View ESPN3
7 p.m. Miami (Ohio) at Cincinnati ESPN3
8 p.m. No. 17 Nebraska at No. 18 Ohio State ABC, ESPN or ESPN2
10:30 p.m. Grambling State at Prairie View ^ ESPNU
TBD No. 11 West Virginia at No. 15 Texas ESPN Radio
TBD No. 3 LSU at No. 23 Florida ESPN Radio
Thu, Oct 11 7:30 p.m. Western Kentucky at Troy ESPNU
9 p.m. Arizona State at Colorado ESPN
Fri, Oct 12 8 p.m. Navy at Central Michigan ESPN2
Sat, Oct 13 1:30 p.m. Chattanooga at Furman ESPN3
TBD Texas A&M vs. Louisiana Tech (from Independence Stadium – Shreveport, LA) TBD
2 p.m. Youngstown State at Illinois State ESPN3
3:30 p.m. Illinois at No. 8 Michigan ABC & ESPN2 **
TBD ABC & ESPN2 **
3:30 p.m. Miami (Ohio) at Bowling Green ESPN3
4 p.m. Utah State at San Jose State ESPN3 * & WAC Syndication
7 p.m. Fordham at Cincinnati ESPN3
TBD No. 15 Texas vs. No. 4 Oklahoma (Dallas) ABC
TBD No. 20 TCU at Baylor ESPN Radio
TBD Stony Brook at Coastal Carolina ESPN3
Tue, Oct 16 9 p.m. Louisiana-Lafayette at North Texas ESPN2
Thu, Oct 18 7:30 p.m. Hampton at NC Central ESPNU
9 p.m. No. 5 Oregon at Arizona State ESPN
Fri, Oct 19 8 p.m. Connecticut at Syracuse ESPN
Sat, Oct 20 Noon Northern Illinois at Akron ESPN3 * & MAC Game of the Week
1 p.m. Army at Eastern Michigan ESPN3
1 p.m. Harvard at Princeton ESPN3
1:30 p.m. Presbyterian at Charleston Southern ESPN3
3 p.m. Western Carolina at Elon ESPN3
3:30 pm Pittsburgh at Buffalo ESPN3
7 p.m. Idaho at Louisiana Tech ESPN3 * & WAC Syndication
TBD Cincinnati at Toledo ESPNU or ESPN3
TBD No. 13 Michigan State at No. 8 Michigan ESPN Radio
TBD Colorado at No. 1 USC ESPN Radio
Tue, Oct 23 8 p.m. Arkansas State at Louisiana-Lafayette ESPN2
Thu, Oct 25 7:30 p.m. No. 14 Clemson at Wake Forest ESPN
7:30 p.m. Delaware State at Morgan State ESPNU
Fri, Oct 26 8 p.m. Cincinnati at No. 25 Louisville ESPN2
Sat, Oct 27 Noon Northern Illinois at Western Michigan ESPN3 * & MAC Game of the Week
1 p.m. Stony Brook at Presbyterian ESPN3
1:30 p.m. The Citadel at Wofford ESPN3
2 p.m. South Dakota at Indiana State ESPN3
3:30 p.m. No. 13 Michigan State at No. 12 Wisconsin ABC
3:30 p.m. Alabama A&M at Alabama State ESPN3
3:30 p.m. Eastern Michigan at Bowling Green ESPN3
3:30 p.m. North Texas at Middle Tennessee State ESPN3
3:30 p.m. Kent State at Rutgers ESPN3 * & BIG EAST Local Package
6 p.m. No. 18 Ohio State at Penn State ESPN or ESPN2
8 p.m. No. 8 Michigan at No. 17 Nebraska ABC, ESPN or ESPN2 & ESPN Radio
10:30 p.m. Alabama A&M at Alabama State ^ ESPNU
Thu, Nov 1 6 p.m. Eastern Michigan at Ohio ESPNU
7:30 p.m. No. 16 Virginia Tech at Miami ESPN & ESPN Radio
9:15 p.m. Middle Tennessee State at Western Kentucky ESPNU
Fri, Nov 2 9 p.m. Washington at California ESPN2
Sat, Nov 3 1 p.m. Western Michigan at Central Michigan ESPN3
1 p.m. Penn at Princeton ESPN3
1:30 p.m. Coastal Carolina at Gardner-Webb ESPN3
2 p.m. Appalachian State at Georgia Southern ESPN3
4 p.m. Texas-San Antonio at Louisiana Tech ESPN3 * & WAC Syndication
TBD Missouri at No. 23 Florida ESPN Radio
TBD No. 5 Oregon at No. 1 USC ESPN Radio
Tue, Nov 6 8 p.m. Ball State at Toledo ESPN2
Wed, Nov 7 8 p.m. Bowling Green at Ohio ESPN2
Thu, Nov 8 7 p.m. Louisiana-Monroe at Arkansas State ESPNU
7:30 p.m. No. 7 Florida State at No. 16 Virginia Tech ESPN & ESPN Radio
Fri, Nov 9 8 p.m. Pittsburgh at Connecticut ESPN2
Sat, Nov 10 1 p.m. UNI at South Dakota ESPN3
1:30 p.m. Gardner-Webb at Charleston Southern ESPN3
3:30 p.m. Navy at Troy ESPN3*
TBD No. 11 West Virginia at No. 19 Oklahoma State ESPN Radio
TBD Baylor at No. 4 Oklahoma ESPN Radio
TBD Arizona State at No. 1 USC ESPN Radio
Wed, Nov 14 8 p.m. Ohio at Ball State ESPN2 or ESPNU
9 p.m. Toledo at Northern Illinois ESPN2 or ESPNU
Thu, Nov 15 7:30 p.m. North Carolina at Virginia ESPN & ESPN Radio
Fri, Nov 16 8 p.m. Florida International at Florida Atlantic ESPNU
9:30 p.m. Hawaii at Air Force ESPN2
Sat, Nov 17 Noon Rutgers at Cincinnati ESPN3 * & BIG EAST Local Package
Noon Kent State at Bowling Green ESPN3 * & MAC Game of the Week
1:30 p.m. Liberty at Virginia Military Institute ESPN3
2 p.m. Florida Classic: Florida A&M vs. Bethune-Cookman ESPN Classic
TBD Iowa at No. 8 Michigan ESPN Radio
TBD No. 1 USC at UCLA ESPN Radio
Tue, Nov 20 7 p.m. Akron at Toledo ESPN2
Thu, Nov 22 4 p.m. Tuskegee at Alabama State ESPNU
Fri, Nov 23 Noon No. 17 Nebraska at Iowa ABC
2:30 p.m. No. 3 LSU at No. 10 Arkansas ESPN Radio
3:30 p.m. No. 11 West Virginia at Iowa State ABC
10 p.m. Arizona State at Arizona ESPN
TBD South Florida at Cincinnati ABC, ESPN or ESPN2
TBD Syracuse at Temple ABC, ESPN or ESPN2
Sat, Nov 24 Noon No. 8 Michigan at No. 18 Ohio State ABC
3 p.m. Idaho at Utah State ESPN3 * & WAC Syndication
3:30 p.m. Troy at Middle Tennessee State ESPN3
TBD Notre Dame at No. 1 USC ABC or ESPN & ESPN Radio
TBD No. 19 Oklahoma State at No. 4 Oklahoma ESPN Radio
Thu, Nov 29 7:30 p.m. No. 25 Louisville at Rutgers ESPN
Fri, Nov 30 7 p.m. Marathon MAC Championship (Detroit) ESPN2
TBD Pac-12 Championship Game ESPN Radio
Sat, Dec 1 7:45 p.m. or 8 p.m. Dr Pepper ACC Championship Game (Charlotte) ABC or ESPN & ESPN Radio
TBD Conference USA Championship Game ESPN or ESPN2
TBD Pittsburgh at South Florida ABC, ESPN or ESPN2
TBD No. 24 Boise State at Nevada ABC, ESPN or ESPN2
TBD Cincinnati at Connecticut ABC, ESPN or ESPN2
TBD No. 19 Oklahoma State at Baylor ESPN Radio
TBD TBD SWAC Championship Game ESPNU

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