Seven of Top Nine Ranked Teams; SEC Debut for Missouri & Texas A&M
This week’s college football schedule of 48 games will include a SEC tripleheader on ESPN, the first SEC conference games for new members Texas A&M and Missouri, and seven of the top nine – and 16 of the Top 25 – teams in the AP poll.
Highlights for Saturday, Sept. 8:
- Missouri and Texas A&M will make their SEC debut Saturday, each against a ranked opponent: Texas A&M will host No. 24 Florida at 3:30 p.m. on ESPN while Missouri will host No. 7 Georgia at 7:45 p.m. on ESPN2.
- Additional ranked SEC teams in action include two games on ESPN3 and the SEC Network: No. 1 Alabama against Western Kentucky at 3:30 p.m. and No. 9 South Carolina against East Carolina at noon.
- An ESPN prime time doubleheader will include No. 3 LSU against Washington at 7 p.m. and Illinois at Arizona at 10:30 p.m.
- The ABC and ESPN2 reverse mirror telecast at 3:30 p.m. will showcase a ranked team in each game: No. 2 USC at Syracuse and No. 19 Michigan against Air Force.
- The ESPNU night game will spotlight No. 8 Arkansas against Louisiana-Monroe at 7 p.m.
ESPN, ABC, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3, ESPN 3D, Longhorn Network and ESPN Radio Schedule
| Date | Time (ET) | Game / Commentators | Network |
| Thu, Sep 6 | 8 p.m. | Pittsburgh at Cincinnati Rece Davis, Jesse Palmer, David Pollack & Samantha Steele |
ESPN |
| Fri, Sep 7 | 8 p.m. | Utah at Utah State Carter Blackburn, Rod Gilmore & Jemele Hill |
ESPN2 |
| Sat, Sep 8 | Noon | Penn State at Virginia Mike Patrick, Ed Cunningham & George Smith |
ABC |
| Noon | Auburn at Mississippi State Dave Pasch, Brian Griese & Jenn Brown |
ESPN & ESPN 3D | |
| Noon | Central Florida at No. 14 Ohio State Beth Mowins, Joey Galloway & Lewis Johnson |
ESPN2 | |
| Noon | Maryland at Temple Tom Hart & John Congemi |
ESPNU | |
| Noon | East Carolina at No. 9 South Carolina Dave Neal, Andre Ware & Cara Capuano |
ESPN3 & SEC Network | |
| Noon | NC State at Connecticut Eamon McAnaney, David Diaz-Infante & Paul Carcaterra |
ESPN3 * & BIG EAST Network | |
| 12:30 p.m. | Ball State at No. 12 Clemson | ESPN3 * & ACC Network | |
| 1 p.m. | Maine at Boston College Bob Picozzi, Paul Maguire & Cat Whitehill |
ESPN3 | |
| 1 p.m. | Southern Illinois at Miami (Ohio) Michael Reghi & Rocky Boiman |
ESPN3 | |
| 1 p.m. | Illinois State at Eastern Michigan | ESPN3 * | |
| 1:30 p.m. | Austin Peay at No. 15 Virginia Tech John Sadak, John Gregory & Rontina McCann |
ESPN3 | |
| 3 p.m. | North Carolina at Wake Forest | ESPN3 * & ACC Network | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Air Force at No. 19 Michigan Bob Wischusen, Danny Kanell & Maria Taylor |
ABC & ESPN2 ** | |
| No. 2 USC at Syracuse Sean McDonough, Chris Spielman & Shelley Smith |
ABC & ESPN2 ** | ||
| 3:30 p.m. | No. 24 Florida at Texas A&M Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit & Heather Cox Radio: Bill Rosinski, David Norrie & Joe Schad |
ESPN & ESPN Radio | |
| 3:30 p.m. | No. 11 Michigan State at Central Michigan Anish Shroff & Dan Hawkins |
ESPNU | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Indiana at Massachusetts Shawn Kenney, John Bunting & John Brickley |
ESPN3 | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Western Kentucky at No. 1 Alabama Mike Morgan, Chris Doering & Jill Montgomery |
ESPN3 & SEC Network | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Howard at Rutgers Mike Corey & Rene Ingoglia |
ESPN3 * & BIG EAST Network | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Missouri State at No. 23 Louisville | ESPN3 * | |
| 4 p.m. | Georgia State at Tennessee | ESPN3 | |
| 5 p.m. | Nicholls State at South Alabama Jared Schwartz & Stan Lewter |
ESPN3 | |
| 6 p.m. | Savannah State at No. 6 Florida State Dave Weekley, Ralph Friedgen & Tiffany Green |
ESPN3 | |
| 6 p.m. | Akron at Florida International Drew Fellios & Doug Graber |
ESPN3 | |
| 6:30 p.m. | Montana at Appalachian State | ESPN3 | |
| 7 p.m. | Washington at No. 3 LSU Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge & Holly Rowe |
ESPN | |
| 7 p.m. | Louisiana-Monroe at No. 8 Arkansas Clay Matvick, Matt Stinchcomb & Allison Williams |
ESPNU | |
| 7 p.m. | Memphis at Arkansas State Brock Bowling & Cory Chavous |
ESPN3 | |
| 7 p.m. | Texas Tech at Texas State Trey Bender & Jay Taylor |
ESPN3 | |
| 7 p.m. | Presbyterian at Georgia Tech Ryan Rose, Warrick Dunn & LaChina Robinson |
ESPN3 | |
| 7 p.m. | Louisiana-Lafayette at Troy Jonathon Yardley & Forest Conoly |
ESPN3 | |
| 7 p.m. | New Mexico State at Ohio TBD & Jerod Cherry |
ESPN3 | |
| 7 p.m. | Tennessee-Martin at Northern Illinois Jim Barbar & Bob Chmeil |
ESPN3 | |
| 7 p.m. | Eastern Illinois at Western Michigan Dan Gutowsky & Ben Leber |
ESPN3 | |
| 7 p.m. | Florida Atlantic at Middle Tennessee | ESPN3 | |
| 7 p.m. | Texas Southern at North Texas | ESPN3 | |
| 7 p.m. | Idaho at Bowling Green Greg Franke & Tom Cole |
ESPN3 | |
| 7 p.m. | UTEP at Mississippi | ESPN3 * & FSN | |
| 7 p.m. | Norfolk State at Liberty | ESPN3 | |
| 7 p.m. | Lafayette at William & Mary | ESPN3 | |
| 7:30 p.m. | Kent State at Kentucky Matt Stewart, Cole Cubelic & Angela Mallen |
ESPN3 & CSS | |
| 7:30 p.m. | No. 16 Nebraska at UCLA | ESPN Radio | |
| 7:45 p.m. | No. 7 Georgia at Missouri Joe Tessitore, Matt Millen & Quint Kessenich |
ESPN2 | |
| 8 p.m. | New Mexico at No. 17 Texas Mark Neely, Ray Bentley & Kaylee Hartung |
Longhorn Network | |
| 10:30 p.m. | Illinois at Arizona Mark Jones, Brock Huard & Jessica Mendoza |
ESPN & ESPN3(Spanish language) | |
| 10:30 p.m. | Bethune Cookman at South Carolina State 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