via press release:
College Football: First Night Game Ever From Michigan; 16 Ranked Teams in Action across Networks
ESPN’s college football schedule of 39 games this week will feature the first night contest from Michigan Stadium and 16 teams in the Associated Press Top 25 poll, including a showdown between No. 3 Alabama and No. 23 Penn State (Saturday, Sept. 10, at 3:30 p.m. ET on ABC). Highlights:
- ESPN will televise Notre Dame at Michigan, marking the first night game in the 84-year history of Michigan Stadium, Saturday, Sept. 10, at 8 p.m.
- In addition to nine exclusive games, ESPN3 will simulcast 34 matchups from the ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN GamePlan schedule.
- For the second consecutive week, ESPN’s Thursday night telecast will include a highly ranked team in action when Arizona visits No. 9 Oklahoma State September 8 at 8 p.m.
- Ranked teams in action on Saturday, Sept. 10 include: No. 6 Stanford at Duke (3:30 p.m. on ESPNU), No. 12 South Carolina at Georgia (4:30 p.m. on ESPN, ESPN3 and ESPN Radio), No. 16 Mississippi State at defending national champion Auburn (noon on ESPN3) and BYU at No. 24 Texas (at 7 p.m. on ESPN2, ESPN3 and ESPN 3D).
- ESPN 3D will televise two games this week, both involving ranked teams: Arizona at No. 9 Oklahoma State Thursday, Sept. 8, at 8 p.m. and BYU at No. 24 Texas Saturday, Sept. 10, at 7 p.m.
| Date | Time (ET) | Game | Network |
| Thu, Sept 8 | 7:30 p.m. | Florida A&M at Hampton * Anish Shroff & Jay Walker |
ESPNU |
| 8 p.m. | Arizona at No. 9 Oklahoma State ESPN: Rece Davis, Craig James, Jesse Palmer & Jenn Brown ESPN 3D: Carter Blackburn, Brock Huard, Ray Bentley |
ESPN / ESPN3 / ESPN 3D | |
| Fri, Sept 9 | 7 p.m. | Florida International at Louisville Bob Wischusen & Bob Davie |
ESPN/ ESPN3 |
| 10:30 p.m. | No. 21 Missouri at Arizona State Joe Tessitore, Rod Gilmore & Eamon McAnaney |
ESPN / ESPN3 | |
| Sat, Sept 10 | Noon | Oregon State at No. 8 Wisconsin Dave Pasch, Chris Spielman, Urban Meyer & Quint Kessenich |
ESPN / ESPN3 |
| Florida Atlantic at No. 17 Michigan State Beth Mowins & Mike Bellotti |
ESPN2 / ESPN3 | ||
| Central Michigan at Kentucky Pam Ward & Dan Hawkins |
ESPNU | ||
| No. 16 Mississippi State at Auburn Dave Neal, Andre Ware & Cara Capuano |
ESPN3/SEC Network | ||
| 12:30 p.m. | Rutgers at North Carolina TBA |
ESPN3 | |
| 1 p.m. | Maine at Pittsburgh John Sanders & Christian Fauria |
ESPN3 ** | |
| Norfolk State at No. 19 West Virginia TBA |
ESPN3 | ||
| 3:30 p.m. | No. 3 Alabama at No. 23 Penn State Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge & Holly Rowe |
ABC | |
| Cincinnati at Tennessee Mike Patrick, Craig James & Jeannine Edwards |
ESPN2 / ESPN3 | ||
| No. 6 Stanford at Duke Clay Matvick, Brian Griese & Allison Williams |
ESPNU | ||
| Wofford at Clemson Joe Davis & Warrick Dunn |
ESPN3 | ||
| N.C. State at Wake Forest TBA |
ESPN3 | ||
| 4:30 p.m. | No. 12 South Carolina at Georgia ESPN: Sean McDonough, Matt Millen & Heather Cox ESPN Radio: Bill Rosinski, David Norrie & Joe Schad |
ESPN / ESPN3 / ESPN Radio | |
| Rhode Island at Syracuse TBA |
ESPN3 | ||
| 5 p.m. | North Dakota at Idaho TBA |
ESPN3 | |
| 6 p.m. | Charleston Southern at No. 5 Florida State Doug Bell & Rene Ingoglia |
ESPN3 ** | |
| Temple at Akron Michael Reghi & Jerod Cherry |
ESPN3 ** | ||
| Southern Illinois at Mississippi TBA |
ESPN3 | ||
| Stony Brook at Buffalo TBA |
ESPN3 | ||
| 7 p.m. | BYU at No. 24 Texas ESPN: Mark Jones, Ed Cunningham & Samantha Steele ESPN 3D: Dave Lamont, Tim Brown, Ray Bentley |
ESPN2 / ESPN3 / ESPN 3D | |
| New Mexico at No. 14 Arkansas Rob Stone, Danny Kanell & Maria Taylor |
ESPNU | ||
| Georgia Tech at Middle Tennessee State Dan Gutowsky & John Bunting |
ESPN3 ** | ||
| Houston at North Texas Dave Weekley & Drew Henson |
ESPN3 ** | ||
| Navy at Western Kentucky Shawn Kenney & Eddie Robinson, Jr. |
ESPN3 ** | ||
| Central Arkansas at Louisiana Tech John Sadak & John Gregory |
ESPN3 ** | ||
| Memphis at Arkansas State Matt Sweirad & Chuck Cecil |
ESPN3 ** | ||
| Grambling State at Louisiana-Monroe Darren Goldwater & Rob Harley |
ESPN3 ** | ||
| UAB at No. 18 Florida TBA |
ESPN3 | ||
| Ball State at No. 22 South Florida Jim Barbar & Doug Graber |
ESPN3 | ||
| Morgan State at Bowling Green TBA |
ESPN3.com | ||
| 7:30 p.m. | Connecticut at Vanderbilt Matt Stewart & Chris Doering |
ESPN3 | |
| 8 p.m. | Notre Dame at Michigan Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit & Erin Andrews |
ESPN / ESPN3 | |
| Weber State at Utah State Trey Bender & Jay Taylor |
ESPN3 | ||
| Northwestern State at No. 2 LSU Doug Greengard & Rene Nadeau |
ESPN3 | ||
| 10:30 p.m. | South Carolina State at Bethune-Cookman * Adam Amin & Jay Walker |
ESPNU / ESPN3 *** |
* Same day delay
** Exclusive on ESPN3
*** Live on ESPN3 at 4 p.m.
