via press release:
Road Test Weekend: Ranked Teams in Action on Road Highlighted by No. 1 Oklahoma at No. 5 Florida State
ESPN’s college football schedule will be highlighted by nine top teams heading out on the road to take on tough opponents, highlighted by two of the top three: No. 1 Oklahoma at No. 5 Florida State (Saturday, Sept. 17, at 8 p.m. on ABC) and No. 3 LSU at No. 25 Mississippi State (Thursday, Sept. 15, at 8 p.m. on ESPN, ESPN 3D and ESPN3). Overall, 11 teams will play on the road during Road Test Weekend. Highlights of ESPN, ABC, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN 3D, ESPN Radio and ESPN3’s schedule:
- No. 4 Boise State at Toledo, Friday, Sept. 16, at 8 p.m. on ESPN and ESPN3
- No. 6 Stanford at Arizona, Saturday, Sept. 17, at 10:45 p.m. on ESPN and ESPN3
- No. 7 Wisconsin vs. Northern Illinois (from Chicago), Saturday, Sept. 17, at 3:30 p.m. on ESPN3
- No. 17 Ohio State at Miami, Saturday, Sept. 17, at 8 p.m. on ESPN and ESPN3
- No. 18 West Virginia at Maryland, Saturday, Sept. 17, at noon on ESPNU
- No. 21 Auburn at Clemson, Saturday, Sept. 17, at noon on ABC
- No. 24 Texas at UCLA, Saturday, Sept. 17, at 3:30 p.m. on ABC, ESPN and ESPN3
This week’s schedule will feature the top seven ranked teams and 19 of the top 25. ESPN3 will offer coverage of 33 games highlighted by nine exclusive matchups and 24 additional games from the ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN GamePlan schedule.
| Date | Time (ET) | Game | Network |
| Thu, Sept 15 | 8 p.m. | No. 3 LSU at No. 25 Mississippi State ESPN: Rece Davis, Craig James, Jesse Palmer & Jenn Brown ESPN 3D: Dave Lamont, Tim Brown & David Diaz-Infante |
ESPN / ESPN3 / ESPN 3D |
| Fri, Sept 16 | 8 p.m. | No. 4 Boise State at Toledo Joe Tessitore, Rod Gilmore & Jeannine Edwards |
ESPN/ ESPN3 |
| 8 p.m. | Iowa State at Connecticut Mike Gleason & John Congemi |
ESPN2 / ESPN3 | |
| Sat, Sept 17 | Noon | No. 21 Auburn at Clemson Dave Pasch, Chris Spielman, Urban Meyer & Quint Kessenich |
ABC |
| Penn State at Temple Dave Lamont & Ray Bentley |
ESPN / ESPN3 | ||
| Pittsburgh at Iowa Beth Mowins & Mike Bellotti |
ESPN2 / ESPN3 | ||
| No. 18 West Virginia at Maryland Rob Stone & Danny Kanell |
ESPNU | ||
| Central Michigan at Western Michigan Michael Reghi & Doug Garber |
ESPN3 | ||
| Mississippi at Vanderbilt Dave Neal, Andre Ware & Cara Capuano |
ESPN3 / SEC Network | ||
| Wyoming at Bowling Green TBA |
ESPN3 | ||
| 12:30 p.m. | Duke at Boston College TBA |
ESPN3 | |
| Kansas at Georgia Tech TBA |
ESPN3 | ||
| 1 p.m. | Coastal Carolina at Georgia TBA |
ESPN3 | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Washington at No. 10 Nebraska Sean McDonough, Matt Millen & Heather Cox |
ABC and ESPN /ESPN3 | |
| No. 24 Texas at UCLA Bob Wischusen, Bob Davie & Samantha Steele |
ABC and ESPN /ESPN3 | ||
| Virginia at North Carolina Pam Ward & Dan Hawkins |
ESPNU | ||
| No. 7 Wisconsin at Northern Illinois Jim Barbar & Christian Fauria |
ESPN3 ** | ||
| Akron at Cincinnati Dave Weekley & John Gregory |
ESPN3 ** | ||
| Tennessee at No. 16 Florida Bill Rosinski, David Norrie & Joe Schad |
ESPN Radio | ||
| Missouri State at No. 12 Oregon TBA |
ESPN3 | ||
| 4 p.m. | Arkansas State at No. 13 Virginia Tech TBA |
ESPN3 | |
| Nevada at San Jose State TBA |
ESPN3 | ||
| 6 p.m. | Navy at No. 11 South Carolina Mike Patrick, Craig James & Jeannine Edwards |
ESPN2 / ESPN3 | |
| UCF at Florida International Doug Bell & Rene Ingoglia |
ESPN3 ** | ||
| South Alabama at N.C. State Ryan Rose, Rob Harley & Angela Mallon |
ESPN3 ** | ||
| 6:30 p.m. | Gardner Webb at Wake Forest Joe Davis & Warrick Dunn |
ESPN3 ** | |
| 7 p.m. | Louisville at Kentucky Clay Matvick, Brian Griese & Allison Williams |
ESPNU | |
| Houston at Louisiana Tech John Sadak & Rene Nadeau |
ESPN3 ** | ||
| Marshall at Ohio Dan Gutowsky & Jerod Cherry |
ESPN3 ** | ||
| Indiana State at Western Kentucky Shawn Kenney & Drew Henson |
ESPN3 ** | ||
| Florida A&M at No. 20 South Florida TBA |
ESPN3 | ||
| 7:30 p.m. | No. 17 Ohio State at Miami Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge & Holly Rowe |
ESPN / ESPN3 | |
| Troy at No. 14 Arkansas Matt Stewart, Chris Doering & Maria Taylor |
ESPN3 | ||
| North Texas at No. 2 Alabama TBA |
ESPN3 | ||
| 8 p.m. | No. 1 Oklahoma at No. 5 Florida State Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit, Erin Andrews & Tom Rinaldi |
ABC | |
| UTEP at New Mexico State TBA |
ESPN3 | ||
| 9:15 p.m. | Utah at BYU Mark Jones, Ed Cunningham & Jessica Mendoza |
ESPN2 / ESPN3 | |
| 10 p.m. | North Dakota at Fresno State Trey Bender & Jay Taylor |
ESPN3 ** | |
| 10:45 p.m. | No. 6 Stanford at Arizona Carter Blackburn, Brock Huard & Shelley Smith |
ESPN / ESPN3 |
** Exclusive on ESPN3
