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National college football TV schedule: Weekend of Sept. 29-Oct. 1

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national-football-foundationThe following schedule is for college football games from Division I (FBS and FCS) for the dates of Sept. 29-Oct. 5. Schedule courtesy The National Football Foundation.

* All times Eastern
* FBS Rankings reflect the FWAA-NFF Super 16 Poll
* FCS Rankings reflect the STATS FCS Top 25 Poll
* Schedule organized by home team

 

The American
 
Date
Time
Game
Network (Talent)
Thurs., Sept. 29
8:00 p.m.
Connecticut
at (6) Houston
ESPN
(Dave Flemming, Jesse Palmer, Laura Rutledge)
Sat., Oct. 1
Noon
UCF
at East Carolina
CBS Sports Network
(Dave Ryan, Corey Chavous, Melanie Collins)
Sat., Oct. 1
Noon
SMU
at Temple
ESPNews
(Mike Couzens, Dan Hawkins)
Sat., Oct. 1
7:00 p.m.
South Florida
at Cincinnati
ESPNU
(Mark Neely, Ray Bentley)
ACC
Date
Time
Game
Network (Talent)
Sat., Oct. 1
Noon
Notre Dame
vs. Syracuse
(East Rutherford, N.J.)
ESPN
(Bob Wischusen, Brock Huard, Allison Williams)
Sat., Oct. 1
Noon
(13) Miami (Fla.)
at Georgia Tech
ESPN2
(Allen Bestwick, Mike Bellotti1, Kris Budden)
Sat., Oct. 1
12:30 p.m.
Virginia
at Duke
ACC Network/Raycom Sports, also ESPN3/ACC Network Extra (subject to blackout)
(Tom Werme, Dave Archer, Roddy Jones)
Sat., Oct. 1
1:00 p.m.
Buffalo
at Boston College
ACC Network Extra/ESPN3
(Alex Faust, Matt Chatham)
Sat., Oct. 1
3:30 p.m.
North Carolina
at (12) Florida State
ESPN
(Mark Jones, Rod Gilmore, Quint Kessenich)
Sat., Oct. 1
3:30 p.m.
Wake Forest
at N.C. State
ACC Network/ESPN3/RSN
(Wes Durham, James Bates, Lyndsay Rowley)
Sat., Oct. 1
7:30 p.m.
Marshall
at Pittsburgh
ACC Network/ESPN3/RSN
(Bob Rathbun, Takeo Spikes, Rebecca Kaple)
Sat., Oct. 1
8:00 p.m.
(3) Louisville
at (5) Clemson
ABC
(Chris Fowler3, Kirk Herbstreit3, Samantha Ponder)
Big Ten
Date
Time
Game
Network (Talent)
Sat., Oct. 1
Noon
Northwestern
at Iowa
ESPNU
(Eamon McAnaney, John Congemi)
Sat., Oct. 1
Noon
Rutgers
at (2) Ohio State
BTN
(Kevin Kugler, Matt Millen, Lisa Byington)
Sat., Oct. 1
3:30 p.m.
Purdue
at Maryland
BTN
(Joe Beninati, J Leman2)
Sat., Oct. 1
3:30 p.m.
(8) Wisconsin
at (4) Michigan
ABC
(Dave Flemming, Brian Griese2, Todd McShay)
Sat., Oct. 1
3:30 p.m.
Illinois
at (15) Nebraska
ESPN2
(Dave Lamont, Kelly Stouffer, Paul Carcaterra)
Sat., Oct. 1
3:30 p.m.
Minnesota
at Penn State
BTN
(Brandon Gaudin, Chuck Long1)
Sat., Oct. 1
8:00 p.m.
Michigan State
at Indiana
BTN
(Eric Collins, Glen Mason)
Big 12
Date
Time
Game
Network (Talent)
Thurs., Sept. 29
8:30 p.m.
Kansas
at Texas Tech
FOX Sports 1
(Justin Kutcher, Petros Papadakis)
Sat., Oct. 1
Noon
(14) Baylor
at Iowa State
FOX Sports 1
(Tim Brando, Spencer Tillman)
Sat., Oct. 1
Noon
Texas
at Oklahoma State
ABC
(Mike Patrick, Ed Cunningham, Jerry Punch)
Sat., Oct. 1
3:30 p.m.
Kansas State
at West Virginia
ESPNU
(Clay Matvik, Dusty Dvoracek)
Sat., Oct. 1
5:00 p.m.
Oklahoma
at TCU
FOX
(Gus Johnson, Joel Klatt, Shannon Spake)
Conference USA
Date
Time
Game
Network (Talent)
Sat., Oct. 1
6:00 p.m.
Old Dominion
at Charlotte
CUSA TV
(Matt Swierad, Kevin Donnalley2)
Sat., Oct. 1
7:00 p.m.
Florida Atlantic
at Florida International
beIN Sports
(Matt Martucci, Brett Romberg, Jordan Daigle)
Sat., Oct. 1
7:00 p.m.
UTEP
at Louisiana Tech
American Sports Network
(Dave Armstrong, Rich Baldinger)
Sat., Oct. 1
7:00 p.m.
Middle Tennessee
at North Texas
Campus Insiders
(Ray Crawford, Max Starks)
Sat., Oct. 1
7:00 p.m.
Rice
at Southern Miss
CUSA TV
(John Cox, Lee Roberts)
Sat., Oct. 1
7:00 p.m.
Houston Baptist
at Western Kentucky
CUSA TV
(Randy Lee, Leo Peckenpaugh, Terry Obee)
MAC
Date
Time
Game
Network (Talent)
Sat., Oct. 1
2:30 p.m.
Ohio
at Miami (Ohio)
ESPN3/TWC/BCSN
(Bob McElligott, Ryan Cavanaugh, Madison Spielman)
Sat., Oct. 1
3:00 p.m.
Eastern Michigan
at Bowling Green
ESPN3
(Jim Barbar, John Gregory)
Sat., Oct. 1
3:30 p.m.
Akron
at Kent State
ESPN3
(Michael Reghi, Dustin Fox)
Sat., Oct. 1
3:30 p.m.
Northern Illinois
at Ball State
American Sports Network/ESPN3
(Mike Gleason, Brad Jackson, Petar Hood)
Sat., Oct. 1
7:00 p.m.
Western Michigan
at Central Michigan
CBS Sports Network
(Ben Holden, Jay Feely, John Schriffen)
Mountain West
Date
Time
Game
Network (Talent)
Sat., Oct. 1
3:30 p.m.
Navy
at Air Force
CBS Sports Network
(Carter Blackburn, Aaron Taylor, Jenny Dell)
Sat., Oct. 1
4:00 p.m.
San Jose State
at New Mexico
ROOT Sports
(Marc Stein, Joel Dreesen, Brad Thompson)
Sat., Oct. 1
10:15 p.m.
Utah State
at Boise State
ESPN2
(Roy Philpott, Tom Ramsey, Alex Corddry)
Sat., Oct. 1
10:15 p.m.
Wyoming
at Colorado State
ESPNU
(Mike Corey, Rene Ingoglia)
Sat., Oct. 1
10:30 p.m.
Fresno State
at UNLV
CBS Sports Network
(Dwayne Ballen, Randy Cross1, Cassie McKinney)
Sat., Oct. 1
11:59 p.m.
Nevada
at Hawaii
Oceanic PPV/Hawaiian Telcom PPV
(Robert Kekaula, Rich Miano, Scott Robbs)
Pac-12
Date
Time
Game
Network (Talent)
Fri., Sept. 30
9:00 p.m.
(7) Stanford
at (10) Washington
ESPN
(Joe Tessitore, Todd Blackledge, Holly Rowe)
Sat., Oct. 1
2:30 p.m.
Oregon State
at Colorado
Pac-12 Networks
(JB Long, Glenn Parker, Jill Savage)
Sat., Oct. 1
6:00 p.m.
Utah
at California
Pac-12 Networks
(Ted Robinson, Yogi Roth, Cindy Brunson)
Sat., Oct. 1
8:30 p.m.
Arizona State
at USC
FOX
(Joe Davis, Brady Quinn, Jenny Taft)
Sat., Oct. 1
9:30 p.m.
Oregon
at Washington State
Pac-12 Networks
(Roxy Bernstein, Anthony Herron, Lewis Johnson)
Sat., Oct. 1
10:30 p.m.
Arizona
at UCLA
ESPN
(Beth Mowins, Anthony Becht, Rocky Boiman)
SEC
Date
Time
Game
Network (Talent)
Sat., Oct. 1
Noon
Alcorn State
at Arkansas
(Little Rock, Ark.)
SEC Network
(Mike Morgan, Clint Stoerner, Kevin Weidl)
Sat., Oct. 1
Noon
Florida
at Vanderbilt
SEC Network
(Tom Hart, Andre Ware1, Cole Cubelic)
Sat., Oct. 1
3:30 p.m.
Louisiana Monroe
at Auburn
SEC Network
(Taylor Zarzour, Jordan Rodgers, Lauren Sisler)
Sat., Oct. 1
3:30 p.m.
(11) Tennessee
at Georgia
CBS
(Verne Lundquist3, Gary Danielson, Allie LaForce)
Sat., Oct. 1
4:00 p.m.
(9) Texas A&M
at South Carolina
SEC Network
(Dave Neal, Matt Stinchcomb2, Olivia Harlan)
Sat., Oct. 1
7:00 p.m.
Kentucky
at (1) Alabama
ESPN
(Dave Pasch, Greg McElroy2, Tom Luginbill)
Sat., Oct. 1
7:00 p.m.
Memphis
at (16) Ole Miss
ESPN2/SEC Network
(Anish Shroff, Ahmad Brooks, Dawn Davenport)
Sat., Oct. 1
7:30 p.m.
Missouri
at LSU
SEC Network
(Brent Musburger3, Jesse Palmer, Kaylee Hartung)
Sun Belt
Date
Time
Game
Network (Talent)
Sat., Oct. 1
Noon
Georgia State
at Appalachian State
American Sports Network/ESPN3.
(Brett Dolan, Michael Young)
Sat., Oct. 1
5:00 p.m.
Troy
at Idaho
ESPN3
(Shawn Kenney, Al Groh)
Sat., Oct. 1
7:30 p.m.
Incarnate Word
at Texas State
ESPN3/CBS Austin/CW 35
(Don Harris, Chuck Miketinac, Hector Ledesma)
Sat., Oct. 1
8:00 p.m.
Louisiana Lafayette
at New Mexico State
ESPN3
(Drew Fellios, Forrest Conoly)
Sat., Oct. 1
8:00 p.m.
San Diego State
at South Alabama
ESPNews
(Joel Meyers, Brian Kinchen)
Wed., Oct. 5
8:00 p.m.
Georgia Southern
at Arkansas State
ESPN2
FBS Independents
Date
Time
Game
Network (Talent)
Fri., Sept. 30
10:15 p.m.
Toledo
at BYU
ESPN2
(Adam Amin, Mack Brown, Molly McGrath)
Sat., Oct. 1
3:30 p.m.
Tulane
at UMass
American Sports Network/ESPN3
(Eric Frede, Andy Gresh, Hali Oughton)
FCS
Big Sky
Date
Time
Game
Network (Talent)
Sat., Oct. 1
2:00 p.m.
(16) Cal Poly
at North Dakota
Midco Sports Network/WatchBigSky.com
(Alex Heinert, Ryan Kasowski)
Sat., Oct. 1
3:00 p.m.
Northern Arizona
at Northern Colorado
CET Sports/WatchBigSky.com
(Josh Howe, Paul Browning)
Sat., Oct. 1
4:05 p.m.
UC Davis
at (4) Eastern Washington
ROOT Sports NW/DirecTV’s Audience Network
(Tom Glasgow, Jason Stiles, Jen Mueller)
Sat., Oct. 1
4:30 p.m.
Southern Utah
at (11) Montana
Cowles Media/WatchBigSky.com
(Chris Byers, Grady Bennett, Mick Delaney)
Sat., Oct. 1
5:30 p.m.
Idaho State
at Portland State
WatchBigSky.com
(Tom Hewitt, Mike Lund)
Sat., Oct. 1
9:00 p.m.
Montana State
at Sacramento State
Cowles Media
(Jay Sanderson, Dan Davies, Jason Alvine)
WatchBigSky.com
(Jason Ross, Steve McElroy, Danny Sullivan)
Big South
Date
Time
Game
Network (Talent)
Sat., Oct. 1
1:00 p.m.
Fordham
at Monmouth
ESPN3/Big South Network
(Matt Harmon, Eddy Occhipinti)
Sat., Oct. 1
6:00 p.m.
Benedict (S.C.)
at Gardner-Webb
Big South Network
(Fabian Fuentes, Alex Guest)
Sat., Oct. 1
7:00 p.m.
Robert Morris
at Liberty
ESPN3/Big South Network/LFSN
(Mike Tilley, Matt Warner)
CAA
Date
Time
Game
Network (Talent)
Sat., Oct. 1
Noon
Brown
at Rhode Island
Atlantic 10 Network
(Steve McDonald, Terry Lynch)
Sat., Oct. 1
1:30 p.m.
Delaware
at (7) James Madison
JMUSports.com
(Curt Dudley, Adam Coolbaugh)
Sat., Oct. 1
3:30 p.m.
(17) Villanova
at Elon
ElonPhoenix.com
(David Hibbard, Taylor Durham)
Sat., Oct. 1
3:30 p.m.
Bryant
at Maine
WVII/FOX College Sports/GoBlackBears.com
(Dan Hannigan, Mike DeVito)
Sat., Oct. 1
3:30 p.m.
(19) William & Mary
at New Hampshire
UNHWildcats.com
(Bob Lipman, Tim O’Sullivan)
Sat., Oct. 1
3:30 p.m.
Towson
at (6) Richmond
Comcast SportsNet/RichmondSpiders.com
(Brent Harris, Qadry Ismail)
Ivy League
Date
Time
Game
Network (Talent)
Fri., Sept. 30
7:00 p.m.
Georgetown
at (25) Harvard
ESPN3/Ivy League Digital Network
(Ben Altsher, Bill Spaulding)
Fri., Sept. 30
7:00 p.m.
Penn
at Dartmouth
NBC Sports Network
(Paul Burmeister, Ross Tucker)
Sat., Oct. 1
Noon
Princeton
at Columbia
FOX College Sports
(Scott Sudikoff, Steve DeOssie)
Sat., Oct. 1
1:30 p.m.
Lehigh
at Yale
One World Sports/Ivy League Digital Network
(Bill Spaulding, Jack Ford4)
MEAC
Date
Time
Game
Network (Talent)
Thurs., Sept. 29
7:30 p.m.
Hampton
at (22) North Carolina A&T
ESPNU
(Eric Clemons, Jay Walker)
Sat., Oct. 1
1:00 p.m.
Delaware State
at Morgan State
None
Sat., Oct. 1
2:00 p.m.
Howard
at Norfolk State
NSUSpartans.com
(Ross Gordon, Turrell Ducre)
Sat., Oct. 1
4:00 p.m.
North Carolina Central
at Bethune-Cookman
BCUAthletics.com
(Nick Rice, Larry Wesley, Terrance Gatling)
Sat., Oct. 1
6:00 p.m.
Savannah State
at Florida A&M
None
Missouri Valley
Date
Time
Game
Network (Talent)
Sat., Oct. 1
2:00 p.m.
(18) Illinois State
at (1) North Dakota State
ESPN3/KVLY/NBC North Dakota
(Brian Shawn, Lee Timmerman, Beth Hoole)
Sat., Oct. 1
3:00 p.m.
Missouri State
at (24) Indiana State
ESPN3
(Chase Eyrich, Corey Clark)
Sat., Oct. 1
4:00 p.m.
South Dakota
at (20) Youngstown State
ESPN3
(Jim Campbell, Tim Pozsgai)
Sat., Oct. 1
5:00 p.m.
Southern Illinois
at (12) Northern Iowa
ESPN3/Panther Sports Network
(Brad Wells, Justin Surrency)
Sat., Oct. 1
7:00 p.m.
(8) Western Illinois
at (15) South Dakota State
ESPN3
(Adam Seidel, Danan Hughes, Kelly Burke)
Northeast
Date
Time
Game
Network (Talent)
Sat., Oct. 1
1:00 p.m.
Malone (Ohio)
at St. Francis
NEC Front Row
(Pat Farabaugh, Jay Roberts)
Sat., Oct. 1
6:00 p.m.
Sacred Heart
at Wagner
ESPN3
(Paul Dottino, Kevin Gilbride, John Schmeelk)
Ohio Valley
Date
Time
Game
Network (Talent)
Sat., Oct. 1
3:00 p.m.
Tennessee-Martin
at Tennessee State
ESPN3
(Kevin Ingram, Bob Belvin)
Sat., Oct. 1
5:00 p.m.
Murray State
at Austin Peay
OVC Digital Network
(Brian Rives, Van Stokes)
Sat., Oct. 1
7:00 p.m.
Eastern Kentucky
at Tennessee Tech
OVC Digital Network/WCTE
(Tim Scruggs, Sam Brooks)
Sat., Oct. 1
7:00 p.m.
(13) Eastern Illinois
at Southeast Missouri St.
OVC Digital Network
(Erik Sean, Rick Wieser, Todd Bonacki)
Patriot League
Date
Time
Game
Network (Talent)
Sat., Oct. 1
1:00 p.m.
Cornell
at Colgate
Time Warner Sports
(Tim Heiman, Dale Drypolcher)
Sat., Oct. 1
3:30 p.m.
Holy Cross
at Lafayette
Patriot League Network/Lafayette SN
(Gary Laubach, Mike Joseph, John Leone)
Pioneer
Date
Time
Game
Network (Talent)
Sat., Oct. 1
1:00 p.m.
San Diego
at Butler
ButlerSports.com
(Mark Minner, Mark Pearson)
Sat., Oct. 1
1:00 p.m.
Campbell
at Marist
GoRedFoxes.com
(Geoff Brault, Ed Weir)
Sat., Oct. 1
1:00 p.m.
Drake
at Dayton
DaytonFlyers.com
(Larry Hansgen, Mike Kelly)
Sat., Oct. 1
1:00 p.m.
Valparaiso
at Morehead State
OVC Digital Network
(Chuck Mraz, Jason Blanton)
Sat., Oct. 1
1:00 p.m.
Stetson
at Davidson
TWC Sports Channel
(Brock Bowling, Stan Lewter)
Sat., Oct. 1
1:00 p.m.
Duquesne
at Jacksonville
ESPN3
(Scott Manze, David Lamb)
Southern
Date
Time
Game
Network (Talent)
Sat., Oct. 1
Noon
(5) Chattanooga
at East Tennessee State
SoCon Digital Network
(Jay Sandos, Matt Wilhjelm, Robert Harper)
Sat., Oct. 1
1:30 p.m.
Mercer
at VMI
ESPN3
(Wade Branner, Dave Harding)
Sat., Oct. 1
3:00 p.m.
Wofford
at Samford
ESPN3
(Curt Bloom, Ben Neill, Hattie Breece)
Sat., Oct. 1
3:00 p.m.
Kennesaw State
at Furman
ESPN3
(Bob Mihalic, Sam Wyche)
Sat., Oct. 1
3:30 p.m.
(9) The Citadel
at Western Carolina
ESPN3
(Pete Yanity, Will Merritt)
Southland
Date
Time
Game
Network (Talent)
Sat., Oct. 1
3:30 p.m.
Central Arkansas
at Abilene Christian
American Sports Network/Southland DN
(Lincoln Rose, John Bradshaw Layfield, Ashlea Bullington)
Sat., Oct. 1
4:00 p.m.
Stephen F. Austin
vs. (2) Sam Houston State
(Houston, Texas)
ESPN3
(Randy McIlvoy, Shea Walker, Tatum Everett)
Sat., Oct. 1
7:00 p.m.
Nicholls State
at (23) McNeese State
ESPN3/Cox Sports Television
(Lyn Rollins, Rene Nadeau, Carley McCord)
Sat., Oct. 1
8:00 p.m.
Southeastern Louisiana
at Lamar
ESPN3
(David Saltzman, Lemont Williams)
SWAC
Date
Time
Game
Network (Talent)
Sat., Oct. 1
3:00 p.m.
Arkansas-Pine Bluff
at Alabama State
BamaStateSports.com
(Maurice Carter, Eddie Robinson2)
Sat., Oct. 1
4:00 p.m.
Prairie View A&M
vs. Grambling State
(Dallas, Texas)
None
Sat., Oct. 1
7:00 p.m.
Mississippi Valley State
at Jackson State
None
Sat., Oct. 1
8:00 p.m.
Alabama A&M
at Texas Southern
ROOT Sports SW+
(Butch Alsandor, Ken Moore, Nick Strong)
FCS Independent
Date
Time
Game
Network (Talent)
Sat., Oct. 1
6:00 p.m.
(10) Charleston Southern
at (14) Coastal Carolina
GoCCUSports.com
(Joe Cashion, Layne Harris)
 
1 – College Football Hall of Famer
2 – Former NFF National Scholar-Athlete
3 – NFF Outstanding Contribution to Amateur Football honoree
4 – NFF Board Member

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