Extensive College Football Schedule Features More Than 400 Games from Sept. 3 through the Rose Bowl Game Presented by Citi Jan. 1 and Citi BCS National Championship Game Jan. 7
Beginning of Landmark 15-year Agreement with the Southeastern Conference
ESPN’s 2009 college football schedule will feature more than 400 regular- and postseason games across ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN360.com, ESPN Regional Television, ESPN Radio, ESPN Classic, ESPN Mobile TV and ESPN GamePlan, ESPN’s outermarket pay-per-view service.
The season will begin with the second annual Dick’s Sporting Goods Kickoff Week (Monday, Aug. 31-Monday, Sept. 7) featuring extensive studio programming and 28 games on Labor Day Weekend, including Labor Day and will conclude Jan. 7 with the Citi BCS National Championship at 8 p.m. ET on ABC and ESPN Radio.
Regular-season coverage will conclude with Championship Saturday (Dec. 5) and include three conference championships -- the Dr Pepper ACC Championship Game, which will move from an afternoon kickoff to prime time on ESPN and ESPN360.com, the Dr Pepper Big 12 Championship Game in prime time on ABC and the Conference USA Championship Game on ESPN or ESPN2 and ESPN360.com -- and three BIG EAST games that could play a role in the conference title. ESPN2 and ESPN360.com will televise the Marathon MAC Championship Game on Friday, Dec. 4 at 8 p.m.
Schedule highlights include (the majority of game selections will generally be made 12 or six days before the date as the season progresses):
- the Citi BCS National Championship Game on ABC Jan. 7, the Rose Bowl Game Presented by Citi Jan. 1 on ABC and the addition of the Texas Bowl to ESPN’s highly rated Capital One Bowl Week Dec. 31 on ESPN;
- the first year of a landmark 15-year agreement with the SEC providing ESPN rights to televise every game (excluding those on the network broadcast package) across multiple ESPN entities;
- Saturday primetime action highlighted by Saturday Night Football on ABC, weekly games on ESPN and ESPN2 and the first year of ESPNU’s Saturday SEC primetime game;
- Weekly ESPN Thursday primetime telecasts, including the first Thursday night game ever from North Carolina and Oregon and first from Missouri since 1992, plus ESPNU Thursday night matchups;
- Saturday afternoon games on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU, including the return of “reverse mirrors” featuring ABC split national games offered regionally on ESPN or ESPN2 and ESPN360.com;
- more than 325 games on ESPN360.com, including approximately 40 exclusive games; a weekly broadcast on ESPN Radio; ESPN Mobile TV simulcasts; ESPN Regional Television syndication; extensive ESPN GamePlan schedule; and select games on ESPN Classic;
- every ABC, ESPN and ESPN2 telecast and all live Thursday and Saturday ESPNU games produced in high definition.
BCS National Championship Highlights Schedule of 30 Bowls
ESPN on ABC will offer extensive coverage of the Citi BCS National Championship Game from the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif. on Thursday, Jan. 7 on ABC. In addition to the National Championship, ABC will televise the Rose Bowl Game Presented by Citi Friday, Jan. 1. For the first time, ESPN will televise the Texas Bowl on Dec. 31 at 3:30 p.m.
Overall, ESPN will present 30 bowl games across ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Radio, ESPN360.com and ESPN Mobile TV. ESPN and ESPN2 will televise 24 bowl games, highlighted by Capital One Bowl Week, one of ESPN’s most-viewed weeks of the year, from Dec. 19 – Jan. 2. ESPN Radio will broadcast 19 bowl games, including all five BCS matchups. ESPNU, ESPN2 and ESPN will also offer extensive coverage of the NCAA playoff contests from the Championship Subdivision, Division II and Division III (Dec. 5-19).
Beginning next season, ESPN will televise all five games of the BCS – including the National Championship Game – as the result of an agreement with the BCS. It will include the Fiesta, Orange and Sugar Bowls each season and the BCS National Championship Game in 2011, 2012 and 2013. Through a separate agreement, ESPN will also televise the Rose Bowl Game beginning in 2011.
New Agreement with SEC
This year will mark the first of ESPN’s landmark 15-year agreement – the longest national rights agreement in ESPN history – with the SEC resulting in an ESPN entity televising every conference home football game (excluding those on the network broadcast package).
ESPN and ESPN2 will televise an extensive schedule of 20 games annually, ESPNU will add an exclusive package of SEC football for the first time, including a Saturday game of the week (generally in primetime); ESPN Regional Television will become the official over-the-air syndication home for the SEC and feature a game of the week; ESPN360.com and ESPN Mobile TV will provide live national simulcasts; and ESPN GamePlan, ESPN’s out-of-market college football pay-per-view service, will offer SEC action outside the local territory from the syndicated and regional cable packages.
Weekly Windows
The networks will offer an extensive schedule of games each Saturday as well as matchups every Thursday and Friday and on select Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Sundays. Highlights include:
- ESPN on ABC: ESPN on ABC’s Saturday Night Football Presented by Southwest Airlines, broadcast television’s first-ever weekly college football primetime series, will highlight the network’s 44th season of college football coverage with showdowns between top programs every Saturday at 8 p.m. (except Sept. 12 and Oct. 17). The series will kickoff with Alabama vs. Virginia Tech in a showdown of top power programs from Atlanta, Ga. September 5. In addition to Saturday Night Football, ABC will continue to broadcast top matchups every Saturday at 3:30 p.m. and select Saturdays at noon involving teams from the Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-10, ACC and BIG EAST.
- Last year’s Saturday night series -- the highest rated and most-viewed college football window on television – averaged a 4.9 rating, 5,651,000 households and 8,001,000 total viewers for increases of 20 percent (vs. 4.1), 22 percent (vs. 4,644,000) and 24 percent (vs. 6,442,000) over the previous year.
- Saturdays on ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU: ESPNU’s Saturday schedule will be highlighted by an exclusive SEC primetime game for the first time (generally at 7 p.m.). On most Saturdays, ESPN will offer a noon and 7:45 p.m. game, ESPN2 a noon and 7 p.m. telecast, and a “reverse mirror” (see below) of ABC’s 3:30 p.m. split national broadcast on ESPN or ESPN2, while ESPNU will offer four telecasts generally at noon, 3:30 p.m., 7 p.m. and 10:30 p.m.
- Weekdays: In addition to a weekly Friday primetime series on ESPN or ESPN2, the networks will offer games on select Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Sundays throughout the season.
- “Reverse Mirrors”: As many as 11 Saturday afternoon windows will feature ABC’s split national telecasts offered regionally on ESPN or ESPN2 and ESPN360.com to markets that are getting another game on ABC.
Thursday Night Firsts
ESPN’s highly-rated Thursday night series will originate from two new venues this year: the University of North Carolina (vs. Florida State, Oct. 22) and Oregon (vs. Oregon State in the annual Civil War Game, Dec. 3). The three Big 12 home games will mark the most for the conference on an ESPN Thursday night telecast in a season and the first for Missouri since 1992 and Oklahoma State since 1996.
In addition to ESPN, ESPNU will air a weekly Thursday night game. Both will generally begin at 7:30 p.m. For the second consecutive year, every ESPN telecast will feature a team from one of the six BCS automatic qualifying conferences. The schedule will be highlighted by a season-opening doubleheader pitting South Carolina at N.C. State followed by Oregon at Boise State (Sept. 3); Ole Miss, the only team to defeat eventual National Champion Florida last year, at South Carolina (Sept. 24); and Texas at Texas A&M on Thanksgiving for the second straight year (Nov. 26).
ESPN360.com, ESPN Radio, ESPN Mobile TV, ESPN Regional Television, ESPN GamePlan and ESPN Classic
ESPN will provide extensive coverage across multiple platforms in addition to a regular time slots on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU.
- ESPN360.com: In addition to approximately 40 exclusive games, ESPN360.com, ESPN’s signature broadband network, will offer simulcasts of every ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Classic and ABC split national telecast, and every GamePlan pay-per-view game.
- ESPN Radio: ESPN Radio, ESPN’s national radio network – with more than 750 non-duplicative stations reaching more than 20 million listeners – will broadcast a weekly game as well as a minimum of 14 post-season bowl games.
- ESPN Mobile TV: For the third year, ESPN Mobile TV, ESPN’s first 24/7 channel for wireless platforms available on MediaFLO USA’s mobile entertainment service FLO TV and on multiple carriers via MobiTV, will simulcast approximately five games a week from ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN Classic. In addition to live game coverage, ESPN Mobile TV will provide highlights, news and updates via ESPNEWS and other news and information programming.
- ESPN Regional Television: the nation’s largest syndicator of collegiate sports programming and the new syndication home for the SEC will produce more than 40 games from the SEC, BIG EAST, MAC and WAC.
- ESPN GamePlan: ESPN’s outermarket pay-per-view service will offer season-long action including 10 unique games each week.
- ESPN Classic: The network will televise select games throughout the season.
High Definition
Every ABC, ESPN and ESPN2 game and every live Thursday and Saturday ESPNU telecast will be provided in high definition on ABC HD, ESPN HD, ESPN2 HD and ESPNU HD, respectively. This marks the first year every game in the split national window on ABC will be produced in high definition. ESPN, ESPN2 and the majority of ABC telecasts have been produced in high definition since 2006 while ESPNU has offered its Thursday and Saturday games since 2008.
Every Corner Covered Through ESPN and ABC Outlets
In addition to game coverage, ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN360.com, ESPN Regional Television, ESPN Classic, ESPN Radio and ESPN Mobile TV will provide news and features throughout the season, including those on popular studio programs College GameDay Built by The Home Depot, the daily College Football Live, College Football Final and College Football Countdown. ESPN’s multiple media outlets -- ESPN.com, ESPNEWS, ESPN MVP on Verizon and ESPN The Magazine – will also offer extensive season-long coverage.
For the third consecutive year, ESPN will be the only network to offer coverage of home games from all six of the BCS automatic qualifying conferences (SEC, Big Ten, ACC, BIG EAST, Pac-10 and Big 12) in addition to the MAC, WAC, Conference USA and Sun Belt. ESPN will also televise road games featuring Notre Dame and teams from the Mountain West Conference.
Story-Line Games to Watch/Listen to (from Games Already Selected)
Game
Network, Date and Time (ET) |
Storyline |
Oregon at Boise St.
ESPN / ESPN360.com, Thu., Sept. 3, at 10:15 p.m. |
Defending WAC champion Boise State finished last year’s regular season undefeated, including a 37-32 victory over Oregon which finished at 10-3. |
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Dick's Sporting Goods Cowboys Classic Presented By Hampton Hotels: Oklahoma vs. BYU (From Cowboys Stadium)
ESPN / ESPN360.com, Sat., Sept. 5, at 7 p.m. |
First college football game from new Dallas Cowboys stadium features second meeting ever between perennial powers. BYU won the first 31-6 in the 1994 Copper Bowl. |
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Alabama vs. Virginia Tech (Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game Presented By Southwest Airlines from Atlanta)
ABC / ESPN Radio, Sat., Sept. 5 at 8 p.m. |
SEC power Alabama, which returns to open the season at the Georgia Dome following 34-10 victory over Clemson last year, takes on defending ACC Champion Virginia Tech. |
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Grambling St. vs. South Carolina St. (from Orlando, The MEAC•SWAC Challenge)
ESPN2 / ESPN360.com, Sun., Sept. 6, at
2 p.m. |
Fifth annual event pits MEAC defending champion South Carolina State against 2008 SWAC title winner Grambling State for the first time since 1994. |
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Miami at Florida State
ESPN / ESPN360.com, Mon., Sept. 7, at
8 p.m. |
Special Monday night college football telecast (one week before ESPN’s Monday Night Football kickoff) marks the first time the intrastate ACC rivals have played on Labor Day since 2006, which was ESPN’s most-viewed college football game ever – regular-and post-season -- with 6,330,000 households (based on a 6.9 rating). |
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USC at Ohio St.
ESPN / ESPN360.com, Sat., Sept. 12, at
8 p.m. |
USC defeated Ohio State 35-3 last year in Los Angeles, their sixth consecutive win against the Buckeyes. |
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Utah at Oregon
ESPN / ESPN360.com, Sat., Sept. 19, at 3:30 p.m. |
Perennial Pac-10 power Oregon goes from defending WAC champion Boise State in the opening weekend to defending MWC champion Utah, the only undefeated Division I team last year. |
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Texas Tech at Texas
ABC, Sat., Sept. 19, at 8 p.m. |
Last season’s thrilling matchup featured Texas Tech defeating then-#1 Texas on a last-second touchdown pass, giving Texas its only loss of the season. |
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Ole Miss at South Carolina
ESPN / ESPN360.com, Thu., Sept. 24, at 7:30 p.m. |
Heisman Trophy candidate QB Jevan Snead leads Ole Miss, an early favorite to compete for the SEC title, against South Carolina, led by legendary coach Steve Spurrier. |
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Iowa at Penn St.
ABC or ESPN, Sat., Sept. 26, at 8 p.m. |
Iowa, which has won six of the past seven games against Penn State, was the only team to beat the Nittany Lions in the regular season last year with a 24-23 victory on a last-second field goal. |
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Oklahoma vs. Texas (from Dallas, Texas)
ABC, Sat., Oct. 17, at noon |
Texas has won three of last four against Oklahoma, including a 45-35 victory over last year’s National Championship Game squad. Heisman Trophy-winning QB Sam Bradford will lead Oklahoma while Heisman Trophy runner-up QB Colt McCoy will lead Texas. |
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Oregon St. at USC
ABC, ESPN or ESPN2,
Sat., Oct. 24, at 8 p.m. |
Oregon State handed USC its only loss of the season last year with a 27-21 victory in Corvallis. USC went on to defeat Penn State 38-24 in the Rose Bowl Game while Oregon State beat Pittsburgh 3-0 in the Sun Bowl. |
Other Top Matchups (From Games Already Selected)
Date |
Time |
Game |
Network |
Sat., Sept. 5 |
3:30 p.m. ET |
Georgia at Oklahoma State |
ABC and ESPN2 |
|
3:30 p.m. ET |
Missouri vs. Illinois (from St. Louis) |
ESPN / ESPN360.com |
Sat., Sept. 12 |
noon ET |
Fresno State at Wisconsin |
ESPN or ESPN2 / ESPN360.com |
|
3:30 p.m. ET |
Notre Dame at Michigan |
ABC |
|
4 p.m. |
UCLA at Tennessee |
ESPN / ESPN360.com |
|
7 p.m. ET |
South Carolina at Georgia |
ESPN2 / ESPN360.com |
Sat., Sept. 19 |
noon ET |
East Carolina at North Carolina |
ESPN or ESPN2 / ESPN360.com |
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Nebraska at Virginia Tech |
ABC / ESPN360.com |
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Arizona at Iowa |
ABC / ESPN360.com |
Fri., Sept. 25 |
9 p.m. ET |
Missouri at Nevada |
ESPN / ESPN360.com |
Sat., Sept. 26 |
8 p.m. ET |
Notre Dame at Purdue |
ABC or ESPN |
|
9:15 p.m. ET |
Texas Tech at Houston |
ESPN2 / ESPN360.com |
Sat., Oct. 3 |
TBD |
Oklahoma at Miami |
ESPN Radio |
Thu., Oct. 8 |
9 p.m. ET |
Nebraska at Missouri |
ESPN / ESPN360.com |
Fri., Oct. 9 |
9 p.m. ET |
Louisiana Tech at Nevada |
ESPN / ESPN360.com |
Sat., Oct. 17 |
TBD |
Virginia Tech at Georgia Tech |
ESPN Radio |
Fri., Oct. 30 |
8 p.m. ET |
West Virginia at South Florida |
ESPN2 / ESPN360.com |
Thu., Nov. 5 |
7:30 p.m. ET |
Virginia Tech at East Carolina |
ESPN / ESPN360.com |
Thu., Dec. 3 |
9 p.m. ET |
Oregon State at Oregon |
ESPN / ESPN360.com |
Sat., Dec. 5 |
TBD |
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh |
ABC, ESPN or ESPN2 |
2009 ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN360.com, ESPN Classic, ESPN Mobile TV and ESPN Radio College Football Schedule
Note: All ABC split national, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN Classic games will be simulcast on ESPN360.com.
(ESPN Mobile TV schedule will be determined as season progresses; schedule subject to change;
windows may be added as the season progresses)
Date |
Time (ET) |
Game |
Network |
Thu., Sept. 3 |
7 p.m. ET |
South Carolina at N.C. State |
ESPN / ESPN360.com / ESPN Mobile TV |
|
7:30 p.m. ET |
North Texas at Ball State |
ESPNU |
|
10:15 p.m. ET |
Oregon at Boise State |
ESPN / ESPN360.com / ESPN Mobile TV |
Fri., Sept. 4 |
8 p.m. ET |
Tulsa at Tulane |
ESPN / ESPN360.com / ESPN Mobile TV |
Sat., Sept. 5 |
noon ET |
Navy at Ohio State |
ESPN / ESPN360.com / ESPN Mobile TV |
|
noon ET |
Minnesota at Syracuse |
ESPN2 / ESPN360.com |
|
noon ET |
Kentucky vs. Miami (Ohio) [From Cincinnati] |
ESPNU |
|
1 p.m. ET |
Jacksonville State at Georgia Tech |
ESPN360.com |
|
2 p.m. ET |
Northeastern at Boston College |
ESPN360.com |
|
3:30 p.m. ET |
Georgia at Oklahoma State |
ABC / ESPN360.com |
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Western Michigan at Michigan * |
ABC / ESPN360.com |
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Baylor at Wake Forest * |
ABC / ESPN360.com |
|
3:30 p.m. ET |
Reverse Mirror of ABC * |
ESPN2 / ESPN360.com |
|
3:30 p.m. ET |
Jackson State at Mississippi State |
ESPNU |
|
3:30 p.m. ET |
Missouri vs. Illinois |
ESPN / ESPN360.com / ESPN Mobile TV |
|
6 p.m. ET |
Middle Tennessee at Clemson |
ESPN360.com |
|
6 p.m. ET |
William & Mary at Virginia |
ESPN360.com |
|
6 p.m. ET |
The Citadel at North Carolina |
ESPN360.com |
|
7 p.m. ET |
Dick's Sporting Goods Cowboys Classic Presented By Hampton Hotels: Oklahoma vs. BYU (From Cowboys Stadium) |
ESPN / ESPN360.com / ESPN Radio / ESPN Mobile TV |
|
7 p.m. ET |
Louisiana Tech at Auburn |
ESPNU |
|
8 p.m. ET |
Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game Presented By Southwest Airlines: Alabama vs. Virginia Tech (from Atlanta) |
ABC / ESPN Radio |
|
10 p.m. ET |
Maryland at California |
ESPN2 / ESPN360.com |
|
10:30 p.m. ET |
LSU at Washington |
ESPN / ESPN360.com / ESPN Mobile TV |
|
10:30 p.m. ET |
Prairie View A&M at Texas Southern ^ |
ESPNU |
Sun., Sept. 6 |
2 p.m. ET |
Grambling State vs. South Carolina St. (from Orlando, The MEAC•SWAC Challenge) |
ESPN2 / ESPN360.com |
|
3:30 p.m. ET |
Mississippi at Memphis |
ESPN / ESPN360.com / ESPN Mobile TV |
Mon., Sept. 7 |
4 p.m. ET |
Cincinnati at Rutgers |
ESPN / ESPN360.com / ESPN Mobile TV |
|
8 p.m. ET |
Miami at Florida State |
ESPN / ESPN360.com / ESPN Mobile TV |
Thu., Sept. 10 |
7:30 p.m. ET |
Clemson at Georgia Tech |
ESPN / ESPN360.com / ESPN Mobile TV |
|
7:30 p.m. ET |
Florida A&M at Winston-Salem State |
ESPNU |
Fri. Sept. 11 |
9 p.m. ET |
Colorado at Toledo |
ESPN / ESPN360.com / ESPN Mobile TV |
Sat., Sept. 12 |
noon ET |
Fresno State at Wisconsin |
ESPN or ESPN2 / ESPN360.com |
|
noon ET |
Central Michigan at Michigan State |
ESPN or ESPN2 / ESPN360.com |
|
noon ET |
North Carolina at Connecticut |
ESPNU |
|
1:30 p.m. ET |
Marshall at Virginia Tech |
ESPN360.com |
|
2 p.m. ET |
Kent State at Boston College |
ESPN360.com |
|
3:30 p.m. ET |
Notre Dame at Michigan |
ABC |
|
3:30 p.m. ET |
BYU at Tulane |
ESPN2 / ESPN360.com |
|
3:30 p.m. ET |
TCU at Virginia |
ESPNU |
|
4 p.m. ET |
UCLA at Tennessee |
ESPN / ESPN360.com / ESPN Mobile TV |
|
6 p.m. ET |
Jacksonville State at Florida State |
ESPN360.com |
|
7 p.m. ET |
South Carolina at Georgia |
ESPN2 / ESPN360.com / ESPN Radio |
|
7 p.m. ET |
Vanderbilt at LSU |
ESPNU |
|
8 p.m. ET |
USC at Ohio State |
ESPN / ESPN360.com / ESPN Mobile TV |
|
10:30 p.m. ET |
Utah at San Jose State |
ESPNU |
Thu., Sept. 17 |
7:30 p.m. ET |
Georgia Tech at Miami |
ESPN / ESPN360.com / ESPN Mobile TV |
|
7:30 p.m. ET |
Howard at Florida A&M |
ESPNU |
Fri., Sept. 18 |
9 p.m. ET |
Boise State at Fresno State |
ESPN / ESPN360.com |
Sat., Sept. 19 |
noon ET |
East Carolina at North Carolina |
ESPN or ESPN2 / ESPN360.com |
|
noon ET |
California at Minnesota |
ESPN or ESPN2 / ESPN360.com |
|
noon ET |
Louisville at Kentucky |
ESPNU |
|
3:30 p.m. ET |
USC at Washington |
ABC / ESPN360.com |
|
|
Nebraska at Virginia Tech * |
ABC / ESPN360.com |
|
|
Arizona at Iowa * |
ABC / ESPN360.com |
|
|
Reverse Mirror of ABC: Nebraska at Virginia Tech and Arizona at Iowa |
ESPN2 / ESPN360.com |
|
3:30 p.m. ET |
Utah at Oregon |
ESPN / ESPN360.com / ESPN Mobile TV |
|
3:30 p.m. ET |
Indiana at Akron |
ESPNU |
|
3:30 p.m. ET |
Middle Tennessee at Maryland |
ESPN360.com |
|
6 p.m. ET |
Navy at Pittsburgh |
ESPN360.com |
|
7 p.m. ET |
Louisiana-Lafayette at LSU |
ESPNU |
|
7:45 p.m. ET |
Georgia at Arkansas |
ESPN or ESPN2 / ESPN360.com |
|
7:45 p.m. ET |
West Virginia at Auburn |
ESPN or ESPN2 / ESPN360.com / ESPN Radio |
|
8 p.m. ET |
Texas Tech at Texas |
ABC |
|
10:30 p.m. ET |
Hampton at North Carolina A&T ^ |
ESPNU |
Thu., Sept. 24 |
7:30 p.m. ET |
Mississippi at South Carolina |
ESPN / ESPN360.com / ESPN Mobile TV |
Fri., Sept. 25 |
9 p.m. ET |
Missouri at Nevada |
ESPN / ESPN360.com / ESPN Mobile TV |
Sat., Sept. 26 |
noon ET |
TBD |
ESPN / ESPN360.com |
|
noon ET |
TBD |
ESPN2 / ESPN360.com |
|
noon ET |
TBD |
ESPNU |
|
3:30 p.m. ET |
California at Oregon |
ABC / ESPN360.com |
|
|
TBD |
ABC / ESPN360.com |
|
|
TBD |
ABC / ESPN360.com |
|
3:30 p.m. ET |
Reverse Mirror of ABC * |
ESPN / ESPN360.com |
|
3:30 p.m. ET |
TBD |
ESPNU |
|
6 p.m. ET |
TBD |
ESPN2 / ESPN360.com |
|
7 p.m. ET |
TBD |
ESPNU |
|
8 p.m. ET |
Notre Dame at Purdue |
ABC or ESPN ** |
|
8 p.m. ET |
Iowa at Penn State |
ABC or ESPN ** |
|
9:15 p.m. ET |
Texas Tech at Houston |
ESPN2 / ESPN360.com |
|
10:30 p.m. ET |
TBD ^ |
ESPNU |
|
TBD |
Miami at Virginia Tech |
ESPN Radio |
Wed., Sept. 30 |
8 p.m. ET |
Hawaii at Louisiana Tech |
ESPN2 / ESPN360.com |
Thu., Oct. 1 |
7:30 p.m. ET |
Colorado at West Virginia |
ESPN / ESPN360.com |
|
|
Alcorn State at Arkansas-Pine Bluff |
ESPNU |
Fri., Oct. 2 |
8 p.m. ET |
Pittsburgh at Louisville |
ESPN2 / ESPN360.com |
Sat., Oct. 3 |
noon ET |
TBD |
ESPN / ESPN360.com |
|
noon ET |
TBD |
ESPN2 / ESPN360.com |
|
noon ET |
TBD |
ESPNU |
|
noon ET |
TBD |
ESPN Classic / ESPN360.com |
|
3:30 p.m. ET |
TBD |
ABC / ESPN360.com |
|
|
TBD * |
ABC / ESPN360.com |
|
|
TBD * |
ABC / ESPN360.com |
|
3:30 p.m. ET |
Reverse Mirror of ABC * |
ESPN / ESPN360.com |
|
3:30 p.m. ET |
TBD |
ESPNU |
|
7 p.m. ET |
TBD |
ESPNU |
|
7:30 p.m. ET |
TBD |
ESPN2 / ESPN360.com |
|
7:45 p.m. ET |
TBD |
ESPN / ESPN360.com |
|
8 p.m. ET |
USC at California |
ABC / ESPN360.com |
|
|
TBD |
ABC / ESPN360.com |
|
10:30 p.m. ET |
TBD |
ESPNU |
|
TBD |
Oklahoma at Miami |
ESPN Radio |
Tue., Oct. 6 |
8 p.m. ET |
Middle Tennessee at Troy |
ESPN2 / ESPN360.com |
Thu., Oct. 8 |
7 p.m. ET |
Colgate at Princeton |
ESPNU |
|
9 p.m. ET |
Nebraska at Missouri |
ESPN / ESPN360.com |
Fri., Oct. 9 |
9 p.m. ET |
Louisiana Tech at Nevada |
ESPN / ESPN360.com |
Sat., Oct. 10 |
noon ET |
TBD |
ESPN / ESPN360.com |
|
noon ET |
TBD |
ESPN2 / ESPN360.com |
|
noon ET |
TBD |
ESPNU |
|
noon ET |
TBD |
ESPN Classic / ESPN360.com |
|
3:30 p.m. ET |
TBD |
ABC / ESPN360.com |
|
|
TBD * |
ABC / ESPN360.com |
|
|
TBD * |
ABC / ESPN360.com |
|
3:30 p.m. ET |
Reverse Mirror of ABC * |
ESPN / ESPN360.com |
|
3:30 p.m. ET |
TBD |
ESPNU |
|
7 p.m. ET |
TBD |
ESPNU |
|
7:30 p.m. ET |
TBD |
ESPN2 / ESPN360.com |
|
7:45 p.m. ET |
TBD |
ESPN / ESPN360.com |
|
8 p.m. ET |
Michigan at Iowa |
ABC, ESPN or ESPN2 / ESPN360.com |
|
|
TBD |
ABC / ESPN360.com |
|
10:30 p.m. ET |
TBD |
ESPNU |
|
TBD |
Auburn at Arkansas |
ESPN Radio |
Tue., Oct. 13 |
8 p.m. ET |
Arkansas State at Louisiana-Monroe |
ESPN2 / ESPN360.com |
Wed., Oct. 14 |
8 p.m. ET |
Boise State at Tulsa |
ESPN / ESPN360.com |
Thu., Oct. 15 |
7:30 p.m. ET |
Cincinnati at South Florida |
ESPN / ESPN360.com |
|
|
Howard at Morgan State |
ESPNU |
Fri., Oct. 16 |
8 p.m. ET |
Pittsburgh at Rutgers |
ESPN / ESPN360.com |
Sat., Oct. 17 |
noon ET |
Oklahoma vs. Texas (from Dallas, Texas) |
ABC |
|
noon ET |
TBD |
ESPN / ESPN360.com |
|
noon ET |
TBD |
ESPN2 / ESPN360.com |
|
noon ET |
TBD |
ESPNU |
|
3:30 p.m. ET |
TBD |
ABC / ESPN360.com |
|
|
TBD * |
ABC / ESPN360.com |
|
|
TBD * |
ABC / ESPN360.com |
|
3:30 p.m. ET |
Reverse Mirror of ABC * |
ESPN / ESPN360.com |
|
3:30 p.m. ET |
TBD |
ESPNU |
|
6 p.m. ET |
TBD |
ESPN2 / ESPN360.com |
|
7 p.m. ET |
TBD |
ESPNU |
|
7:45 p.m. ET |
TBD |
ESPN / ESPN360.com |
|
9:15 p.m. ET |
TBD |
ESPN2 / ESPN360.com |
|
10:30 p.m. ET |
TBD |
ESPNU |
|
TBD |
Virginia Tech at Georgia Tech |
ESPN Radio |
Wed., Oct. 21 |
8 p.m. ET |
Tulsa at UTEP |
ESPN / ESPN360.com |
Thu., Oct. 22 |
7:30 p.m. ET |
Prairie View A&M at Southern |
ESPNU |
|
8 p.m. ET |
Florida State at North Carolina |
ESPN / ESPN360.com |
Fri., Oct. 23 |
8 p.m. ET |
Rutgers at Army |
ESPN2 / ESPN360.com |
Sat., Oct. 24 |
noon ET |
TBD |
ESPN / ESPN360.com |
|
noon ET |
TBD |
ESPN2 / ESPN360.com |
|
noon ET |
TBD |
ESPNU |
|
3:30 p.m. ET |
TBD |
ABC / ESPN360.com |
|
|
TBD * |
ABC / ESPN360.com |
|
|
TBD * |
ABC / ESPN360.com |
|
3:30 p.m. ET |
Reverse Mirror of ABC * |
ESPN / ESPN360.com |
|
3:30 p.m. ET |
TBD |
ESPNU |
|
7 p.m. ET |
TBD |
ESPNU |
|
7:30 p.m. ET |
TBD |
ESPN2 / ESPN360.com |
|
7:45 p.m. ET |
TBD |
ESPN / ESPN360.com |
|
8 p.m. ET |
Oregon State at USC |
ABC, ESPN or ESPN2 ** |
|
|
TBD |
ABC / ESPN360.com |
|
10:30 p.m. ET |
TBD |
ESPNU |
|
TBD |
Clemson at Miami |
ESPN Radio |
Tue., Oct. 27 |
8 p.m. ET |
East Carolina at Memphis |
ESPN2 / ESPN360.com |
Thu., Oct. 29 |
7:30 p.m. ET |
North Carolina at Virginia Tech |
ESPN / ESPN360.com |
Fri., Oct. 30 |
8 p.m. ET |
West Virginia at South Florida |
ESPN2 / ESPN360.com |
Sat. Oct. 31 |
noon ET |
TBD |
ESPN / ESPN360.com |
|
noon ET |
TBD |
ESPN2 / ESPN360.com |
|
noon ET |
TBD |
ESPNU |
|
3:30 p.m. ET |
TBD |
ABC / ESPN360.com |
|
|
Michigan at Illinois * |
ABC / ESPN360.com |
|
|
TBD * |
ABC / ESPN360.com |
|
3:30 p.m. ET |
Reverse Mirror of ABC * |
ESPN2 / ESPN360.com |
|
3:30 p.m. ET |
TBD |
ESPNU |
|
4:30 p.m. ET |
Penn State at Northwestern |
ESPN or ESPN2 / ESPN360.com |
|
7 p.m. ET |
TBD |
ESPNU |
|
8 p.m. ET |
USC at Oregon |
ABC, ESPN or ESPN2 ** |
|
8 p.m. ET |
TBD |
ESPN / ESPN360.com |
|
8 p.m. ET |
TBD |
ESPN2 / ESPN360.com |
|
10:30 p.m. ET |
TBD |
ESPNU |
|
TBD |
Ole Miss at Auburn |
ESPN Radio |
Sun., Nov. 1 |
8:15 p.m. ET |
Marshall at UCF |
ESPN / ESPN360.com |
Tue., Nov. 3 |
7 p.m. ET |
Bowling Green at Buffalo |
ESPN2 / ESPN360.com |
Thu, Nov. 5 |
7:30 p.m. ET |
Virginia Tech at East Carolina |
ESPN / ESPN360.com |
Fri., Nov. 6 |
8 p.m. ET |
Boise State at Louisiana Tech |
ESPN2 / ESPN360.com |
Sat., Nov. 7 |
noon ET |
TBD |
ESPN / ESPN360.com |
|
noon ET |
TBD |
ESPNU |
|
3:30 p.m. ET |
TBD |
ABC / ESPN360.com |
|
|
TBD * |
ABC / ESPN360.com |
|
|
TBD * |
ABC / ESPN360.com |
|
3:30 p.m. ET |
Reverse Mirror of ABC * |
ESPN2 / ESPN360.com |
|
3:30 p.m. ET |
TBD |
ESPNU |
|
7 p.m. ET |
TBD |
ESPN2 / ESPN360.com |
|
7 p.m. ET |
TBD |
ESPNU |
|
8 p.m. ET |
USC at Arizona State |
ABC, ESPN or ESPN2 / ESPN Radio ** |
|
8 p.m. ET |
TBD |
ESPN / ESPN360.com |
|
10:30 p.m. ET |
TBD |
ESPNU |
Sun., Nov. 8 |
8:15 p.m. ET |
Nevada at San Jose State |
ESPN / ESPN360.com |
Tue., Nov. 10 |
7 p.m. ET |
Ohio at Buffalo |
ESPN2 / ESPN360.com |
Wed., Nov. 11 |
8 p.m. ET |
Toledo at Central Michigan |
ESPN2 / ESPN360.com |
Thu., Nov. 12 |
6 p.m. ET |
TBD |
ESPNU |
|
7:30 p.m. ET |
South Florida at Rutgers |
ESPN / ESPN360.com |
|
9 p.m. ET |
Texas Southern at Grambling State |
ESPNU |
Fri., Nov. 13 |
8 p.m. ET |
West Virginia at Cincinnati |
ESPN2 / ESPN360.com |
|
8 p.m. ET |
Temple at Akron |
ESPNU |
Sat., Nov. 14 |
noon ET |
TBD |
ESPN / ESPN360.com |
|
noon ET |
TBD |
ESPN2 / ESPN360.com |
|
noon ET |
TBD |
ESPNU |
|
noon ET |
TBD |
ESPN Classic / ESPN360.com |
|
3:30 p.m. ET |
TBD |
ABC / ESPN360.com |
|
|
TBD * |
ABC / ESPN360.com |
|
|
TBD * |
ABC / ESPN360.com |
|
3:30 p.m. ET |
TBD – reverse mirror * |
ESPN / ESPN360.com |
|
3:30 p.m. ET |
TBD |
ESPNU |
|
7 p.m. ET |
TBD |
ESPNU |
|
7:30 p.m. ET |
TBD |
ESPN2 / ESPN360.com |
|
7:45 p.m. ET |
TBD |
ESPN / ESPN360.com |
|
8 p.m. ET |
TBD |
ABC |
|
10:30 p.m. ET |
TBD |
ESPNU |
|
TBD |
Notre Dame at Pittsburgh |
ABC, ESPN or ESPN2 ** |
|
TBD |
Florida at South Carolina |
ESPN Radio |
Sun., Nov. 15 |
8:15 p.m. ET |
East Carolina at Tulsa |
ESPN / ESPN360.com |
Wed., Nov. 18 |
6 or 8 p.m. ET |
Central Michigan at Ball State |
ESPNU or ESPN2 / ESPN360.com |
|
6 or 8 p.m. ET |
Buffalo at Miami (Ohio) |
ESPNU or ESPN2 / ESPN360.com |
Thu., Nov. 19 |
6:30 p.m. ET |
Tennessee State at Eastern Illinois |
ESPNU |
|
7:30 p.m. ET |
Colorado at Oklahoma State |
ESPN / ESPN360.com |
Fri., Nov. 20 |
5:30 p.m. ET |
Akron at Bowling Green |
ESPNU |
|
9:30 p.m. ET |
Boise State at Utah State |
ESPN2 / ESPN360.com |
Sat., Nov. 21 |
noon ET |
TBD |
ABC |
|
noon ET |
TBD |
ESPN / ESPN360.com |
|
noon ET |
TBD |
ESPN2 / ESPN360.com |
|
noon ET |
TBD |
ESPNU |
|
2:30 p.m. ET |
Bethune-Cookman vs. Florida A&M (Florida Classic from Orlando) |
ESPN Classic / ESPN360.com |
|
3:30 p.m. ET |
TBD |
ABC / ESPN360.com |
|
|
TBD * |
ABC / ESPN360.com |
|
|
TBD * |
ABC / ESPN360.com |
|
3:30 p.m. ET |
Reverse Mirror of ABC * |
ESPN / ESPN360.com |
|
3:30 p.m. ET |
TBD |
ESPNU |
|
7 p.m. ET |
TBD |
ESPNU |
|
7:30 p.m. ET |
TBD |
ESPN2 / ESPN360.com |
|
7:45 p.m. ET |
TBD |
ESPN / ESPN360.com |
|
8 p.m. ET |
TBD |
ABC |
|
10:30 p.m. ET |
TBD |
ESPNU |
|
TBD |
North Carolina at Boston College |
ESPN Radio |
Tue., Nov. 24 |
7 p.m. ET |
Ball State at Western Michigan |
ESPN2 / ESPN360.com |
Thur., Nov. 26 |
4 p.m. ET |
Tuskegee at Alabama State |
ESPNU |
|
8 p.m. ET |
Texas at Texas A&M |
ESPN / ESPN360.com |
Fri., Nov. 27 |
2:30 p.m. ET |
Alabama at Auburn |
ESPN Radio |
|
3:30 p.m. ET |
Nebraska at Colorado |
ABC |
|
TBD |
Rutgers at Louisville |
ABC, ESPN or ESPN2 ** |
|
TBD |
Illinois at Cincinnati |
ABC, ESPN or ESPN2 ** |
|
TBD |
Pittsburgh at West Virginia |
ABC, ESPN or ESPN2 ** |
|
TBD |
TBD |
ESPNU |
|
TBD |
TBD |
ESPN360.com |
|
TBD |
Nevada at Boise State |
ESPN2 / ESPN360.com |
Sat., Nov. 28 |
noon ET |
TBD |
ESPN / ESPN360.com |
|
noon ET |
TBD |
ESPN2 / ESPN360.com |
|
3:30 p.m. ET |
TBD |
ABC / ESPN360.com |
|
|
TBD |
ABC / ESPN360.com |
|
|
TBD |
ABC / ESPN360.com |
|
3:30 p.m. ET |
TBD |
ESPN / ESPN360.com |
|
3:30 p.m. ET |
TBD |
ESPNU |
|
7 p.m. ET |
TBD |
ESPNU |
|
7:45 p.m. ET |
TBD |
ESPN / ESPN360.com |
|
7:45 p.m. ET |
TBD |
ESPN2 / ESPN360.com |
|
8 p.m. ET |
Notre Dame at Stanford |
ABC / ESPN360.com |
|
|
TBD |
ABC / ESPN360.com |
|
10 p.m. ET |
UCLA at USC |
ESPN Radio |
|
10:30 p.m. ET |
TBD |
ESPNU |
Thu., Dec. 3 |
9 p.m. ET |
Oregon State at Oregon |
ESPN / ESPN360.com |
Fri., Dec. 4 |
8 p.m. ET |
Marathon MAC Championship Game |
ESPN2 / ESPN360.com |
Sat., Dec. 5 |
2 p.m. ET |
Southern at Texas Southern |
ESPNU |
|
3:30 p.m. ET |
Arizona at USC |
ABC / ESPN Radio |
|
8 p.m. ET |
Dr Pepper Big 12 Championship Game |
ABC / ESPN Radio |
|
8 p.m. ET |
Dr Pepper ACC Championship Game |
ESPN / ESPN360.com |
|
TBD |
South Florida at Connecticut |
ABC, ESPN or ESPN2 ** |
|
TBD |
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh |
ABC, ESPN or ESPN2 ** |
|
TBD |
West Virginia at Rutgers |
ABC, ESPN or ESPN2 ** |
|
TBD |
Conference USA Championship Game |
ESPN or ESPN2 / ESPN360.com |
|
TBD |
Wisconsin at Hawaii |
ESPN or ESPN2 / ESPN360.com |
* Reverse mirror in which ESPN or ESPN2 will regionalize two games on ABC to markets no receiving the telecast
** Game not on ABC will be simulcast on ESPN360.com
^ Same-day delay
2009 COLLEGE FOOTBALL POST-SEASON SCHEDULE
Date |
Time |
Game |
Network |
Sat., Dec. 19 |
4:30 p.m. ET |
New Mexico Bowl |
ESPN / ESPN360.com / ESPN Radio |
|
8 p.m. ET |
St. Petersburg Bowl |
ESPN / ESPN360.com / ESPN Radio |
Sun., Dec 20 |
8:15 p.m. ET |
R&L Carriers New Orleans Bowl |
ESPN / ESPN360.com / ESPN Radio |
Tue., Dec. 22 |
8 p.m. ET |
MAACO Bowl Las Vegas |
ESPN / ESPN360.com |
Wed., Dec. 23 |
8 p.m. ET |
San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl |
ESPN / ESPN360.com / ESPN Radio |
Thu., Dec. 24 |
8 p.m. ET |
Sheraton Hawaii Bowl |
ESPN / ESPN360.com / ESPN Radio |
Sat., Dec. 26 |
1 p.m. ET |
Motor City Bowl |
ESPN / ESPN360.com |
|
4:30 p.m. ET |
Meineke Car Care Bowl |
ESPN / ESPN360.com |
|
8 p.m. ET |
Emerald Bowl |
ESPN / ESPN360.com / ESPN Radio |
Sun., Dec. 27 |
8:15 p.m. ET |
Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl |
ESPN / ESPN360.com |
Mon., Dec. 28 |
5 p.m. ET |
AdvoCare V100 Independence Bowl |
ESPN2 / ESPN360.com |
Tue., Dec. 29 |
4:30 p.m. ET |
EagleBank Bowl |
ESPN / ESPN360.com |
|
8 p.m. ET |
Champs Sports Bowl |
ESPN / ESPN360.com / ESPN Radio |
Wed., Dec. 30 |
4:30 p.m. ET |
Roady’s Humanitarian Bowl |
ESPN / ESPN360.com |
|
8 p.m. ET |
Pacific Life Holiday Bowl |
ESPN / ESPN360.com / ESPN Radio |
Thu., Dec. 31 |
noon ET |
Bell Helicopters Armed Forces Bowl |
ESPN / ESPN360.com / ESPN Radio |
|
3:30 p.m. ET |
Texas Bowl |
ESPN / ESPN360.com |
|
7:30 p.m. ET |
Chick-fil-A Bowl |
ESPN / ESPN360.com / ESPN Radio |
Fri., Jan. 1 |
11 a.m. ET |
Outback Bowl |
ESPN / ESPN360.com / ESPN Radio |
|
1 p.m. ET |
Capital One Bowl |
ABC |
|
4:30 p.m. ET |
Rose Bowl Game Presented by Citi |
ABC / ESPN Radio |
|
8:30 p.m. ET |
Allstate Sugar Bowl |
ESPN Radio |
Sat., Jan. 2 |
noon ET |
International Bowl |
ESPN2 / ESPN360.com |
|
2 p.m. ET |
Papajohns.com Bowl |
ESPN / ESPN360.com / ESPN Radio |
|
5:30 p.m. ET |
AutoZone Liberty Bowl |
ESPN / ESPN360.com / ESPN Radio |
|
9 p.m. ET |
Valero Alamo Bowl |
ESPN / ESPN360.com / ESPN Radio |
Mon., Jan. 4 |
8 p.m. ET |
Tostitos Fiesta Bowl |
ESPN Radio |
Tue., Jan. 5 |
8 p.m. ET |
FedEx Orange Bowl |
ESPN Radio |
Wed., Jan. 6 |
7 p.m. ET |
GMAC Bowl |
ESPN / ESPN360.com |
Thu., Jan. 7 |
8 p.m. ET |
Citi BCS National Championship Game |
ABC / ESPN Radio |
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