This Week in ESPN College Sports:

•  Baseball: No. 1 Florida State, No. 1 Florida State, No. 1 Florida State
• Men’s Lacrosse: NCAA Championship Begins  
• Softball: Eight Conference Championships Across ESPN Networks
• This Week on ESPNU: All-Access Lacrosse
• College Football Live Roundtable Continues to Count Down the Preseason Top 20

Baseball: No. 1 Florida State, No. 1 Florida State, No. 1 Florida State

This weekend’s baseball schedule will showcase three No. 1 Florida State games, all against Clemson: Saturday, May 12 and Sunday, May 13, both at 6:30 p.m. on ESPN3; and as the ESPNU ACC Monday game on May 14, at 6 p.m.

ESPNU will also televise three games with one ranked team in each. Action begins with the Thursday Night SEC Baseball Game of the Week matchup pitting Auburn at No. 13 Arkansas on May 10, at 7:30 p.m.

Additional games:

Wake Forest at No. 21 Miami

(Friday at 8 p.m., ESPNU)

St. John’s at No. 23 Louisville

(Saturday at 11:30 a.m., ESPNU)

Men’s Lacrosse: NCAA Championship Begins  

The 16-team bracket for the NCAA Division I Men’s Lacrosse Championship Presented by Enterprise Rent-A-Car was unveiled exclusively Sunday on ESPNU with Loyola (Md.) earning the top seed in the field. Tournament play begins with Syracuse at No. 3 Duke in first-round action Saturday, May 12, featuring  at noon on ESPN and ESPN3. Defending national champion, No. 5 Virginia will host Princeton in Sunday’s opening first-round game at 1 p.m., also on ESPN and ESPN3. The remaining first-round games will be shown on ESPNU and ESPN3, highlighted by a match-up between perennial contenders Denver and No. 8 North Carolina on Saturday, May 12, at 7:30 p.m.

ESPN networks will provide exclusive coverage of all 15 games of the NCAA Championship for the sixth straight year. Telecasts will be in high definition across ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN3 beginning Saturday, May 12, and concluding with the national title game on Monday, May 28. Full Championship Schedule

First-Round Schedule

Saturday, May 12

Syracuse at No. 3 Duke

(Noon, ESPN/ESPN3)

Eamon McAnaney & Paul Carcaterra

Colgate at No. 6 Massachusetts

(2:30 p.m., ESPNU/ESPN3)

Joe Beninati & Jack Emmer

Canisius at No. 1 Loyola

(5 p.m., ESPNU/ESPN3)

Mike Corey & Mark Dixon

Denver at No. 8 North Carolina

(7:30 p.m., ESPNU/ESPN3)

Eamon McAnaney & Matt Ward

Sunday, May 13

Princeton at No. 5 Virginia

(1 p.m., ESPN/ESPN3)

Eamon McAnaney & Paul Carcaterra

Stony Brook at No. 2 Johns Hopkins

(3 p.m., ESPNU/ESPN3)

Mike Corey & Mark Dixon

Yale at No. 4 Notre Dame

(5:15 p.m., ESPNU/ESPN3)

John Brickley & Jamie Munro

Maryland at No. 7 Lehigh

7:30 p.m., ESPNU/ESPN3)

Joe Beninati & Ryan Boyle

Softball: Eight Conference Championships Across ESPN Networks

NCAA softball heads into a week of championships across ESPN networks with the SEC Softball Tournament Quarterfinals stepping to bat first on ESPNU Thursday, May 10, followed by the BIG EAST, ACC, Big South and SWAC over the weekend. In addition to the five Championships airing on ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU, ESPN3 will also carry the ACC Softball Championship Quarterfinals, Sun Belt, Southern, Missouri Valley and Southland title games.

After crowning five conference champions around the nation, ESPNU will close out the week with the network’s fifth annual NCAA Division I Softball Championship Selection Show presented by Capital One on Sunday, at 10 p.m., unveiling the 64-team field. Full Schedule

This Week on ESPNU: All-Access Lacrosse

On Tuesday and Wednesday, at 6:30 p.m. ESPNU will give viewers an exclusive look inside the Virginia men’s lacrosse team’s 2012 season with There and Back: All-Access with Virginia Lacrosse. The two half-hour shows explore the players, coaches and facilities that contribute to the team’s success on the field. The All-Access special features locker room moments, teams practices, strength training, team meals and bus rides throughout the season. Full Show Details

College Football Live Roundtable Continues to Count Down the Preseason Top 20

ESPN’s daily, half-hour College Football Live program (3:30 p.m., ESPN) will continue with its roundtable-style review of its preseason Top 20 with the next five schools ranked Nos. 15 through 11: No. 15 Stanford, No. 14 TCU, No. 13 Kansas State, No. 12 Michigan State, and No. 11 West Virginia. ESPN analysts Todd Blackledge, Kirk Herbstreit, Desmond Howard, Jesse Palmer, David Pollack and Robert Smith along with college football reporter Mark Schlabach, weigh in on each team’s strength of schedule, incoming freshman and returning players, as well as a hard look at conference play. Additional segments will appear on SportsCenter and ESPN.com.

This week’s College Football Live features analyst Ed Cunningham at the desk, while next week analyst Brock Huard will join the show.

Roundtable Photo Gallery

ESPN’s College Football Live preseason Top 20 poll results:

1. USC
2. LSU
3. Alabama
4. Oregon
5. Oklahoma
6. Georgia
7. Florida State
8. South Carolina
9. Arkansas
10. Michigan
11. West Virginia
12. Michigan State
13. Kansas State
14. TCU
15. Stanford
16. Wisconsin
17. Nebraska
18. Clemson
19. Virginia Tech
20. Ohio State

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