ESPN’s college football “Championship Week” schedule will include games with conference championship and bowl bid implications, highlighted by five matchups in which the winning team will win the conference title.
- ESPN’s Thursday prime-time telecast on November 29 will pit Louisville at Rutgers in a BIG EAST matchup at 7:30 p.m. Rutgers will win the conference with a victory over Louisville. ABC will also televise Cincinnati at Connecticut on Saturday, Dec. 1, at 3:30 p.m. If Louisville and Cincinnati win and create a four-way tie for the championship, the higher-ranked team in the BCS Standings between Louisville and Rutgers will receive the conference’s BCS berth. The highest-ranked team in the BCS Standings between Louisville, Rutgers and Syracuse will receive the BCS bid with a Louisville and Connecticut victory.
- ESPN2 and ESPN Radio will each offer a conference championship game on Friday, Nov. 30:
- ESPN2 will televise the Marathon MAC Football Championship, No. 21 Northern Illinois vs. No. 17 Kent State in a showdown of one-loss teams at 7 p.m. ET.
- ESPN Radio will broadcast No. 16 UCLA at No. 8 Stanford in the Pac-12 Championship Game at 8 p.m.
- The lineup for Saturday, Dec. 1, will include ACC and Conference USA championship games and a matchup between the top two teams of the Sun Belt:
- ESPN’s prime-time telecast will feature No. 13 Florida State vs. Georgia Tech in the Dr Pepper ACC Championship Game at 8 p.m.
- ESPN2 and ESPN 3D will televise Central Florida at Tulsa in a matchup of 9-3 teams in the Conference USA Championship Game at noon.
- ESPN3 will carry Middle Tennessee at Arkansas State in a matchup for the Sun Belt Conference title at 3 p.m. Both teams have an 8-3 overall and 6-1 in conference record.
- Additional games with conference and bowl implications on Saturday, Dec. 1:
- No. 6 Kansas State will host No. 18 Texas on the ABC Saturday Night Football Presented by Windows 8 broadcast at 8 p.m. One-loss Kansas State will clinch the Big 12 title and the conference’s automatic BCS berth with a win or a No. 11 Oklahoma loss. ESPN will televise Oklahoma at TCU Saturday, Dec. 1 at noon.
- ABC will also broadcast No. 20 Boise State at Nevada at 3:30 p.m. Boise State can clinch a share of the Mountain West Conference title with a win.
- ESPN3 will carry eight games from the Football Championship Subdivision quarterfinals on Saturday, Dec. 1.
ESPN, ABC, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3, ESPN 3D and ESPN Radio Schedule
| Date | Time (ET) | Game / Commentators | Network |
| Thu, Nov 29 | 7:30 p.m. | Louisville at Rutgers Rece Davis, Jesse Palmer, David Pollack & Samantha Steele |
ESPN |
| Fri, Nov 30 | 7 p.m. | Marathon MAC Football Championship: No. 21 Northern Illinois vs. No. 17 Kent State (from Detroit) Carter Blackburn, Rod Gilmore & Jemele Hill |
ESPN2 |
| 8 p.m. | Pac-12 Championship Game: No. 16 UCLA at No. 8 Stanford Bill Rosinski, David Norrie, Joe Schad |
ESPN Radio | |
| Sat, Dec 1 | Noon | No. 11 Oklahoma at TCU Joe Tessitore, Matt Millen & Shannon Spake |
ESPN |
| Noon | Conference USA Championship Game: UCF at Tulsa Dave Pasch, Brian Griese & Jenn Brown |
ESPN2 & ESPN 3D | |
| Noon | No. 23 Oklahoma State at Baylor Dave Lamont, Tom Ramsey, Ian Fitzsimmons |
ESPN Radio | |
| 2 p.m. | FCS Championship Second Round: New Hampshire at Wofford | ESPN3 | |
| 2 p.m. | FCS Championship Second Round: Coastal Carolina at Old Dominion | ESPN3 | |
| 2 p.m. | FCS Championship Second Round: Central Arkansas at Georgia Southern | ESPN3 | |
| 2 p.m. | FCS Championship Second Round: Illinois State at Appalachian State | ESPN3 | |
| 3 p.m. | Middle Tennessee at Arkansas State Brock Bowling & Cole Cubelic |
ESPN3 | |
| 3:30 p.m. | No. 20 Boise State at Nevada Mike Patrick, Ed Cunningham & Jeannine Edwards |
ABC & ESPN3 * | |
| Cincinnati at Connecticut Bob Wischusen, Danny Kanell & Maria Taylor |
ABC & ESPN3 * | ||
| 4 p.m. | FCS Championship Second Round: South Dakota State at North Dakota State | ESPN3 | |
| 4 p.m. | FCS Championship Second Round: Cal Poly at Sam Houston State | ESPN3 | |
| 6 p.m. | FCS Championship Second Round: Wagner at Eastern Washington | ESPN3 | |
| 7 p.m. | Pittsburgh at South Florida Mark Jones, Brock Huard & Quint Kessenich |
ESPN2 | |
| 7 p.m. | FCS Championship Second Round: Stony Brook at Montana State | ESPN3 | |
| 8 p.m. | No. 18 Texas at No. 6 Kansas State Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge & Holly Rowe |
ABC | |
| 8 p.m. | Dr Pepper ACC Championship Game: No. 13 Florida State vs. Georgia Tech (Charlotte) ESPN: Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit & Heather Cox Radio: Bill Rosinski, David Norrie, Joe Schad |
ESPN & ESPN Radio |
* Local blackout may apply
ESPN will use BCS Standings through the remainder of the season
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