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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.

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.


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.

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.

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).


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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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



Nebraska at Virginia Tech
ABC / ESPN360.com



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



Western Michigan at Michigan *
ABC / ESPN360.com



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