ESPN’s Week 9 college football schedule is built around a series of significant conference battles, with 17 ranked teams in action across the network’s platforms. The weekend’s marquee contest is set for primetime on ABC, with No. 3 Texas A&M traveling to Baton Rouge to face No. 20 LSU. The broadcast team of Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, and Holly Rowe will have the call for the SEC West showdown.
Before the action under the lights in Louisiana, ABC will feature a full day of SEC competition. The noon broadcast window opens with No. 8 Ole Miss visiting No. 13 Oklahoma, with Sean McDonough, Greg McElroy, and Molly McGrath assigned to the game. Following that, Joe Tessitore, Jesse Palmer, and Katie George will be in Columbia to call the matchup between No. 4 Alabama and South Carolina at 3:30 p.m.
The main ESPN channel has its own slate of ranked matchups. The network’s morning show, College GameDay Built by The Home Depot, will originate from Nashville ahead of a critical contest between No. 15 Missouri and No. 10 Vanderbilt. Bob Wischusen, Louis Riddick, and Kris Budden will call that game. Later in the evening, Stanford travels to face No. 9 Miami at 7 p.m.
Viewers will find several other key games across ESPN’s cable networks. ESPNU will feature the annual Dakota Marker rivalry game between North Dakota State and South Dakota State, a contest with major implications for the FCS title race. The SEC Network’s evening broadcast has No. 17 Tennessee at Kentucky, while the ACC Network will air a pair of games involving ranked teams: No. 16 Virginia at North Carolina and Boston College at No. 19 Louisville. The weekend’s national broadcast schedule begins Friday night when California visits Virginia Tech on ESPN.
