2010 ESPN college football TV schedule announced

By Kevin Kelley -

The 2010 ESPN College Football TV schedule was announced on Wednesday. This is a preliminary schedule, as more dates will be added leading up to and during the 2010 season.

In addition to broadcasting college football during the regular season, ESPN has acquired the rights to the BCS (Bowl Championship Series) starting in 2011. The network will broadcast the Fiesta, Orange and Sugar Bowl from 2011-2014 and the BCS title game from 2011 to 2013. The Rose Bowl will continue to be broadcast by ABC through 2014.

Listed below are the games that have been announced as of August 12, 2010:

Date ACC Time (ET) Network
Thu., Sept. 2 Presbyterian at Wake Forest 6:30 p.m. ESPN3.com
Thu., Sept. 2 Southern Miss at South Carolina 7:30 p.m. ESPN
Thu., Sept. 2 Florida A&M at Miami 7:30 p.m. ESPN3.com
Thu., Sept. 2 Norfolk State at Rutgers 7:30 p.m. ESPN3.com
Thu., Sept. 2 Minnesota at Middle Tennessee 7:30 p.m. ESPNU
Thu., Sept. 2 USC at Hawaii 11 p.m. ESPN
Fri., Sept. 3 Villanova at Temple 5 p.m. ESPN3.com
Fri., Sept. 3 Arizona at Toledo 8 p.m. ESPN
Sat., Sept. 4 W. Michigan at Michigan State Noon ESPN2
Sat., Sept. 4 Miami (Ohio) at Florida Noon ESPN
Sat., Sept. 4 Samford at Florida State Noon ESPNU
Sat., Sept. 4 S. Carolina State at Georgia Tech 1 p.m. ESPN3.com
Sat., Sept. 4 Weber State at Boston College 1 p.m. ESPN3.com
Sat., Sept. 4 Connecticut at Michigan 3:30 p.m. ABC and ESPN2
Sat., Sept. 4 Texas at Rice 3:30 p.m. ESPN
Sat., Sept. 4 UCLA at Kansas State 3:30 p.m. ABC
Sat., Sept. 4 Kentucky at Louisville 3:30 p.m. ABC
Sat., Sept. 4 North Texas at Clemson 3:30 p.m. ESPNU
Sat., Sept. 4 Western Carolina at NC State 6 p.m. ESPN3.com
Sat., Sept. 4 Richmond at Virginia 6 p.m. ESPN3.com
Sat., Sept. 4 Syracuse at Akron 6 p.m. ESPN3.com
Sat., Sept. 4 Elon at Duke 7 p.m. ESPN3.com
Sat., Sept. 4 Memphis at Mississippi State 7 p.m. ESPNU
Sat., Sept. 4 Oregon State vs. TCU 7:45 p.m. ESPN
Sat., Sept. 4 LSU vs. North Carolina 8 p.m. ABC
Sat., Sept. 4 Cincinnati at Fresno State 10 p.m. ESPN2
Sat., Sept. 4 Louisiana Tech vs. Grambling St. 10:30 p.m. ESPNU
Sun., Sept. 5 Tulsa at East Carolina 2 p.m. ESPN2
Sun., Sept. 5 Southern vs. Delaware State Noon ESPN
Sun., Sept. 5 SMU at Texas Tech 3:30 p.m. ESPN
Mon., Sept. 6 Navy vs. Maryland 4 p.m. ESPN
Mon., Sept. 6 Boise State vs. Virginia Tech 8 p.m. ESPN/ESPN 3D
Thu., Sept. 9 Central Michigan at Temple 7 p.m. ESPNU
Thu., Sept. 9 Auburn at Mississippi State 7:30 p.m. ESPN
Fri., Sept. 10 West Virginia at Marshall 7 p.m. ESPN
Fri., Sept. 10 UTEP at Houston 10:15 p.m. ESPN
Sat., Sept. 11 San Jose State at Wisconsin Noon ESPN or ESPN2
Sat., Sept. 11 Georgia at South Carolina Noon ESPN or ESPN2
Sat., Sept. 11 Michigan State vs. Florida Atlantic Noon ESPNU
Sat., Sept. 11 New Hampshire at Pittsburgh 1 p.m. ESPN3.com
Sat., Sept. 11 James Madison at Virginia Tech 1:30 p.m. ESPN3.com
Sat., Sept. 11 Iowa State at Iowa 3:30 p.m. ABC and ESPN2
Sat., Sept. 11 Florida State at Oklahoma 3:30 p.m. ABC and ESPN2
Sat., Sept. 11 Kent State at Boston College 3:30 p.m. ESPNU
Sat., Sept. 11 Presbyterian at Clemson 3:30 p.m. ESPN3.com
Sat., Sept. 11 Miami at Ohio State 3:40 p.m. ESPN/ESPN 3D
Sat., Sept. 11 Morgan State at Maryland 6 p.m. ESPN3.com
Sat., Sept. 11 Penn State at Alabama 7 p.m. ESPN
Sat., Sept. 11 LSU at Vanderbilt 7 p.m. ESPNU
Sat., Sept. 11 Oregon at Tennessee 7 p.m. ESPN2
Sat., Sept. 11 Stanford at UCLA 10:30 p.m. ESPN
Sat., Sept. 11 Colorado State at Nevada 10:30 p.m. ESPNU
Sat., Sept. 11 Mississippi at Tulane 9 p.m. ESPN Classic/ESPN2
Thu., Sept. 16 Cincinnati at NC State 7:30 p.m. ESPN
Fri., Sept. 17 Kansas at Southern Miss 8 p.m. ESPN
Fri., Sept. 17 California at Nevada 10 p.m. ESPN2
Sat., Sept. 18 Kent State at Penn State Noon ESPN or ESPN2
Sat., Sept. 18 Arkansas at Georgia Noon ESPN or ESPN2
Sat., Sept. 18 Maryland at West Virginia Noon ESPNU
Sat., Sept. 18 East Carolina at Virginia Tech 1:30 p.m. ESPN3.com
Sat., Sept. 18 Nebraska at Washington 3:30 p.m. ABC
Sat., Sept. 18 Alabama at Duke 3:30 p.m. ABC
Sat., Sept. 18 USC at Minnesota 3:30 p.m. ESPN
Sat., Sept. 18 Arizona State at Wisconsin 3:30 p.m. ABC and ESPN2
Sat., Sept. 18 BYU at Florida State 3:30 p.m. ESPNU
Sat., Sept. 18 Clemson at Auburn 7 p.m. ESPN/ESPN 3D
Sat., Sept. 18 Navy at Louisiana Tech 7 p.m. ESPN3.com
Sat., Sept. 18 Mississippi State at LSU 7 p.m. ESPNU
Sat., Sept. 18 Texas at Texas Tech 8 p.m. ABC and ESPN2
Sat., Sept. 18 Notre Dame at Michigan State 8 p.m. ABC and ESPN2
Sat., Sept. 18 Iowa at Arizona 10:30 p.m. ESPN
Sat., Sept. 18 UNLV at Idaho 10:30 p.m. ESPNU
Sat., Sept. 18 Wake Forest at Stanford 11:15 p.m. ESPN2
Thu., Sept. 23 Miami at Pittsburgh 7:30 p.m. ESPN
Fri., Sept. 24 TCU at SMU 8 p.m. ESPN
Sat., Sept. 25 Oregon State at Boise State TBD ABC, ESPN or ESPN2
Sat., Sept. 25 Colgate at Syracuse 3:30 p.m. ESPN3.com
Sat., Sept. 25 UCLA at Texas 3:30/8 p.m. ABC
Sat., Sept. 25 Prairie View A&M vs. Grambling St. 10:30 p.m. ESPNU
Thu., Sept. 30 Texas A&M at Oklahoma State 7:30 p.m. ESPN
Thu., Sept. 30 Hampton at Delaware State 7:30 p.m. ESPNU
Fri., Oct. 1 BYU at Utah State 8 p.m. ESPN
Sat., Oct. 2 Washington at USC 8 p.m. ABC, ESPN or ESPN2
Sat., Oct. 2 Penn State at Iowa 8 p.m. ABC, ESPN or ESPN2
Sat., Oct. 2 South Carolina St. at Florida A&M 10:30 p.m. ESPNU
Sat., Oct. 2 Stanford at Oregon 11:15 p.m. ESPN
Tue., Oct. 5 Troy at Middle Tennessee 8 p.m. ESPN2
Wed., Oct. 6 UAB at UCF 8 p.m. ESPN
Thu., Oct. 7 Nebraska at Kansas State 7:30 p.m. ESPN
Thu., Oct. 7 Prairie View A&M at Ark-Pine Bluff 7:30 p.m. ESPNU
Fri., Oct. 8 Connecticut at Rutgers 7:30 p.m. ESPN
Fri., Oct. 8 Oklahoma State at UL-Lafayette 9 p.m. ESPN2
Sat., Oct. 9 USC at Stanford 8 p.m. ABC
Wed., Oct. 13 UCF at Marshall 8 p.m. ESPN
Thu., Oct. 14 South Florida at West Virginia 7:30 p.m. ESPN
Fri., Oct. 15 Cincinnati at Louisville 8 p.m. ESPN
Sat., Oct. 16 Iowa at Michigan 3:30 p.m. ABC
Sat., Oct. 16 Gardner-Webb at Charleston Sthn. 1:30 p.m. ESPN3.com
Sat., Oct. 16 Ohio State at Wisconsin 7 p.m. ESPN or ESPN2
Thu., Oct. 21 Ark-Pine Bluff at Alcorn State 7:30 p.m. ESPNU
Thu., Oct. 21 UCLA at Oregon 9 p.m. ESPN
Fri., Oct. 22 South Florida at Cincinnati 8 p.m. ESPN2
Tue., Oct. 26 Louisiana Tech at Boise State 8 p.m. ESPN2
Thu., Oct. 28 Florida State at NC State 7:30 p.m. ESPN
Thu., Oct. 28 NC A&T at Bethune-Cookman 7:30 p.m. ESPNU
Fri., Oct. 29 West Virginia at Connecticut 8 p.m. ESPN2
Sat., Oct. 30 Ohio State at Minnesota 8 p.m. ABC, ESPN or ESPN2
Sat., Oct. 30 Michigan at Penn State 8 p.m. ABC, ESPN or ESPN2
Sat., Oct. 30 Oregon at USC 8 p.m. ABC, ESPN or ESPN2
Tue., Nov. 2 Middle Tennessee at Arkansas St. 7 p.m. ESPN2
Wed., Nov. 3 Rutgers at South Florida 7 p.m. ESPN2
Thu., Nov. 4 Georgia Tech at Virginia Tech 7:30 p.m. ESPN
Thu., Nov. 4 Buffalo at Ohio 7:30 p.m. ESPNU
Fri., Nov. 5 W. Michigan at Central Michigan 6 p.m. ESPNU
Fri., Nov. 5 UCF at Houston 8 p.m. ESPN2
Sat., Nov. 6 Coastal Carolina 1:30 p.m. ESPN3.com
Tue., Nov. 9 Toledo at Northern Illinois 7 p.m. ESPN2
Wed., Nov. 10 Miami (Ohio) at Bowling Green 8 p.m. ESPN2
Thu., Nov. 11 Pittsburgh at Connecticut 7:30 p.m. ESPN
Thu., Nov. 11 South Carolina St. at Morgan State 7:30 p.m. ESPNU
Thu., Nov. 11 Grambling St. at Texas Southern 7:30 p.m. ESPN Classic
Fri., Nov. 12 Ball State at Buffalo 6 p.m. ESPNU
Fri., Nov. 12 Boise State at Idaho 9 p.m. ESPN2
Sat., Nov. 13 Liberty at Coastal Carolina 1 p.m. ESPN3.com
Sat., Nov. 13 USC at Arizona 8 p.m. ABC
Tue., Nov. 16 Ohio at Temple 8 p.m. ESPN2
Wed., Nov. 17 Bowling Green at Toledo TBD ESPN2 or ESPNU
Wed., Nov. 17 Miami (Ohio) at Akron TBD ESPN2 or ESPNU
Thu., Nov. 18 Georgia State at Alabama 7:30 p.m. ESPN
Thu., Nov. 18 UCLA at Washington 8 p.m. ESPN
Fri., Nov. 19 Fresno State at Boise State 9:30 p.m. ESPN2
Sat., Nov. 20 Bethune-Cookman vs. Florida A&M 2:30 p.m. ESPN Classic
Sat., Nov. 20 Illinois vs. Northwestern 3:30 p.m. ESPNU
Sat., Nov. 20 USC at Oregon State 8 p.m. ABC, ESPN or ESPN2
Tue., Nov. 23 Temple at Miami (Oho) 7 p.m. ESPN2
Thu., Nov. 25 Tuskegee at Alabama State 4 p.m. ESPNU
Thu., Nov. 25 Texas A&M at Texas 8 p.m. ESPN
Fri., Nov. 26 Colorado at Nebraska 3:30 p.m. ABC
Fri., Nov. 26 West Virginia at Pittsburgh TBD ABC, ESPN or ESPN2
Fri., Nov. 26 Arizona at Oregon 7 p.m. ESPN
Fri., Nov. 26 Louisville at Rutgers TBD ABC, ESPN or ESPN2
Fri., Nov. 26 Boise State at Nevada 10:15 p.m. ESPN2
Sat., Nov. 27 Notre Dame at USC 8 p.m. ABC, ESPN or ESPN2
Sat., Nov. 27 Oklahoma at Oklahoma State 3:30/8 p.m. ABC
Thu., Dec. 2 Arizona State at Arizona 8 p.m. ESPN
Fri., Dec. 3 Marathon MAC title game 7 p.m. ESPN2
Fri., Dec. 3 Illinois at Fresno State 10:15 p.m. ESPN2
Sat., Dec. 4 2010 ACC Championship Game 7:45 p.m. ESPN
Sat., Dec. 4 2010 Big 12 Championship Game TBD TBD
Sat., Dec. 4 2010 C-USA Championship Game TBD TBD
Sat., Dec. 4 Pittsburgh at Cincinnati TBD ABC, ESPN or ESPN2
Sat., Dec. 4 Connecticut at South Florida TBD ABC, ESPN or ESPN2
Sat., Dec. 4 Rutgers at West Virginia TBD ABC, ESPN or ESPN2
Sat., Dec. 4 Troy at Florida Atlantic 2 p.m. ESPNU
Sat., Dec. 11 2010 SWAC Championship Game 2 p.m. ESPN Classic

Comments (5)

Thursday, September 9th Auburn vs Mississippi State on ESPN. Isn’t this the date & time slot ESPN (MNF) will be showing the opening game of the NFL Season with New Orleans playing a team to be announced?

NBC has that NFL Opener actually. ESPN has still showed college football at the same time in previous years.