ESPN Classic's Top 25 Countdown: 50-Hour Marathon of Games from the Top 25 College Football Teams Starts August 28

Kicks-Off Extensive College Football Coverage on ESPN Classic

ESPN Classic’s Top 25 Countdown will showcase the best college teams in a 50-hour marathon beginning Tuesday, Aug 28 at 5 p.m., ET and culminating on Thursday, Aug. 30 at 7 p.m.  The marathon will feature classic replays of 25 games – one from each of the Associated Press top-ranked 2007 teams – starting with No. 25 Texas A&M and ending with No. 1 USC.  Rece Davis will host.

ESPN Classic’s college football coverage in 2007 will include at least nine live games, starting with the 2007 MEAC-SWAC Challenge: Southern vs. Florida A&M on Saturday, Sept. 1 at 3 p.m.  In addition, ESPN Classic will present: ESPN Game of the Week Replay on Sundays from 9 a.m. to noon, beginning Sept. 2 and featuring the best college football game on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU from the previous week; Classic College Football Replays, every Monday through Thursday from 2 to 4 p.m., beginning September 4 and showcasing each week’s top upcoming games with replays of previous meetings between the participating teams; and  Friday Tailgate, from 1 to7 p.m., beginning on September 7 and highlighting three replays of games of the top-three upcoming games for that weekend.

ESPN Classic’s Top-25 Countdown (all times ET,)

(current AP rakings indicated in paranethies)

Aug. 28

5-6 p.m.             1998 Big XII Championship: Kansas State vs. Texas A&M (25)

6-8 p.m.             1999 Humanitarian Bowl: Louisville vs.  Boise State (24)

8-10 p.m.            2003 Sheraton Bowl: Houston vs. Hawaii (23)

10-midnight         2005 Houston Bowl: TCU (22) vs. Iowa State

Aug. 29

Midnight-3 a.m.    2003 Arkansas (21) at Kentucky

3-5 a.m.              1995 Orange Bowl: Nebraska (20) vs. Miami

5-7 a.m.              1994 Orange Bowl: Florida State (19) vs. Nebraska

7-9 a.m.              1982 Alabama vs. Auburn (18)

9-11 a.m.            1983 Sugar Bowl: Penn State (17) vs. Georgia

11 a.m.-1 p.m.     2006 Louisville at Rutgers (16)

1-3 p.m.              1999 Fiesta Bowl: Florida State vs. Tennessee (15)

3-5 p.m.              1993 UCLA  (14) at USC

5-7 p.m.              1981 Sugar Bowl: Georgia (13) vs. Notre Dame

7-8 p.m.              1982 Stanford at California (12)

8-11 p.m.            2003 Fiesta Bowl: Ohio State (11) vs. Miami

11 p.m.-1 a.m.     2004 Autozone Liberty Bowl: Boise State vs. Louisville (10)

Aug. 30

1-3 a.m.              1998 Virginia Tech (9) at Miami

3-4 a.m.              1981 Orange Bowl: Oklahoma (8) vs. Florida State

4-6 a.m.              1999 Rose Bowl: UCLA vs. Wisconsin (7)

6-8 a.m.              1997 Sugar Bowl: Florida (6) vs. Florida State

8-10 a.m.            1998 Rose Bowl: Michigan (5) vs. Washington State

10 a.m.-1 p.m.     2006 Rose Bowl: Texas (4) vs. USC

1-3 p.m.              2005 Louisville at West Virginia (3) (2005)

3-5 p.m.              2004 Sugar Bowl: Oklahoma vs. LSU (2)

5-7 p.m.              2004 Rose Bowl: Michigan vs. USC (1)     

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