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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