ESPN has announced that it will bring more than 400 regular- and postseason games of 2010 college football. ESPN broadcast schedule will be available on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3.com, ESPN 3D, ESPN Regional Television, ESPN Radio, ESPN Classic, ESPN Mobile TV and ESPN GamePlan.
ESPN’s Bowl Championship Series coverage includes:
- The Rose Bowl Game – Jan. 1
- Tostitos Fiesta Bowl – Jan. 1
- Orange Bowl – Jan. 3
- Allstate Sugar Bowl – Jan. 4 and
- Tostitos BCS National Championship Game – Jan. 10
2010 college football broadcast begins with the third annual Dick’s Sporting Goods Kickoff Week, Monday, Aug. 23-Monday, Sept. 6, featuring extensive studio programming and 32 games in five days. The event will conclude with Boise State vs. Virginia Tech from FedEx Field on Monday, Sept. 6, at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN and ESPN3.com as part of an ESPN Labor Day doubleheader.
ESPN will conclude the regular season with Championship Saturday on Dec. 4. The coverage include three conference championships:
- The Dr Pepper ACC Championship Game on ESPN and ESPN3.com at 7:45 PM
- The Dr Pepper Big 12 Championship Game on ABC at 8 PM and
- The Conference USA Championship Game – To be announced
ESPN2 and ESPN3.com will televise the Marathon MAC Football Championship Game on Friday, Dec. 3, at 7 p.m.
ESPN network will be the only platform 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
This will be added to the MAC, WAC, Conference USA and Sun Belt. ESPN will also televise road games featuring Notre Dame, Navy and teams from the Mountain West Conference.
Weekly Windows
The networks will offer an extensive schedule of games each Saturday, as well as matchups every Thursday and Friday and select Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Sundays. Highlights include:
* ESPN on ABC: ESPN on ABC’s Saturday Night Football Presented by Southwest Airlines, broadcast television’s only weekly college football prime-time series, will highlight the network’s 45th season of college football coverage with showdowns between top programs every Saturday (except Sept. 11 and Oct. 16) at 8 p.m. beginning Sept. 4 with LSU vs. North Carolina. 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.
* Saturdays on ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU: On most Saturdays, ESPN or ESPN2 will offer a prime-time doubleheader as well as a noon telecast across both networks. On nights there is no doubleheader ESPN will generally televise a 7:45 p.m. game and ESPN2 a 7 p.m. telecast. ESPN or ESPN2 will continue to provide a “reverse mirror” 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.
* Thursdays on ESPN and ESPNU: ESPN and ESPNU will both televise a Thursday night game every week, generally at 7:30 p.m. For the third consecutive year, every ESPN telecast will feature a team from one of the six BCS automatic qualifying conferences. The schedule will be highlighted by Auburn at Mississippi State (Sept. 9), Miami at Pittsburgh (Sept. 23), Nebraska at Kansas State (Oct. 7), UCLA at Oregon (Oct. 21), Florida State at N.C. State (Oct. 28), Georgia Tech at Virginia Tech (Nov. 4), Texas A&M at Texas (Nov. 25) and Arizona State at Arizona (Dec. 2).
* Weekdays: In addition to a weekly Friday prime-time series on ESPN or ESPN2, the networks will offer games on select Tuesdays and Wednesdays throughout the season.
College Football on Additional ESPN Platforms
ESPN will provide extensive, multiplatform coverage in addition to regular time slots on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU.
* ESPN3.com: In addition to approximately 40 exclusive games, ESPN3.com will offer simulcasts of every ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Classic and ABC split national telecast, and every GamePlan 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 and an extensive postseason bowl schedule.
* ESPN 3D: The first year of ESPN 3D will include an extensive schedule of college football action.
* ESPN Mobile TV: For the fourth 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 and ESPN2. 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 will produce games from the SEC, BIG EAST, MAC and WAC.
* ESPN GamePlan: ESPN’s outermarket pay-per-view service will offer season-long action, including up to 18 games each week.
* ESPN Classic: The network will televise select games throughout the season.
| Date | Game | Network |
| Sat, Sep 4, 7:45 p.m. | Cowboys Classic: Oregon State vs. TCU (from Arlington) | ESPN / ESPN3.com |
| 8 p.m. | Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game: LSU vs. North Carolina (from Atlanta) | ABC / ESPN Radio |
| Mon, Sep 6,8 p.m. | Boise State vs. Virginia Tech (from Landover, Md.) | ESPN / ESPN Radio |
| Sat, Sep 11, 8 p.m. | Georgia @ South Carolina | ESPN or ESPN2 / ESPN Radio / ESPN3.com |
| 3:30 p.m. | Florida State @ Oklahoma | ABC and ESPN2 / ESPN3.com |
| 3:40 p.m. | Miami @ Ohio State | ESPN / ESPN3.com |
| 7 p.m. | Penn State @ Alabama | ESPN / ESPN3.com |
| 7 p.m. | Oregon @ Tennessee | ESPN2 / ESPN3.com |
| 7 p.m. | LSU @ Vanderbilt | ESPNU |
| Sat, Sep 18, Noon | Arkansas @ Georgia | ESPN or ESPN2 / ESPN3.com |
| 1:30 p.m. | East Carolina @ Virginia Tech | ESPN3.com |
| 3:30 p.m. | BYU @ Florida State | ESPNU |
| 7 p.m. | Mississippi State @ LSU | ESPNU |
| 8 p.m. | Texas @ Texas Tech | ABC and ESPN2 / ESPN3.com |
| 8 p.m. | Notre Dame @ Michigan State | ABC and ESPN2 / ESPN3.com |
| Thu, Sep 23, 7:30 p.m. | Miami @ Pittsburgh | ESPN / ESPN3.com |
| Sat, Sep 25, TBD | Oregon State @ Boise State | ABC, ESPN or ESPN2 |
| Sat, Oct 2, 8 p.m. | Penn State @ Iowa | ABC, ESPN or ESPN2 |
| 11:15 p.m. | Stanford @ Oregon | ESPN / ESPN3.com |
| Thu, Oct 7, 7:30 p.m. | Nebraska @ Kansas State | ESPN / ESPN3.com |
| Sat, Oct 16, 7 p.m. | Ohio State @ Wisconsin | ESPN or ESPN2 / ESPN3.com |
| Thu, Oct 21, 9 p.m. | UCLA @ Oregon | ESPN/ ESPN3.com |
| Fri, Nov 19, 9:30 p.m | Fresno State @ Boise State | ESPN2 / ESPN3.com |
| Thu, Nov 25, 8 p.m. | Texas A&M @ Texas | ESPN / ESPN Radio |
| Fri, Nov 26, TBD | West Virginia @ Pittsburgh | ABC, ESPN or ESPN2 |
| 7 p.m. | Arizona @ Oregon | ESPN / ESPN3.com |
| Sat, Nov 27, 8 p.m. | Notre Dame @ USC | ABC, ESPN or ESPN2 |
| Sat, Dec 4, TBD | Pittsburgh @ Cincinnati | ABC, ESPN or ESPN2 |
| 7:45 p.m. | Dr Pepper ACC Championship | ESPN / ESPN3.com |
| 8 p.m. | Dr Pepper Big 12 Championship | ABC / ESPN Radio |
ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3.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 and ESPN The Magazine – will also offer extensive season-long coverage.
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