ESPN will show 69 weeknight football games this fall
Remember when weeknight football used to be something of a novelty, and only on Thursdays? Doesn't that feel like 75 years ago?
ESPN announced Wednesday its schedule of 69 weeknight games for the 2013 college football season. The slate begins with 15 games on a five-day opening weekend (including 10 on Thursday night) and runs through Friday, Dec. 6 with the MAC Championship.
Speaking of the MAC, the Worldwide Leader will show 14 games on Tuesday and Wednesday nights this fall, the majority of which involve everyone's favorite weeknight viewing option. November will especially feature a double dose of #MACtion, with at least one MAC game on all but on Tuesday and Wednesday night.
All 10 conferences will be represented on weeknight broadcasts, plus BYU and Navy. Oregon at Stanford on Thursday, Nov. 7 appears to be the highlight of the schedule as we sit on the last day of July, but North Carolina at South Carolina, TCU at Texas Tech, Boise State at Fresno State, Miami at North Carolina and Louisville at Cincinnati get the juices flowing as well.
See the full schedule below, courtesy of ESPN.
Date | Time (ET) | Game | Network |
Thu, Aug 29 | 6 p.m. | North Carolina at South Carolina | ESPN |
| 6 p.m. | Liberty at Kent State | ESPN3 |
| 6:30 p.m. | Presbyterian at Wake Forest | ESPN3 |
| 7 p.m. | Tulsa at Bowling Green | ESPNU |
| 7 p.m. | Illinois State at Ball State | ESPN3 |
| 7 p.m. | Akron at Central Florida | ESPN3 |
| 7:30pm | Towson at Connecticut | ESPN3 |
| 7:30 p.m. | Southern Utah at South Alabama | ESPN3 |
| 9:15 p.m. | Ole Miss at Vanderbilt | ESPN |
| 10:30 p.m. | Rutgers at Fresno State | ESPNU |
Fri, Aug 30 | 7 p.m. | Samford at Georgia State | ESPN3 |
| 8 p.m. | Texas Tech at SMU | ESPN |
| 8 p.m. | Florida Atlantic at Miami | ESPNU |
| 8:30 p.m. | Southern at Houston | ESPN3 |
Mon, Sep 2 | 8 p.m. | Florida State at Pittsburgh | ESPN |
Fri, Sep 6 | 8 p.m. | Wake Forest at Boston College | ESPN2 |
Thu, Sept 12 | 7:30 p.m. | TCU at Texas Tech | ESPN |
| 7:30 p.m. | Troy at Arkansas State | ESPNU |
Fri, Sep 13 | 8 p.m. | Air Force at Boise State | ESPN |
Thu, Sep 19 | 7:30 p.m. | Clemson at NC State | ESPN |
Fri, Sep 20 | 9 p.m. | Boise State at Fresno State | ESPN |
Thu, Sep 26 | 7:30 p.m. | Virginia Tech at Georgia Tech | ESPN |
Fri, Sep 27 | 9 p.m. | Utah State at San Jose State | ESPN |
| 9 p.m. | Middle Tennessee at BYU | ESPNU |
Thu, Oct 3 | 7:30 p.m. | Texas at Iowa State | ESPN |
| 7:30 p.m. | Western Kentucky at Louisiana-Monroe | ESPNU |
Fri, Oct 4 | 9 p.m. | Nevada at San Diego State | ESPN |
Thu, Oct 10 | 7:30 p.m. | Rutgers at Louisville | ESPN |
Fri, Oct 11 | 8:30 p.m. | Temple at Cincinnati | ESPN or ESPN2 |
Tue, Oct 15 | 8 p.m. | Louisiana-Lafayette at Western Kentucky | ESPN2 |
Thu, Oct 17 | 7:30 p.m. | Miami at North Carolina | ESPN |
Fri, Oct 18 | 8 p.m. | Central Florida at Louisville | ESPN |
Tue, Oct 22 | 8 p.m. | Louisiana-Lafayette at Arkansas State | ESPN2 |
Thu, Oct 24 | 7:30 p.m. | Kentucky at Mississippi State | ESPN |
Fri, Oct 25 | 8 p.m. | Boise State at BYU | ESPN |
Wed, Oct 30 | 8 p.m. | Cincinnati at Memphis | ESPN2 |
Thu, Oct 31 | 7 p.m. | South Florida at Houston | ESPN |
| 7:30 p.m. | Louisiana-Monroe at Troy | ESPNU |
| 10:30 p.m. | Arizona State at Washington State | ESPN |
Fri, Nov 1 | 9 p.m. | USC at Oregon State | ESPN2 |
Tue, Nov 5 | 8 p.m. | Bowling Green at Miami (Ohio) | ESPN2 or ESPNU |
| 8 p.m. | Ohio at Buffalo | ESPN2 or ESPNU |
Wed, Nov 6 | 8 p.m. | Central Michigan at Ball State | ESPN2 |
Thu, Nov 7 | 7:30 p.m. | Troy at Louisiana-Lafayette | ESPNU |
| 9 p.m. | Oregon at Stanford | ESPN |
Fri, Nov 8 | 8:30 p.m. | Louisville at Connecticut | ESPN2 |
| 9 p.m. | Air Force at New Mexico | ESPNU |
Tue, Nov 12 | 7:30 p.m. | Ohio at Bowling Green | ESPNU or ESPN3 |
| 7:30 p.m. | Buffalo at Toledo | ESPNU or ESPN3 |
Wed, Nov 13 | 8 p.m. | Ball State at Northern Illinois | ESPN2 or ESPNU |
| 8 p.m. | Miami (Ohio) at Kent State | ESPN2 or ESPNU |
Thu, Nov 14 | 7:30 p.m. | Georgia Tech at Clemson | ESPN |
Fri, Nov 15 | 9 p.m. | Washington at UCLA | ESPN2 |
Tue, Nov 19 | 8 p.m. | Kent State at Ohio | ESPN2 or ESPNU |
| 8 p.m. | Buffalo at Miami (Ohio) | ESPN2 or ESPNU |
Wed, Nov 20 | 8 p.m. | Northern Illinois at Toledo | ESPN2 |
Thu, Nov 21 | 7:30 p.m. | Rutgers at UCF | ESPN |
| 9:30 p.m. | UNLV at Air Force | ESPNU |
Fri, Nov 22 | 9:30 p.m. | Navy at San Jose State | ESPN2 |
Tue, Nov 26 | 7 p.m. | Western Michigan at Northern Illinois | ESPN2 |
Thu, Nov 28 | 7:30 p.m. | Ole Miss at Mississippi State | ESPN |
Fri, Nov 29 | Noon | Iowa at Nebraska | ABC |
| TBD | Miami at Pittsburgh | ABC, ESPN or ESPN2 |
| TBD | South Florida at Central Florida | ABC, ESPN or ESPN2 |
| TBD | SMU at Houston | ABC, ESPN or ESPN2 |
| TBD | Mid-American Conference TBD | ESPNU |
| TBD | Mid-American Conference TBD | ESPN3 |
Thu, Dec 5 | 7:30 p.m. | Louisville at Cincinnati | ESPN |
Fri, Dec 6 | 8 p.m. | Marathon MAC Championship (from Detroit) | ESPN2 |
