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The ESPN College Football Broadcast Teams are listed in the table below, including games broadcast on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNews, ACC Network, SEC Network, Longhorn Network, and ESPN Radio.
Note: All ESPN games are also simulcast on the ESPN App.
Broadcast pairings for college football are weekly and are subject to change.
Note: Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, sideline reporters rotated between crews to reduce travel.
Game | Play-by-Play | Analyst(s) | Field Reporter(s) |
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ESPN Thursday primetime | Mike Tirico | Kirk Herbstreit and Lee Corso | Jerry Punch |
ESPN Saturday noon | Steve Levy | Todd Christensen | Dave Ryan |
ESPN2 Saturday noon | Mark Jones | Chris Spielman | Holly Rowe |
ABC Sports Saturday games | Keith Jackson | Tim Brant | Todd Harris |
Brent Musburger | Gary Danielson | Jack Arute | |
Brad Nessler | Bob Griese | Lynn Swann | |
Sean McDonough | Ed Cunningham | Leslie Gudel | |
Mike Tirico | David Norrie | ||
ESPN Saturday primetime | Ron Franklin | Mike Gottfried | Adrian Karsten |
ESPN2 Saturday primetime | Dave Barnett | Bill Curry and Mike Golic | Michele Tafoya |
Pam Ward | Dean Blevins | Heather Cox | |
In-Studio Shows | Host | Analyst(s) | |
ESPN College Gameday | Chris Fowler | Lee Corso and Kirk Herbstreit | |
ABC College Football Countdown | John Saunders | Terry Bowden | |
ESPN College Gameday Scoreboard | Rece Davis | Mark May and Trev Alberts | |
ESPN2 College Gameday Scoreboard | Matt Winer | Jim Donnan |
Game | Play-by-Play | Analyst(s) | Field Reporter(s) |
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ESPN Thursday primetime | Mike Tirico | Kirk Herbstreit and Lee Corso | Jerry Punch |
ESPN Saturday noon | Steve Levy | Todd Christensen | Dave Ryan |
ESPN2 Saturday noon | Rich Waltz | Don McPherson | Holly Rowe |
ABC Sports Saturday games | Keith Jackson | Tim Brant | Todd Harris |
Brent Musburger | Gary Danielson | Jack Arute | |
Brad Nessler | Bob Griese | Lynn Swann | |
Sean McDonough | Ed Cunningham | Leslie Gudel | |
Sean Grande | David Norrie | ||
Charlie Jones | Mark Herrmann | ||
Chip Tarkenton | Reggie Rivers | ||
ESPN Saturday primetime | Ron Franklin | Mike Gottfried | Adrian Karsten |
ESPN2 Saturday primetime | Dave Barnett | Bill Curry and Mike Golic | Michele Tafoya |
Mark Jones | Gino Toretta | Rob Stone | |
In-Studio Shows | Host | Analyst(s) | |
ESPN College Gameday | Chris Fowler | Lee Corso and Kirk Herbstreit | |
ABC College Football Countdown | John Saunders | Terry Bowden | |
Game | Play-by-Play | Analyst(s) | Field Reporter(s) |
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ESPN Thursday primetime | Mike Tirico | Kirk Herbstreit and Lee Corso | Jerry Punch |
ESPN Saturday noon | Dave Barnett | Bill Curry | Dave Ryan |
ESPN2 Saturday noon | Rich Waltz | Gino Toretta | Don McPherson |
ABC Sports Saturday games | Keith Jackson | Dan Fouts | Todd Harris |
Brent Musburger | Gary Danielson | Jack Arute | |
Brad Nessler | Bob Griese | Lynn Swann | |
Tim Brant | Dean Blevins | Leslie Gudel | |
Charlie Jones | Nick Lowery | ||
ESPN Saturday primetime | Ron Franklin | Mike Gottfried | Adrian Karsten |
ESPN2 Saturday primetime | Steve Levy | Todd Christensen | Holly Rowe |
Mark Jones | Mike Golic or Sean Salisbury | Rob Stone | |
In-Studio Shows | Host | Analyst(s) | |
ESPN College Gameday | Chris Fowler | Lee Corso and Kirk Herbstreit | |
ABC College Football Countdown | John Saunders | Terry Bowden | |
Game | Play-by-Play | Analyst(s) | Field Reporter(s) |
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ESPN Thursday primetime | Mike Tirico | Mike Gottfried or Todd Blackledge | Jerry Punch |
ESPN Saturday noon | Dave Barnett | Bill Curry | Dave Ryan |
ESPN2 Saturday noon | Rich Waltz | Rod Gilmore | Holly Rowe |
ABC Sports Saturday games | Keith Jackson | Bob Griese | Lynn Swann |
Brent Musburger | Dan Fouts | Jack Arute | |
Brad Nessler | Gary Danielson | ||
Terry Gannon | Tim Brant | ||
Mark Jones | Dean Blevins | ||
ESPN Saturday primetime | Ron Franklin | Mike Gottfried | Adrian Karsten |
ESPN2 Saturday primetime | Joel Meyers or Charley Steiner | Todd Christensen | Chris Marlowe |
In-Studio Shows | Host | Analyst(s) | |
ESPN College Gameday | Chris Fowler | Lee Corso and Kirk Herbstreit | |
ABC College Football Countdown | John Saunders | Todd Blackledge | |
Game | Play-by-Play | Analyst(s) | Field Reporter(s) |
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ESPN Thursday primetime | Mike Patrick or Mike Tirico | Mike Gottfried | Jerry Punch |
ESPN Saturday noon | Dave Barnett | Bill Curry | Dave Ryan |
ESPN2 Saturday noon | Rich Waltz | Rod Gilmore | Sean Salisbury |
ABC Sports Saturday games | Keith Jackson | Bob Griese | Lynn Swann |
Brent Musburger | Dan Fouts | Jack Arute | |
Brad Nessler | Gary Danielson | Dean Blevins | |
Terry Gannon | Tim Brant | Lewis Johnson | |
Mark Jones | John Spagnola | Gary Reasons | |
Roger Twibell | Mike Golic | ||
Steve Zabriskie | Doug Flutie | ||
ESPN Saturday primetime | Ron Franklin | Mike Gottfried | Adrian Karsten |
ESPN2 Saturday primetime | Charley Steiner | Todd Christensen | Chris Marlowe |
Craig Bolerjack | Kellen Winslow | Pam Ward or Holly Rowe | |
In-Studio Shows | Host | Analyst(s) | |
ESPN College Gameday | Chris Fowler | Lee Corso and Kirk Herbstreit | |
ABC College Football Countdown | John Saunders | Todd Blackledge | |
Game | Play-by-Play | Analyst(s) | Field Reporter(s) |
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ESPN Thursday primetime | Mike Patrick | Mike Gottfried | Jerry Punch |
ESPN Saturday noon | Brad Nessler | Gary Danielson | Adrian Karsten |
ESPN2 Saturday noon | Charley Steiner | Rod Gilmore | |
ABC Sports Saturday games | Keith Jackson | Bob Griese | Lynn Swann |
Brent Musburger | Dick Vermeil | Jack Arute | |
Terry Gannon | Tim Brant | Lewis Johnson | |
Mark Jones | John Spagnola | Dean Blevins | |
Steve Zabriskie or Greg Papa | Brian Holloway | Gary Reasons | |
Roger Twibell | Dean Blevins | Holly Rowe | |
Joel Meyers | Ron Jaworski | Steve Atkinson | |
ESPN2 afternoon | Craig Bolerjack | Merril Hoge | |
ESPN Saturday primetime | Ron Franklin | Mike Gottfried | Kellen Winslow |
ESPN2 Saturday primetime | Dave Barnett | Todd Christensen | Pam Ward |
In-Studio Shows | Host | Analyst(s) | |
ESPN College Gameday | Chris Fowler | Lee Corso and Kirk Herbstreit | |
ABC College Football Countdown | John Saunders | Todd Blackledge | |
Game | Play-by-Play | Analyst(s) | Field Reporter(s) |
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ESPN Thursday primetime | Mike Patrick | Mike Gottfried | Jerry Punch |
ESPN Saturday noon | Brad Nessler | Gary Danielson | Adrian Karsten |
ESPN2 Saturday noon | Dewayne Staats | Todd Christensen or Bill Lewis | Kirk Herbstreit |
ABC Sports Saturday games | Keith Jackson | Bob Griese | Lynn Swann |
Brent Musburger | Dick Vermeil | Jack Arute | |
Terry Gannon | Tim Brant | John Spagnola | |
Mark Jones | Todd Blackledge | Dean Blevins | |
Steve Zabriskie | Gary Reasons | Lewis Johnson | |
Roger Twibell | Brian Holloway | ||
ESPN Saturday primetime | Ron Franklin | Mike Gottfried | Mike Adamle |
In-Studio Shows | Host | Analyst(s) | |
ESPN College Gameday | Chris Fowler | Lee Corso and Craig James | |
ABC College Football Countdown | John Saunders | ||
Game | Play-by-Play | Analyst(s) | Field Reporter(s) |
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ESPN Thursday primetime | Mike Patrick | Mike Gottfried | Jerry Punch |
ESPN Saturday noon | Brad Nessler | Gary Danielson | Adrian Karsten |
ABC Sports Saturday games | Keith Jackson | Bob Griese | Lynn Swann |
Brent Musburger | Dick Vermeil | Jack Arute | |
Mark Jones | Tim Brant | Dean Blevins | |
Roger Twibell | Todd Blackledge | Harry Carson | |
Terry Gannon | John Spagnola | ||
Steve Zabriskie | Gary Reasons | ||
ESPN2 Saturday noon | Tom Mees | Darrin Nelson | |
ESPN Saturday primetime | Ron Franklin | Mike Gottfried | Mike Adamle |
ESPN Late night | Joel Meyers | Rick "Doc" Walker and Mike Mayock | |
In-Studio Shows | Host | Analyst(s) | |
ESPN College Gameday | Chris Fowler | Lee Corso and Craig James | |
ABC College Football Countdown | John Saunders | ||
Game | Play-by-Play | Analyst(s) | Field Reporter(s) |
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ESPN Thursday primetime | Mike Patrick or Brad Nessler | Mike Gottfried | Jerry Punch |
ESPN Saturday noon | Kevin Harlan | Dan Jiggetts | |
ABC Sports Saturday games | Keith Jackson | Bob Griese | Lynn Swann |
Brent Musburger | Dick Vermeil | Jack Arute or Julie Moran | |
Mark Jones | Tim Brant | ||
Steve Zabriskie | Ron Pitts | ||
Roger Twibell | John Spagnola | ||
Terry Gannon | Dean Blevins | ||
Dave Barnett | Grant Teaff | ||
ESPN Saturday afternoon | Brad Nessler | Gary Danielson | Sharlene Wells Hawkes |
ESPN Saturday primetime | Ron Franklin | Mike Gottfried | Adrian Karsten |
In-Studio Shows | Host | Analyst(s) | |
ESPN College Gameday | Chris Fowler | Lee Corso and Craig James | |
ABC College Football Countdown | John Saunders | ||
Game | Play-by-Play | Analyst(s) | Field Reporter(s) |
---|---|---|---|
ESPN Thursday primetime | Mike Patrick or Ron Franklin | Mike Gottfried | Jerry Punch |
ESPN Saturday noon | Brad Nessler | Gary Danielson | Sharlene Wells Hawkes |
ABC Sports Saturday games | Keith Jackson | Bob Griese | Jack Arute |
Brent Musburger | Dick Vermeil | Julie Moran | |
Steve Zabriskie | Bo Schembechler | Dean Blevins | |
Mark Jones | Tim Brant or John Spagnola | ||
Roger Twibell | Lynn Swann | ||
ESPN Saturday afternoon | Kevin Harlan | Dan Jiggetts | |
ESPN Saturday primetime | Ron Franklin | Mike Gottfried | Adrian Karsten |
In-Studio Shows | Host | Analyst(s) | |
ESPN College Gameday | Chris Fowler | Lee Corso and Craig James | |
ABC College Football Countdown | John Saunders | ||
Game | Play-by-Play | Analyst(s) | Field Reporter(s) |
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ESPN Saturday noon | Steve Physioc | Gary Danielson | |
ABC Sports Saturday games | Keith Jackson | Bob Griese | Jack Arute |
Brent Musburger | Dick Vermeil | Cheryl Miller | |
Mark Jones | Tim Brant | ||
Gary Bender | Lynn Swann | ||
Steve Zabriskie | John Spagnola | ||
ESPN Saturday afternoon | Sean McDonough | Craig James | Jerry Punch |
ESPN Saturday primetime | Ron Franklin | Mike Gottfried | Adrian Karsten |
In-Studio Shows | Host | Analyst(s) | |
ESPN College Gameday | Chris Fowler | Lee Corso and Craig James | |
ABC College Football Countdown | Roger Twibell | Bo Schembechler | |
Game | Play-by-Play | Analyst(s) | Field Reporter(s) |
---|---|---|---|
ESPN Saturday noon | Wayne Larrivee | Kevin Guthrie or Ben Bennett | |
ABC Sports Saturday games | Keith Jackson | Bob Griese | Jack Arute |
Brent Musburger | Dick Vermeil | Mark Jones | |
Gary Bender | Lynn Swann | ||
ESPN Saturday afternoon | Sean McDonough | Mike Gottfried | Kevin Kiley |
ESPN Saturday primetime | Ron Franklin | Gary Danielson | Neil Lomax |
In-Studio Shows | Host | Analyst(s) | |
ESPN College Gameday | Chris Fowler | Lee Corso and Craig James | |
ABC College Football Countdown | Roger Twibell | ||
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