College football broadcast teams: Week 12

This is a complete guide to the announcer pairings in Week 12 of the 2016 college football season.

While many in the college football community are still recovering from this week’s new College Football Playoff rankings, seasoned sports broadcasters are prepping for Week 12. This week starts off with an ACC/AAC match-up that wouldn’t have mattered in Week 1. Favored by two scores, Louisville travels to Houston to play Tom Herman and the Cougs.

The biggest victim of gravity in the College Football Playoff rankings, Texas A&M, who fell 17 spots to No. 25, will hopefully have no issue with UT-San Antonio at home. The rest of the SEC should be on cruise control in Week 12, including – no, not a typing error – No. 19 Tennessee (vs. Mizzou, 3:30 EST).

At the moment, the hottest conference in all of college football, the Big Ten, will air five games. Off of a fresh loss to Iowa, Michigan might have another test on its schedule when it hosts Indiana this weekend. Meanwhile, Penn State will visit Rutgers, who were the recipients of their second shutout by a team from the state of Michigan.

Although the Big 12 is officially on the outside looking in, there’s an upcoming match-up that’s noteworthy. No. 9 Oklahoma will square off against an unusually high-ranked team in No. 14 West Virginia. Pre-season projections were fairly for the Big 12, but at least two dozen scenarios would have to play out if they wanted a representative in the top four of the College Football Playoff rankings.

With the chaos of Week 11 behind us, here’s the rundown of who’s calling which game and where you can expect them.

Note: All times are Eastern.

(Courtesy: Eye and Sky Air Sports)

Thursday, November 17

Louisville at Houston (8:00)

• Network: ESPN
• Play by Play: Dave Flemming
• Color Commentary: Jesse Palmer
• Sideline Reporter: Laura Rutledge

Friday, November 18

Memphis at Cincinnati (8:00)

• Network: CBSSN
• Play by Play: Dave Ryan
• Color Commentary: Corey Chavous
• Sideline Reporter: Melanie Collins

UNLV at No. 20 Boise State (9:00)

• Network: ESPN2
• Play by Play: Adam Amin
• Color Commentary: Kelly Stouffer
• Sideline Reporter: Molly McGrath

Saturday, November 19 – Noon

No. 7 Wisconsin at Purdue

• Network: ABC
• Play by Play: Mike Patrick
• Color Commentary: Ed Cunningham
• Sideline Reporter: Jerry Punch

No. 2 Ohio State at Michigan State

• Network: ESPN
• Pkay by Play: Joe Tessitore
• Color Commentary: Todd Blackledge
• Sideline Reporter: Holly Rowe

UTSA at No. 25 Texas A&M

• Network: ESPNU
• Play by Play: Eamon McAnaney
• Color Commentary: John Congemi

Maryland at No. 18 Nebraska

• Network: ESPNews
• Play by Play: Mike Couzens
• Color Commentary: Dan Hawkins

No. 11 Oklahoma State at TCU

• Network: FS1
• Play by Play: Tim Brando
• Color Commentary: Spencer Tillman
• Sideline Reporter: Bruce Feldman

Yale at Harvard

• Network: CNBC
• Play by Play: Paul Burmeister
• Color Commentary: Ross Tucker

Miami (FL) at NC State (12:30)

• Network: ACC Network
• Play by Play: Tom Werme
• Color Commentary: Dave Archer
• Sideline Reporter: Roddy Jones

Florida at LSU (1:00)

• Network: SEC
• Play by Play: Brent Musburger
• Color Commentary: Jesse Palmer
• Sideline Reporter: Kaylee Hartung

Oregon at No. 12 Utah (2:00)

• Network: Pac-12 Network
• Play by Play: Ted Robinson
• Color Commentary: Yogi Roth
• Sideline Reporter: Cindy Brunson

3:30 SCHEDULE

Missouri at No. 19 Tennessee

• Network: CBS
• Play by Play: Verne Lundquist
• Color Commentary: Gary Danielson
• Sideline Reporter: Allie LaForce

No. 22 Washington State at No. 10 Colorado

• Network: FOX
• Play by Play: Gus Johnson
• Color Commentary: Joel Klatt
• Sideline Reporter: Shannon Spake

Virginia Tech at Notre Dame

• Network: NBC
• Play by Play: Dan Hicks
• Color Commentary: Doug Flutie
• Sideline Reporter: Kathryn Tappen

No. 17 Florida State at Syracuse

• Network: ABC/ESPN2
• Play by Play: Beth Mowins
• Color Commentary: Anthony Becht
• Sideline Reporter: Rocky Boiman

Texas at Kansas

• Network: ABC/ESPN2
• Play by Play: Allen Bestwick
• Color Commentary: Mike Bellotti
• Sideline Reporter: Kris Budden

Indiana at No. 3 Michigan

• Network: ESPN
• Play by Play: Dave Pasch
• Color Commentary: Greg McElroy
• Sideline Reporter: Tom Luginbill

Buffalo at No. 21 Western Michigan

• Network: ESPNU
• Play by Play: Mark Jones
• Color Commentary: Rod Gilmore
• Sideline Reporter: Quint Kessenich

No. 24 Stanford at Cal (5:30)

• Network: Pac-12 Network
• Play by Play: Roxy Bernstein
• Color Commentary: Anthony Herron
• Sideline Reporter: Lewis Johnson

7:00 SCHEDULE

No. 4 Clemson at Wake Forest

• Network: ESPN
• Play by Play: Bob Wischusen
• Color Commentary: Brock Huard
• Sideline Reporter: Allison Williams

Chattanooga at No. 1 Alabama

• Network: ESPN2
• Play by Play: Dave Neal
• Color Commentary: Matt Stinchcomb
• Sideline Reporter: Olivia Harlan

Arkansas at Mississippi State

• Network: ESPNU
• Play by Play: Clay Matvick
• Color Commentary: Dusty Dvoracek
• Sideline Reporter: Alex Corddry

Arizona State at No. 6 Washington (7:30)

• Network: FOX
• Play by Play: Joe Davis
• Color Commentary: Brady Quinn
• Sideline Reporter: Jenny Taft

Alabama A&M at No. 15 Auburn (7:30)

• Network: SEC Alternative
• Play by Play: Taylor Zarzour
• Color Commentary: Clint Stoerner
• Sideline Reporter: Lauren Sisler

No. 9 Oklahoma at No. 14 West Virginia (8:00)

• Network: ABC
• Play by Play: Chris Fowler
• Color Commentary: Kirk Herbstreit
• Sideline Reporter: Samantha Ponder

Ole Miss at Vanderbilt (8:00)

• Network: SEC
• Play by Play: Tom Hart
• Color Commentary: Andre Ware
• Sideline Reporter: Cole Cubelic

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No. 8 Penn State at Rutgers (8:00)

• Network: BTN
• Play by Play: Kevin Kugler
• Color Commentary: Matt Millen
• Sideline Reporter: Lisa Byington

No. 13 USC at UCLA (10:30)

• Network: ESPN
• Play by Play: Steve Levy
• Color Commentary: Brian Griese
• Sideline Reporter: Todd McShay