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College football broadcast teams for Championship Week

By Nathaniel Reeves

Aug 12, 2015; Sheboygan, WI, USA; CBS Sports personality Verne Lundquist does an interview at the CBS compound during a practice round for the 2015 PGA Championship golf tournament at Whistling Straits -The Straits Course. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Bursaw-Press-Gazette Media via USA TODAY Sports
Aug 12, 2015; Sheboygan, WI, USA; CBS Sports personality Verne Lundquist does an interview at the CBS compound during a practice round for the 2015 PGA Championship golf tournament at Whistling Straits -The Straits Course. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Bursaw-Press-Gazette Media via USA TODAY Sports /
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Here are the national television announcer pairings for conference championship week in college football.

Following another thrilling edition of rivalry week in college football, the stage is set for some crucial matchups in Week 14.

Most conferences will hold their respective conference championship games this weekend. With potentially two spots in the national semifinal still in play, Week 14 could drastically change the playoff picture before teams are selected on Sunday.

FOX will have television coverage of the two championship games that could impact the national title picture the most. Joe Davis will be on the call for Friday’s Pac-12 Championship Game between Washington and Colorado, while Gus Johnson will handle play-by-play duties for Wisconsin-Penn State in the Big Ten Championship Game.

The biggest announcing news of the week is Verne Lundquist calling his last SEC game for CBS in Saturday’s title matchup between Alabama and Florida. Lundquist, who started announcing SEC games for the network back in 2000, will cover the Army-Navy game on Dec. 10 before retiring.

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Here are the broadcast teams for the 2016 conference champion games, along with a few other key Week 14 matchups.

Friday

MAC Championship: No. 17 Western Michigan vs. Ohio 7:00 p.m. ET

  • Network: ESPN
  • Play-By-Play: Adam Amin
  • Color Commentary: Mack Brown
  • Sideline Reporter: Molly McGrath

Pac-12 Championship: No. 4 Washington vs. No. 8 Colorado 9:00 p.m. ET

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

Saturday

AAC Championship: Temple at No. 19 Navy 12:00 p.m ET

  • Network: ABC
  • Play-By-Play: Joe Tessitore
  • Color Commentary: Todd Blackledge
  • Sideline Reporter: Holly Rowe

Conference USA Championship: Louisiana Tech at Western Kentucky 12:00 p.m. ET

  • Network: ESPN
  • Play-By-Play: Dave Pasch
  • Color Commentary: Tom Luginbill
  • Sideline Reporter: Quint Kessenich

No. 10 Oklahoma State at No. 9 Oklahoma 12:30 p.m. ET 

  • Network: FOX
  • Play-By-Play: Tim Brando
  • Color Commentary: Spencer Tillman
  • Sideline Reporter: Bruce Feldman

Baylor at No. 16 West Virginia 3:30 p.m. ET

  • Network: FS1
  • Play-By-Play: Justin Kutcher
  • Color Commentary: Petros Papadakis
  • Sideline Reporter: N/A

SEC Championship: No. 1 Alabama vs. No. 15 Florida 4:00 p.m. ET

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

Mountain West Championship: San Diego State at Wyoming 7:45 p.m. ET

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

ACC Championship: No. 4 Clemson vs. No. 23 Virginia Tech 8:00 p.m. ET

  • Network: ABC
  • Play-By-Play: Chris Fowler
  • Color Commentary: Kirk Herbstreit
  • Sideline Reporter: Heather Cox

Big Ten Championship: No. 6 Wisconsin vs. No. 7 Penn State 8:00 p.m. ET

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

Daniel Ormsby of Eye on Sky and Air Sports has a full list of announcer pairings for every televised game in Week 14.

What college football game are you most looking forward to watching this weekend?

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