Week 6 kicks off early this week with a Wednesday match-up between Georgia Southern and Arkansas State.
The NL Wild Card game featuring the San Francisco Giants and New York Mets may be on the minds of most sports fan tonight, but there’s some ball to play in State University, Arkansas.
With their recent loss to MAC favorite, Western Michigan, Georgia Southern hopes to rebound and gain its fourth win against Arkansas State, who sits winless under coach Blake Anderson.
An annual treat of Georgia Southern is its ground game and this year, it’s no different. Four backs, including veteran Matt Breida, average 200 yards and two touchdowns; whereas Arkansas State’s Warren Wand leads the team with 228 yards and a TD.
Week 6 has a hard act to follow, though.
Michigan-Wisconsin proved to be a yawn, even though both were favored to exceed 21 points. And the chaos that ensued between the Louisville-Clemson and Tennessee-Georgia games were just reasons to fall in love with the madness before it’s even March.
This week, some of the oldest rivalries in college football will be revisited, including Florida State-Miami (8 ET, ABC) and Oklahoma-Texas (noon, FS1). Other Week 6 competition, like Coach O’s LSU Tigers taking on Florida, might be interrupted by Hurricane Matthew.
How ever Mother Nature decides to pan out over the next few days, the Week 6 season carries on with the voices inside the press box. That said, here’s the line-up of announcers for Week 6, brought to you by Eye on Sky and Air Sports. (Let’s hope Mack Brown doesn’t ditch his post when he calls Clemson-Boston College.)
All times are Eastern.
Wednesday, October 5
Georgia Southern @ Arkansas State (8:00)
ESPN2 (Chris Cotter, Rocky Boiman, Quint Kessenich)
Thursday, October 6
Norfolk State @ N.C. A&T (7:30)
ESPNU (Eric Clemons, Jay Walker)
Temple @ Memphis (8:00)
ESPN (Dave Fleming, Jesse Palmer, Laura Rutledge)
Western Kentucky @ Louisiana Tech (8:00)
CBS Sports Network (Jason Horowitz, Rick Neuheisel, Taylor Rooks)
Friday, October 7
Clemson @ Boston College (7:30)
ESPN (Adam Amin, Mack Brown, Molly McGrath)
SMU @ Tulsa (8:00)
ESPN2 (Mike Corey, Rene Ingoglia)
Tulane @ UCF (8:00)
ESPNU (Kevin Brown, Clint Stoerner, Craig Haubert)
Boise State @ New Mexico (9:00)
CBS Sports Network (Carter Blackburn, Aaron Taylor, Jenny Dell)
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Saturday, October 8
Cincinnati @ UCONN (11:30 AM)
CBS Sports Network (Dave Ryan, Corey Chavous, Melanie Collins)
NOON BROADCASTS
Notre Dame @ N.C. State
ABC (Dave Pasch, Greg McElroy, Tom Luginbill)
LSU @ Florida
ESPN (Steve Levy, Brian Griese, Todd McShay)
Iowa @ Minnesota
ESPN2 (Beth Mowins, Anthony Becht, Rocky Boiman)
TCU @ Kansas
ESPNU (Eamon McAnaney, John Congemi)
East Carolina @ Central Florida
ESPNews (Mike Couzens, Dan Hawkins)
Texas vs. Oklahoma (Cotton Bowl)
FOX Sports 1 (Gus Johnson, Joel Klatt, Shannon Spake)
Auburn @ Mississippi St.
SEC Network (Tom Hart, Andre Ware, Cole Cubelic)
Maryland @ Penn State
Big Ten Network (Kevin Kugler, Matt Millen, Lisa Byington)
Southern Miss @ UT-San Antonio
American Sports Network (Mike Gleason, ND Kalu)
Houston @ Navy (3:00)
CBS Sports Network (John Sadak, Randy Cross, Sheehan Stanwick-Burch)
3:30 BROADCASTS
Virginia Tech @ North Carolina
ABC or ESPN2 (Dave LaMont, Ray Bentley, Alex Corddry)
BYU @ Michigan St.
ABC or ESPN2 (Mike Patrick, Ed Cunningham, Jerry Punch)
Tennessee @ Texas A&M
CBS (Verne Lundquist, Gary Danielson, Allie LaForce)
Indiana @ Ohio St.
ESPN (Bob Wischusen, Brock Huard, Allison Williams)
Iowa State @ Oklahoma St.
ESPNU (Anish Shroff, Ahmad Brooks, Dawn Davenport)
Purdue @ Illinois
Big Ten Network (Eric Collins, Glen Mason)
Army @ Duke
ACC Regional Sports Network (Wes Durham, James Bates, Niki Noto)
Air Force @ Wyoming
ROOT (Drew Goodman, Sed Bonner, Brad Thompson)
Ball State @ Central Michigan
American Sports Network (TBD)
Vanderbilt @ Kentucky (4:00)
SEC Network (Dave Neal, Matt Stinchcomb, Olivia Harlan)
Colorado @ Southern Cal
Pac-12 Network (Roxy Bernstein, Anthony Herrin, Lewis Johnson)
7:00 BROADCASTS
Alabama @ Arkansas
ESPN (Joe Tessitore, Todd Blackledge, Holly Rowe)
Michigan @ Rutgers
ESPN2 (Jason Benetti, Kelly Stouffer, Paul Carcaterra)
Texas Tech @ Kansas St.
ESPNU (Clay Matvick, Dusty Dvoracek)
Syracuse @ Wake Forest
ACC Regional Sports Network (Bob Rathburn, Takeo Spikes, Kelsey Wingert)
Georgia @ South Carolina (7:30)
SEC Network (Brent Musburger, Jesse Palmer, Kaylee Hartung)
Florida State @ Miami (8:00)
ABC (Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Samantha Ponder)
California @ Oregon St. (9:00)
Pac-12 Network (Ted Robinson, Yogi Roth, Cindy Brunson)
10:00 BROADCASTS
Arizona @ Utah
FOX Sports 1 (Tim Brando, Spencer Tillman, Bruce Feldman)
Utah St. @ Colorado St.
CBS Sports Network (Rich Waltz, Eric Davis, Cassie McKinney)
Next: College Football Blitz, Week 5
10:30 BROADCASTS
UCLA @ Arizona St.
ESPN2 (Allen Bestwick, Mike Bellotti, Kris Budden)
UNLV @ San Diego St.
ESPNU (Roy Philpott, Tom Ramsey)