College Football: ESPN & ABC Showcase No. 1 Alabama, No. 4 Ohio State & No. 5 Stanford in Prime Time

ESPN networks will carry four of the top five ranked teams - and nine of the top 15 - on Saturday, Sept. 28, highlighted by prime-time telecasts of No. 1 Alabama and No. 5 Stanford on ESPN and No. 4 Ohio State on ABC.

An ESPN Saturday night doubleheader will showcase No. 1 Alabama against undefeated SEC West Division rival No. 21 Ole Miss at 6:30 p.m. ET followed by No. 5 Stanford at one-loss Pac-12 North Division foe Washington State at 10 p.m. The ABC Saturday Night Football Presented by Windows telecast at 8 p.m. will feature No. 4 Ohio State at No. 23 Wisconsin in a matchup of Big Ten Leaders Division opponents.

Additional highlights for Saturday, Sept. 28:

· ABC, ESPN and ESPNU will each televise a top 15 team on the road at noon: No. 12 South Carolina at unbeaten UCF on ABC, No. 11 Oklahoma State at West Virginia on ESPN and No. 15 Miami (Fla.) at South Carolina on ESPNU.

· Two of the ACC's unbeaten and ranked teams will play 3:30 p.m. games against conference foes: No. 3 Clemson against Wake Forest on ESPNU and No. 8 Florida State at Boston College on ABC (ESPN2 will reverse mirror the game with Iowa at Minnesota).

· Two of the networks' 7 p.m. games will include a ranked team on the road: No. 10 Texas A&M at Arkansas on ESPN2 and ESPN Radio and No. 20 Florida at Kentucky on ESPNU.

All ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN3 games will be available through WatchESPN, accessible online at WatchESPN.com, on smartphones and tablets via the WatchESPN app, through ESPN on Xbox LIVE to Gold members and on Apple TV to fans who receive their video subscription from an affiliated provider.

ESPN Goal Line network will offer unlimited live cut-ins and highlights from numerous top college football games every Saturday beginning at noon. Goal Line is currently available to Time Warner Cable, Bright House Networks, Cox, Cablevision, Verizon FiOS TV, Comcast and Midcontinent Communications customers.

ESPN, ABC, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3, ESPNEWS, Longhorn Network and ESPN Radio Schedule

Thu, Sep 26

7:30 p.m. Virginia Tech at Georgia Tech TV: Rece Davis, Jesse Palmer, David Pollack & Samantha Ponder Radio: Bill Rosinski, David Norrie & Joe Schad ESPN & ESPN Radio Howard at North Carolina A&T Mark Neely & Jay Walker ESPNU

Fri, Sep 27

9 p.m. Utah State at San Jose State Carter Blackburn, Danny Kanell & Allison Williams ESPN Middle Tennessee State at BYU Eamon McAnaney & Anthony Becht ESPNU

Sat, Sep 28

Noon No. 12 South Carolina at UCF Dave Pasch, Brian Griese & Tom Luginbill ABC No. 11 Oklahoma State at West Virginia Bob Wischusen, Rod Gilmore & Quint Kessenich ESPN Northern Illinois at Purdue Beth Mowins, Joey Galloway & Paul Carcaterra ESPN2 No. 15 Miami (Fla.) at South Florida Tom Hart & John Congemi ESPNU

12:21 p.m. South Alabama at Tennessee Dave Neal, Andre Ware & Cara Capuano ESPN3 & SEC TV *

12:30 p.m. East Carolina at North Carolina ESPN3 & ACC Network * Virginia at Pittsburgh ESPN3 & RSN *

1 p.m. Bryant at Wagner ESPN3

2 p.m. Navy at Western Kentucky Mark Neely & Ray Bentley ESPNEWS Hampton at South Carolina State ESPN3 ^ Charlotte at Presbyterian ESPN3

2:30 p.m. Akron at Bowling Green Michael Reghi & Rocky Boiman ESPN3 Eastern Kentucky at Eastern Illinois ESPN3

3 p.m. Toledo at Ball State Jim Barbar & John Gregory ESPN3 Troy at Duke Shawn Kenney & John Bunting ESPN3

3:30 p.m. No. 8 Florida State at Boston College Sean McDonough, Chris Spielman & Shannon Spake ABC & ESPN2 ** Iowa at Minnesota Mike Patrick, Ed Cunningham & Jeannine Edwards ABC & ESPN2 ** Wake Forest at No. 3 Clemson Anish Shroff, Kelly Stouffer & Brooke Weisbrod ESPNU Central Michigan at NC State John Sadak & Al Groh ESPN3 Connecticut at Buffalo Bob Picozzi & KC Keeler ESPN3

6:30 p.m. No. 21 Ole Miss at No. 1 Alabama Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge & Holly Rowe ESPN

7 p.m. No. 10 Texas A&M at Arkansas TV: Mark Jones, Brock Huard & Kaylee Hartung Radio: Marc Kestecher, David Norrie & Joe Schad ESPN2 & ESPN Radio No. 20 Florida at Kentucky Clay Matvick, Matt Stinchcomb & Dawn Davenport ESPNU Kent State at Western Michigan Dan Gutowsky & Dustin Fox ESPN3 Tulane at Louisiana-Monroe Drew Fellios & Stan Lewter ESPN3 Wyoming at Texas State Andrew Monaco & Kevin O'Connell Longhorn Network Youngstown State at Southern Illinois ESPN3 * Angelo State at Valdosta State ESPN3 * Kentucky-Wesleyan at Liberty ESPN3 *

7:30 p.m. Arkansas State at Missouri Matt Stewart, Chris Doering & Angela Mallen ESPN3 & RSN * UAB at Vanderbilt ESPN3 & RSN *

8 p.m. No. 23 Wisconsin at No. 4 Ohio State Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit & Heather Cox ABC San Diego State at New Mexico State ESPN3 *

10 p.m. No. 5 Stanford at Washington State Joe Tessitore, Matt Millen & Maria Taylor ESPN

10:15 p.m. Southern Miss at Boise State Joe Davis & David Diaz-Infante ESPNU

10:30 p.m. USC at Arizona State Dave Flemming, Mike Bellotti & Allison Williams ESPN2

* Local blackout may apply

** Reverse mirror in which ESPN2 will regionalize two games on ABC to markets not receiving the telecast

^ Available on ESPNU Sunday, Sept. 29, at 8 a.m.