College football on television this weekend (Nov. 20-21)
Tom Hart, Jordan Rodgers and Cole Cubelic is the SEC Network broadcast crew for Kentucky’s matchup with No. 1-ranked Alabama at 4 p.m. EST on Saturday.
Friday night, Louisville will try to stop a two-game losing streak when the 2-6 Cardinals play host to Syracuse on ESPN. Kickoff is at 7 p.m. Syracuse is 1-7. The Cardinals are without top running back Javian Hawkins, who opted out of the rest of the season.
As for ranked teams playing Saturday, the nation’s biggest surprise, No. 9-ranked Indiana, travels to Columbus to take on No. 3-ranked Ohio State for a noon Saturday game on Fox. The Hoosiers have already beaten Penn State, Rutgers, Michigan and Michigan State. They blanked the Spartans 24-0 in East Lansing last week.
Some are calling it Indiana’s biggest game in 33 years. Still, Ohio State is a 20.5-point favorite to get the win at home.
No. 18 Oklahoma is at No. 14 Oklahoma State for the Saturday prime-time game on ABC. Oklahoma State is 5-1. Oklahoma is 5-2. OSU’s only loss was to Texas 41-34. Oklahoma defeated Texas in overtime.
It’s not a matchup of ranked teams, but undefeated and seventh-ranked Cincinnati is at UCF for a 3:30 p.m. game on ESPN. The Bearcats are 7-0. UCF is 5-2.
An interesting side note: With Ole Miss-Texas A&M postponed, CBS moved the San Diego State-Nevada matchup into the SEC’s usual 3:30 time slot. Why? CBS has the Mountain West contract. Brad Nessler, Gary Danielson and Jamie Erdahl will broadcast the game.
Update: Clemson-Florida State and Washington State-Stanford are late postponements.
Here’s the full list of college football games on television this weekend:
Friday, Nov. 20
- 7:00 - Syracuse at Louisville (ESPN)
- 7:30 - Purdue at Minnesota (Big Ten)
- 8:00 - UMass at Florida Atlantic (CBS Sports)
- 9:30 - New Mexico at Air Force (Fox Sports 1)
Saturday, Nov. 21
- 12:00 - Indiana at Ohio State (Fox)
- 12:00 - Florida at Vanderbilt (ABC)
- 12:00 - Appalachian State at Coastal Carolina (ESPN2)
- 12:00 - Illinois at Nebraska (Big Ten)
- 12:00 - Arkansas State at Texas State (ESPNU)
- 12:00 - Georgia Southern at Army (CBS Sports)
- 12:00 - LSU at Arkansas (SEC)
- 3:30 - Cincinnati at UCF (ESPN)
- 3:30 - Wisconsin at Northwestern (ABC)
- 3:30 - UCLA at Oregon (ESPN2)
- 3:30 - Georgia State at South Alabama (ESPNU)
- 3:30 - Iowa at Penn State (Big Ten)
- 3:30 - San Diego State at Nevada (CBS)
- 3:30 - California at Oregon State (Fox Sports 1)
- 4:00 - Kentucky at Alabama (SEC)
- 4:00 - Kansas State at Iowa State (Fox)
- 4:00 - Virginia Tech at Pittsburgh (ACC)
- 7:00 - Tennessee at Auburn (ESPN)
- 7:30 - Mississippi State at Georgia (SEC)
- 7:30 - Oklahoma State at Oklahoma (ABC)
- 7:30 - Missouri at South Carolina (SEC alternate)
- 7:30 - Michigan at Rutgers (Big Ten)
- 8:00 - Arizona at Washington (Fox)
- 10:30 - USC at Utah (ESPN)
- 11:00 - Boise State at Hawaii (CBS Sports)
This story was originally published November 20, 2020 at 11:32 AM.
