Saturday Night Football

Saturday Night Football
Saturday Night Football logo (2015–present)
Genre	College football telecasts
Presented by	Chris Fowler Kirk Herbstreit Samantha Ponder Stan Verrett Mack Brown Mark May Brent Musburger (2006–13) Lisa Salters (2006–09) Erin Andrews (2010–11) Heather Cox (2012–15) John Saunders (2006–15)
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	11
No. of episodes	112
Production
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	210 minutes or until game ends
Production company(s)	ESPN
Release
Original network	ABC
Picture format	480i (SDTV), 1080i (HDTV)
Original release	September 2, 2006 – present
Chronology
Related shows	ESPN College Football on ABC

Saturday Night Football (branded for sponsorship purposes as Saturday Night Football on ABC presented by Walmart) is a weekly presentation of prime time broadcasts of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) college football games that are produced by ESPN, and televised on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC). Games are presented each Saturday evening starting at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time during the college football regular season (however until ESPN/ABC lost the NASCAR television rights to NBC Sports Group in 2015, games were not broadcast during weeks when ABC was scheduled to carry a Saturday nighttime Sprint Cup Series race).

As of 2016, the primary broadcast team includes play-by-play announcer Chris Fowler and analyst Kirk Herbstreit, with Samantha Ponder as sideline reporter. Stan Verrett, Mack Brown and Mark May host the studio halftime show, as well as brief pre-game and post-game shows. Other ESPN broadcast teams may also occasionally appear for regional (and some national) telecasts.

Overview

Saturday Night Football premiered on September 2, 2006, with a game between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. While ABC and ESPN have aired college football games on Saturday nights for decades, this program marks the first time that a collegiate sports broadcast has officially been part of any major broadcast television network's primetime schedule.

Twelve weeks of regular season games were televised during the three-month college football season in 2006, 2007 and from 2009 to 2011; the Dr. Pepper Big 12 Championship Game closing out each season until a conference realignment in which four university football programs left and two others joined the Big 12 Conference resulted in the Championship Game being discontinued after the 2010 event. With the college football season being extended by one week, ABC televised thirteen weeks of games in 2008, closing with the 2008 Big 12 Championship Game on December 6.

The Advocare Classic (formerly the Cowboys Classic) became the opening game for Saturday Night Football beginning in 2009; however in 2013, the matchup between the Georgia Bulldogs and Clemson Tigers served as the opening game with the Classic matchup between LSU and TCU being broadcast on ESPN. The Classic served as the opening game for Saturday Night Football again in 2014 (that year, involving the Florida State Seminoles and Oklahoma State Cowboys), in 2015 (Alabama Crimson Tide and Wisconsin Badgers) and in 2016 (Alabama Crimson Tide and USC Trojans.

Games from the Atlantic Coast Conference, the Big 12 Conference, the Big East Conference, the Big Ten Conference, the Pac-12 Conference the now-defunct Western Athletic Conference and the American Athletic Conference have aired on Saturday Night Football, as well as non-conference games in which teams from these conferences were either playing at home or a neutral-site game to which ABC holds the television rights. Only North Carolina State and Virginia (from the ACC), Indiana (from the Big Ten) and Utah (from the Pac-12) have not appeared on Saturday Night Football. All BCS and Power 5 conferences have appeared on Saturday Night Football, as the Southeastern Conference has had its teams featured in 13 non-conference games. Boise State, Temple, UCONN and Cincinnati are the only Group of 5 teams to be featured on "Saturday Night Football" to date, with the latter two teams being featured when they were members of the BCS-aligned Big East or American Athletic conference.

In recent years, following the loss of some broadcast rights of the Pac-12 Conference to Fox Sports in 2012, the Pac-12's Saturday Night Football appearances have been limited to non-conference games, especially home games against Notre Dame and games against the Southeastern Conference, as well as road games against conferences that still have broadcast rights with ABC.

Besides Pac-12 and Big Ten games, ABC makes most of its game broadcast selections or options twelve days prior to the game (with some being made six days beforehand). This allows ABC to 'flex' the most compelling game it has the rights to broadcast into the Saturday Night Football slot. As a result, the Saturday night game is usually ABC's "game of the week". With the loss of the Sprint Cup Series to NBC and NBCSN, Saturday Night Football will expand its seasonal game schedule full-time to 13 weeks beginning in 2015, starting with the Advocare Classic.

As of the 2016 college football season, all games on ABC are broadcast in the 16:9 letterbox format on both the SD and HD feeds.

As ESPN has signed new contracts with various conferences to produce college football coverage, the network has begun branding its coverage of select conferences to which it has rights. This branding was first seen on SEC broadcasts in 2011, which became the "SEC on ESPN". ACC broadcasts followed suit in 2012 becoming the "ACC on ESPN". Despite the fact that ACC games also air on ABC, the games remain branded as the "ACC on ESPN" regardless of network. In 2016, a new contract brought conference branding to Big Ten telecasts as well, which air on both ESPN and ABC. While Big Ten games that air on ESPN cable channels are branded as the "Big Ten on ESPN", games airing on ABC are now branded as the "Big Ten on ABC". While the program is still officially part of ESPN College Football which is reflected when talent appears on screen, the Big Ten on ABC logo and branding is used for intro, program IDs, and replay wipes. This is the first time any regularly schedule sporting event outside of the National Spelling Bee has carried any ABC branding since 2006.

Broadcast teams

2006

• Brent Musburger, play-by-play; Kirk Herbstreit and Bob Davie, analysts; and Lisa Salters, sideline reporter.
  • Ten games: Notre Dame–Georgia Tech,^[1] Ohio State–Texas,^[2] Nebraska–USC,^[3] Notre Dame–Michigan State,^[4] Ohio State–Iowa,^[5] Oregon–California,^[6] Michigan–Penn State,^[7] Oklahoma–Texas A&M,^[8] Wake Forest–Florida State,^[9] and Notre Dame–USC.^[10]
• Dan Fouts, play-by-play; Tim Brant, analyst; and Jack Arute, sideline reporter.
  • Three games: USC–Arizona,^[11] Nebraska–Iowa State,^[12] and UCLA–California.^[13]
• Mark Jones, play-by-play; David Norrie, analyst; and Stacey Dales, sideline reporter.
  • Two games: Arizona State–USC^[14] and Virginia Tech–Miami (Fla.).^[15]
• Gary Thorne, play-by-play; Andre Ware, analyst; and Todd Harris, sideline reporter.
  • One game: Texas–Kansas State.^[16]
• Brad Nessler, play-by-play; Bob Griese and Paul Maguire, analysts; and Erin Andrews, sideline reporter.
  • One game: California–USC.^[17]
• Mike Patrick, play-by-play; Todd Blackledge, analyst; and Holly Rowe, sideline reporter (ESPN crew).
  • One game: Nebraska–Oklahoma (Big 12 Championship Game).^[18]

2007

• Brent Musburger, play-by-play; Kirk Herbstreit, analyst; and Lisa Salters, sideline reporter.
  • Eleven games: Tennessee–California,^[19] USC–Nebraska,^[20] Iowa–Wisconsin,^[21] USC–Washington,^[22] Ohio State–Purdue,^[23] Michigan–Illinois,^[24] Ohio State–Penn State,^[25] Florida State–Boston College,^[26] Kansas–Oklahoma State,^[27] Missouri–Kansas,^[28] and Oklahoma–Missouri (Big 12 Championship Game).^[29]
• Dan Fouts, play-by-play; Tim Brant, analyst; and Todd Harris, sideline reporter.
  • Two games: Washington State–USC^[30] and Notre Dame–UCLA.^[31]
• Terry Gannon, play-by-play; David Norrie, analyst; and Jeannine Edwards, sideline reporter.
  • Two games: Oregon State–USC^[32] and USC–California.^[33]
• Ron Franklin, play-by-play; Ed Cunningham, analyst; and Jack Arute, sideline reporter.
  • One game: Texas A&M–Oklahoma.^[34]
• Dave Lamont, play-by-play; Chris Spielman, analyst; and Quint Kessenich, sideline reporter.
  • One game: Boston College–Maryland.^[35]
• Brad Nessler, play-by-play; Bob Griese and Paul Maguire, analysts; and Bonnie Bernstein, sideline reporter.
  • One game: Oklahoma–Texas Tech.^[36]

2008

• Brent Musburger, play-by-play; Kirk Herbstreit, analyst; and Lisa Salters, sideline reporter.
  • Twelve games: Alabama–Clemson (with Erin Andrews),^[37] Ohio State–USC (with Andrews),^[38] Georgia–Arizona State,^[39] Illinois–Penn State,^[40] Missouri–Texas,^[41] Penn State–Ohio State,^[42] Texas–Texas Tech,^[43] Oklahoma State–Texas Tech,^[44] Boston College–Florida State,^[45] Texas Tech–Oklahoma,^[46] Oklahoma–Oklahoma State,^[47] and Missouri–Oklahoma (Big 12 Championship Game).^[48]
• Ron Franklin, play-by-play; Ed Cunningham, analyst; and Heather Cox or Jack Arute, sideline reporter.
  • Two games: Michigan State–California (with Cox)^[49] and Oklahoma State–Colorado (with Arute).^[50]
• Sean McDonough, play-by-play; Chris Spielman, analyst; and Rob Stone or Erin Andrews, sideline reporter (ESPN2 crew).
  • Two games: Virginia Tech–Nebraska (with Andrews)^[51] and California–USC (with Stone).^[52]
• Mike Patrick, play-by-play; Todd Blackledge, analyst; and Holly Rowe, sideline reporter (ESPN crew).
  • One game: Ohio State–Wisconsin.^[53]
• Mark Jones, play-by-play; Bob Davie, analyst; and Todd Harris, sideline reporter (ESPN2 crew).
  • One game: Oregon–USC.^[54]

2009

• Brent Musburger, play-by-play; Kirk Herbstreit, analyst; and Lisa Salters, sideline reporter.
  • Twelve games: Alabama–Virginia Tech,^[55] Texas Tech–Texas,^[56] Iowa–Penn State,^[57] Oklahoma–Miami (Fla.),^[58] Michigan–Iowa,^[59] Texas–Missouri,^[60] USC–Oregon,^[61] Connecticut–Cincinnati,^[62] Notre Dame–Pittsburgh,^[63] Oregon–Arizona,^[64] Notre Dame–Stanford,^[65] and Texas–Nebraska (Big 12 Championship Game).^[66]
• Mike Patrick, play-by-play; Craig James, analyst; and Heather Cox, sideline reporter.
  • Three games: Oregon State–USC,^[67] USC–Arizona State,^[68] and Texas Tech–Oklahoma State.^[69]
• Ron Franklin, play-by-play; Ed Cunningham, analyst; and Shelley Smith, sideline reporter.
  • Three games: USC–California (with Smith),^[70] Oklahoma–Nebraska,^[71] and Kansas–Texas (with Smith).^[72]
• Sean McDonough, play-by-play; Matt Millen, analyst; and Holly Rowe, sideline reporter.
  • Two games: Texas–Oklahoma State^[73] and Georgia–Georgia Tech.^[74]

2010

• Brent Musburger, play-by-play; Kirk Herbstreit, analyst; and Erin Andrews, Heather Cox, or Holly Rowe, sideline reporter.
  • Ten games: LSU–North Carolina,^[75] Oregon State–Boise State,^[76] Stanford–Oregon,^[77] Florida State–Miami (Fla.) (with Cox),^[78] Oklahoma–Missouri,^[79] Oregon–USC,^[80] Arizona–Stanford,^[81] Nebraska–Texas A&M (with Cox),^[82] Oklahoma–Oklahoma State,^[83] and Nebraska–Oklahoma (Big 12 Championship Game) (with Rowe).^[84]
• Mike Patrick, play-by-play; and Craig James, analyst.
  • Four games: USC–Stanford (with Shelley Smith),^[85] Ohio State–Minnesota (with Ray Bentley),^[86] Clemson–Florida State (with Jeannine Edwards),^[87] and Florida State–Maryland.^[88]
• Ron Franklin, play-by-play; and Ed Cunningham, analyst.
  • Three games: Texas–Texas Tech (with Jeannine Edwards),^[89] Missouri–Texas Tech,^[90] and USC–Arizona (with Shelley Smith).^[91]
• Sean McDonough, play-by-play; Matt Millen, analyst; and Heather Cox, sideline reporter.
  • Two games: Notre Dame–Boston College^[92] and Oklahoma State–Texas.^[93]
• Brad Nessler, play-by-play; and Todd Blackledge, analyst (ESPN crew).
  • Two games: Notre Dame–Michigan State (with Holly Rowe)^[94] and Notre Dame–USC (with Shelley Smith).^[95]
• Mark Neely, play-by-play; Mike Bellotti and Brock Huard, analysts.
  • One game: USC–Oregon State.^[96]

2011

• Brent Musburger, play-by-play; Kirk Herbstreit, analyst; and Erin Andrews or Lisa Salters, sideline reporter.
  • Seven games: Oregon–LSU,^[97] Oklahoma–Florida State,^[98][99] LSU–West Virginia,^[100] Nebraska–Wisconsin,^[101] Stanford–USC,^[102] Kansas State–Oklahoma State (with Salters),^[103] and Oregon–Stanford.^[104]
• Sean McDonough, play-by-play; Matt Millen, analyst; and Heather Cox or Jeannine Edwards, sideline reporter.
  • Two games: Ohio State–Nebraska (with Edwards)^[105] and Washington–Stanford (with Cox).^[106]
• Mike Patrick, play-by-play; Craig James, analyst; and Jenn Brown, sideline reporter.
  • One game: Clemson–Georgia Tech.^[107]
• Brad Nessler, play-by-play; Todd Blackledge, analyst; and Holly Rowe, sideline reporter (ESPN crew).
  • One game: Texas Tech–Oklahoma.^[108]
• Mark Jones, play-by-play; and Ed Cunningham, analyst (ESPN2 crew)
  • One game: Notre Dame–Wake Forest.^[109]

2012

• Brent Musburger, play-by-play; Kirk Herbstreit, analyst; and Heather Cox, sideline reporter.
  • Twelve games: Michigan–Alabama, Notre Dame–Michigan State, Clemson–Florida State, Wisconsin–Nebraska, Nebraska–Ohio State, Florida State–Miami, Notre Dame–Oklahoma, Oklahoma State–Kansas State, Notre Dame–Boston College, Stanford–Oregon, and Notre Dame–USC.
• Sean McDonough, play-by-play; Chris Spielman, analyst; and Quint Kessenich, sideline reporter.
  • One game: Baylor–Texas.^[110]
• Brad Nessler, play-by-play; Todd Blackledge, analyst; and Holly Rowe, sideline reporter (ESPN crew).
  • One game: Texas–Kansas State.

2013

• Brent Musburger, play-by-play; Kirk Herbstreit, analyst; and Heather Cox, sideline reporter.
  • Eleven games: Georgia–Clemson, Notre Dame–Purdue, Kansas State–Texas, Wisconsin–Ohio State, Ohio State–Northwestern, Florida State–Clemson, Miami–Florida State, Notre Dame–Pittsburgh, Stanford–USC, Baylor–Oklahoma State, Duke–Florida State.
• Sean McDonough, play-by-play; Chris Spielman, analyst; and Shannon Spake, sideline reporter.
  • Two games: Michigan–Connecticut, UCLA–USC.
• Brad Nessler, play-by-play; Todd Blackledge, analyst; and Holly Rowe, sideline reporter (ESPN crew).
  • One game: Penn State–Ohio State.

2014

• Chris Fowler, play-by-play; Kirk Herbstreit, analyst; and Heather Cox, sideline reporter.
  • Nine games: Florida State–Oklahoma State, Tennessee–Oklahoma, Clemson–Florida State, Notre Dame–Syracuse, Nebraska–Michigan State, Notre Dame–Florida State, Ohio State–Michigan State, Florida State–Miami, Florida State–Georgia Tech
• Brad Nessler, play-by-play; Todd Blackledge, analyst; and Holly Rowe, sideline reporter (ESPN crew).
  • Three games: Ohio State–Penn State, USC–UCLA, Oregon-Oregon State
• Sean McDonough, play-by-play; Chris Spielman, analyst; and Todd McShay, sideline reporter.
  • One game: Illinois–Ohio State
• Bob Wischusen, play-by-play; Matt Millen, analyst; and Quint Kessenich, sideline reporter.
  • One game: Oklahoma State–Kansas State

2015

• Chris Fowler or Rece Davis, play-by-play; Kirk Herbstreit, analyst; Heather Cox and Tom Rinaldi, sideline reporters.
  • Eleven games: Wisconsin–Alabama, Oregon–Michigan State (with Davis), UCLA–Arizona, Notre Dame–Clemson, Miami–Florida State, Penn State–Ohio State, Ohio State–Rutgers, Notre Dame-Temple, Oklahoma-Baylor, Oklahoma-Oklahoma State (with Rinaldi), North Carolina-Clemson (with Rinaldi).
• Brad Nessler, play-by-play; Todd Blackledge, analyst; and Holly Rowe, sideline reporter (ESPN crew).
  • Two games: Minnesota-Ohio State, TCU-Oklahoma
• Sean McDonough, play-by-play; Chris Spielman, analyst; and Todd McShay, sideline reporter.
  • One game: Stanford–USC

2016

• Chris Fowler or Rece Davis, play-by-play; Kirk Herbstreit, analyst; Samantha Ponder and Tom Rinaldi, sideline reporters, Jerry Punch and Marty Smith pit reporters (Battle at Bristol only)
  • Twelve games: USC-Alabama, Virginia Tech-Tennessee (with Davis, Punch and Smith), Stanford-UCLA, Louisville-Clemson (with Rinaldi), Florida State-Miami, Ohio State-Wisconsin, Ohio State-Penn State, Clemson-Florida State, Nebraska-Ohio State, Michigan-Iowa, Oklahoma-West Virginia, Clemson-Virginia Tech
• Joe Tessitore, play-by-play; Todd Blackledge, analyst; Holly Rowe, sideline reporter (ESPN crew).
  • Two games: USC-Stanford, Florida-Florida State

Schedules

All rankings are from that week's AP Poll.

2006 schedule

ABC did not air games on either October 21 or October 28 to avoid competing with the World Series.

Date	Away	Home	Notes
September 2	#2 Notre Dame 14	Georgia Tech 10
September 9	#1 Ohio State 24	#2 Texas 7
September 16	#19 Nebraska 10	#4 USC 28
September 23	#12 Notre Dame 40	Michigan State 37	Split-national (79% of the United States)[111]
	#3 USC 20	Arizona 3	Split-national (21% of the United States)[111]
September 30	#1 Ohio State 38	#13 Iowa 17
October 7	#11 Oregon 24	#16 California 45	Split-national (62% of the United States)[112]
	#22 Nebraska 28	Iowa State 14	Split-national (38% of the United States)[112]
October 14	#4 Michigan 17	Penn State 10	Split-national (79% of the United States)[113]
	Arizona State 21	#3 USC 28	Split-national (21% of the United States)[113]
November 4	#18 Oklahoma 17	#21 Texas A&M 16	Split-national (43% of the United States)[114]
	#23 Virginia Tech 17	Miami (Fla.) 10	Split-national (38% of the United States, no HD)[114]
	UCLA 24	#10 California 38	Split-national (19% of the United States)[114]
November 11	#4 Texas 42	Kansas State 45	Split-national (56% of the United States)[115]
	#18 Wake Forest 30	Florida State 0	Split-national (44% of the United States)[115]
November 18	#17 California 9	#4 USC 23
November 25	#6 Notre Dame 24	#3 USC 44
December 2	#19 Nebraska 7	#8 Oklahoma 21	Big 12 Championship Game (Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City)

2007 schedule

ABC did not air games on either September 8 or October 13 due to broadcasts of NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series races.

Date	Away	Home	Notes
September 1	#15 Tennessee 31	#12 California 45
September 15	#1 USC 49	#14 Nebraska 31
September 22	Washington State 14	#1 USC 47	Split-national (61% of the United States)[116]
	Iowa 13	#9 Wisconsin 17	Split-national (39% of the United States)[116]
September 29	#1 USC 27	Washington 24
October 6	#4 Ohio State 23	#23 Purdue 7	Split-national (83% of the United States)[117]
	Notre Dame 20	UCLA 6	Split-national (17% of the United States)[117]
October 20	#24 Michigan 27	Illinois 17
October 27	#1 Ohio State 37	#24 Penn State 17
November 3	Florida State 27	#2 Boston College 17	Split-national (62% of the United States)[118]
	Texas A&M 14	#5 Oklahoma 42	Split-national (20% of the United States, no HD)[118]
	Oregon State 3	#13 USC 24	Split-national (18% of the United States)[118]
November 10	#5 Kansas 43	Oklahoma State 28	Split-national (63% of the United States)[119]
	#8 Boston College 35	Maryland 42	Split-national (19% of the United States, no HD)[119]
	#12 USC 24	#24 California 17	Split-national (18% of the United States)[119]
November 17	#3 Oklahoma 27	Texas Tech 34
November 24	#3 Missouri 36	#2 Kansas 28	Border Showdown (Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City)
December 1	#9 Oklahoma 38	#1 Missouri 17	Big 12 Championship Game (Alamodome, San Antonio)

2008 schedule

ABC did not air games on either September 6 or October 11 due to broadcasts of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races.

Date	Away	Home	Notes
August 30	#24 Alabama 34	#9 Clemson 10	Chick-fil-A College Kickoff (Georgia Dome, Atlanta) Split-national (74% of the United States)[120]
	Michigan State 31	California 38	Split-national (26% of the United States)[120]
September 13	#5 Ohio State 3	#1 USC 35
September 20	#3 Georgia 27	Arizona State 10
September 27	#22 Illinois 24	#12 Penn State 38	Split-national (70% of the United States)[121]
	Virginia Tech 35	Nebraska 30	Split-national (30% of the United States)[121]
October 4	#14 Ohio State 20	#18 Wisconsin 17	Split-national (63% of the United States)[122]
	#23 Oregon 10	#9 USC 44	Split-national (37% of the United States)[122]
October 18	#11 Missouri 31	#1 Texas 56
October 25	#3 Penn State 13	#10 Ohio State 6
November 1	#1 Texas 33	#6 Texas Tech 39
November 8	#8 Oklahoma State 20	#2 Texas Tech 56	Split-national (82% of the United States)[123]
	#21 California 3	#7 USC 17	Split-national (18% of the United States)[123]
November 15	Boston College 27	#20 Florida State 17	Split-national (80% of the United States)[124]
	#11 Oklahoma State 30	Colorado 17	Split-national (20% of the United States)[124]
November 22	#2 Texas Tech 21	#5 Oklahoma 65
November 29	#3 Oklahoma 61	#11 Oklahoma State 41
December 6	#19 Missouri 21	#4 Oklahoma 62	Big 12 Championship Game (Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City)

2009 schedule

ABC did not air games on either September 12 or October 17 due to broadcasts of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races.

Date	Away	Home	Notes
September 5	#5 Alabama 34	#7 Virginia Tech 24	Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game (Georgia Dome, Atlanta)
September 19	Texas Tech 24	#2 Texas 34
September 26	Iowa 21	#5 Penn State 10
October 3	#8 Oklahoma 20	#17 Miami (Fla.) 21	Split-national (81% of the United States)[125]
	#7 USC 30	#24 California 3	Split-national (19% of the United States)[125]
October 10	Michigan 28	#12 Iowa 30
October 24	#3 Texas 41	Missouri 7	Split-national (81% of the United States)[126]
	Oregon State 36	#4 USC 42	Split-national (19% of the United States)[126]
October 31	#4 USC 20	#10 Oregon 47	Split-national (54% of the United States, with SD reverse mirror on ESPN2)[127]
	#3 Texas 41	#13 Oklahoma State 14	Split-national (46% of the United States, with SD reverse mirror on ESPN2)[127] This marked the first time that the "reverse mirror" was used in primetime
November 7	Connecticut 45	#4 Cincinnati 47	Split-national (46% of the United States)[128]
	#20 Oklahoma 3	Nebraska 10	Split-national (35% of the United States)[128]
	#12 USC 14	Arizona State 9	Split-national (19% of the United States)[128]
November 14	Notre Dame 22	#8 Pittsburgh 27	Split-national (83% of the United States)[129]
	Texas Tech 17	#17 Oklahoma State 24	Split-national (17% of the United States)[129]
November 21	#11 Oregon 44	Arizona 41 (2OT)	Split-national (65% of the United States)[130]
	Kansas 20	#3 Texas 51	Split-national (35% of the United States)[130]
November 28	Notre Dame 38	Stanford 45	Split-national (74% of the United States, with SD reverse mirror on ESPN2)[131]
	Georgia 30	#7 Georgia Tech 24	Split-national (26% of the United States, with reverse mirror on ESPN2)[131]
December 5	#3 Texas 13	#21 Nebraska 12	Big 12 Championship Game (Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, Texas)

2010 schedule

ABC did not air games on either September 11 or October 16 due to broadcasts of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races.

Date	Away	Home	Notes
September 4	#21 LSU 30	#18 North Carolina 24	Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game (Georgia Dome, Atlanta)
September 18	#6 Texas 24	Texas Tech 14	Split-national (54% of the United States, with SD reverse mirror on ESPN2)[132]
	Notre Dame 31	Michigan State 34 (OT)	Split-national (46% of the United States, with reverse mirror on ESPN2)[132]
September 25	#24 Oregon State 24	#3 Boise State 37
October 2	#9 Stanford 31	#4 Oregon 52	Split-national (53% of the United States, with SD reverse mirror on ESPN2)[133]
	Notre Dame 31	Boston College 13	Split-national (47% of the United States)[133]
October 9	#23 Florida State 45	#13 Miami (Fla.) 17	Split-national (79% of the United States)[134]
	USC 35	#16 Stanford 37	Split-national (21% of the United States)[134]
October 23	#3 Oklahoma 27	#18 Missouri 36
October 30	#1 Oregon 53	#24 USC 32	Split-national (79% of the United States)[135]
	#10 Ohio State 52	Minnesota 10	Split-national (21% of the United States)[135]
November 6	#13 Arizona 17	#10 Stanford 42	Split-national (82% of the United States)[136]
	#14 Missouri 17	Texas Tech 24	Split-national (18% of the United States)[136]
November 13	#12 Oklahoma State 33	Texas 16	Split-national (61% of the United States)[137]
	Clemson 13	Florida State 16	Split-national (20% of the United States)[137]
	USC 24	#18 Arizona 21	Split-national (19% of the United States)[137]
November 20	#9 Nebraska 6	#18 Texas A&M 9	Split-national (53% of the United States)[138]
	Florida State 30	Maryland 16	Split-national (28% of the United States)[138]
	#20 USC 7	Oregon State 36	Split-national (19% of the United States)[138]
November 27	#14 Oklahoma 47	#10 Oklahoma State 41	Split-national (54% of the United States)[139]
	Notre Dame 20	USC 16	Split-national (46% of the United States)[139]
December 4	#10 Oklahoma 23	#13 Nebraska 20	Big 12 Championship Game (Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, Texas)

2011 schedule

Notes:

• 1) ABC did not air games on either September 10 or October 15 due to broadcasts of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races.
• 2) Many of the markets scheduled to receive the Texas Tech–Oklahoma game on October 22 instead saw Washington–Stanford, as a thunderstorm delayed the start of the former game, and most affiliates stuck with the latter even after the storm cleared.

Date	Away	Home	Notes
September 3	#3 Oregon 27	#4 LSU 40	Cowboys Classic Cowboys Stadium (Arlington, Texas)
September 17	#1 Oklahoma 23	#5 Florida State 13
September 24	#2 LSU 47	#16 West Virginia 21
October 1	#8 Nebraska 17	#7 Wisconsin 48
October 8	Ohio State 27	#14 Nebraska 34
October 22	Texas Tech 41	#3 Oklahoma 38	Split-national[140]
	#22 Washington 21	#7 Stanford 65	Split-national
October 29	#4 Stanford 56	#20 USC 48 (3OT)	Split-national[141]
	#6 Clemson 17	Georgia Tech 31	Split-national
November 5	#17 Kansas State 45	#3 Oklahoma State 52	Split-national (with reverse mirror on ESPN2)[142]
	Notre Dame 24	Wake Forest 17	Split-national (with reverse mirror on ESPN2)[143]
November 12	#6 Oregon 53	#3 Stanford 30
November 19	#18 USC 38	#4 Oregon 35	Split-national[144]
	#5 Oklahoma 38	#25 Baylor 45	Split-national
November 26	#22 Notre Dame 14	#4 Stanford 28
December 3	#13 Oklahoma 10	#3 Oklahoma State 44

2012 schedule

ABC did not air Games on either September 8 or October 13 due to broadcasts of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races.

Date	Away	Home	Notes
September 1	#8 Michigan 14	#2 Alabama 41	Cowboys Classic (held at Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, Texas)
September 15	#20 Notre Dame 20	#10 Michigan State 3
September 22	#10 Clemson 37	#4 Florida State 49
September 29	Wisconsin 27	#22 Nebraska 30
October 6	#21 Nebraska 38	#12 Ohio State 63
October 20	#12 Florida State 33	Miami 20	Split-national
	Baylor 50	#25 Texas 56	Split-national
October 27	#5 Notre Dame 30	#8 Oklahoma 13
November 3	#24 Oklahoma State 30	#2 Kansas State 44
November 10	#4 Notre Dame 21	Boston College 6
November 17	#13 Stanford 17	#1 Oregon 14 (OT)
November 24	#1 Notre Dame 22	USC 13
December 1	#18 Texas 24	#6 Kansas State 42

2013 schedule

ABC did not air Games on either September 7 or October 12 due to broadcasts of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races.

Date	Away	Home	Notes
August 31	#5 Georgia 35	#8 Clemson 38
September 14	#21 Notre Dame 31	Purdue 24
September 21	#15 Michigan 24	Connecticut 21	Split-national[145]
	Kansas State 21	Texas 31	Split-national[145]
September 28	#23 Wisconsin 24	#4 Ohio State 31
October 5	#4 Ohio State 40	#16 Northwestern 30
October 19	#5 Florida State 51	#3 Clemson 14
October 26	Penn State 14	#4 Ohio State 63
November 2	#7 Miami 14	#3 Florida State 41
November 9	#24 Notre Dame 21	Pittsburgh 28
November 16	#5 Stanford 17	USC 20
November 23	#4 Baylor 17	#12 Oklahoma State 49
November 30	#22 UCLA 35	#23 USC 14
December 7	#22 Duke 7	#1 Florida State 45	ACC Championship Game (Charlotte, North Carolina)

2014 schedule

ABC did not air games on either September 6 or October 11 due to broadcasts of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races.

Date	Away	Home	Notes
August 30	#1 Florida State 37	Oklahoma State 31	Cowboys Classic
September 13	Tennessee 10	#4 Oklahoma 34
September 20	#22 Clemson 17	#1 Florida State 23 (OT)
September 27	#8 Notre Dame 31	Syracuse 15
October 4	#19 Nebraska 22	#10 Michigan State 27
October 18	#5 Notre Dame 27	#2 Florida State 31
October 25	#13 Ohio State 31	Penn State 24 (2OT)
November 1	Illinois 14	#13 Ohio State 55	Split-national (78% of the United States)
	Oklahoma State 14	#11 Kansas State 48	Split-national (22% of the United States)
November 8	#13 Ohio State 49	#7 Michigan State 37
November 15	#3 Florida State 30	Miami 26
November 22	USC 20	#11 UCLA 38
November 29	#3 Oregon 47	Oregon State 19
December 6	#2 Florida State 37	#12 Georgia Tech 35	ACC Championship Game

2015 schedule

Date	Away	Home	Notes
September 5	#20 Wisconsin 17	#3 Alabama 35	Advocare Classic
September 12	#7 Oregon 28	#5 Michigan State 31
September 19	Stanford 41	#6 USC 31
September 26	#9 UCLA 56	#16 Arizona 30
October 3	#6 Notre Dame 22	#12 Clemson 24
October 10	Miami 24	#12 Florida State 29
October 17	Penn State 10	#1 Ohio State 38
October 24	#1 Ohio State 49	Rutgers 7
October 31	#9 Notre Dame 24	#21 Temple 20
November 7	Minnesota 14	#1 Ohio State 28
November 14	#12 Oklahoma 44	#4 Baylor 34
November 21	#11 TCU 29	#7 Oklahoma 30
November 28	#5 Oklahoma 58	#9 Oklahoma State 23
December 5	#8 North Carolina 37	#1 Clemson 45	2015 ACC Championship Game

2016 schedule

Date	Away	Home	Notes
September 3	#20 USC 6	#1 Alabama 52	Advocare Classic
September 10	Virginia Tech 24	#17 Tennessee 45	Battle at Bristol
September 17	USC 10	#7 Stanford 27
September 24	#7 Stanford 22	UCLA 13
October 1	#3 Louisville 36	#5 Clemson 42
October 8	#23 Florida State 20	#10 Miami 19
October 15	#2 Ohio State 30	#8 Wisconsin 23 (OT)
October 22	#2 Ohio State 21	Penn State 24
October 29	#3 Clemson 37	#12 Florida State 34
November 5	#9 Nebraska 3	#6 Ohio State 62
November 12	#3 Michigan 13	Iowa 14
November 19	#8 Oklahoma 56	#10 West Virginia 28
November 26	#13 Florida 13	#15 Florida State 31
December 3	#3 Clemson	#19 Virginia Tech	2016 ACC Championship Game

Standings

Team	Appearances	Wins	Losses	Win Pct.
Alabama	5	5	0	1.000
LSU	3	3	0	1.000
Georgia	2	2	1	.666
Boise State	1	1	0	1.000
Cincinnati	1	1	0	1.000
Pittsburgh	2	2	0	1.000
Florida State	21	17	4	.810
Ohio State	16	13	3	.813
USC	31	19	12	.613
Stanford	13	10	3	.769
Kansas State	6	4	2	.667
Virginia Tech	4	2	2	.500
Notre Dame	21	13	8	.619
Texas	14	10	4	.714
Michigan	5	3	2	.600
Oklahoma	22	14	8	.636
Oregon	12	6	6	.500
Texas Tech	9	5	4	.556
Oklahoma State	15	6	9	.400
California	8	4	4	.500
Iowa	4	2	2	.500
Baylor	4	1	3	.250
Maryland	2	1	1	.500
Wake Forest	2	1	1	.500
Michigan State	7	3	4	.429
Wisconsin	6	2	4	.333
Georgia Tech	3	1	3	.250
Kansas	3	1	2	.333
Miami (Fla.)	8	1	7	.125
Texas A&M	3	1	2	.333
Penn State	8	2	6	.250
Missouri	7	2	5	.286
Nebraska	14	4	10	.286
Boston College	5	1	4	.200
Oregon State	5	1	4	.200
Colorado	1	0	1	.000
Connecticut	2	0	1	.000
Duke	1	0	1	.000
Iowa State	1	0	1	.000
Minnesota	2	0	2	.000
North Carolina	2	0	2	.000
Purdue	2	0	2	.000
Tennessee	3	1	2	.333
Washington State	1	0	1	.000
West Virginia	1	0	1	.000
Illinois	3	0	3	.000
UCLA	6	3	3	.500
Washington	2	0	2	.000
Arizona State	3	0	3	.000
Clemson	10	4	6	.400
Arizona	5	0	5	.000
Northwestern	1	0	1	.000
Syracuse	1	0	1	.000
Louisville	1	0	1	.000
Temple	1	0	1	.000
TCU	1	0	1	.000
Rutgers	1	0	1	.000
Florida	1	0	1	.000

Nielsen ratings

Series high: 14.6 million viewers (11/25/2006); Series low: 3.7 million viewers

Seasonal

Seasonal rankings (based on average total viewers per episode) of Saturday Night Football on ABC.

Season	Episodes	Timeslot	Season premiere	Season finale	TV season	Season rank	Viewers (in millions)
1st	18	Saturday 8:00	September 2, 2006	December 2, 2006	2006–2007	#97	7.6[146]
2nd	18		September 1, 2007	December 1, 2007	2007–2008	#121	6.2[147]
3rd	18		August 30, 2008	December 6, 2008	2008–2009	#61	8.3[148]
4th	20		September 5, 2009	December 5, 2009	2009–2010	#78	6.3[149]
5th	22		September 4, 2010	December 4, 2010	2010–2011	#95	6.0[150]
6th	16		September 3, 2011	December 3, 2011	2011–2012	#88	6.4[151]
7th	14		September 1, 2012	December 1, 2012	2012–2013	#66	6.9[152]
8th	14		August 31, 2013	December 7, 2013	2013–2014	#82	5.6[153]
9th	14		August 30, 2014	December 6, 2014	2014–2015	#88	6.4[154]
10th	14		September 5, 2015	December 5, 2015	2015–2016	#92	5.2[155]
11th	14		September 3, 2016	December 3, 2016	2016–2017	TBD	TBA
12th	14	September 2, 2017	December 2, 2017	2017-18	TBD	TBA

Theme music

At the time the Saturday night package began in 2006, ABC Sports was integrated with ESPN, resulting in ESPN production concepts being applied to ABC-televised sports events. As a result, during the 2006 and 2007 seasons, the theme music used for the ESPN College Football and College GameDay broadcasts was used on ABC's college football telecasts – including Saturday Night Football – with the exception in both years being the Rose Bowl, during which it used the bowl game version of the network's 1998-2005 sports theme (a cut that had traditionally been used in broadcast intros). Saturday Night Football games began using the bowl version of the 1998-2005 theme as well in 2008, continuing through the 2010 BCS National Championship Game.

The intro theme was updated in 2011, with the main theme music being changed to a different cut of the 1998-2005 bowl game theme (one that had usually been used during studio shows in the past). Bowl Championship Series games aired on ESPN during this period were produced identically to Saturday Night Football productions, and used this same theme music arrangement.

In 2013, the theme for all college football telecasts on both ESPN and ABC was changed to a heavily updated version of yet another one of ABC's 1998-2005 themes (this one had usually been used for intro teasers in the past). However, unlike previous SNF themes, this theme was a completely new recording, using the tune of the 1998-2005 song as the base.

In 2015, ABC began using the same theme used by all ESPN college football productions since the 2014-15 New Years' Six bowl games.

See also

• College GameDay
• College Football Final
• College Football Scoreboard
• ESPN College Football Thursday Primetime
• ESPN College Football Saturday Primetime
• ESPN2 College Football Saturday Primetime
• College Football on ABC

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Weekly listings for the 2006 through 2010 college football seasons

• Saturday Night Football at the Internet Movie Database
• Saturday Night Football at TV.com