The No. 12 Michigan State Spartans head to South Bend on Saturday night for a meeting with the No. 18 Notre Dame Fighting Irish in one of the handful of ranked vs. ranked match ups on Saturday’s Week 3 schedule.
Michigan State returns to action this weekend after a bye week in Week 2, while Notre Dame looks to string together its second straight win after a season-opening loss to Texas in double-overtime.
Today’s top 25 match up also has some implications on the ESPN campus, with NBA legend and Spartans alum Magic Johnson placing a wager with ESPN radio host and Notre Dame alum Mike Golic. The loser of the game must wear the opponents jersey live on air, while having the winner’s “favorite dessert” smashed in their face.
This should be fun.
How can you tune in to today’s big game? Here is all of the information you will need to catch the action from the opening kickoff:
Date: Saturday, September 17
Start Time: 7:30 p.m. ET
Location: Notre Dame, Indiana
Venue: Notre Dame Stadium
TV Info: NBC
Live Stream: NBC Sports Live Extra
Week 3 Schedule:
Matchup | Time (ET) | TV / Online |
---|---|---|
Akron at Marshall | Noon | CBSSN / CBSSports.com |
(2) Florida State at (10) Louisville | Noon | ABC / WatchESPN |
Georgia State at (9) Wisconsin | Noon | BTN / BTN2Go |
Iowa State at TCU | Noon | FS1 / FS Go |
Kansas at Memphis | Noon | ESPNU / WatchESPN |
(25) Miami, FL at Appalachian State | Noon | ESPN / WatchESPN |
Middle Tennessee at Bowling Green | Noon | ASN / ESPN3 |
New Mexico at Rutgers | Noon | ESPNews / WatchESPN |
North Dakota State at (13) Iowa | Noon | ESPN2 / WatchESPN |
Ohio at (15) Tennessee | Noon | SECN / WatchESPN |
South Carolina State at (5) Clemson | Noon | RSN / ACCNExtra |
Temple at Penn State | Noon | BTN / BTN2Go |
Vanderbilt at Georgia Tech | 12:30 pm | ACCN / ACCNExtra |
Virginia at UConn | 1:30 pm | SNY / ESPN3 |
Idaho at Washington State | 2:00 pm | Pac-12N / Pac-12.com |
North Carolina A&T at Tulsa | 2:00 pm | ESPN3 |
Florida Atlantic at Kansas State | 2:30 pm | FSN / FS Go |
Eastern Kentucky at Ball State | 3:00 pm | ESPN3 |
Fresno State at Toledo | 3:00 pm | ESPN Extra / ESPN3 |
UNLV at Central Michigan | 3:00 pm | ESPN3 |
(1) Alabama at (19) Ole Miss | 3:30 pm | CBS / CBSSports.com |
Boston College at Virginia Tech | 3:30 pm | ESPNU / WatchESPN |
Colorado at (4) Michigan | 3:30 pm | BTN / BTN2Go |
FIU at UMass | 3:30 pm | ASN / ESPN3 |
James Madison at North Carolina | 3:30 pm | RSN / ACCNExtra |
Monmouth at Kent State | 3:30 pm | ESPN3 |
(22) Oregon at Nebraska | 3:30 pm | ABC / WatchESPN |
Pittsburgh at Oklahoma State | 3:30 pm | ESPN / WatchESPN |
San Diego State at Northern Illinois | 3:30 pm | CBSSN / CBSSports.com |
USF at Syracuse | 3:30 pm | ACCNExtra |
Western Kentucky at Miami, OH | 3:30 pm | ESPNEx/BCSN/TWC / ESPN3 |
East Carolina at South Carolina | 4:00 pm | SECN / WatchESPN |
New Mexico State at Kentucky | 4:00 pm | SECN Alt. / WatchESPN |
Northern Colorado at Colorado State | 4:00 pm | ROOT Sports / MWN |
UC Davis at Wyoming | 4:00 pm | WyoVision |
Western Michigan at Illinois | 4:00 pm | ESPNews / WatchESPN |
Idaho State at Oregon State | 5:00 pm | Pac-12N / Pac-12.com |
Eastern Michigan at Charlotte | 6:00 pm | CUSA.TV |
Old Dominion at NC State | 6:00 pm | ACCNExtra |
ULM at Georgia Southern | 6:00 pm | ESPN3 |
Delaware at Wake Forest | 6:30 pm | ACCNExtra |
Army at UTEP | 7:00 pm | ASN / Stream |
Liberty at SMU | 7:00 pm | ESPN3 |
Louisiana Tech at Texas Tech | 7:00 pm | FSN / FS Go |
Maryland at UCF | 7:00 pm | CBSSN / CBSSports.com |
Mississippi State at (20) LSU | 7:00 pm | ESPN2 / WatchESPN |
Navy at Tulane | 7:00 pm | ASN/NESN / ESPN3 |
South Alabama at UL Lafayette | 7:00 pm | ESPN3 |
(17) Texas A&M at Auburn | 7:00 pm | ESPN / WatchESPN |
Troy at Southern Miss | 7:00 pm | beIN SPORTS / Stream |
(16) Georgia at Missouri | 7:30 pm | SECN / WatchESPN |
(12) Michigan State at (18) Notre Dame | 7:30 pm | NBC / NBCSports.com |
North Texas at (23) Florida | 7:30 pm | ESPNU / WatchESPN |
(3) Ohio State at (14) Oklahoma | 7:30 pm | FOX / FS Go |
Texas State at (24) Arkansas | 7:30 pm | SECN Alt. / WatchESPN |
Duke at Northwestern | 8:00 pm | BTN / BTN2Go |
Portland State at (8) Washington | 8:00 pm | Pac-12N / Pac-12.com |
USC at (7) Stanford | 8:00 pm | ABC / WatchESPN |
Buffalo at Nevada | 9:00 pm | MWN |
UCLA at BYU | 10:15 pm | ESPN2 / WatchESPN |
(11) Texas at California | 10:30 pm | ESPN / WatchESPN |
Utah at San Jose State | 10:30 pm | CBSSN / CBSSports.com |
Hawaii at Arizona | 10:45 pm | Pac-12N / Pac-12.com |
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