This weekend, Fox televises one of the most anticipated college football games of the season when No. 2 Penn State Nittany Lions travels to Columbus, Ohio this week to face off against No. 6 Ohio State Buckeyes. It has been nearly 20 years since a Penn State football team sat atop the college football world, and back then, it was a win against Ohio State that propelled them to rank No. 1. It may be a case of deja vu this year. These two teams have met 31 times since the Associated Press starting ranking college football teams, and at least one of the two teams has been ranked in 30 of those games.
NBC will air No. 9 Notre Dame host No. 14 North Carolina State. Both the Fighting Irish and Wolfpack started the season outside the Top 25 but still have legitimate playoff hopes after 6-1 starts.
The following is the Week 9 college football regular season schedule featuring the Top 25 teams (according to the weekly Associated Press poll), including dates, start times, TV networks and scheduled announcers.
Noon: [11] Oklahoma State @ [22] West Virginia (ABC)
Announcers: Joe Tessitore (play-by-play), Todd Blackledge (analyst), Holly Rowe (reporter)
Noon: [5] Wisconsin @ Illinois (ESPN)
Announcers: Mike Patrick (play-by-play), Tommy Tubberville (analyst), Paul Carcaterra (reporter)
Noon: [8] Miami @ North Carolina (ESPN2)
Announcers: Jason Benetti (play-by-play), Kelly Stouffer (analyst), Kris Budden (reporter)
3:30 p.m.: [3] Georgia @
Florida (CBS)
Announcers: Brad Nessler (play-by-play), Gary Danielson (analyst), Allie LaForce (reporter)
3:30 p.m.: [4] TCU @ [25] Iowa State (ABC or ESPN2)
Announcers: Dave Pasch (play-by-play), Greg McElroy (analyst), Tom Luginbill (reporter)
3:30 p.m.: [14] USC @ [9] Notre Dame (NBC)
Announcers: Mike Tirico (play-by-play), Doug Flutie (analyst), Kathryn Tappen (reporter)
3:30 p.m.: UCLA @ [12] Washington (ABC or ESPN2)
Announcers: Bob Wischusen (play-by-play), Brock Huard (analyst), Allison Williams (reporter)
3:30 p.m.: [16] Michigan State @ Northwestern (ESPN)
Announcers: Anish Shroff (play-by-play), Ahmad Brooks (analyst), Roddy Jones (reporter)
3:30 p.m.: [2] Penn State @ [6] Ohio State (Fox)
Announcers: Gus Johnson (play-by-play), Joel Klatt (analyst), Jenny Taft (reporter)
3:45 p.m.: Houston @ [17] South Florida (ESPNU)
Announcers: Mike Corey (play-by-play), Rene Ingoglia (analyst)
5:00 p.m.: Austin Peay @ [18] Central Florida (ESPN3)
Announcers: Shawn Kenney (play-by-play), Forrest Conoly (analyst)
7:20 p.m.: Duke @ [13] Virginia Tech (ACC Network)
Announcers: Tom Werme (play-by-play), Dave Archer (analyst), D.J. Shockley (reporter)
8:00 p.m.: Texas Tech @ [10] Oklahoma (ABC or ESPN2)
Announcers: Steve Levy (play-by-play), Brian Griese (analyst), Todd McShay (reporter)
8:00 p.m.: Georgia Tech @ [7] Clemson (ABC or ESPN2)
Announcers: Chris Fowler (play-by-play), Kirk Herbstreit (analyst), Maria Taylor (reporter)
9:30 p.m.: [15] Washington State @ Arizona (Pac-12 Network)
Announcers: Roxy Bernstein (play-by-play), Anthony Herron (analyst), Lewis Johnson (reporter)
10:45 p.m.: [21] USC @ Arizona State (ESPN)
Announcers: Beth Mowins (play-by-play), Anthony Becht (analyst), Rocky Boiman (reporter)
