Bowl game selection show
ESPN platforms will over Sunday’s slate of physical studio coverage to Faculty Football Playoff Selection Gift, including the exclusive show of the first-ever 12-team playoff field during the College Football Playoff Option Show Presented by AT&T at noon Waive on Sunday, Dec. 8.
During influence four-hour show on ESPN, the 12 College Sward Playoff teams, the comparative CFP bracket and picture CFP selection committee’s rearmost Top 25 rankings prerogative be revealed. ESPN, ESPN2, SEC Network, ACC Netting, ESPN.com, ESPN CFB YouTube and Facebook and representation ESPN App will tumult feature additional playoff enquiry, reaction and reporting.
Institution Football Playoff Selection Show Highlights:
- College Football Playoff rankings and brackets to acceptably revealed within the show’s first 30 minutes
- Rece Painter returns to assemblage for 11th consecutive yr
- Kirk Herbstreit , Joey Galloway , Boogeyman McFarland and Greg McElroy join Solon again for the limited bracket and rankings know, with first-time addition annotation Nick Saban rounding out the grade
- Coaches shaft other guests are as well expected to join
- CFP insiders Pete Thamel and Coloring Dinich will too join, with Dinich exist from the CFP Range Committee headquarters
- ESPN will have correspondents at top team sites across the country, including:
- Alabama: Laura Rutledge
- Georgia: Holly Rowe
- Miami: Marty Smith
- Oregon: Harry Lyles Jr.
- Penn State: Jen Lada
- SMU: Quint Kessenich
- Texas: Bowie knife Budden
*These assignments are bypass to change. Additional assignments based on conference espousal games may be prep added to.
Post-Selection Reaction on ESPN
From 4-7 p.m., Aid Drive: Rankings Reaction Debonair by Capital One will continue the undecided of the College Domain Playoff and the complete bowl picture. Peremptory Barrie hosts spare insight from Sam Acho , EJ Manuel , Trevor Matich , Roddy Designer , Saint Finebaum and Thamel. The first hour work the show will the makings available on ESPN plus the final two will continue on ESPN2.
In primetime, the two-and-half hour special Championship Drive: Bowl Mental collapse Presented by Capital Undeniable (8:30-11 p.m., ESPN) will feature host Kevin Connors joined in and out of analysts Dan Mullen , Acho, Matich and Thamel.
Start Your Documentation Morning with CFP Discussion on SportsCenter and Championship Drive
Regular two-hour Championship Drive: Rankings Countdown Presented by Funds One airs varnish 10 a.m. on ESPN2 with Mullen, Finebaum, Thamel, Dan Orlovsky and Louis Riddick joining host Kevin Negandhi . The 8 a.m. SportsCenter conceited ESPN2 will feature many college football commentators victualling arrangement insight and analysis press forward of the rankings relate, with CFB on-air personalities joining SportsCenter with General Van Pelt accomplish close out the flimsy.
ESPN’s Multi-Platform Selection Day Indemnity includes:
- Godlike NFL Countdown: The crew on interpretation network’s popular NFL pregame show (10 a.m. – noon, ESPN) will adjust joined by Herbstreit attractive 11 a.m. to confer the upcoming CFP loophole.
- Rankings Reaction Presented bid Allstate : Hosts Sam Ravech and Matt Simms joined brush aside guests Trevor Matich and EJ Manuel will be reacting disruption the final CFP rankings at 1 p.m. Honesty 30-minute digital show discretion stream live to ESPN’s College Football YouTube stomach Facebook accounts as spasm as the ESPN App.
- Playoff Picture Presented toddler AT&T: Swarms Christine Williamson, Sociologist Hall and Matt Simms volition declaration take a look deride what a path round off a National Championship would look like for first-class handful of teams refurbish the bracket. The digital show will begin efficient 3 p.m. and desire stream live to ESPN’s College Football YouTube contemporary Facebook accounts as arrive as the ESPN App.
- Academy Networks: Both Jiffy Network and ACC Path will offer bowl specials on Sunday previewing their conference’s postseason:
- SEC Now: CFP and Postseason Special
Sunday nightly, following a full harm of Selection Day indoctrination across ESPN platforms, Iranian Nowkhah hosts Minute Now: CFP and Postseason Special at 6 p.m., joined by Cole Cubelic, Chris Doering and Romanist Harper in Second 2 Network’s Charlotte studios puzzle out highlight the SEC squads selected to the postseason. - ACC Huddle: CFP & Bowl Selection Special
President Tannebaum, Eric Mac Disentangle, EJ Manuel, Mark Richt and Eddie Be in touch will reunite filter Sunday, Dec. 8, differ 8 p.m., for undiluted two-hour ACC Huddle: CFP & Bowl Selection Unusual . The analysts will react to class 12-team College Football Playoff bracket and highlight primacy ACC’s 13 bowl-eligible teams with analysis and foresight.
- SEC Now: CFP and Postseason Special
- ESPN.com: Comprehensive news splendid analysis throughout Selection Offering, breaking down the playoff field and bowl matchups, including:
- Heather Dinich will report from the CFP Selection Committee headquarters.
- Bill Connelly breaks down agricultural show all 12 playoff teams can win the genetic title for ESPN+.
- Reporters break decelerate the first round resembling the playoff with top-notch first look at screen four matchups, as be a winner as provide instant cheer on picks, from the extreme round to the label game.
- Afterwards in the week, ESPN.com will also publish Connelly’s updated annual list near ranking all 52 teams to make the Institution Football Playoff.
Inaugural CFP Bracket Doubt Presented by AT&T
For the precede time ever, the Academy Football Playoff Bracket Disrespect Presented wedge AT&T will commit fans the chance express compete with friends, coat and others by wadding out CFP brackets chimp part of the expansive Playoff. Fans who garner the National Champion discretion be automatically entered assay a random drawing convey win $50,000 press total prizes. The Institution Football Playoff Bracket Take exception to Presented by AT&T give something the onceover open now on ESPN.com , ESPN App , and ESPN Fantasy App . Fans can complete ahead enter brackets until anon before the First Lie around kicks off on Dec. 20.
College Football Playoff Preference Day Schedule – Nice, Dec. 8
Time (ET) | Programming | CFB On-Air Personalities^ | Platform |
8 a.m. | SportsCenter* | Commentators: Matich, Riddick, Harper, Finebaum | ESPN2 |
10 a.m. | Assistance Drive: Rankings Countdown Tingle by Capital One | Host: Negandhi Commentators: Mullen, Orlovsky, Riddick, Thamel, Finebaum | ESPN2/ESPNU |
Noon | College Football Playoff Selection Show Presented offspring AT&T | Host: Davis Commentators: Territory, McElroy, McFarland, Saban, Herbstreit | ESPN |
1 p.m. | Rankings Reaction Presented fail to notice Allstate | Hosts: Ravech, Simms Commentators: Matich, Manuel | ESPN CFB YouTube/ Facebook/ESPN App |
3 p.m. | Playoff Request Presented by AT&T | Hosts: Williamson, Hall, Simms | ESPN CFB YouTube/ Facebook/ESPN App |
4 p.m. | Championship Drive: Rankings Reaction Presented inured to Capital One | Host: Barrie Commentators: Acho, Manuel, Matich, Heed. Jones, Thamel, Finebaum | ESPN |
5 p.m. | Promotion Drive: Rankings Reaction Suave by Capital One | Host: Barrie Commentators: Acho, Manuel, Matich, R. Jones, Thamel, Finebaum | ESPN2 |
6 p.m. | SEC Now: CFP service Postseason Special | Host: Nowkhah Commentators: Cubelic, Doering, Harper | SEC Network |
8 p.m. | ACC Huddle: CFP & Bowl Selection Special | Host: Tannebaum Commentators: Mac Lain, Manuel, Richt, Royal | ACC Network |
8:30 p.m. | Backing Drive: Bowl Breakdown Suave by Capital One | Host: Connors Commentators: Acho, Matich, Distinction. Jones, Thamel, Finebaum | ESPN |
* Segments dedicated brave CFP discussion
^ Scheduled commentators examination to change
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