#MSSTvsBAMA was the top college football game across cable & in primetime for Week 8 of ESPN College Football with 3.6M viewers on ESPN & ESPN2

Birmingham, Ala. led all markets by a big margin with a 36.9 local rating

🏈 College GameDay's Week 8 University of Oregon visit saw a 9% increase over 2021's show at the same matchup between Oregon Football & UCLA Football

🦆 1.87M viewers
🦆 Peak audience 2.75M viewers
🦆 Through 8 weeks, GameDay is off to its best start since 2009 averaging 2.07M viewers

🏈 ESPN College Football scored 6 of the top 10 most-viewed CFB games in Week 8

• #SYRvsCLEM | 4.7M viewers
• #TEXvsOKST | 4.5M viewers
• #MSSTvsALA | 3.6M viewers
• Birmingham, OKC locked in on ESPN networks

More: bit.ly/3W1hu01

Happy birthday today to one of ESPN's leading #WNBA and women's basketball voices: LaChina Robinson.

A very cool augmented reality execution for GilletteLabs in our Monday Night Football open just now.

More on the unique collaboration from Chris Bumbaca, via USA TODAY NFL: bit.ly/3eZHDf4 #CHIvsNE

The Monday Night Countdown set-up at Gillette is just terrific. Suzy Kolber and team get you ready for kickoff of #CHIvsNE on a fall night in Foxboro.

.Virginia Cavaliers fans and UVA alumni will enjoy ACC Network's new '3 Day Weekend: Charlottesville' episode, debuting tonight (7p ET).

Host Jess Roy visits Ralph Sampson's American Tap Room and Bodos Bagels (of course!), canoes on the James River, tours Monticello, and more.

The top of the To Do list for our ESPN Music dept. this week... get this Johnny Cash / June Carter classic cleared for use because I can assure you Rece Davis will make multiple references when College GameDay travels to Jackson, Mississippi on Saturday.

A great scene in Austin at Q2 Stadium for #MLSCupPlayoffs - #Verde vs #DTID now on ESPN. Winner of this showdown of Texas clubs advances to the conference championship.

Jon Champion Taylor Twellman and reporter Jillian Sakovits have the call. #ATX

JACKSON STATE, WE’RE COMING TO YOUR CITY‼️

The epic HBCU rivalry matchup between Southern University Football and Jackson State Football is up next!

What a great sports day in Austin, TX - and our ESPN crews are there to cover both big events:
🏎️ 3p ET | ABC: Formula 1's #USGP (@RB_Mrs anchors studio coverage)
⚽️ 8p | ESPN: #MLSCupPlayoffs - #Verde vs #DTID (@JonChampionJC Taylor Twellman & Jillian Sakovits on the call) #ATX

Our final college football game of the day is kicking off now on ESPN2: A battle of FCS top-10 Big Sky Football teams - No. 7 Montana (5-1) at No. 3 Sacramento State (6-0).

🏈 Brian Custer Dustin Fox and Jalyn Johnson have the call

.Kirk Herbstreit is all about dogs. He and Chris Fowler welcome Mississippi State Athletics mascot Bully XXI up to the ESPN booth during #MSSTvsBAMA . 🐶

The Penn State Football White Out ⚪️ game is one of the special college football traditions that ESPN is privileged to cover. The latest installment is underway on ESPNEWS, switching to ABC shortly. An awesome scene at Beaver Stadium. #MINvsPSU #WeAre

No way Coach Corso was picking against his longtime pal The Duck. Great job by Sabrina Ionescu w/ today's picks.