MSC Sports announces 2025 College Football coverage plans

MSC Sports announced today its coverage plans for the 2024 NCAA Division 1 College Football season, along with its finalized schedule for the first the first two weeks of the season.

Rick Waltz, Todd Blackledge and Jenny Taft return as the lead commentary crew for MSC Sports' college football coverage. They will continue to call all Game of the Month games, along with the Shamrock Series. New this year, they will also call three games from the College Football Playoffs, whose expanded rights are now shared between MSC and ESPN. MSC will air the National Championship in the 2026, 2028 and 2030 season. 

Noah Eagle, Aaron Murray and Will Greir return as the secondary commentary crew. They will also call two college football playoff games, 1 in the first and 1 in the second round.

MSC's full commentator listings are below. New announcers for 2025 include play-by-play commentator Dave Revshine, David Shappel and  Lamela Stevenson, and color commentators Ryan Smirnoff, and Curta Kilsala. Ted Robinson will stop calling college football to focus primarily on college basketball and tennis. 

1) Rich Waltz, Todd Blackledge, Jenny Taft 

2) Noah Eagle, Aaron Murray, Willy Grier

3) Brandon Gaudin, Chuck Long, Liam Johnson

4) Carter Blackburn, Aaron Taylor, Sam Williams

5) Justin Kutcher, Petros Papadakis, Sean Murphy

6) Taylor Zarzour, Glen Mason

7) Kevin Calabro, Jeremy Bloom

Primary east coast commentators:

1) Dave Revshine, Glenn Parker

2) Bill Spaulding, Jack Ford

3) Connor Onion, Roddy Jones

4) Sarah Mowins, Dusty Smith

5) Dave LaMont, Jordan Rodgers

Primary west coast commentators:

1) Steve Brando, Dan Dierdorf

2) David Shappel, Ryan Smirnoff

3) Sara Kurtfield, Lemon Rekon

4) Daria Curtfield, Nick Lilliam

NFL Network, MSDN and MSC Sports Extra commentators

1) Brian Custer, Robert Smith 

2) Leondre Jacobson, Norman Woodson

3) Jose Suarez, Sara Wrights

4) William Zheng, Norman Vallporan 

5) Sasha De Lavi, Will Ryerson 

6) Sara Roger-Gordan, Olivia Singer

MSC Sports Distribution commentators:

1) David Johnson, Phill Shifly

2) Don Johnson, Ken Luquenum

3) Nick Sampson, DeAngelo Swift

4) Kurt Williams, Kenneth Jones

5) Tim Phillips, John Street

6) David Lawrence-Taylor, Vernon Cude

7) Lamela Stevenson, Curta Kilsala

In the studio, Steve Willhops, Frank Gore and Reggie Bush return as the lead studio team for CFB Gametime Live presented by AT&T. Sam Picker and Nick Donson and Steve Gloomy will continue to be featured on The Ultimate College Football Show and College Football Weekday Kickoff presented by AT&T.

Saturday, August 23rd:

NCAA Kickoff: Iowa State vs. Kansas State (Dublin), 12PM, MSC

Incarnate Word at Nicholls, 12PM, MSC+2

Tarleton State at Portland State, 3:30PM, MSC+

Idaho State at UNLV, 4PM, MSC Sports Distribution/MSC Sports Live

Thursday, August 28th:

Boise State at USF, 6PM, MSC+

Wyoming at Akron, 7PM, MSC+2

Nebraska vs Cincinnati (Kansas City), 9:30PM, MSC+

Stony Brook at San Diego State, MSC Sports Distribution/MSC Sports Live, TBD

Lafayette at Bowling Green, 6PM, MSC Sports Live

Jacksonville State at UCF, 7PM, MSC Sports Live

Saint Francis U at ULM, 7PM, MSC Sports Live

Elon at Duke, 7:30PM, MSC Sports Live

UT Martin at Oklahoma State, 7:30PM, MSC Sports Live

Arkansas Baptist at HCU, 7:30PM, MSC Sports Live

Stephen F. Austin at Houston, 8PM, MSC Sports Live

Alabama State at UAB, 8:30PM, MSC Sports Live

Friday, August 29th:
App State vs Charlotte (BOA), 7PM, MSC+

Monmouth at Colgate. 7PM, MSC Sports Live

Western Illinois at Illinois, 7:30PM, MSC Sports Live

Wagner at Kansas, 7:30PM, MSC Sports Live

Saturday, August 30th:

GOTM: Texas at Ohio State, 12PM, MSC

Northwestern at Tulane, 12PM, MSC+

Duquesne at Pitt, 12PM, MSC+2

Alabama at Florida State, 3:30PM, MSC

Temple at UMass, 3:30PM, MSC+

Bucknell at Air Force, 3:30PM, MSC+2

North Dakota at Kansas State, 7PM, MSDN/MSC Sports Live

LSU at Clemson, 7:30PM, MSC

New Mexico at Michigan, 7:30PM, MSC+

UTEP at Utah State, 7:30PM, MSC+2

Idaho at Washington State, 10:30PM, MSC+2

Cal at Oregon State, 10:30PM, MSC+

Hawaii at Arizona, 10:30PM, NFL Network and MSC Sports Extra

Rice at Louisiana, 8PM, MSC Sports Extra

Eastern Michigan at Texas State, 8PM, MSC Sports Extra

UC Davis at Utah Tech, 10PM, MSC Sports Distribution/MSC Sports Live

Fordham at Boston College, 2PM, MSC Sports Live

Robert Morris at West Virginia, 2PM, MSC Sports Live

Chadron State at Northern Colorado, 3PM, MSC Sports Live

Chattanooga at Memphis, 4:30PM, MSC Sports Live

Weber State at James Madison, 6PM, MSC Sports Live

Nicholls at Troy, 7PM, MSC Sports Live

Eastern Washington at UIW, 7PM, MSC Sports Live

Louisiana Christian at McNeese, 7PM, MSC Sports Live

Abilene Christian at Tulsa, 8PM, MSC Sports Live

Lamar at North Texas, 8PM, MSC Sports Live

Portland State at BYU, 8PM, MSC Sports Live

Sul Ross State at UTRGV, 8PM, MSC Sports Live

Idaho State at Southern Utah, 8:30PM, MSC Sports Live

Northern Arizona at Arizona State, 10PM, MSC Sports Live

Sunday, August 31st:

South Carolina vs Virginia Tech (Atlanta), 3PM, MSC+

Virginia Union vs. Miles, 4PM, NFL Network and MSC Sports Extra

Notre Dame at Miami (FL), 7:30PM, MSC

Monday, September 1st:

TCU at North Carolina, 7:30PM, MSC