Week three of the 2012 college football season features most of the top teams in action, including no. 1 Alabama at Arkansas and no. 3 USC at Stanford. Other top games include Wake Forest at (5) Florida State, (20) Notre Dame at (10) Michigan State, (14) Texas at Ole Miss, and (18) Florida at (23) Tennessee.
ESPN Gameday will broadcast live from Knoxville, the site of the game between the Florida Gators and the Tennessee Volunteers. Both teams are 2-0 overall.
Listed below are the games with TV, time and network. The schedule is also optimized for printing:
| Thursday, September 14, 2012 | ||||
| Game | Time (ET) | Network | Online | |
| Rutgers at South Florida | 7:30 p.m. | ESPN (HD) | ESPN3 | |
| Friday, September 15, 2012 | ||||
| Washington State at UNLV | 9:00 p.m. | ESPN (HD) | — | |
| Saturday, September 16, 2012 | ||||
| Arkansas State at Nebraska | 12:00 p.m. | ESPN2 (HD) | ESPN3 | |
| California at Ohio State | 12:00 p.m. | ABC (HD) | — | |
| Charleston Southern at Illinois | 12:00 p.m. | BTN (HD) | btn2go | |
| Eastern Michigan at Purdue | 12:00 p.m. | BTN (HD) | btn2go | |
| UL Lafayette at Oklahoma State | 12:00 p.m. | FSN/FCSC | — | |
| Northern Illinois at Army | 12:00 p.m. | CBSSN (HD) | — | |
| TCU at Kansas | 12:00 p.m. | FX (HD) | — | |
| Virginia Tech at Pittsburgh | 12:00 p.m. | ESPNU (HD) | ESPN3 | |
| Wake Forest at Florida State | 12:00 p.m. | ESPN (HD) (3D) | ESPN3 | |
| Western Michigan at Minnesota | 12:00 p.m. | BTN (HD) | btn2go | |
| Bethune-Cookman at Miami (FL) | 12:00 p.m. | — | ESPN3 | |
| ULM at Auburn | 12:21 p.m. | SEC Network/ESPN-GP | ESPN3 | |
| Connecticut at Maryland | 12:30 p.m. | ACCN (HD)/SNY/ESPN-GP | ESPN3 | |
| Presbyterian at Vanderbilt | 12:30 p.m. | CSCA/CSS/CST/ESPN-GP | ESPN3 | |
| Furman at Clemson | 3:00 p.m. | FSN (HD)/ESPN-GP | ESPN3 | |
| Tennessee Tech at Oregon | 3:00 p.m. | PAC-12 Network (HD) | Pac-12 | |
| Alabama at Arkansas | 3:30 p.m. | CBS (HD) | CBS | |
| Boston College at Northwestern | 3:30 p.m. | BTN (HD) | btn2go | |
| East Carolina at Southern Miss | 3:30 p.m. | CBSSN (HD) | — | |
| Navy at Penn State | 3:30 p.m. | ABC or ESPN2 (HD) | — | |
| North Carolina at Louisville | 3:30 p.m. | ABC or ESPN2 (HD) | — | |
| Northern Iowa at Iowa | 3:30 p.m. | BTN (HD) | btn2go | |
| Texas A&M at SMU | 3:30 p.m. | FSN (HD)/FCSA | — | |
| UMass at Michigan | 3:30 p.m. | BTN (HD) | btn2go | |
| Virginia at Georgia Tech | 3:30 p.m. | ESPNU (HD) | — | |
| Morgan State at Akron | 3:30 p.m. | — | ESPN3 | |
| Florida International at UCF | 4:00 p.m. | CSBA/CSS | — | |
| Miami (OH) at Boise State | 4:00 p.m. | NBCSN (HD) | — | |
| Portland State at Washington | 4:00 p.m. | FX (HD) | — | |
| Stony Brook at Syracuse | 4:00 p.m. | SNY/TWNY/ESPN-GP | ESPN3 | |
| J. Madison at West Virginia (at MD) | 4:30 p.m. | ROOT/MSN | — | |
| Florida at Tennessee | 6:00 p.m. | ESPN (HD) | — | |
| South Alabama at NC State | 6:00 p.m. | — | ESPN3 | |
| UTSA at Georgia State | 6:00 p.m. | — | Video | |
| Ohio at Marshall | 6:30 p.m. | — | Video | |
| Arizona State at Missouri | 7:00 p.m. | ESPN2 (HD) | — | |
| Bowling Green at Toledo | 7:00 p.m. | ESPN-GP | ESPN3 | |
| New Mexico at Texas Tech | 7:00 p.m. | FCSP | — | |
| North Texas at Kansas State | 7:00 p.m. | FSN/FCSA | — | |
| Sam Houston State at Baylor | 7:00 p.m. | FCSC | — | |
| UAB at South Carolina | 7:00 p.m. | FS South/ESPN-GP | ESPN3 | |
| Western Kentucky at Kentucky | 7:00 p.m. | ESPNU (HD) | — | |
| Delaware State at Cincinnati | 7:00 p.m. | — | ESPN3 | |
| Middle Tennessee at Memphis | 7:00 p.m. | — | Video | |
| Mississippi State at Troy | 7:00 p.m. | — | ESPN3 | |
| Nicholls State at Tulsa | 7:00 p.m. | — | Video | |
| Northwestern State at Nevada | 7:00 p.m. | — | Video | |
| Rice at Louisiana Tech | 7:00 p.m. | — | ESPN3 | |
| Florida Atlantic at Georgia | 7:30 p.m. | CSMA/CSS/CST/ESPN-GP | ESPN3 | |
| USC at Stanford | 7:30 p.m. | FOX (HD) | — | |
| Ball State at Indiana | 8:00 p.m. | BTN (HD) | btn2go | |
| Colorado at Fresno State | 8:00 p.m. | CBSSN (HD) | — | |
| Idaho at LSU | 8:00 p.m. | PPV (LA, ID)/ESPN-GP | ESPN3 | |
| Notre Dame at Michigan State | 8:00 p.m. | ABC (HD) | — | |
| Utah State at Wisconsin | 8:00 p.m. | BTN (HD) | btn2go | |
| Colorado State at San Jose State | 8:00 p.m. | — | ESPN3 | |
| New Mexico State at UTEP | 8:00 p.m. | — | ESPN3 | |
| North Dakota at San Diego State | 8:00 p.m. | KUSI | — | |
| Western Illinois at Iowa State | 8:00 p.m. | — | Video | |
| Texas at Ole Miss | 9:15 p.m. | ESPN (HD)/LHN | — | |
| BYU at Utah | 10:00 p.m. | ESPN2 (HD) | — | |
| San Diego St. at Fresno St. | 10:00 p.m. | KUSI | — | |
| Houston at UCLA | 10:30 p.m. | PAC-12 Network (HD) | Pac-12 | |
| South Carolina State at Arizona | 10:30 p.m. | PAC-12 Network (HD) | Pac-12 | |
| Lamar at Hawaii | 12:00 a.m. | KBTV/RSRM/Oceanic PPV | — | |