ESPN will air the Top 25 college football games of the 2012 season, the network has announced. The 11-day marathon of games on ESPNU will begin on Wednesday, July 17.
ESPN selected and ranked the Top 25 games of 2012 and will let the fans decide the order of the Top 5 via a SportsNation poll. Those five games are listed below:
- Texas A&M at Alabama
- South Carolina vs. Michigan (Outback Bowl)
- Alabama at LSU
- Stanford at Oregon
- Alabama vs. Georgia (SEC Championship)
Listed below is the complete schedule of games (all on ESPNU; note that six games will not be aired).
| Rank | Game | Time (ET) | Date |
| No. 25 | Nebraska 29, Northwestern 28 | 7:00 p.m. | Wednesday, July 17 |
| No. 24 | Utah 24, BYU 21 | 10:00 p.m. | Wednesday, July 17 |
| No. 23 | Stanford 54, Arizona 48 | N/A | Will not be aired. |
| No. 22 | LSU 41, Ole Miss 35 | 7:00 p.m. | Thursday, July 18 |
| No. 21 | Texas 41, Oklahoma State 36 | N/A | Will not be aired. |
| No. 20 | Miami Fla. 44, North Carolina State 37 | 10:00 p.m. | Thursday, July 18 |
| No. 19 | Arizona 49, Nevada 48 | 7:00 p.m. | Friday, July 19 |
| No. 18 | Oklahoma 50, West Virginia 49 | N/A | Will not be aired. |
| No. 17 | North Carolina State 17, Florida State 16 | Noon | Saturday, July 20 |
| No. 16 | Nebraska 28, Michigan State 24 | 3:00 p.m. | Saturday, July 20 |
| No. 15 | Oklahoma 51, Oklahoma State 48 (OT) | 6 p.m. | Saturday, July 20 |
| No. 14 | Louisville 34, Cincinnati 31 (OT) | 9:00 p.m. | Saturday, July 20 |
| No. 13 | ULM 34, Arkansas 31 | Noon | Sunday, July 21 |
| No. 12 | Michigan 38, Northwestern 31 (OT) | 3:00 p.m. | Sunday, July 21 |
| No. 11 | West Virginia 70, Baylor 63 | N/A | Will not be aired. |
| No. 10 | Ohio State 29, Purdue 22 (OT) | 6:00 p.m. | Sunday, July 21 |
| No. 9 | Notre Dame 20, Stanford 13 (OT) | N/A | Will not be aired. |
| No. 8 | Texas A&M 59, Louisiana Tech 57 | 9:00 p.m. | Sunday, July 21 |
| No. 7 | Notre Dame 29, Pittsburgh 26 (OT) | N/A | Will not be aired. |
| No. 6 | Clemson 25, LSU 24 | 3:00 p.m. | Saturday, July 27 |
| No. 5 | Stanford 17, Oregon 14 (OT) | 6:00 p.m. | Saturday, July 27 |
| No. 4 | South Carolina 33, Michigan 28 | 9:00 p.m. | Saturday, July 27 |
| No. 3 | Alabama 21, LSU 17 | 3:00 p.m. | Sunday, July 28 |
| No. 2 | Texas A&M 29, Alabama 24 | 6:00 p.m. | Sunday, July 28 |
| No. 1 | Alabama 32, Georgia 28 | 9:00 p.m. | Sunday, July 28 |