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ESPN College Football Countdown on ABC is a college football television show that typically airs at 3:00 PM on Saturday afternoons during football season on ABC. The programs precede game action on the network and have been doing so ever since 1981. ESPN College Football Countdown on ABC is a presentation of the American Broadcasting Company's (ABC) regular season American college football television package.

Hosts

• Jim Lampley: (1981–1987)
• Al Trautwig: (1988)
• Roger Twibell: (1989–1991)
• John Saunders: (1992–2015)
• Stan Verrett: (2016)
• Kevin Negandhi: (2017 – present)

Analysts

• Beano Cook: (1982–1985)
• Bo Schembechler: (1991)
• Todd Blackledge: (1996–1998)
• Terry Bowden: (1999–2003)
• Craig James: (2003–2008)
• Aaron Taylor: (2004–2005)
• Doug Flutie: (2006–2008)
• Jesse Palmer: (2009–2013)
• Mack Brown: (2014–2018)
• Danny Kanell: (2014)
• Mark May: (2015–2016)
• Booger McFarland: (2017, 2020–present)
• Jonathan Vilma: (2018–2019)
• Mark Sanchez: (2019–2020)
• Dan Orlovsky: (2023–present)

References

1. Sandomir, Richard (21 August 1992). "TV SPORTS; Lampley's New Look Raises (2) Eyebrows". The New York Times.
2. Video on YouTube
3. Sandomir, Richard (23 August 1996). "The College Football Crew at CBS Includes a Point-Spread Maven". The New York Times.

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• 1981 American television series debuts
• 1980s American sports television series
• 1990s American sports television series
• 2000s American sports television series
• 2010s American sports television series
• American Broadcasting Company original programming
• College football studio shows
• Sports telecast series