Who are the SMU vs. Stanford game announcers today on the ACC Network? All you need to know about Week 8's game’s coverage team

The SMU Mustangs will face the Stanford Cardinal this Saturday as Stanford hosts an ACC game in Palo Alto, Silicon Valley, for Week 8 of college football. The clash highlights the new ACC, with a Texas school facing a Southern California team in a conference matchup supposedly associated with the East Coast.

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The game will air on the ACC network, with Wes Durham handling the play-by-play and Tom Luginbill in the color commentator role. The encounter is set to start at 8:00 p.m. ET at Stanford Stadium. The Mustangs are favored to win, with ESPN's game predictor giving them an 85.8% chance of winning, and the oddsmakers making them 16.5-point favorites.

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Currently, the Mustangs are the No. 21 team in the nation, boasting a 5-1 overall record and a 2-0 mark in the ACC. Their biggest win of the year came on October 5, when they defeated No. 22 Louisville 34-27. In contrast, Stanford has a 2-4 overall record and a losing record in the ACC of 1-2.

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How to watch SMU vs. Stanford? Streaming options for ACC encounter

The ACC Network can be streamed through YouTube TV, Hulu+TV Live, fuboTV and Sling. The ACC Network is also available on the ESPN App, however, you will need your service provider's details to log in to the app. Despite this liaison with the famous network, the ACC Network's content is not available on ESPN+.

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SMU vs. Stanford: Series head-to-head

These newly minted ACC schools haven't met each other on the turf in almost a century. Their last clash was 88 years ago when the Cardinal defeated the Mustangs 7-0 in the 1936 Rose Bowl. At the moment the roles seem to be reversed, with SMU near the top of the ACC at the fourth spot in the conference standings, while Stanford is close to the bottom of the standings at the No. 12 spot.

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