Four 2011 Stanford football games were selected to be broadcast on ABC and ESPN yesterday. The sister networks announced their initial Pac-12 TV schedule, which will likely be amended before the college football season kicks off in September.

Stanford’s Sept. 17 game at Arizona is set to be televised on ESPN at 7:45 p.m. and its Oct. 22 game versus Washington is scheduled to be on either ABC, ESPN or ESPN2 at 5 p.m. The following week, on Oct. 29, Stanford travels to Los Angeles for a much-anticipated game at USC, which ABC is scheduled to televise at 5 p.m. The last game that has already been assigned a TV slot is the Cardinal’s season finale, which comes at Stanford Stadium against Notre Dame on Nov. 26. Like the Washington game, Stanford’s matchup with Notre Dame will be broadcast on either ABC or one of the two main ESPN networks.

It is likely that more Stanford games will be added to the TV schedule at a later date. The most notable unassigned game is Stanford’s Nov. 12 tussle with Oregon, which pits two of the nation’s preseason top-10 teams against one another. ABC and ESPN have yet to confirm which games will be broadcast on Nov. 12.

As a conference, the Pac-12 will see at least 20 games broadcast by ABC or ESPN throughout its inaugural season. As the season progresses, selections that have yet to be confirmed will be announced either six or 12 days in advance of the relevant game.