CFB TV Confirmations for 2024 Week 9 (10/26/24)

This post will be updated as announcements come out for start times for Week 9 (10/26/24) from the (mostly) twelve day selection process that most TV networks adhere to. Most conferences have the possibility of having all or part of their scheduled games held for a six day hold for the start time and/or the TV network. The list of available TV windows are based on media websites, TV listings and press releases. They can change based on the needs of the broadcaster or the conference.

Here's what I guessed based on the available openings (they will prove to be incorrect), along with the games that have already been set. 

All times Eastern

SEC Six Day Hold (For Real)
Texas at Vanderbilt - 3:30pm ABC or 4:15pm SECN

Missouri at Alabama - 3:30pm ABC, 4:15pm SECN or 7:30pm ABC

LSU at Texas A&M - 3:30pm ABC, 4:15pm SECN or 7:30pm ABC

Big 12 Six Day Hold

West Virginia at Arizona

Texas Tech at TCU

Utah at Houston

Kansas at Kansas State

BYU at UCF

Options appear to include 3:30pm FOX, 3:30pm ESPN, 7pm FS1 and 8pm ESPN2.  Remaining slot appears to be ESPN+ at a time of the host's choosing.

12pm FOX: Nebraska at Ohio State

12pm ABC or ESPN: Notre Dame vs. Navy

12pm ABC or ESPN: Oklahoma at Ole Miss

12pm ESPN2 or ESPNU: Tulane at North Texas

12pm ESPN2 or ESPNU: Charlotte at Memphis

12pm CW: North Carolina at Virginia

12pm BTN: Washington at Indiana

12pm ACCN: Georgia Tech at Virginia Tech

12pm CBSSN: Buffalo at Ohio

12:45pm SECN: Arkansas at Mississippi State

2pm ESPN+: Temple at East Carolina

2pm ESPN+: Central Michigan at Miami (OH)

2pm ESPN+: Howard at Norfolk State

3:30pm CBS: Illinois at Oregon

3:30pm FS1: Maryland at Minnesota

3:30pm BTN: Northwestern at Iowa

3:30pm ESPNU: Alabama A&M vs. Alabama State

3:30pm ACCN: Wake Forest at Stanford

3:30pm ESPN+: Southern Miss at James Madison

3:30pm ESPN+: UTSA at Tulsa

3:30pm ESPN+: Oklahoma State at Baylor

3:30pm ESPN+: Northern Illinois at Ball State

3:30pm ESPN+: Eastern Michigan at Akron

3:30pm ESPN+: Bowling Green at Toledo

3:30pm ESPN+: Kent State at Western Michigan

3:30pm ESPN+: Delaware State at South Carolina State

3:30pm ESPN+: Morgan State at North Carolina Central

4pm ESPN2: Oregon State at California

5pm ESPN+: ULM at South Alabama

7pm ESPN: Florida State at Miami (FL)

7pm ESPN+: Troy at Arkansas State

7:30pm NBC: Penn State at Wisconsin

7:30pm BTN: Michigan State at Michigan

7:30pm ESPNU: South Dakota at South Dakota State

7:45pm SECN: Auburn at Kentucky

8pm ACCN: SMU at Duke

10:15pm ESPN: Cincinnati at Colorado

TBA ESPN+: Georgia State at App State

CFB TV Guesses for 2024 Week 9 (10/26/24)

Here are the games already set for television and/or webcast. Here are the known available telecast windows. 

I have done my best to list what TV windows are out there. Every listing service has a little different schedule for these networks. It is also possible that a window could be eliminated or the time of a window could shift slightly to accommodate a network's needs.

Instead of cluttering up these posts even more, I'll try to keep track of the unique conference TV arrangements in a separate post.  

A few notes and considerations:

• Games set for time or TV, but not both
• Notre Dame vs. Navy (12pm, ABC/ESPN Nets)
• Cincinnati at Colorado (TBA, ABC/ESPN Nets)
• South Dakota at South Dakota State (TBA, ESPN Nets)
• Maryland at Minnesota (12pm or mid-afternoon, TBA)
• Illinois at Oregon (Mid-afternoon or 7:30pm, TBA)
• Alabama A&M vs. Alabama State (3:30pm, ESPN Nets or ESPN+)
• One of three MEAC games could be aired live on ESPNU
• SEC games locked to specific time slots
• Early: Oklahoma at Ole Miss & Arkansas at Mississippi State
• Afternoon: Texas at Vanderbilt
• Evening: Auburn at Kentucky
• All others are flexible to afternoon or evening
• I gave CBS the top choice for the Big Ten, followed by FOX and NBC in that order.  For the Big 12, I assume FOX is picking first after Cincinnati at Colorado was chosen by ESPN.
• There was an ACC CW window initially at noon ET.  It has disappeared from listings, but I don't think the network is going to go dark from the conference two consecutive Saturdays, so I'm keeping it around.
• FS1 has NASCAR Trucks at noon ET.  
• FOX does not have a nighttime window due to the World Series.
• Almost all of the BTN game choices are based on whether it was more or less likely for a schools to be able to fill its conference game requirement.

All times Eastern

12pm ABC: Notre Dame vs. Navy

12pm FOX: Nebraska at Ohio State

12pm ESPN: Oklahoma at Ole Miss
12pm ESPN2: Texas Tech at TCU

12pm CW: North Carolina at Virginia

12pm BTN: Michigan State at Michigan

12pm ESPNU: South Dakota at South Dakota State

12pm ACCN: Georgia Tech at Virginia Tech

12pm CBSSN: Northern Illinois at Ball State

12:45pm SECN: Arkansas at Mississippi State

3:30pm ABC: LSU at Texas A&M

3:30pm CBS: Illinois at Oregon

3:30pm FOX: BYU at UCF

3:30pm ESPN: Cincinnati at Colorado

3:30pm ESPN2: Kansas at Kansas State 

3:30pm FS1: Maryland at Minnesota

3:30pm BTN: Northwestern at Iowa

3:30pm ESPNU: Buffalo at Ohio

3:30pm ACCN: Wake Forest at Stanford

4:15pm SECN: Texas at Vanderbilt
7pm ESPN: Florida State at Miami (FL)

7pm ESPN2: Charlotte at Memphis
7pm FS1: Utah at Houston
7pm ESPNU: Tulane at North Texas

7:30pm ABC: Missouri at Alabama

7:30pm NBC: Penn State at Wisconsin

7:30pm BTN: Washington at Indiana

7:45pm SECN: Auburn at Kentucky

8pm ACCN: SMU at Duke

10:15pm ESPN: Oregon State at California

ESPN+

Temple at East Carolina

UTSA at Tulsa

Oklahoma State at Baylor

West Virginia at Arizona

Eastern Michigan at Akron

Central Michigan at Miami (OH)

Bowling Green at Toledo

Kent State at Western Michigan

Howard at Norfolk State

Delaware State at South Carolina State

Morgan State at North Carolina Central

Georgia State at App State

Southern Miss at James Madison

ULM at South Alabama

Troy at Arkansas State

Alabama A&M vs. Alabama State

CFB TV Confirmations for 2024 Week 8 (10/19/24)

This post will be updated as announcements come out for start times for Week 8 (10/19/24) from the (mostly) twelve day selection process that most TV networks adhere to. Most conferences have the possibility of having all or part of their scheduled games held for a six day hold for the start time and/or the TV network. The list of available TV windows are based on media websites, TV listings and press releases. They can change based on the needs of the broadcaster or the conference.

Here's what I guessed based on the available openings (they will prove to be incorrect), along with the games that have already been set. 

All times Eastern

12pm ABC: Miami (FL) at Louisville

12pm FOX: Nebraska at Indiana

12pm ESPN2: East Carolina at Army West Point

12pm FS1: UCLA at Rutgers

12pm BTN: Wisconsin at Northwestern

12pm ESPNU: Louisiana at Coastal Carolina

12pm ACCN: Virginia at Clemson

12pm ESPN or 12:45pm SECN: South Carolina at Oklahoma

12pm ESPN or 12:45pm SECN: Auburn at Missouri

12pm ESPN+: Arizona State at Cincinnati

2pm ESPN+: Tulsa at Temple

2pm ESPN+: Central Michigan at Eastern Michigan

3:30pm ABC: Alabama at Tennessee

3:30pm CBS: Michigan at Illinois

3:30pm ESPN: Notre Dame vs. Georgia Tech

3:30pm CW: Hawai'i at Washington State 

3:30pm ESPNU: Florida A&M at Jackson State

3:30pm ACCN: NC State at California

3:30pm ESPN+: Florida Atlantic at UTSA

3:30pm ESPN+: UAB at South Florida

3:30pm ESPN+: Rice at Tulane

3:30pm ESPN+: Texas State at Old Dominion

3:30pm ESPN+: Kent State at Bowling Green

3:30pm ESPN+: Western Michigan at Buffalo

3:30pm ESPN+: Houston vs. Kansas

3:30pm ESPN+: Ohio at Miami (OH)

3:30pm ESPN+: Toledo at Northern Illinois

4pm FOX: Colorado at Arizona

4pm ESPN2: Baylor at Texas Tech

4pm FS1: USC at Maryland

4pm ESPN+: James Madison at Georgia Southern

4:15pm SECN: Texas A&M at Mississippi State

7pm ESPN: LSU at Arkansas

7pm ESPN+: Arkansas State at Southern Miss

7pm ESPN+: Alcorn State at Southern

7:30pm ABC: Georgia at Texas

7:30pm NBC: Iowa at Michigan State

7:30pm FOX or FS1: UCF at Iowa State

7:30pm FOX or FS1: Kansas State at West Virginia

7:30pm/8pm ESPN2/ESPNU: North Texas at Memphis

7:30pm/8pm ESPN2/ESPNU: South Dakota State at North Dakota State

7:45pm SECN: Kentucky at Florida

8pm ACCN: SMU at Stanford

10pm CW: UNLV at Oregon State

10:30pm ESPN: TCU at Utah

CFB TV Guesses for 2024 Week 8 (10/19/24)

Here are the games already set for television and/or webcast. Here are the known available telecast windows. 

I have done my best to list what TV windows are out there. Every listing service has a little different schedule for these networks. It is also possible that a window could be eliminated or the time of a window could shift slightly to accommodate a network's needs.

Instead of cluttering up these posts even more, I'll try to keep track of the unique conference TV arrangements in a separate post.  

A few notes and considerations:

• Games set for time, timeslots or TV, but not both
• UCLA at Rutgers (TBA, 12pm or mid-afternoon)
• Nebraska at Indiana, USC at Maryland and Iowa at Michigan State have full flexibility
• Notre Dame vs. Georgia Tech (TBA, ABC/ESPN nets)
• South Dakota State at North Dakota State (TBA, ESPN nets)
• East Carolina at Army West Point (TBA, ABC/ESPN nets)
• UNLV at Oregon State (3:30pm or 10:30pm, CW)
• Hawai'i at Washington State (3:30pm or 10:30pm, CW)
• Florida A&M at Jackson State (3;30pm, ESPN Nets or ESPN+)
• Alcorn State at Southern (7pm, ESPN Nets or ESPN+)
• SEC time slots for games
• Early
• South Carolina at Oklahoma
• Auburn at Missouri
• Night
• LSU at Arkansas
• All other SEC games are flexible between mid-afternoon and evening
• Losses by Alabama and Tennessee made it a bit easier to discern whether Alabama-Tennessee or Georgia-Texas would be in primetime.
• East Carolina at Army West Point is a game I'd consider for the noon ABC slot due the need to put an AAC game on ABC (Notre Dame vs. Navy will get that consideration as well) but I think Virginia at Clemson jumps them, along with Notre Dame vs. Georgia Tech.  ESPN loves to put ND on ABC when they can.
• CW has two slots to place their Pac-12 games.  I'm making the assumption that the "better" game will air early.
• Speaking of the CW, since their game is at noon ET, their choice of game is limited as they can't carry NC State at California or SMU at Stanford.  Since ESPN also confirmed that they would carry Notre Dame vs. Georgia Tech, the CW will have Virginia at Clemson or Miami (FL) at Louisville fall in their lap.  
• I had FOX choosing first this week, followed by CBS then NBC, for the Big Ten.  For the Big 12, I had ESPN choosing first.

Edit: I initially had Miami-Louisville on the CW, but it appears that they will not be carrying an ACC game on 10/19.

All times Eastern

12pm ABC: Notre Dame vs. Georgia Tech

12pm FOX: Nebraska at Indiana

12pm ESPN: South Carolina at Oklahoma

12pm ESPN2: East Carolina at Army West Point

12pm FS1: Kansas State at West Virginia

12pm BTN: Iowa at Michigan State

12pm ESPNU: South Dakota State at North Dakota State

12pm ACCN: Miami (FL) at Louisville

12:45pm SECN: Auburn at Missouri

3:30pm ABC: Alabama at Tennessee

3:30pm CBS: Michigan at Illinois

3:30pm ESPN: Virginia at Clemson

3:30pm ESPN2: Arizona State at Cincinnati

3:30pm CW: UNLV at Oregon State

3:30pm FS1: Wisconsin at Northwestern

3:30pm BTN: UCLA at Rutgers

3:30pm ESPNU: Toledo at Northern Illinois

3:30pm ACCN: NC State at California

4pm FOX: UCF at Iowa State

4:15pm SECN: Texas A&M at Mississippi State

7pm ESPN: LSU at Arkansas

7pm ESPN2: Baylor at Texas Tech

7pm ESPNU: North Texas at Memphis

7:30pm ABC: Georgia at Texas

7:30pm NBC: USC at Maryland

7:45pm SECN: Kentucky at Florida

8pm FOX: TCU at Utah

8pm ACCN: SMU at Stanford 

10pm CW: Hawai'i at Washington State

10:30pm ESPN: Colorado at Arizona

ESPN+

Houston vs. Kansas

UAB at South Florida

Tulsa at Temple

Florida Atlantic at UTSA

Rice at Tulane

Western Michigan at Buffalo

Ohio at Miami (OH)

Kent State at Bowling Green

Central Michigan at Eastern Michigan

James Madison at Georgia Southern

Texas State at Old Dominion

Louisiana at Coastal Carolina

Arkansas State at Southern Miss

Florida A&M at Jackson State

Alcorn State at Southern

CFB TV Confirmations for 2024 Week 7 (10/12/24)

This post will be updated as announcements come out for start times for Week 7 (10/12/24) from the (mostly) twelve day selection process that most TV networks adhere to. Most conferences have the possibility of having all or part of their scheduled games held for a six day hold for the start time and/or the TV network. The list of available TV windows are based on media websites, TV listings and press releases. They can change based on the needs of the broadcaster or the conference.

Here's what I guessed based on the available openings (they will prove to be incorrect), along with the games that have already been set. 

All times Eastern

12pm ABC: South Carolina at Alabama

12pm FOX or BTN: Washington at Iowa

12pm FOX or BTN: Wisconsin at Rutgers

12pm ESPN: Clemson at Wake Forest

12pm ESPN2: Missouri at UMass

12pm ESPNU: Toledo at Buffalo

12pm CW: Georgia Tech at North Carolina

12pm ESPN+: Ball State at Kent State

2pm ESPN+: Miami (OH) at Eastern Michigan

3:30pm ABC: Texas vs. Oklahoma

3:30pm CBS: Penn State at USC

3:30pm ESPN or ACCN: Louisville at Virginia

3:30pm ESPN or ACCN: California at Pitt

3:30pm ESPN2: Cincinnati at UCF

3:30pm FS1: Purdue at Illinois

3:30pm ESPN+: Akron at Western Michigan

3:30pm ESPN+: Northern Illinois at Bowling Green

3:30pm ESPN+: Old Dominion at Georgia State

4pm FOX: Arizona at BYU

4pm ESPNU: Ohio at Central Michigan

4:15pm SECN: Mississippi State at Georgia

5pm ESPN+: Southern Miss at ULM

7pm ESPN: Florida at Tennessee

7pm ESPN2: North Texas at Florida Atlantic

7pm FS1: Washington State at Fresno State

7pm ESPN+: Arkansas State at Texas State

7pm ESPN+: UTSA at Rice

7:30pm ABC: Ole Miss at LSU

7:30pm NBC: Ohio State at Oregon

7:30pm ESPN+: App State at Louisiana

7:45pm SECN: Vanderbilt at Kentucky

8pm FOX: Iowa State at West Virginia

8pm ESPNU: Marshall at Georgia Southern

8pm ACCN: Syracuse at NC State

9pm BTN: Minnesota at UCLA

10:15pm ESPN: Kansas State at Colorado

Thoughts on 9/28 Big Ten Selection Order

Have had a few people ask about the six day hold selection order for the Big Ten used in Week Five.  We really don't get a lot, if any, information anymore about six day hold order.  280 characters on X really doesn't provide me enough length to discuss it, so lets start here.

What we learned from the initial selections

Two games were selected off the bat: Ohio State at Michigan State for an evening Peacock exclusive game and Maryland at Indiana for 12pm ET on BTN.  We also learned that Illinois at Penn State would be an evening game (7pm or 7pm ET) as it was PSU's homecoming game so it had its start time set within a short range and that Wisconsin at USC would be at 3:30pm, 7pm or 7:30pm ET due to Parents' Weekend festivities.

Nebraska at Purdue was also locked to 12pm ET as Purdue's homecoming game.

What order do I believe was used on 9/28?

I think the order used that week looked like this:

FOX

CBS

NBC

FOX Sports (FOX or FS1)

Peacock

Peacock

BTN

I think Ohio State at Michigan State was taken with the 1st Peacock selection.

Couldn't Ohio State at Michiga State be the 1st selection? 

Its not supposed to be the top choice.  Per an Athletic interview with Big Ten COO Kerry Kenny, selections that are to air on FS1, Peacock and BTN are supposed to occur after the 1st 45 picks, essentially the broadcast network picks that would be used by FOX, CBS and NBC.  

“Those three networks for the first 42 or 45 picks — depending on the length of the season — they will select which weeks that they’ll be in the No. 1 pick position or the No. 2 pick position or the No. 3 pick position,” Kenny said. “Once you get through those top three picks in the season, for each of those weeks, then it goes to FS1, Peacock and BTN entering the draft and selecting the remaining picks in each of those weeks beyond that.”

I do believe some leeway has been provided to FOX to be able to fill out its Friday night schedule and some of those selections come from the FS1 pool on the back half of the draft.

Wasn't there a complication where FOX appears to have wanted to switch slots with CBS?

I believe FOX was looking at selecting Wisconsin at USC, but couldn't choose it as a 9am host location start. CBS apparently alerted affiliates that their game could air at either noon ET or 3:30pm ET.

Why didn't NBC just take Illinois at Penn State instead of the six day hold?

I suppose NBC may have considered Oregon at UCLA, which would have dropped Illinois at Penn State to FS1.  We know CBS considered taking Oregon at UCLA at 3:30pm ET (their graphic at the end of USC-Michigan confirmed this possibility), which means that NBC's choice could have been between Wisconsin-USC and Illinois-Penn State.

One of the things to remember is that there were a lot of moving parts in the six day hold.  This didn't just include five Big Ten games, but also included games from the Big 12 and Mountain West.

But FOX had this late evening broadcast network window to fill.  Didn't that mean Oregon-UCLA had to be late?

If you remember, Fresno State at UNLV's TV designation added FS2 as a possibility, meaning that FS1 could have been open to take a Big Ten game (or a Big 12 game).

Why bother holding Nebraska at Purdue?

Nebraska was undefeated at the time (this was before their Friday night loss to Illinois).  I suppose there was a chance that FOX or CBS would consider them for noon based on other results, which might make the selection order look at bit like this:

FOX or CBS at noon - Nebraska at Purdue
CBS or FOX at 3:30pm - Wisconsin at USC
NBC - Illinois at Penn State
FOX Sports - Oregon at UCLA
Peacock - Minnesota at Michigan

CFB TV Guesses for 2024 Week 7 (10/12/24)

Here are the games already set for television and/or webcast. Here are the known available telecast windows. 

I have done my best to list what TV windows are out there. Every listing service has a little different schedule for these networks. It is also possible that a window could be eliminated or the time of a window could shift slightly to accommodate a network's needs.

Instead of cluttering up these posts even more, I'll try to keep track of the unique conference TV arrangements in a separate post.  

A few notes and considerations:

• Set for time or TV, but not both:
• Washington State at Fresno State (TBA, FOX Sports)
• South Carolina at Alabama (12pm, ABC or ESPN)
• Texas vs. Oklahoma (3:30pm, ABC or ESPN)
• SEC scheduling time slots: 
• Noon:
• South Carolina at Alabama
• Afternoon:
• Texas vs. Oklahoma
• Evening:
• Ole Miss at LSU
• Afternoon or Evening:
• Vanderbilt at Kentucky
• Mississippi State at Georgia
• Florida at Tennessee
• UMass is guaranteed one linear TV game on ESPN TV nets, and with Missouri being highly ranked, I put this one on ESPN2.
• Yes, Fresno State was destroyed by UNLV, but I have this one on FOX for a couple reasons:
• FS1 is limited in the time slots they have games.  They don't have a 12pm game as they've decided to host UEFA soccer, so I can't put a game in that window
• With BTN not intending to show any football (at the moment, no windows are listed for the network on 10/12), I think FOX/FS1 has three Big Ten games to carry.  I don't think they'll have a competing Big Ten game with NBC or CBS on FOX.
• I believe FOX will look at not competing with Ohio State-Oregon and slotting a MW game in is the best way to "lay out"
• Ole Miss at LSU lost a bit of luster with the upset by Kentucky over Ole Miss, but I think its still the best available game for them to carry at night for ABC.
• If you want to make a case that Purdue at Illinois should be on Peacock instead of Wisconsin at Rutgers, go ahead.  Its a fair substitution but both Purdue and Illinois have already had a game on Peacock this season.
  
• I gave ESPN the top Big 12 selection (Kansas State-Colorado) and it was been widely speculated, commented on, etc. that NBC has top choice this week for the Big Ten (Ohio State-Oregon).  I believe FOX is picking behind CBS for this week.

All times Eastern

12pm ABC: South Carolina at Alabama

12pm FOX: Washington at Iowa

12pm ESPN: Clemson at Wake Forest

12pm ESPN2: Iowa State at West Virginia

12pm ESPNU: North Texas at Florida Atlantic

12pm CW: Georgia Tech at North Carolina

12pm Peacock: Wisconsin at Rutgers

3:30pm ABC: Texas vs. Oklahoma

3:30pm CBS: Penn State at USC

3:30pm ESPN: Louisville at Virginia

3:30pm ESPN2: Cincinnati at UCF

3:30pm ESPNU: Toledo at Buffalo

3:30pm FS1: Purdue at Illinois

3:30pm ACCN: California at Pitt

4pm FOX: Arizona at BYU

4:15pm SECN: Mississippi State at Georgia

7pm ESPN: Florida at Tennessee

7pm ESPN2: Missouri at UMass

7pm FS1: Minnesota at UCLA

7:30pm ABC: Ole Miss at LSU

7:30pm NBC: Ohio State at Oregon

7:30pm ESPNU: App State at Louisiana

7:45pm SECN: Vanderbilt at Kentucky

8pm FOX: Washington State at Fresno State

8pm ACCN: Syracuse at NC State

10:15pm ESPN: Kansas State at Colorado

ESPN+

UTSA at Rice

Miami (OH) at Eastern Michigan

Akron at Western Michigan

Ball State at Kent State

Northern Illinois at Bowling Green

Ohio at Central Michigan

Marshall at Georgia Southern

Old Dominion at Georgia State

Southern Miss at ULM

Arkansas State at Texas State