CFB TV Confirmations for 2020 Week 10 (11/7/20)

This post will be updated as announcements come out for start times for 11/7 from the twelve day selection process that most TV networks adhere to. Most conferences have the possibility of having all or part of their games held for a six day hold of the start time. 

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.

Here's the deal - I don't really have a great handle as to the TV slots that are open as some networks aren't providing accurate listings by the time this post is written. What I'll do is list the windows that I've found and the games not yet set for TV, then add windows & reorder them by time as they're announced. That way you'll see the list of games set for TV along with the one(s) you're waiting on. Just don't be alarmed if network X isn't listed with any games here and you don't see any from that network for the games that have already been set.

12pm ESPN: Michigan State at Iowa

12pm ESPN2: North Carolina at Duke 

12pm FS1: Michigan at Indiana

12pm ESPNU: Arkansas State at Louisiana

12pm BTN: Nebraska at Northwestern

12pm ACC: Liberty at Virginia Tech

12pm ESPN3: ULM at Georgia State

12pm ESPN+: Tulane at ECU

12pm ESPN+: USF at Memphis

1pm ESPN3: Troy at Georgia Southern

2pm ACC RSN: Boston College at Syracuse

3pm ESPN3: North Alabama at Southern Miss

2:30pm ESPN+: UMass at Marshall

3:30pm ABC: Purdue at Wisconsin

3:30pm ESPN/ESPN2: Houston at Cincinnati

3:30pm ESPN/ESPN2: Kansas at Oklahoma

3:30pm FS1: Texas Tech at TCU 

3:30pm BTN: Minnesota at Illinois

3:30pm BTN: Maryland at Penn State

3:30pm ESPN3: UTSA at Rice

3:30pm ESPN+: Charlotte at Middle Tennessee

4pm ESPNU: Arizona at Utah

4pm ACC: Pitt at Florida State

4pm ESPN3: FIU at UTEP

4pm ESPN+: Appalachian State at Texas State

7pm ESPN2: UCLA at Colorado

7pm FS1: Baylor at Iowa State

7:30pm ABC: Stanford at Oregon

7:30pm BTN: Rutgers at Ohio State

8pm ESPNU: South Alabama at Coastal Carolina

8pm ACC: Louisville at Virginia

10:30pm ESPN: Washington at California

10:30pm FS1: Washington State at Oregon State

Games to have TV decided after 10/31 games

Tennessee at Arkansas - 7pm ESPN or 7:30pm SECN

Texas A&M at South Carolina - 7pm ESPN or 7:30pm SECN

West Virginia at Texas - 12pm ABC or 4pm FOX

Oklahoma State at Kansas State - 12pm ABC or 4pm FOX

CFB TV Guesses for 2020 Week 10 (11/07/20)

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.

Considerations (you might want to read these instead of skipping past them)

* SEC games have already been set for CBS and ESPN Networks, though there is a decision to be made between the evening SEC Network and ESPN games.

* Pac-12 joins the guesses. Please note that FOX has preselected Arizona State at USC for a 12pm ET start and it is not listed here because of that.

* FOX is scheduled to carry boxing at 8pm ET.

* ESPN2 is scheduled to carry a UFC Fight Night at 10-10:30pm ET.

* ESPN originally listed their primetime window as one of two SEC games at 7:30pm ET, but with the Pac-12 returning to play and a window being added at 10:30pm ET, I expect that the primetime ESPN window will move to 7pm ET.

* One ACC RSN game is being listed by most RSNs at 2pm ET leading into Stadium's scheduled C-USA game at 6pm ET.

* BTN's executives have confirmed that they'll carry 28 games this season with two appearances for each Big Ten school, so yes, there's going to be a need to get schools like Ohio State on the network.

* I gave FOX the top Big 12 choice and ESPN the top Big Ten choice.

* I think you'll see usage of ESPNU for the Pac-12 regularly with the Pac-12 Networks sidelined for now. Per the release that the Pac-12 provided, the ESPN outlets for the conference are ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU. Not any of ESPN's digital outlets.

12pm ABC: Maryland at Penn State 

12pm ESPN: Houston at Cincinnati

12pm ESPN2: Minnesota at Illinois

12pm FS1: Kansas at Oklahoma

12pm ESPNU: Texas Tech at TCU

12pm BTN: Rutgers at Ohio State

12pm ACC: Boston College at Syracuse

2pm ACC RSN: Louisville at Virginia

3:30pm ABC: Michigan at Indiana 

3:30pm ESPN: West Virginia at Texas

3:30pm ESPN2: Arizona at Utah

3:30pm FS1: Purdue at Wisconsin

3:30pm ESPNU: UCLA at Colorado

3:30pm BTN: Nebraska at Northwestern

4pm FOX: Oklahoma State at Kansas State

4pm ACC: Pitt at Florida State

7pm ESPN: Texas A&M at South Carolina

7pm ESPN2: North Carolina at Duke

7pm FS1: Baylor at Iowa State

7pm ESPNU: South Alabama at Coastal Carolina

7:30pm ABC: Stanford at Oregon

7:30pm SEC: Tennessee at Arkansas

7:30pm BTN: Michigan State at Iowa

8pm ACC: Liberty at Virginia Tech

10:30pm ESPN: Washington at California

10:30pm FS1: Washington State at Oregon State

ESPN3 or ESPN+

Tulane at ECU

USF at Memphis

North Alabama at Southern Miss

Charlotte at Middle Tennessee

UTSA at Rice

FIU at UTEP

UMass at Marshall

Troy at Georgia Southern

ULM at Georgia State

Arkansas State at Louisiana

Appalachian State at Texas State

CFB TV Confirmations for 2020 Week 9 (10/31/20)

This post will be updated as announcements come out for start times for 10/31 from the twelve day selection process that most TV networks adhere to. Most conferences have the possibility of having all or part of their games held for a six day hold of the start time. 

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.

Here's the deal - I don't really have a great handle as to the TV slots that are open as some networks aren't providing accurate listings by the time this post is written. What I'll do is list the windows that I've found and the games not yet set for TV, then add windows & reorder them by time as they're announced. That way you'll see the list of games set for TV along with the one(s) you're waiting on. Just don't be alarmed if network X isn't listed with any games here and you don't see any from that network for the games that have already been set.

12pm ABC: Boston College at Clemson

12pm FOX: Michigan State at Michigan

12pm ESPN/ESPN2: Kansas State at West Virginia

12pm ESPN/ESPN2: Memphis at Cincinnati

12pm FS1: Iowa State at Kansas

12pm ESPNU: Coastal Carolina at Georgia State

12pm BTN: Purdue at Illinois

12pm ACC: Wake Forest at Syracuse

12pm ESPN+: Temple at Tulane

2pm ESPN+: UCF at Houston

3pm ESPN3: Troy at Arkansas State

3pm ESPN3: Rice at Southern Miss

3:30pm ABC: Notre Dame at Georgia Tech

3:30pm ESPN: Northwestern at Iowa

3:30pm ESPN2: TCU at Baylor

3:30pm FS1: Wisconsin at Nebraska

3:30pm BTN: Indiana at Rutgers

4pm FOX: Texas at Oklahoma State

4pm ESPNU: Appalachian State at ULM

4pm ACC: Virginia Tech at Louisville

7pm FS1: San Jose State at New Mexico

7pm ACC RSN: Charlotte at Duke

7:30pm ABC: Ohio State at Penn State

7:30pm ESPN2: Navy at SMU

8pm FOX: Oklahoma at Texas Tech

8pm ESPNU: Louisiana at Texas State

8pm ACC: North Carolina at Virginia

10:15pm ESPN: WKU at BYU

10:30pm FS1: Nevada at UNLV

CFB TV Guesses for 2020 Week 9 (10/31/20)

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.

Pac-12 will be added with next week's guesses. Maybe the MAC too.

Considerations (you might want to read these instead of skipping past them)

* I dropped the late 10:15pm ESPN window

* SEC games had their TV destinations set in advance for this week. Check the schedule for the week to see where they have been set. 

* I gave ESPN top pick of Big 12 and Big Ten for Saturday games.

* 7pm ACC RSN window could move to 12pm again as it did on 10/24.

* I get the feeling that ESPN will try to use one of Notre Dame's ACC games each season and earmark it for ACCN, so this is the week I can see them trying it.

12pm ABC: Boston College at Clemson

12pm FOX: Michigan State at Michigan

12pm ESPN: Kansas State at West Virginia

12pm ESPN2: Memphis at Cincinnati

12pm FS1: TCU at Baylor

12pm ESPNU: Louisiana at Texas State

12pm BTN: Indiana at Rutgers

12pm ACC: Notre Dame at Georgia Tech

3:30pm ABC: Texas at Oklahoma State

3:30pm ESPN: Iowa State at Kansas

3:30pm ESPN2: Navy at SMU

3:30pm FS1: Purdue at Illinois

3:30pm ESPNU: Temple at Tulane      

3:30pm BTN: Northwestern at Iowa

3:30pm ACC RSN: Wake Forest at Syracuse

4pm FOX: Wisconsin at Nebraska

4pm ACC: Virginia Tech at Louisville

7pm ESPN2: WKU at BYU

7pm FS1:  San Jose State at New Mexico

7pm ESPNU: Coastal Carolina at Georgia State

7pm ACC RSN: Charlotte at Duke

7:30pm ABC: Ohio State at Penn State

8pm FOX: Oklahoma at Texas Tech

8pm ACC: North Carolina at Virginia

10:30pm FS1: Nevada at UNLV

ESPN3 or ESPN+

UCF at Houston

Troy at Arkansas State

Appalachian State at ULM

Rice at Southern Miss

CFB TV Confirmations for 2020 Week 8 (10/24/20)

This post will be updated as announcements come out for start times for 10/24 from the twelve day selection process that most TV networks adhere to. Most conferences have the possibility of having all or part of their games held for a six day hold of the start time. 

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.

Here's the deal - I don't really have a great handle as to the TV slots that are open as some networks aren't providing accurate listings by the time this post is written. What I'll do is list the windows that I've found and the games not yet set for TV, then add windows & reorder them by time as they're announced. That way you'll see the list of games set for TV along with the one(s) you're waiting on. Just don't be alarmed if network X isn't listed with any games here and you don't see any from that network for the games that have already been set.

Friday

7pm ESPN3: Jacksonville State at FIU

8pm BTN: Illinois at Wisconsin

Saturday

12pm ABC: Oklahoma at TCU

12pm FS1: Kansas at Kansas State

12pm ESPNU: Georgia Southern at Coastal Carolina

12pm SEC: Auburn at Ole Miss

12pm BTN: Rutgers at Michigan State

12pm CBSSN: Mercer at Army West Point

12pm ACC RSN: Florida State at Louisville

12pm ESPN+: Temple at Memphis

2pm ESPN2: Tulane at UCF

3:30pm ABC: Notre Dame at Pitt

3:30pm CBS: Alabama at Tennessee

3:30pm FOX: Iowa State at Oklahoma State

3:30pm ESPN: Baylor at Texas

3:30pm FS1: Penn State at Indiana

3:30pm BTN: Iowa at Purdue

3:30pm ACC RSN: Virginia Tech at Wake Forest

3:30pm ESPN3: Middle Tennessee at Rice

3:30pm ESPN+: UTEP at Charlotte

4pm ESPNU: Georgia State at Troy

4pm SEC: South Carolina at LSU

4pm ACC: Georgia Tech at Boston College

4pm ESPN3: Chattanooga at WKU

5:30pm ESPN2: West Virginia at Texas Tech

7pm ESPN+: ULM at South Alabama

7pm CBSSN: Wyoming at Nevada (from Zap2It listings)

7:30pm ABC: Michigan at Minnesota 

7:30pm BTN: Maryland at Northwestern

8pm ACC: Virginia at Miami (FL)

8pm ESPNU: Louisiana Tech at UTSA

9pm ESPN2: Cincinnati at SMU

10:15pm ESPN: Texas State at BYU

11pm FS1:

Six Day Holds

Syracuse at Clemson - 12pm ESPN or 12pm ACCN

NC State at North Carolina - 12pm ESPN or 12pm ACCN

Missouri at Florida - 7pm ESPN or 7:30pm SECN

Georgia at Kentucky - 7pm ESPN or 7:30pm SECN

Games not yet set for TV

Air Force at San Jose State

Hawai'i at Fresno State

New Mexico at Colorado State

UNLV at San Diego State

Utah State at Boise State

Wyoming at Nevada

CFB TV Guesses for 2020 Week 8 (10/24/20)

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.

Big Ten, and possibly Mountain West, games will now be part of the 12 day selections as their season will start on 10/23 & 10/24.

Considerations (you might want to read these instead of skipping past them)

* ESPN2 is carrying UFC prelims from 12-2pm ET. At this time, they will start carrying games at 2pm ET.

* FOX added a 2nd broadcast network game window after selecting Nebraska at Ohio State. My expectation was that this was for the Big 12, and I think that was the original plan, but as we come into the weekend, I think a Big Ten game is better served being placed there. The network's primetime window is reserved for World Series Game 4.  If you're looking at the minimum required number of games that FOX has to air on their broadcast network from the Big 12, they are right at that six game minimum.

* I don't know if there's been a change as to the number of appearances a SEC team can make on CBS with CBS's regular season game schedule reduced from 15 to 11. I'm hesitant to use Alabama at Tennessee & Georgia at Kentucky if the appearance maximum has decreased from five to four, so I went with Missouri at Florida.

* It hasn't been announced, but with Houston at Navy being set for 3:30pm, I am assuming that Mercer at Army is being changed to a 12pm start, allowing for a pair of Mountain West games to possibly air on CBSSN in the evening.

* I have no idea how Hawai'i's games will be split amongst MW rightsholders and their Spectrum Sports PPV package. I assume some games will air on Spectrum Sports, so their game this week I've listed on.  Boise State's game at Hawai'i is controlled by CBS Sports, so almost all other Hawai'i games could be pay-per-view games to get Hawai'i their money.

* As of this morning, I don't have a good handle on the BTN, FS1 & FS2 telecast windows. One listing service has 3:30pm & 11pm for FS1, so I added 12pm & 7pm on my own & adjusted the 11pm window to 10:30pm per MW rules that a FOX Sports game can't start later than 7:45pm local time. On Friday 10/23 at 6pm ET there happens to a To Be Announced window, so I don't know if that worth watching with respect to a game being moved there. 

12pm ABC: Notre Dame at Pitt

12pm ESPN: Penn State at Indiana

12pm FS1: Baylor at Texas

12pm ESPNU: Tulane at UCF

12pm SEC: Georgia at Kentucky

12pm BTN: Maryland at Northwestern

12pm ACC: NC State at North Carolina

2pm ESPN2: Kansas at Kansas State 

2pm FS2: New Mexico at Colorado State

3:30pm ABC: Iowa State at Oklahoma State

3:30pm CBS: Missouri at Florida

3:30pm FOX: Illinois at Wisconsin

3:30pm ESPN: Syracuse at Clemson

3:30pm FS1: Oklahoma at TCU

3:30pm ESPNU: Georgia Southern at Coastal Carolina

3:30pm BTN: Iowa at Purdue

3:30pm ACC RSN: Georgia Tech at Boston College

4pm SEC: Auburn at Ole Miss

4pm ACC: Virginia Tech at Wake Forest

5:30pm ESPN2: West Virginia at Texas Tech

7pm ESPN: Alabama at Tennessee

7pm FS1: Utah State at Boise State 

7pm ESPNU: Louisiana Tech at UTSA

7pm CBSSN: Wyoming at Nevada

7pm ACC RSN: Florida State at Louisville

7pm KAIL & Spectrum PPV: Hawai'i at Fresno State

7:30pm ABC: Michigan at Minnesota

7:30pm SEC: South Carolina at LSU

7:30pm BTN: Rutgers at Michigan State

8pm ACC: Virginia at Miami (FL)

9pm ESPN2: Cincinnati at SMU

10:15pm ESPN: Texas State at BYU

10:30pm FS1: Air Force at San Jose State

10:30pm CBSSN: UNLV at San Diego State

 

ESPN3 or ESPN+

Temple at Memphis

ULM at South Alabama

Georgia State at Troy

Chattanooga at WKU

Middle Tennessee at Rice

UTEP at Charlotte

CFB TV Confirmations for 2020 Week 7 (10/17/20)

This post will be updated as announcements come out for start times for 10/17 from the twelve day selection process that most TV networks adhere to. Most conferences have the possibility of having all or part of their games held for a six day hold of the start time. 

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.

(Here's the deal - I don't really have a great handle as to the TV slots, so what I'll do is list the games not yet set for TV, then reorder them by time as they're set. That way you'll see the list of games set for TV along with the one(s) you're waiting on).

12pm ESPN2: Cincinnati at Tulsa

12pm FS1: Kansas at West Virginia

12pm ESPNU: Texas State at South Alabama

12pm ACC RSNs: Liberty at Syracuse

12pm ESPN+: Navy at ECU

12pm ESPN+: USF at Temple

3:30pm ABC: UCF at Memphis

3:30pm ESPN: LSU at Florida

3:30pm ESPN2: Ole Miss at Arkansas

3:30pm ESPN3: Eastern Kentucky at Troy

3:30pm ACC RSN: Duke at NC State

4pm SEC: Texas A&M at Mississippi State

4pm ACC: Virginia at Wake Forest

7pm ESPN: North Carolina at Florida State

7:30pm ABC: Oklahoma State at Baylor

7:30pm ESPN2: Southern Miss at UTEP

8pm ESPNU: FIU at Charlotte

8pm ACC: Boston College at Virginia Tech

Six day hold

Clemson at Georgia Tech - 12pm ABC or ACCN

Pitt at Miami (FL) - 12pm ABC or ACCN

Kentucky at Tennessee - 12pm ESPN or SECN

Auburn at South Carolina - 12pm ESPN or SECN

CFB TV Guesses for 2020 Week 7 (10/17/20)

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.

After this week, Big Ten games will now be part of the 12 day selections as their season will start on 10/23 & 10/24.  It is possible that the Big Ten games in Week Eight will be set ahead of the 12 day selection process.

Six day holds used

ACC: 1 (9/19)

Big 12: 1 (10/3)

SEC: 1 (10/10)

Here's what I'm thinking

* Had both schools won, UCF at Memphis would have been my ABC primetime game. CBS already has a strong game at night with Georgia at Alabama, so my thought was to throw the American a bone & maybe fulfill a few required appearances. 

* The ACC RSN doubleheader threw a wrench into things. Likely would have had North Carolina at Florida State on ESPN instead but had to move things down the line so that the ACC Network gets its three games as currently listed plus the RSN doubleheader.

* It is unclear to me whether a Big 12 game will air on FS1. Some listings have a 12pm ET game & others do not. If there is one on FS1, move Kansas at West Virginia there, move UCF at Memphis to primetime ESPN and put Navy at ECU on mid afternoon ESPN2. 

* The feeling I get is that ESPN is making sure they put at least one American game on ESPN+ each week to keep focus on that platforms for those schools' fans as it will carry a lot of their games in the future.

12pm ABC: Pitt at Miami (FL)

12pm ESPN: Texas A&M at Mississippi State

12pm ESPN2: Kentucky at Tennessee

12pm ESPNU: FIU at Charlotte

12pm SEC: Auburn at South Carolina

12pm ACC: North Carolina at Florida State

12pm ACC RSNs: Liberty at Syracuse

3:30pm ABC: Oklahoma State at Baylor

3:30pm ESPN: LSU at Florida

3:30pm ESPN2: UCF at Memphis

3:30pm ESPNU: Southern Miss at UTEP

3:30pm ACC: Duke at NC State

3:30pm ACC RSN: Virginia at Wake Forest

4pm SEC: Ole Miss at Arkansas

7pm ESPN: Kansas at West Virginia

7pm ESPN2: Cincinnati at Tulsa

7pm ESPNU: Texas State at South Alabama

7:30pm ABC: Clemson at Georgia Tech

7:30pm ACC: Boston College at Virginia Tech

ESPN3 or ESPN+

Navy at ECU

USF at Temple

Eastern Kentucky at Troy