CFB TV Confirmations for 2021 Week 13 (11/26/21 & 11/27/21)

This post will be updated as announcements come out for start times for 11/26/21 & 11/27/21 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.  

Number of six day holds used

ACC: 4 (11/6, 11/13, 11/20, 11/27)

American: 1 (11/20)

Big 12: 4 (10/16, 10/23, 11/6, 11/13)

Big Ten: 3 (11/6, 11/13, 11/27)

Mountain West: 1 (10/16)

Pac-12: 4 (10/30 by FOX, 11/6 by ESPN, 11/20 by ESPN, 11/27 by FOX)

SEC: 3 (10/9 and 11/6 by CBS, 10/16 by ESPN)

All times Eastern

Friday

12pm ESPNU: Eastern Michigan at Central Michigan

12pm CBSSN: Ohio at Bowling Green

3:30pm ABC: Cincinnati at ECU

3:30pm ESPN: USF at UCF

3:30pm ESPN+: Coastal Carolina at South Alabama

7pm ESPN: North Carolina at NC State

Saturday (not all slot may end up being used)

12pm ABC: Georgia at Georgia Tech

12pm ESPN: Florida State at Florida

12pm FS1: Texas Tech at Baylor

12pm ESPNU: Navy at Temple

12pm BTN: Maryland at Rutgers

12pm ESPN+: Akron at Toledo

12pm ESPN+: Miami (OH) at Kent State

12pm ESPN+: Army West Point at Liberty

12:30pm ACC RSNs: Miami (FL) at Duke

2pm ESPN+: Troy at Georgia State

2pm ESPN+: Texas State at Arkansas State

2:30pm ESPN+: Georgia Southern at Appalachian State

3:30pm CBS: Alabama at Auburn

3:30pm FS1: Indiana at Purdue

3:30pm BTN: Northwestern at Illinois

3:45pm SECN: Vanderbilt at Tennessee

4pm ESPN2: Tulsa at SMU

4pm ESPNU: ULM at Louisiana

4pm Pac-12: Arizona at Arizona State

7pm ESPN: Texas A&M at LSU

7pm FS1: West Virginia at Kansas

7:30pm ABC: Oklahoma at Oklahoma State

7:30pm ESPNU: Tulane at Memphis

7:30pm SEC: Clemson at South Carolina

10:30pm ESPN: BYU at USC

10:30pm FS1: California at UCLA

Six day hold

Pitt at Syracuse - 12pm ESPN2, 7:30pm ESPN2 or ACCN (2 games, times TBD)

Kentucky at Louisville - 12pm ESPN2, 7:30pm ESPN2 or ACCN (2 games, times TBD)

Wake Forest at Boston College - 12pm ESPN2, 7:30pm ESPN2 or ACCN (2 games, times TBD)

Virginia Tech at Virginia - 12pm ESPN2, 7:30pm ESPN2 or ACCN (2 games, times TBD)

Penn State at Michigan State - 3:30pm ABC or ESPN OR 4pm FOX

Wisconsin at Minnesota - 3:30pm ABC or ESPN OR 4pm FOX

Oregon State at Oregon - 3:30pm ABC or ESPN or 8pm FOX

Notre Dame at Stanford - 3:30pm ABC or ESPN or 8pm FOX

CFB TV Guesses for 2021 Week 13 Selections (11/26/21 & 11/27/21)

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.

* The following games have been preselected by network groups but without a start time or TV network finalized:

• Oklahoma at Oklahoma State (ABC, ESPN or ESPN2)

Number of six day holds used

ACC: 3 (11/6, 11/13, 11/20)

American: 1 (11/20)

Big 12: 4 (10/16, 10/23, 11/6, 11/13)

Big Ten: 2 (11/6, 11/13)

Mountain West: 1 (10/16)

Pac-12: 2 (10/30 by FOX, 11/6 by ESPN, 11/20 by ESPN)

SEC: 3 (10/9 and 11/6 by CBS, 10/16 by ESPN)

Remaining Selections

Big Ten: One for ESPN Networks and two for FOX Sports

Big 12: Three for ESPN

Pac-12: Two each for ESPN Networks and FOX Sports

Friday

12pm ESPNU: Eastern Michigan at Central Michigan

12pm CBSSN: Ohio at Bowling Green

3:30pm ABC: Cincinnati at ECU

3:30pm ESPN: USF at UCF

7pm ESPN: North Carolina at NC State

Streaming

Coastal Carolina at South Alabama - This one could be televised if some of the ESPN Events Invitational were to be shifted from ESPNU to ESPNEWS, allowing this one to be slotted in at 3:30pm ET on ESPNU

Saturday

12pm ABC: Georgia at Georgia Tech

12pm ESPN: Pitt at Syracuse

12pm ESPN2: Texas Tech at Baylor

12pm FS1: West Virginia at Kansas

12pm ESPNU: Miami (OH) at Kent State

12pm SEC: Vanderbilt at Tennessee

12pm ACCN: Kentucky at Louisville

12:30pm ACC RSNs: Miami (FL) at Duke

3:30pm ABC: Penn State at Michigan State

3:30pm CBS: Alabama at Auburn

3:30pm ESPN: Notre Dame at Stanford

3:30pm ESPN2: Tulsa at SMU

3:30pm FS1: Indiana at Purdue

3:30pm ESPNU: ULM at Louisiana

3:30pm BTN: Northwestern at Illinois

3:30pm BTN: Maryland at Rutgers

4pm FOX: Wisconsin at Minnesota

4pm SEC: Florida State at Florida

4pm ACCN: Wake Forest at Boston College

4pm Pac-12: Arizona at Arizona State

7pm ESPN: Texas A&M at LSU

7pm ESPN2: Tulane at Memphis

7pm FS1: BYU at USC

7pm ESPNU: Army West Point at Liberty

7:30pm ABC: Oklahoma at Oklahoma State

7:30pm SEC: Clemson at South Carolina

7:30pm ACCN: Virginia Tech at Virginia

8pm FOX: Oregon State at Oregon

10:30pm ESPN: California at UCLA

Streaming

Navy at Temple

Akron at Toledo

Georgia Southern at Appalachian State

Texas State at Arkansas State

Troy at Georgia State

Considerations

* I gave ESPN the top Big Ten choice after Ohio State at Michigan State, FOX Sports the top Pac-12 choice and ESPN the top Big 12 choice after Oklahoma at Oklahoma State.

* I didn't have a need for any late evening windows on ESPN2 or ESPNU.

* I'm assuming FOX Sports will not get an extra game this season due to the lost Cal-USC game on 11/13. If anything, maybe they'll figure out a way to carve out a window on FS1. There's a three hour opening from 6-9pm that night, but I don't know what other programming they have planned and would need to adjust the last MBK window at 9pm (Iowa State at Creighton) to get a 3 hour 30 minute TV window.

* I moved the BTN games to a concurrent 3:30pm window.  With FOX owning the network, its one less game to conflict with Ohio State-Michigan.

CFB TV Confirmations for 2021 Week 12 (11/13/21)

This post will be updated as announcements come out for start times for 11/20/21 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.  For those curious about the MAC midweek games, I don't think they'll be set today but set once this week's midweek games are played.

Number of six day holds used

ACC: 2 (11/6, 11/13, 11/20)

American: 1 (11/20)

Big 12: 4 (10/16, 10/23, 11/6, 11/13)

Big Ten: 2 (11/6, 11/13)

Mountain West: 1 (10/16)

Pac-12: 2 (10/30 by FOX, 11/6 by ESPN)

SEC: 3 (10/9 and 11/6 by CBS, 10/16 by ESPN)

All times Eastern

12pm ABC: Michigan State at Ohio State

12pm FOX: Iowa State at Oklahoma

12pm ESPN: Wake Forest at Clemson

12pm ESPN2: Texas at West Virginia

12pm ESPNU: Harvard at Yale

12pm SECN: NM State at Kentucky

12pm BTN: Rutgers at Penn State

12pm BTN: Purdue vs. Northwestern

12pm ACCN: Florida State at Boston College

12pm ACC RSNs: Wofford at North Carolina

12pm ESPN+: USF at Tulane

12pm ESPN+: Kent State at Akron

1pm ESPN+: Texas State at Coastal Carolina

2pm FS1: Illinois at Iowa

2pm ESPN3: Arkansas State at Georgia State

3pm Pac-12: Washington at Colorado

3:30pm ABC or ESPN: Nebraska at Wisconsin 

3:30pm CBS: Arkansas at Alabama

3:30pm BTN: Michigan at Maryland

3:30pm BTN: Minnesota at Indiana

3:30pm ESPN+: Appalachian State at Troy

4pm ESPNU: Louisiana at Liberty

4pm SECN: Florida at Missouri

4pm ESPN+: Kansas at TCU

4pm ESPN+: Temple at Tulsa

4pm ESPN+: BYU at Georgia Southern

5:30pm FS1: Baylor at Kansas State

7pm ESPN: Auburn at South Carolina

7pm Pac-12: California at Stanford

7:30pm ESPNU: South Alabama at Tennessee

7:30pm SECN: Vanderbilt at Ole Miss

8pm FOX: Oklahoma State at Texas Tech

9pm FS1: New Mexico at Boise State

9pm ESPN2: ULM at LSU

10:30pm ESPN: Arizona State at Oregon State

Six day holds

SMU at Cincinnati

Virginia at Pitt

Syracuse at NC State

Virginia Tech at Miami (FL)

Oregon at Utah

UCLA at USC

Options: ABC or ESPN 3:30pm (wherever Nebraska at Wisconsin isn't slotted), ESPN2 3:30pm, FOX 4pm (Pac-12 only), ACCN 2 games (mid-afternoon and evening, ACC only) and ABC 7:30pm

 

CFB TV Guesses for 2021 Week 12 Saturday Selections (11/20/21)

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.

* The following games have been preselected by network groups but without a start time or TV network finalized:

• Harvard at Yale (ESPN Networks)
• Nebraska at Wisconsin (ABC, ESPN or ESPN2)
• New Mexico at Boise State (FOX, FS1 or FS2)

* ESPN2 has a Top Rank Boxing window from 7pm-9pm ET for PPV prelims.

* I'm not going to bother with the MAC midweek games.  Those will likely be set based on the results of this week's midweek games.

* There's an ESPNEWS window at 6pm ET

Number of six day holds used

ACC: 2 (11/6, 11/13)

American: 0

Big 12: 4 (10/16, 10/23, 11/6, 11/13)

Big Ten: 2 (11/6, 11/13)

Mountain West: 1 (10/16)

Pac-12: 2 (10/30 by FOX, 11/6 by ESPN)

SEC: 3 (10/9 and 11/6 by CBS, 10/16 by ESPN)

Selections used by contract

Big 12

• ESPN has chosen 27 of 32 games 
• Assumed first picks: 9/11, 9/25, 10/9, 10/16, 10/30, 11/27
• Assumed first picks for FOX: 9/4, 9/18. 10/2, 10/23, 11/6, 11/13

Big Ten

• ESPN: 25 of 27
• Assumed first picks: 9/18, 10/16, 10/23, 10/30, 11/13
• FOX Sports: 24 of a range between 24 and 27
• Assumed first picks: 9/4, 9/11, 9/25, 10/2, 10/9, 11/6, 11/27
• BTN needs to air a game involving Michigan and Penn State

Pac-12

• ESPN: 18 of 22
• Assumed first picks: 9/25, 10/2, 10/9, 10/23, 11/6, 11/13
• FOX Sports: 19 of 22
• Assumed first picks: 9/4, 9/11, 9/18, 10/16, 10/30
• FOX must air one more game in primetime

All times Eastern

12pm ABC: SMU at Cincinnati

12pm FOX: Iowa State at Oklahoma

12pm ESPN:  Nebraska at Wisconsin

12pm ESPN2: Harvard at Yale

12pm FS1: Baylor at Kansas State

12pm ESPNU: BYU at Georgia Southern

12pm SECN: NM State at Kentucky

12pm BTN: Minnesota at Indiana

12pm BTN: Michigan at Maryland

12pm ACCN: Florida State at Boston College

12pm ACC RSNs: Virginia Tech at Miami (FL)

3pm Pac-12: Washington at Colorado

3:30pm ABC: Michigan State at Ohio State

3:30pm CBS: Arkansas at Alabama

3:30pm ESPN: Wake Forest at Clemson

3:30pm ESPN2: Arizona State at Oregon State

3:30pm FS1: Illinois at Iowa

3:30pm ESPNU: Louisiana at Liberty

3:30pm BTN: Rutgers at Penn State

3:30pm BTN: Purdue at Northwestern

4pm FOX: Oregon at Utah

4pm SECN: South Alabama at Tennessee

4pm ACCN: Virginia at Pitt

6pm ESPNEWS: UAB at UTSA

7pm ESPN: Auburn at South Carolina

7pm FS1: New Mexico at Boise State

7pm ESPNU: ULM at LSU

7:30pm ABC: Oklahoma State at Texas Tech

7:30pm SECN: Florida at Missouri

7:30pm ACCN: Syracuse at NC State

8pm FOX: Texas at West Virginia

9pm ESPN2: Vanderbilt at Ole Miss

10:30pm ESPN: UCLA at USC

10:30pm FS1: California at Stanford

Streaming

Wofford at North Carolina

USF at Tulane

Temple at Tulsa

Kansas at TCU

Kent State at Akron

Arkansas State at Georgia State

Texas State at Coastal Carolina

Notes

* Liberty needs a game on linear TV per its new TV deal and the Louisiana game makes sense.

* I gave top Big Ten choice to ESPN, top Big 12 choice to FOX Sports and top Pac-12 choice to ESPN.

* With UTSA still undefeated and UAB at 6-3 at this time, I think the ESPNEWS window could be for that game.