Sunday, September 25, 2022

CFB TV Guesses for 2022 Week 6 (10/8/22)

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 where either the time or TV network has been set, but not both
Texas vs. Oklahoma (ABC, presumably either 12pm or 3:30pm ET)
Michigan at Indiana (TV TBD, 12pm ET)
Wisconsin at Northwestern (TV TBD, 3:30pm or 4pm ET)
Air Force at Utah State (FOX, FS1 or FS2, Time TBD)
Fresno State at Boise State (FOX, FS1 or FS2, Time TBD)

* ESPN and ESPN2 will have postseason MLB through most of the day.
* CBS has their primetime SEC game in addition to their 3:30pm window. Both games have exclusivity from ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU. Which isn't that big of a deal with respect to their SEC selections since those would just got to noon ET, but it cuts out the ability to carry games from other conferences.
* ACC RSNs appear to be set up for two game windows at 4pm & 7:30pm ET.
* Only two BTN windows exist, but the 3:30pm window appears to be for three games. Women's volleyball will air on the network in the evening. I don't think they'll use three at that time.

12pm ABC: Texas vs. Oklahoma
12pm FOX: Michigan at Indiana
12pm ESPN: Auburn at Georgia 
12pm ESPN2: South Carolina at Kentucky
12pm FS1: Texas Tech at Oklahoma State
12pm ESPNU: Army West Point at Wake Forest
12pm SEC: Missouri at Florida
12pm ACC: North Carolina at Miami (FL)
12pm BTN: Iowa at Illinois
12pm CBSSN: Toledo at Northern Illinois
3:30pm ABC: Ohio State at Michigan State
3:30pm CBS: Tennessee at LSU
3:30pm FS1: Fresno State at Boise State
3:30pm ESPNU: South Florida at Cincinnati
3:30pm BTN: Wisconsin at Northwestern
3:30pm BTN: Purdue at Maryland
3:30pm ACC: Virginia Tech at Pitt
4pm FOX: Washington State at USC
4pm SEC: Ole Miss at Vanderbilt
4pm ACC RSNs: Duke at Georgia Tech
4pm Pac-12: Oregon at Arizona
7pm FS1: Air Force at Utah State
7pm ESPNU: Kansas State at Iowa State
7pm NFL: Coastal Carolina at ULM
7:30pm ABC: Florida State at NC State
7:30pm SEC: Arkansas at Mississippi State
7:30pm ACC RSNs: Louisville at Virginia
8pm CBS: Texas A&M at Alabama
8pm FOX: TCU at Kansas
8pm ACC: Clemson at Boston College
8pm Pac-12: Washington at Arizona State
10:30pm ESPN: Utah at UCLA
10:30pm FS1: Oregon State at Stanford

Streaming (ESPN3/ESPN+)
East Carolina at Tulane
Buffalo at Bowling Green
Ball State at Central Michigan
Kent State at Miami (OH)
Akron at Ohio
Eastern Michigan at Western Michigan
James Madison at Arkansas State
Georgia Southern at Georgia State
Southern Miss at Troy

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

if I recall from years past CBS selections are the top 2 SEC picks for the week with the 8pm the top choice with the normal 3:30pm being the second pick

Matt Sarzyniak said...

@Anonymous - Yes, that is correct. CBS will have the top two selections on 10/8. I imagine they could slot them however they want, but the game with more prestige typically is the 8pm game.

Schmolik said...

USC at Utah could be the game of the year in the Pac 12, I hope FOX gets 1st pick this week because it would be a shame for it to get stuck in the graveyard shift.

Anonymous said...

Would Fox want to put Michigan on Big Noon Saturday 3 weeks in a row?

Matt Sarzyniak said...

That's the following week, not this one

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Anonymous said...

You seem to know various windows weeks in advance for all the networks before you take a guess at the games. Where do you find that at?

Matt Sarzyniak said...

I use network sites like WatchESPN which posts a schedule for ESPN usually a month ahead. As for most other networks, I seek out the information from TV listing sites like Zap2It 2 weeks in advance.

Anonymous said...

Wouldn't that be 9/24, 10/1, 10/8 with Michigan on Big Noon?

Matt Sarzyniak said...

Yes, that would be three straight for Michigan at noon ET on FOX. While there was a 3 week gap due to MLB on FOX, Oklahoma had three straight in the early slot on FOX back in 2018 to start the season