Sunday, October 16, 2022

CFB TV Guesses for 2022 Week 9 (10/29/22)

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 set for TV or the start time, but not both
Oklahoma at Iowa State (Time TBD, FOX or FS1)
Colorado State at Boise State (Time TBD, FOX Sports)
San Diego State at Fresno State (Time TBD, FOX Sports)
Arizona State at Colorado (Time TBD, ESPN/2/U)
Northwestern at Iowa (3pm or 3:30pm, TV TBD)

* No CBS selection as they selected Florida vs. Georgia in the spring.
* FOX announced that Ohio State at Penn State would be their 12pm game this past weekend.
* It is unclear how many games BTN will carry, but they are planning to carry two volleyball matches.  I'm going to assume one game window, but two games in that window.
* I think the 7pm ESPN2 window will get used this week and not get used for a McAfee-cast.
* For the third straight week, there will be no ACCN window at 12pm.
* Regardless of whether USC won or lost vs. Utah, I had the Arizona game pegged for Pac-12 Networks so that the Trojans can fulfill all of their Pac-12 Networks requirements.
* I know that SECN has three scheduled windows, but we saw a couple weeks ago where they dropped their noon window to get an extra game on ESPN.  So I decided the same situation could apply here to get Ole Miss at Texas A&M on ESPN.  
* I dropped the NFL Network window as well.  There's not many games to be placed there.  I could see South Alabama at Arkansas State being put there if they do have a game.

12pm ABC: Notre Dame at Syracuse
12pm ESPN: Ole Miss at Texas A&M
12pm ESPN2: TCU at West Virginia
12pm FS1: Baylor at Texas Tech
12pm ESPNU: Toledo at Eastern Michigan
12pm BTN: Illinois at Nebraska
12pm BTN: Rutgers at Minnesota
12:30pm ACC RSN: Miami (FL) at Virginia
3:30pm ABC: Oklahoma State at Kansas State
3:30pm FOX: Oklahoma at Iowa State
3:30pm ESPN: Northwestern at Iowa
3:30pm ESPN2: Cincinnati at UCF
3:30pm ESPNU: Arizona State at Colorado
3:30pm ACCN: Wake Forest at Louisville
4pm FS1: Colorado State at Boise State
4pm SECN: Missouri at South Carolina
4pm Pac-12: USC at Arizona
7pm ESPN: Kentucky at Tennessee
7pm ESPN2: Pitt at North Carolina
7pm ESPNU: Coastal Carolina at Marshall
7:30pm ABC: Michigan State at Michigan
7:30pm FS1: San Diego State at Fresno State
7:30pm SECN: Arkansas at Auburn
8pm ACCN: Georgia Tech at Florida State 
10:30pm ESPN: Oregon at California
11pm FS1: Stanford at UCLA

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South Florida at Houston
SMU at Tulsa
Miami (OH) at Akron
Robert Morris at App State
Old Dominion at Georgia State
South Alabama at Arkansas State

19 comments:

Schmolik said...

Does the AAC still have a required minimum number of appearances on ABC? The old rule was 3. They did renegotiate the contract recently and it didn't appear but the AAC did get 3 games last year. If the AAC is entitled to three, UCF-Cincinnati would have to be a good choice for one of them.

Matt Sarzyniak said...

Yes they still have three. Cincinnati-UCF might end up being a good choice to fill one.

Anonymous said...

Always appreciate your insight! What’s your level of confidence on the MSU/Michigan game being at night? Any other networks that could potentially steal that night spot from them?

Matt Sarzyniak said...

I just place them. I don't do them barred on a confidence factor

Anonymous said...

Is there any kind of annual/biennial requirement for Notre Dame to appear in an ACCN game?

Matt Sarzyniak said...

None to my knowledge but they've appeared once in 2019 and 2021.

Anonymous said...

Is there any chance UCLA gets that 10:30pm ESPN window instead of the 11pm FS1? Does it depend on who wins between Oregon and ucla?

TexanMark said...

Matt, ND@Cuse seems like a better window than ABC at noon. I wonder if they give them a 3:30pm slot with a 6 day window?

Matt Sarzyniak said...

Maybe. I just had ESPN selecting ahead of FOX.

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Matt Sarzyniak said...

It probably should be at 330 instead of 12pm. Broke a general guideline to not have two games from same conference on broadcast TV, which I did with Big 12 at 330.

Anonymous said...

For Iowa - what network would carry a 3pm ET game? Seems like an odd/off window.

Matt Sarzyniak said...

Maybe BTN if there's volleyball in the early afternoon.

Anonymous said...

Any guesses on Ohio State game time vs, Northwestern on Nov 5?

Matt Sarzyniak said...

Yes, next week

Anonymous said...

Is the general rule on broadcast TV for all time slots or just primetime? There were two Big Ten controlled games at noon on 9/17, although they were non-conference games.

Matt Sarzyniak said...

Its a guideline to try to not have competing games from the same conference on broadcast networks where ABC and FOX share conference rights. Doesn't mean that they won't occasionally do it, but they try not to. You'll tend to see it more in November, particularly as the Big Ten has far fewer night games and gives the schools veto power with respect to night games.

Unknown said...

How often is an SEC home game on ABC prime time

Matt Sarzyniak said...

SEC games cannot air on ABC until the 2024 season. CBS is the only allowed network for games on broadcast networks.