2023 Early Season CFB TV Guesses: Week 3

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* I didn't specify every streaming game from ESPN+, ESPN3 or MW Network.  If the game isn't listed, assume its over there.  I did go ahead and specify a game airing on Peacock for this particular week.  With Notre Dame likely having at least one Peacock exclusive per season, plus eight Big Ten games on Peacock for the next several years, I felt it was important to spell those games out and will do so for future weeks.

* I realize that I guessed Tennessee State at Notre Dame for Week 1 for Peacock, but I've seen enough evidence to the contrary and that the Central Michigan game will end up on Peacock for Week 3.  I'll go back in a few weeks and probably re-think Weeks 0 & 1 and Week 2 to adjust things.

* This would be the first week that CBS gets a SEC game.

* Also, this is where I can see ESPN using a 6pm/9pm SEC doubleheader, as when you look at the available Pac-12 games, the quality of available games isn't there like it is for Week 2.

* I'd like to see one of the Pac-12 games that are destined for Pac-12 Networks move over to Friday night. Particularly if both Arizona schools end up on Pac-12 Networks.

* Compared to Week 2, the Big Ten provides a lot more quality for networks, even with a few clunkers in there.  BTN is a recipient of some of this good fortune.

* With both Oklahoma and Alabama playing at AAC schools, I figure these are two games that are likely to be geared toward ABC games, helping to fulfill a requirement to have games on ABC.

* I went with Washington at Michigan State over to FOX ahead of Penn State at Illinois to NBC.

Thursday

7pm ACCN: Bethune-Cookman at Miami (FL)

7:30pm ESPN: Navy at Memphis

Friday

8pm ESPN: Army West Point at UTSA

Saturday

12pm ABC: Oklahoma at Tulsa

12pm FOX: Washington at Michigan State

12pm ESPN: Georgia Tech at Ole Miss

12pm ESPN2: Kansas State at Missouri

12pm FS1: Syracuse at Purdue

12pm BTN: Virginia at Maryland

12pm BTN: Georgia Southern at Wisconsin

12pm ESPNU: Iowa State at Ohio

12pm SECN: Akron at Kentucky

12pm ACCN: Indiana vs. Louisville

12pm CBSSN: FIU at UConn

2pm Pac-12: Sacramento State at Stanford

2pm Pac-12 Los Angeles: North Carolina Central at UCLA

2:30pm Peacock: Central Michigan at Notre Dame

3:30pm ABC: Alabama at South Florida

3:30pm CBS: Tennessee at Florida

3:30pm ESPN2: TCU at Houston

3:30pm FS1: WKU at Ohio State

3:30pm BTN: Bowling Green at Michigan

3:30pm BTN: Northern Illinois at Nebraska

3:30pm ESPNU: Louisiana at UAB

3:30pm ACCN: Northwestern at Duke

3:30pm CBSSN: San Jose State at Toledo

4pm FOX: Pitt at West Virginia

4pm SECN: ULM at Texas A&M

4pm FS2: North Dakota at Boise State 

5pm Pac-12: Weber State at Utah

5pm Pac-12 WA: Northern Colorado at Washington State

6pm ESPN: South Carolina at Georgia

6pm Peacock: Western Michigan at Iowa

7pm ESPN2: Minnesota at North Carolina

7pm FS1: Utah State at Air Force

7pm ESPNU: Tulane at Southern Miss

7pm CBSSN: Vanderbilt at UNLV

7:30pm ABC: Florida State at Boston College

7:30pm NBC: Penn State at Illinois

7:30pm BTN: Virginia Tech at Rutgers

7:30pm SECN: BYU at Arkansas

8pm FOX: Colorado State at Colorado

8pm ACCN: Florida Atlantic at Clemson

8pm Longhorn: Wyoming at Texas

8pm Pac-12: San Diego State at Oregon State

8pm Pac-12 Bay Area: Idaho at California

8pm FS2: NM State at New Mexico

9pm ESPN: LSU at Mississippi State

10:30pm ESPN2: Hawai'i at Oregon

10:30pm FS1: Fresno State at Arizona State

10:30pm CBSSN: Kansas at Nevada

11pm Pac-12: UTEP at Arizona