This is a revision to the original early season guesses for Week 3 . Revisions are in red and include strikethroughs for my changes. Will attempt articulate a few things. There are less revisions to this particular week.
Here's where you can find the full schedules on my site for 2023. If a game isn't listed in these guesses, assume its being streamed.
Thursday
7pm ACCN: Bethune-Cookman at Miami (FL)
7:30pm ESPN: Navy at Memphis
Friday
8pm ESPN: Army West Point at UTSA
Saturday
* Like the first two weeks, I've brought back the ACC RSN package. If the package isn't going to happen, assume this game gets streamed via ACC Network Extra/ESPN+
* I flipped the San Jose State at Toledo and Vanderbilt at UNLV games on CBSSN. UNLV gets to play at Allegiant Stadium, but they often need to clear their dates with the Raiders. I can see them asking for the game to air early in the day. I don't think the game would get moved to Friday as I suspect Vanderbilt would have to approve it.
* Similar to that, I think the Indiana vs. Louisville game being played at Lucas Oil Stadium might end up being an early game in the event the Colts play the following day. I originally had it as a noon game. I think Alabama at South Florida is fine in mid afternoon.
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
12:30pm ACC RSN: VMI at NC State
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: Vanderbilt at UNLV
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: San Jose State at Toledo
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
10 comments:
I believe in FOX's contract with the Big Ten they have 24-27 games between FOX/FS1 in 2023 and 30-32 between 2024-2029 (Source: SI). Can FOX air Saturday games in time slots other than noon ET or just in noon ET, especially since in 2023 CBS can't air 3:30pm games while they're still under contract with the SEC?
Also, where will CBS's other games air? Could CBS and FOX "trade slots" in 2023 where CBS airs a noon game and CBS a 3:30 game?
I think they'll try to stick to their assigned slots with some flexibility. I'm told Notre Dame will have a couple NBC primetime games, so they'll carry a few Big Ten games in mid afternoon. For this season, CBS really won't have an assigned slot, other than 3:30pm ET is out due them most of the year.
So yeah, I think you'll see FOX carry two Big Ten games on their broadcast network occasionally alongside one of the other networks in 2023.
NBC's Notre Dame prime time games in 2023 seem obvious to me, Ohio State on Sept. 23 and USC on Oct. 14. NBC can then air 3:30pm Big Ten games those weeks to lead into the Notre Dame games. They also look like good opportunities for CBS to air prime time Big Ten games then.
I'm told they have two other Big Ten 3:30 games that doesn't have a ND game following it but another Big Ten game.
As for CBS, I don't know if they'll go back to the well for the primetime doubleheader the week Alabama and TAMU play. Maybe they go back to the LSU-Alabama primetime game date.
Not SEC in prime time, Big Ten in prime time on CBS on Sept. 23 and Oct. 14. If NBC airs a Notre Dame game in prime time instead of a Big Ten conference game, why not let CBS air a prime time game that week? The week CBS airs the SEC in prime time they still have to air the SEC at 3:30pm anyway.
They certainly could. I had the UA-TAMU game in my head as 10/14, but it is 10/7.
Matt, with the new Big Ten deal do teams still have to play at least 2 games on BTN? Pretty sure that was the rule before
To my knowledge this has not changed with the new TV deals
Thoughts on North Texas TV lineup?
I don't think about this on a team by team basis. If a game isn't listed, as I mentioned at the top, assume it is being streamed.
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