CFB TV Confirmations for 2023 Week 6

This post will be updated as announcements come out for start times for 10/7/23 from the (mostly) twelve day selection process that most TV networks adhere to. Most conferences have the possibility of having all or part of their scheduled games held for a six day hold for the start time and/or the TV network. 

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. 

There's also a handful of rules that both conferences and TV networks have put into their agreements which affect these selections, which are updated weekly and can be found here.

All times Eastern

12pm ABC: Oklahoma vs. Texas

12pm FOX: Maryland at Ohio State

12pm ESPN: LSU at Missouri

12pm ESPNU: Toledo at UMass

12pm SECN: Western Michigan at Mississippi State

12pm ACCN: William & Mary at Virginia

12pm Peacock: Rutgers at Wisconsin

2pm CW: Marshall at NC State

2pm ESPN+: Central Michigan at Buffalo

2pm ESPN+: UTSA at Temple

3pm BTN: Howard at Northwestern

3pm Pac-12: Washington State at UCLA

3:30pm CBS: Alabama at Texas A&M

3:30pm ABC or ESPN: Virginia Tech at Florida State

3:30pm ABC or ESPN: Syracuse at North Carolina

3:30pm ACCN: Wake Forest at Clemson

3:30pm Peacock: Purdue at Iowa 

3:30pm ESPN+: Kent State at Ohio

3:30pm ESPN+: Ball State at Eastern Michigan

3:30pm ESPN+: Bowling Green at Miami (OH)

3:30pm ESPN+: Northern Illinois at Akron

3:30pm/4pm ESPN2/ESPNU: Texas State at Louisiana

3:30pm/4pm ESPN2/ESPNU: South Florida at UAB

4pm FOX: UCF at Kansas

4pm SECN: Vanderbilt at Florida

4pm ESPN+: Arkansas State at Troy

5pm ESPN+: UConn at Rice

6pm ESPN+: Tulsa at Florida Atlantic

6:30pm Pac-12: Colorado at Arizona State

7pm ESPN: Kentucky at Georgia

7pm ESPNU: Florida A&M at Southern

7pm ESPN+: South Alabama at ULM

7pm ESPN+: Old Dominion at Southern Miss

7:30pm ABC: Notre Dame at Louisville

7:30pm NBC: Michigan at Minnesota

7:30pm SECN: Arkansas at Ole Miss

8pm FOX or FS2: TCU at Iowa State 

8pm FOX or FS2: Fresno State at Wyoming 

8pm ESPN2: Texas Tech at Baylor

8pm ACCN: Georgia Tech at Miami (FL)

10pm Pac-12: Oregon State at California

10:30pm ESPN: Arizona at USC

CFB TV Guesses for 2023 Week 6 (10/7/23)

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:

* These games either have been selected by a TV partner or have a specific start times as an option:

• Purdue at Iowa: 3:30pm, 4pm or 7:30pm ET (homecoming)
• Maryland at Ohio State: 12pm, 3:30pm or 4pm ET (homecoming)
• Rutgers at Wisconsin: 12pm, 3:30pm or 4pm ET (homecoming)
• Fresno State at Wyoming: FOX, FS1 or FS2
• Arizona at USC: ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU
• Oklahoma vs. Texas: ABC at 12pm or 3:30pm ET
• Howard at Northwestern: 3pm ET (homecoming)

* UMass is supposed to have one game per season on ESPN's linear TV channels.  This appears to be the best option for the rest of the season.

* Listings have no games on FS1.  Suppose its possible that the 8pm game could move over to FS1 if FOX was to carry an ALDS game.  Either way, FS2 has a game window tentatively scheduled for 9:30pm ET.

* ACC Network lists the game windows but I think there's a good reason to drop the noon window to get other games on ESPN & ESPN2. 

* Some listing services show three Pac-12 Network games. I can make a case for only two being needed. If only two are needed, bring back that third ACC Network window and reconfigure things.

* If a six day hold were to be used, I look to the ACC for the place to use it. 

12pm ABC: Oklahoma vs. Texas

12pm FOX: Maryland at Ohio State

12pm ESPN: LSU at Missouri
12pm ESPN2: UTSA at Temple

12pm ESPNU: Toledo at UMass

12pm SECN: Vanderbilt at Florida

12pm Peacock: Rutgers at Wisconsin

2pm CW: William & Mary at Virginia

3pm BTN: Howard at Northwestern

3pm Pac-12: Oregon State at California

3:30pm ABC: Syracuse at North Carolina 

3:30pm CBS: Alabama at Texas A&M

3:30pm ESPN: Virginia Tech at Florida State

3:30pm ESPN2: Texas Tech at Baylor

3:30pm ESPNU: Kent State at Ohio

3:30pm ACCN: Marshall at NC State
3:30pm Peacock: Purdue at Iowa

4pm FOX: UCF at Kansas

4pm SECN: Western Michigan at Mississippi State

6:30pm Pac-12: Washington State at UCLA

7pm ESPN: Kentucky at Georgia

7pm ESPN2: Wake Forest at Clemson

7pm ESPNU: Texas State at Louisiana

7:30pm ABC: Notre Dame at Louisville

7:30pm NBC: Michigan at Minnesota

7:30pm SECN: Arkansas at Ole Miss

8pm FOX: TCU at Iowa State

8pm ACCN: Georgia Tech at Miami (FL)
9:30pm FS2: Fresno State at Wyoming

10pm Pac-12: Colorado at Arizona State

10:30pm ESPN: Arizona at USC

Streaming

UConn at Rice

Tulsa at Florida Atlantic

South Florida at Tulsa

Ball State at Eastern Michigan

Bowling Green at Miami (OH)

Northern Illinois at Akron

Central Michigan at Buffalo

Old Dominion at Southern Miss

South Alabama at ULM

Arkansas State at Troy

CFB TV Confirmations for 2023 Week 5

This post will be updated as announcements come out for start times for 9/30/23 from the (mostly) twelve day selection process that most TV networks adhere to. Most conferences have the possibility of having all or part of their scheduled games held for a six day hold for the start time and/or the TV network. 

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. 

There's also a handful of rules that both conferences and TV networks have put into their agreements which affect these selections, which are updated weekly and can be found here.

All times Eastern

12pm ABC: Clemson at Syracuse

12pm FOX: USC at Colorado

12pm ESPN or SECN: Florida at Kentucky

12pm ESPN or SECN: Texas A&M vs. Arkansas

12pm ESPN2: UAB at Tulane

12pm BTN: Penn State at Northwestern

12pm BTN: Louisiana at Minnesota

12pm ESPNU: South Alabama at James Madison

12pm ESPN+: Buffalo at Akron

1:30pm ESPN+: Eastern Michigan at Central Michigan

2pm CW: Virginia at Boston College

2:30pm ESPN+: Miami (OH) at Kent State

3pm Pac-12: Arizona State at California

3:30pm ABC: Kansas at Texas

3:30pm CBS: Georgia at Auburn

3:30pm FOX: Michigan at Nebraska

3:30pm FS1/FS2: Houston at Texas Tech

3:30pm FS1/FS2: Baylor at UCF

3:30pm BTN: Indiana at Maryland

3:30pm BTN: Wagner at Rutgers

3:30pm ESPNU: Northern Illinois at Toledo

3:30pm ACC: Bowling Green at Georgia Tech

3:30pm Peacock: Illinois at Purdue

3:30pm ESPN+: Ball State at Western Michigan

3:30pm ESPN+: Old Dominion at Marshall

3:30pm ESPN+: Arkansas State at UMass

4pm ESPN2: Boise State at Memphis

4pm SEC: Missouri at Vanderbilt

6pm ESPN: LSU at Ole Miss

6:30pm Pac-12: Oregon at Stanford

7pm FS1: Iowa State at Oklahoma

7pm NFLN: Coastal Carolina at Georgia Southern

7pm ESPN+: Abilene Christian at North Texas

7pm ESPN+: East Carolina at Rice

7pm ESPN+: Troy at Georgia State

7pm ESPN+: Texas State at Southern Miss

7:30pm ABC: Notre Dame at Duke

7:30pm NBC: Michigan State at Iowa

7:30pm ESPNU: Charlotte at SMU

7:30pm SEC: South Carolina at Tennessee

8pm ESPN2: West Virginia at TCU

8pm ACC: Pitt at Virginia Tech

8pm ESPN+: App State at ULM

9pm ESPN: Alabama at Mississippi State

10pm Pac-12: Washington at Arizona

10:30pm FS1: Nevada at Fresno State

CFB TV Guesses for 2023 Week 5 (9/30/23)

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:

* A handful of games are intended for television windows at specific times and/or TV networks (all times Eastern):

• Louisiana at Minnesota (12pm)
• Illinois at Purdue (3:30pm, 4pm or 7:30pm)
• Nevada at Fresno State (Time TBA, FOX/FS1/FS2)

* Peacock lists a 3:30pm Big Ten game for themselves exclusively in their app.

* FOX does not have a 7pm window due to MLB.  They previously intended to carry a 10pm game on the broadcast network, but deleted it.  I assume this was due to the added broadcast network window from last week.

* ESPN has listed their evening windows at 6pm & 9pm, which indicates a doubleheader of SEC games.

* FS1 has a NASCAR Truck Series race at 1pm ET, so FS1 will not have an early afternoon window.  

* FS2 appears to have a pair of windows at 12pm and 3:30pm ET.

* Starting with this week, expect BTN to only carry doubleheaders due to intended women's volleyball matches on Saturday evenings.

* FOX does have the top choice for the Pac-12, per Jon Wilner of Bay Area News Group.  I gave FOX the top Big Ten choice too and ABC the top Big 12 choice (actually the top two with the Big 12).

* I think its possible that you'll see at least one window from ACC Network or SEC Network be deleted to help fill ESPN2 or ESPNU. Clemson at Syracuse would be at the top of that list. 

12pm ABC: Iowa State at Oklahoma

12pm FOX: Michigan at Nebraska

12pm ESPN: Texas A&M vs. Arkansas

12pm ESPN2: Boise State at Memphis

12pm FS2: Baylor at UCF

12pm BTN: Louisiana at Minnesota

12pm BTN: Wagner at Rutgers

12pm ESPNU: Miami (OH) at Kent State

12pm SEC: Florida at Kentucky

12pm ACC: Bowling Green at Georgia Tech

2pm CW: Virginia at Boston College

3pm Pac-12: Arizona State at California

3:30pm ABC: Kansas at Texas

3:30pm CBS: Georgia at Auburn

3:30pm FOX: USC at Colorado

3:30pm ESPN2: Oregon at Stanford

3:30pm FS1: Illinois at Purdue

3:30pm FS2: Houston at Texas Tech

3:30pm BTN: Indiana at Maryland

3:30pm ESPNU: Northern Illinois at Toledo

3:30pm ACC: Clemson at Syracuse

3:30pm Peacock: Michigan State at Iowa

4pm SEC: Missouri at Vanderbilt

6pm ESPN: Alabama at Mississippi State

7pm FS1: West Virginia at TCU

7pm NFLN: Troy at Georgia State

7:30pm ABC: Notre Dame at Duke

7:30pm NBC: Penn State at Northwestern

7:30pm ESPN2: UAB at Tulane

7:30pm ESPNU: South Alabama at James Madison

7:30pm SEC: South Carolina at Tennessee

8pm ACC: Pitt at Virginia Tech

9pm ESPN: LSU at Ole Miss

10:30pm FS1: Fresno State at Nevada

10:30pm Pac-12: Washington at Arizona

Streaming

Abilene Christian at North Texas

East Carolina at Rice

Charlotte at SMU

Buffalo at Akron

Eastern Michigan at Central Michigan

Ball State at Western Michigan

Coastal Carolina at Georgia Southern

Old Dominion at Marshall

Texas State at Southern Miss

App State at ULM

Toledo at UMass

CFB TV Confirmations for 2023 Week 4 (9/23/23)

This post will be updated as announcements come out for start times for 9/24/23 from the (mostly) 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 for 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. 

There's also a handful of rules that both conferences and TV networks have put into their agreements which affect these selections, which are updated weekly and can be found here.

12pm ABC: Florida State at Clemson

12pm FOX: Oklahoma at Cincinnati

12pm ESPN: Auburn at Texas A&M

12pm ESPN2: Virginia Tech at Marshall

12pm FS1: SMU at TCU

12pm ESPNU: WKU at Troy

12pm SEC: Kentucky at Vanderbilt

12pm BTN: Rutgers at Michigan 

12pm CBSSN: Tulsa at Northern Illinois

12pm ACC: Army West Point at Syracuse

1:30pm ESPN+: Western Michigan at Toledo

2pm ESPN+: Georgia Southern at Ball State

3:30pm ABC: Colorado at Oregon

3:30pm CBS: Ole Miss at Alabama

3:30pm FOX: UCLA at Utah

3:30pm ESPN: BYU at Kansas

3:30pm ESPN2: Miami (FL) at Temple

3:30pm BTN: Florida Atlantic at Illinois

3:30pm BTN: Louisiana Tech at Nebraska

3:30pm ACC: Boston College at Louisville 

3:30pm ESPN+: Texas Tech at West Virginia

3:30pm ESPN+: Ohio at Bowling Green

3:30pm ESPN+: A&M-Commerce at Old Dominion

3:30pm ESPN+: New Mexico at UMass

3:30pm ESPN+: Delaware State at Miami (OH)

4pm FS1: Oklahoma State at Iowa State

4pm ESPNU: Rice at South Florida

4pm SEC: UTSA at Tennessee

5pm ESPN+: Eastern Michigan at Jacksonville State

5pm ESPN+: Central Michigan at South Alabama

6pm ESPN+: Gardner-Webb at East Carolina

6:30pm CW: Georgia Tech at Wake Forest

6:30pm ESPN+: Liberty at FIU

7pm FOX: Oregon State at Washington State

7pm ESPN: Arkansas at LSU

7pm Pac-12: Arizona at Stanford

7pm ESPN+: Nicholls at Tulane

7pm ESPN+: Colorado State at Middle Tennessee

7pm ESPN+: Southern Miss at Arkansas State

7pm ESPN+: Nevada at Texas State

7:30pm ABC: Texas at Baylor

7:30pm ESPN2: UAB at Georgia

7:30pm ESPNU: Memphis vs. Missouri

7:30pm SEC: Mississippi State at South Carolina

7:30pm BTN: Akron at Indiana

7:30pm BTN: Minnesota at Northwestern

7:30pm ESPN+: Buffalo at Louisiana

8pm FS1: UCF at Kansas State

8pm ACC: North Carolina at Pitt

9pm ESPN+: UNLV at UTEP

10:30pm FOX: USC at Arizona State

10:30pm ESPN: California at Washington

CFB TV Guesses for 2023 Week 4 (9/23/23)

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:

* One Big Ten game has been set for a start time with no TV yet: Rutgers at Michigan (12pm)

* Because of Ohio State at Notre Dame being in primetime on NBC, their Big Ten controlled game will be at 3:30pm. On Saturday evening, NBC confirmed their choice of Maryland at Michigan State.

* FOX originally had three games listed on their schedule for this week, but added a fourth game.  I considered two possibilities and went with the latter.

• Rutgers at Michigan - As mentioned above, this one is already scheduled for a noon start. Weighed placing it on FOX vs. BTN.  Looked over Michigan's schedule and this seemed to be their BTN game instead of Indiana, but it wouldn't surprise me.
• USC at Arizona State - This one would have to be at 10:30pm as Arizona requires late evening games in September, though exceptions can be made.

I also think that Wisconsin at Purdue being on FS1 at night is part of the thought process to not add a second Big Ten game into the FOX Sports schedule

* For those tracking order of picks, CBS likely used the top Big Ten selection on 9/23 for Penn State-Iowa (selected back in the spring), FOX the top Big 12 selection on Oklahoma-Cincinnati and ESPN the top Pac-12 choice on Colorado-Oregon.

12pm ABC: Florida State at Clemson

12pm FOX: Oklahoma at Cincinnati

12pm ESPN: UAB at Georgia

12pm ESPN2: Mississippi State at South Carolina

12pm FS1: Louisiana Tech at Nebraska

12pm ESPNU: Rice at South Florida

12pm SEC: Memphis vs. Missouri

12pm BTN: Rutgers at Michigan

12pm ACC: North Carolina at Pitt

2pm Pac-12: Oregon State at Washington State

3:30pm ABC: Texas at Baylor

3:30pm CBS: Ole Miss at Alabama

3:30pm FOX: UCLA at Utah

3:30pm ESPN: UCF at Kansas State

3:30pm ESPNU: Virginia Tech at Marshall

3:30pm BTN: Minnesota at Northwestern

3:30pm ACC: Georgia Tech at Wake Forest

4pm ESPN2: Miami (FL) at Temple

4pm FS1: Oklahoma State at Iowa State

4pm SEC: Kentucky at Vanderbilt

6:30pm CW: Army West Point at Syracuse

7pm FOX: BYU at Kansas

7pm ESPN: Auburn at Texas A&M

7:30pm ABC: Colorado at Oregon

7:30pm ESPN2: UTSA at Tennessee

7:30pm ESPNU: SMU at TCU

7:30pm SEC: Arkansas at LSU

7:30pm BTN: Florida Atlantic at Illinois

7:30pm BTN: Akron at Indiana

8pm FS1: Texas Tech at West Virginia

8pm ACC: Boston College at Louisville

9:30pm Pac-12: Arizona at Stanford

10:30pm FOX: USC at Arizona State

10:30pm ESPN: California at Washington

ESPN+ Streaming

Ohio at Bowling Green

Nicholls at Tulane

Eastern Michigan at Jacksonville State

Liberty at FIU

Colorado State at Middle Tennessee

UNLV at UTEP

Tulsa at Northern Illinois

Georgia Southern at Ball State

Western Michigan at Toledo

Delaware State at Miami (OH)

Buffalo at Louisiana

A&M-Commerce at Old Dominion

Central Michigan at South Alabama

WKU at Troy

Southern Miss at Arkansas State

Nevada at Texas State