Sunday, September 24, 2023

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

7 comments:

Spill said...

Hi, love the work, thank you.

Question: I noticed the SWAC/MEAC/SIAC press release from ESPN mentioned "more live Saturday games on ESPN linear networks than ever" and has 3 games listed as TBD on Oct. 7. There's only 5 SWAC games that week -- one has been designated ESPN+ already, and another is on HBCU Go (Bethune-Cookman at AL State)...

Am I crazy to think one of those TBD games could get an ESPNU slot on a Saturday? I don't know how SWAC games on TV compare to the MAC or UMass, but I thought that was an interesting line in the press release.

Matt Sarzyniak said...

@Spill - Not crazy at all and I did consider it. Figured this was the week to get the UMass requirement out of the way.

Anonymous said...

Hey Matt, I could of swore that OSU released a statement a few weeks back that the Maryland game was at 3:30 on Peacock... Maybe I mistook that for a different game.

Matt Sarzyniak said...

OSU didn't. NBC sent out a release saying they intended to take "an" OSU game. Brett McMurphy them tweeted a proposed NBC & Peacock schedule that folks have taken as gospel but Brett said was pending networks didn't change their mind, but it's already been shown to have NBC change their mind.

Matt Sarzyniak said...

From the Buckeyes website schedule. Maryland game is still TBD, at least until tomorrow

https://ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/football/schedule

Charles Everett said...

Formula One is in Qatar with a sprint race on 10/7 and the regular race on 10/8. Max Verstappen can clinch the drivers' championship in the sprint race, a half-hour event that begins at 1:30 PM EDT. Does ESPN exile the sprint race to ESPNews or drop an early college football window to air F1?

Matt Sarzyniak said...

Can confirm that ESPN's online schedule does have the sprint on ESPNEWS & ESPN+.