Six Day Hold Guesses for 11/25

Six day hold guesses for 11/25.

* For those wondering, I received a comment from one of the sides that the ACC and ESPN came to a mutual agreement to hold games for 11/25.  It was beyond the contracted number of four 6 day holds.

* Arizona at Arizona State has a slight chance to be available to put the Wildcats into a three or even four way tie for the Pac-12 championship game. I know Colorado has been ratings gold, but its now a meaningless game with CU not being bowl eligible and Utah not in the running for the Pac-12 title game.

* With Oklahoma and Texas playing on Friday afternoon, the Big 12 schedule is a bit blah.  I ended up removing the 12pm ACC Network window and placing West Virginia at Baylor on ESPN+ (the last Big 12 selection isn't always ESPN+ and FOX Sports could be behind ESPN's final selection).  If there's an ACC Network noon window:

• Move Pitt-Duke to 12pm on ACCN.
• Send North Carolina at NC State to 3:30pm on ACCN.
• Place Iowa State at Kansas State to ABC at 12pm.
• Put West Virginia at Baylor on ESPN2 at 7pm.

12pm ABC: North Carolina at NC State

12pm FS1: Houston at UCF

3pm Pac-12:  Colorado at Utah

3:30pm ABC: Kentucky at Louisville

3:30pm ESPN: Arizona at Arizona State

3:30pm ACCN: Pitt at Duke

7pm ESPN2: Iowa State at Kansas State

7pm FS1: Kansas at Cincinnati

8pm FOX: BYU at Oklahoma State

8pm ACCN: Virginia Tech at Virginia

TBA ESPN+: West Virginia at Baylor

CFB TV Confirmations for 2023 Week 13 (11/21/23-11/25/23)

This post will be updated as announcements come out for start times for Week 13 (11/21/23-11/25/23) 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. 

All conferences except the ACC can have six day holds used against all or part of their home game schedule this week. 

All times Eastern

Tuesday

7pm ESPN2: 

7pm ESPNU: 

Options

Bowling Green at Western Michigan

Buffalo at Eastern Michigan

Friday

12pm ESPNU: 

12pm CBSSN: 

Options

Toledo at Central Michigan

Ohio at Akron

Saturday

Six Day Holds

BYU at Oklahoma State

Kansas at Cincinnati

Iowa State at Kansas State

West Virginia at Baylor

Houston at UCF

Colorado at Utah - 3pm ET Pac-12 Networks or TBA via ESPN

Arizona at Arizona State - 3pm ET Pac-12 Networks or TBA via ESPN

Virginia Tech at Virginia

Pitt at Duke - 12pm or 3:30pm ACCN

Kentucky at Louisville

North Carolina at NC State

12pm ESPN: Texas A&M at LSU

12pm ESPN2: Navy at SMU

12pm BTN: Indiana at Purdue

12pm ESPNU: Troy at Southern Miss

12pm CBSSN: 

12pm ESPN+: UConn at UMass

1pm ESPN+: Florida Atlantic at Rice

2pm CW: Wake Forest at Syracuse

2pm ESPN+: Tulsa at East Carolina

2pm ESPN+: UAB at North Texas

2pm ESPN+: Georgia State at Old Dominion

3pm ESPN+: ULM at Louisiana

3:30pm CBS: Alabama at Auburn

3:30pm ESPN2: James Madison at Coastal Carolina

3:30pm FS1: Wisconsin at Minnesota

3:30pm BTN: Northwestern at Illinois

3:30pm BTN: Maryland at Rutgers

3:30pm ESPNU: Georgia Southern at App State

3:30pm SECN: Vanderbilt at Tennessee

3:30pm ESPN+: Arkansas State at Marshall

4pm FOX: Washington State at Washington

7pm ESPN: Florida State at Florida

7pm NFLN: South Alabama at Texas State

7pm Pac-12: Notre Dame at Stanford

7:30pm ABC: Georgia at Georgia Tech

7:30pm ESPNU: Charlotte at South Florida

7:30pm SECN: Clemson at South Carolina

10:30pm ESPN: California at UCLA

10:30pm FS1: Fresno State at San Diego State

Options

Northern Illinois at Kent State

Miami (OH) at Ball State

CFB TV Guesses for 2023 Week 13 (11/21/23-11/25/23)

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:

* Last selections for the Pac-12 (as 12) for now, and further changes coming for the Big 12, Big Ten and SEC next season.

* I wrote a small series of posts on X this morning regarding the Big 12 game count for ABC/ESPN.  Have a read of it, please.

* The Pac-12 contract is a bit more strict about concurrent night games, but there's precedent from 2017 where FOX aired the Apple Cup at the same time as Notre Dame at Stanford.  So its a possibility to flip "Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate" (the name given to the Georgia-Georgia Tech rivalry) and the Apple Cup.

* California at UCLA was preselected as an ABC/ESPN game to be slotted anywhere on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU. Fresno State at San Diego State belongs to FOX Sports.

* NBC does not have a primetime Big Ten game on Saturday night.  They have a night game on Friday already set

* To get to the AAC minimum of 40 across ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU, I had to choose three AAC games to air (pretty sure those NFL Network and ESPNEWS games can't be counted).  Navy at SMU wasn't a hard choice since it could be part of the conference title game picture.  Wasn't easy after that.  At least South Florida could be working towards bowl eligibility.

* I did get creative with the ACC and deleted the early window so I could find a place for North Carolina at NC State on ESPN. 

* ESPN's website already has the C-USA games for this week on ESPN+, so they were disregarded and also not listed amongst the guesses for streaming.

Tuesday

7pm ESPN2: Bowling Green at Western Michigan

7pm ESPNU: Buffalo at Eastern Michigan

Friday

12pm ESPNU: Toledo at Central Michigan

12pm CBSSN: Ohio at Akron

Saturday

12pm ABC: Kentucky at Louisville

12pm ESPN: North Carolina at NC State

12pm ESPN2: Kansas at Cincinnati

12pm FS1: BYU at Oklahoma State

12pm BTN: Northwestern at Illinois

12pm ESPNU: Charlotte at South Florida

12pm SECN: Vanderbilt at Tennessee

12pm CBSSN: Miami (OH) at Ball State

2pm CW: Wake Forest at Syracuse

2pm Pac-12: Colorado at Utah

3:30pm ABC: Washington State at Washington

3:30pm CBS: Alabama at Auburn

3:30pm ESPN: James Madison at Coastal Carolina

3:30pm ESPN2: Navy at SMU

3:30pm FS1: Wisconsin at Minnesota

3:30pm BTN: Indiana at Purdue

3:30pm ESPNU: Florida Atlantic at Rice

3:30pm ACCN: Pitt at Duke

4pm FOX: Maryland at Rutgers

4pm SECN: Clemson at South Carolina

7pm ESPN: Florida State at Florida

7pm ESPN2: West Virginia at Baylor

7pm FS1: Iowa State at Kansas State

7pm NFLN: Troy at Southern Miss

7:30pm ABC: Georgia at Georgia Tech

7:30pm ESPNU: Georgia Southern at App State

7:30pm SECN: Texas A&M at LSU

8pm FOX: Notre Dame at Stanford

8pm ACCN: Virginia Tech at Virginia

9pm Pac-12: Arizona at Arizona State

10:30pm ESPN: California at UCLA

10:30pm FS1: Fresno State at San Diego State

Streaming

Tulsa at East Carolina

UAB at North Texas

Houston at UCF

UConn at UMass

Northern Illinois at Kent State

Arkansas State at Marshall

Georgia State at Old Dominion

ULM at Louisiana

South Alabama at Texas State

11/18/23 Six Day Hold Guesses

Quick guesses for 11/18 six day holds.

* Fully aware that it may be better for FOX to have Penn State and Michigan in separate windows, but I think the Michigan story will be in the Big Noon spot while it's hot.

* I'm aware that this clusters the Pac-12 into the afternoon, but that's allowed.

* I'd like to get Ohio State in is own BTN window, but I think they try to keep the two Indiana schools in separate windows, so one would have to be paired with the OSU game. 

12pm ABC: Louisville at Miami (FL) 

12pm FOX: Michigan at Maryland

12pm ESPN: Kansas State at Kansas

12pm FS1: Rutgers at Penn State 

12pm BTN: Purdue at Northwestern

2pm Pac-12: Utah at Arizona

3:30pm ABC: UCLA at USC

3:30pm ESPN: North Carolina at Clemson

3:30pm FS1: Illinois at Iowa

3:30pm BTN: Minnesota at Ohio State

3:30pm BTN: Michigan State at Indiana

4pm FOX: Oregon at Arizona State

4pm ESPN2: Oklahoma State at Houston

5pm FS2: UCF at Texas Tech

7pm FS1: Oklahoma at BYU

10:30pm FS1: New Mexico at Fresno State

ESPN+

Baylor at TCU

Cincinnati at West Virginia

CFB TV Confirmations for 2023 Week 12 (11/14/23-11/18/23)

This post will be updated as announcements come out for start times for Week 12 (11/14/23-11/18/23) 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, such as appearance rules and six day hold numbers, which are updated weekly and can be found here.

All times Eastern

Tuesday

7pm ESPN2: 

7pm ESPNU: 

7pm CBSSN: 

Options

Toledo at Bowling Green

Western Michigan at Northern Illinois

Akron at Eastern Michigan

Wednesday

7pm ESPN2: 

7pm ESPNU: 

Options

Buffalo at Miami (OH)

Central Michigan at Ohio

Saturday

Six Day Hold

The following three games will air on BTN at either 12pm or 3:30pm

Michigan State at Indiana

Minnesota at Ohio State

Purdue at Northwestern

These two games will air on FOX at 12pm or 4pm, or FS1 at 12pm or 3:30pm

Michigan at Maryland

Illinois at Iowa - FOX

Pac-12 options: Between 2-3pm ET on Pac-12 Network, 3:30pm ABC or ESPN, 3:30pm FS1, 4pm FOX or 10pm/10:30pm FS1

UCLA at USC

Oregon at Arizona State

Utah at Arizona

Big 12 options: 12pm ABC or ESPN, midday ESPN2, and 7pm FS1. Two games on ESPN+ and one other game on either FOX, FS1 or FS2.

UCF at Texas Tech

Oklahoma at BYU

Oklahoma State at Houston

Kansas State at Kansas

Baylor at TCU

Cincinnati at West Virginia

New Mexico at Fresno State - 5pm FS2 or 10:30pm FS1

12pm ABC or ESPN: Louisville at Miami (FL)

12pm FOX or FS1: Rutgers at Penn State

12pm ESPN2: SMU at Memphis

12pm ESPNU: Harvard at Yale

12pm ESPNEWS & ESPN+: East Carolina at Navy

12pm SECN: ULM at Ole Miss

12pm ESPN+: Tulane at Florida Atlantic

1pm ESPN+: UMass at Liberty

2pm ESPN+: Rice at Charlotte

2pm ESPN+: App State at James Madison

2pm ESPN+: Louisiana Tech at Jacksonville State

2pm ESPN+: UTEP at Middle Tennessee

2pm ESPN+: Kent State at Ball State

3pm CW: Duke at Virginia

3pm ESPN+: Temple at UAB

3pm ESPN+: North Texas at Tulsa

3pm ESPN+: Texas State at Arkansas State

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

3:30pm ESPNU: Florida A&M vs. Bethune-Cookman

3:30pm ACCN: NC State at Virginia Tech

3:30pm NFLN: Louisiana at Troy

3:30pm ESPN+: Sam Houston at WKU

4pm SECN: NM State at Auburn

5pm ESPN+: Marshall at South Alabama

6pm ESPN+: Old Dominion at Georgia Southern

6:30pm CW: North Alabama at Florida State

6:30pm Pac-12: California at Stanford

7pm ESPNU: FIU at Arkansas

7:30pm ABC: Washington at Oregon State

7:30pm ESPN: Florida at Missouri

7:30pm NBC: Nebraska at Wisconsin

7:30pm SECN: Kentucky at South Carolina

8pm FOX: Texas at Iowa State

8pm ESPN2: Georgia State at LSU

8pm ACCN: Syracuse at Georgia Tech

Also for Friday 11/24

12pm ESPN: Memphis at Temple

3:30pm ABC: UTSA at Tulane

CFB TV Guesses for 2023 Week 12 (11/14/23-11/18/23)

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:

* Already set for a TV network family or a time, but not both:

• East Carolina at Navy (ABC/ESPN Networks at 12pm)
• Harvard at Yale (ESPN Networks)
• New Mexico at Fresno State

* No late evening window on ESPN due to the Formula 1 grand prix from Las Vegas.

* As part of the six day selections for the SEC for 11/11, CBS also preselected its 11/18 SEC 3:30pm  game.  Head to the link on the first word of this post for that game if you're not aware of it.

* The CW has an ACC  doubleheader. Because of this, ACCN will only have two games.

* I'd prefer to go with Rutgers at Penn State at night, but Penn State has informed NBC that they do not intend to host November night games.  I could see a compromise of Michigan at Maryland being on NBC at night with FOX taking Rutgers at Penn State for their noon game.  I believe Michigan has told NBC they will not *host* November night games, but might be OK with being on the road for one. I went with Nebraska at Wisconsin to stay away from everything.

* Minnesota at Ohio State would be needed to fulfill OSU's requirement of a game on BTN vs. another Big Ten opponent.

Tuesday

7pm ESPN2: Toledo at Bowling Green

7pm ESPNU: Western Michigan at Northern Illinois

7pm CBSSN: Akron at Eastern Michigan

Wednesday

7pm ESPN2: Buffalo at Miami (OH)

7pm ESPNU: Central Michigan at Ohio

Saturday

12pm ABC: Louisville at Miami (FL)

12pm FOX: Michigan at Maryland

12pm ESPN: North Carolina at Clemson

12pm ESPN2: East Carolina at Navy

12pm FS1: Oklahoma State at Houston

12pm BTN: Illinois at Iowa

12pm BTN: Michigan State at Indiana

12pm ESPNU: ULM at Ole Miss

12pm SECN: NM State at Auburn

2pm Pac-12: Utah at Arizona

3pm CW: North Alabama at Florida State

3:30pm ABC: Kansas State at Kansas

3:30pm ESPN: Washington at Oregon State

3:30pm ESPN2: SMU at Memphis

3:30pm FS1: Rutgers at Penn State

3:30pm BTN: Minnesota at Ohio State

3:30pm BTN: Purdue at Northwestern

3:30pm ESPNU: Harvard at Yale

3:30pm ACCN: Syracuse at Georgia Tech

4pm FOX: Oregon at Arizona State

4pm SECN: Kentucky at South Carolina

5pm FS2: New Mexico at Fresno State

5:30pm Pac-12: California at Stanford

6:30pm CW: Duke at Virginia

7pm ESPN: Florida at Missouri

7pm ESPN2: Baylor at TCU

7pm FS1: Cincinnati at West Virginia

7pm ESPNU: FIU at Arkansas

7pm NFLN: Tulane at Florida Atlantic

7:30pm ABC: UCLA at USC

7:30pm NBC: Nebraska at Wisconsin

7:30pm SECN: Georgia State at LSU

8pm FOX: Texas at Iowa State

8pm ACCN: NC State at Virginia Tech

10:15pm FS1: Oklahoma at BYU

Streaming

Rice at Charlotte

Temple at UAB

North Texas at Tulsa

UCF at Texas Tech

UMass at Liberty

Louisiana Tech at Jacksonville State

UTEP at Middle Tennessee

Sam Houston at WKU

Kent State at Ball State

Six Day Pick Guesses for 11/11/23

Quick six day pick guesses for 11/11.  

At this point, I would rather have Georgia-Tennessee instead of Ole Miss-Georgia.  I know the game is a matchup of top ten schools, but my hope if I were CBS would be for Tennessee to beat Missouri and Ole Miss to spring the upset, leading to a game that could decide the SEC East.

I can see ABC being cleared out for Ole Miss-Georgia in the evening and wouldn't be surprised to see Duke-UNC as the primetime game to not provide as strong an option against the SEC game.

12pm ABC: Texas at TCU

12pm FS1: Texas Tech at Kansas

3:30pm ABC: Duke at North Carolina

3:30pm CBS: Tennessee at Missouri

3:30pm FOX: USC at Oregon

3:30pm ESPN: Oklahoma State at UCF

7pm FOX: West Virginia at Oklahoma

7pm ESPN: Ole Miss at Georgia

7pm FS1: Baylor at Kansas State

7:30pm ABC: Miami (FL) at Florida State

7:30pm SECN: Florida at LSU

8pm ACCN: Georgia Tech at Clemson

10:30pm FOX: Utah at Washington

TBD ESPN+: Cincinnati at Houston