CFB TV Confirmations for 2024 Week 10 (11/2/24)

This post will be updated as announcements come out for start times for Week 9 (10/26/24) 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. 

Games on six day hold

Louisville at Clemson

Duke at Miami (FL)

Stanford at NC State

Pitt at SMU

Virginia Tech at Syracuse

North Carolina at Florida State

Kentucky at Tennessee - 7:30pm ABC, 7:30pm ESPN or 7:45pm SECN

Texas A&M at South Carolina - 7:30pm ABC, 7:30pm ESPN or 7:45pm SECN

Vanderbilt at Auburn - 12pm ABC, 12pm ESPN or 12:45pm SECN

Ole Miss at Arkansas - 12pm ABC, 12pm ESPN or 12:45pm SECN

Minnesota at Illinois - 12pm FS1, 3:30pm Peacock or 7:30pm NBC

Wisconsin at Iowa - 12pm FS1, 3:30pm Peacock or 7:30pm NBC

Indiana at Michigan State - 12pm FS1 or 3:30pm Peacock

Options for the ACC: 12pm ABC, 12pm ESPN, 12pm ACCN, 12pm CW, 3:30pm ACCN, 7:30pm ABC, 7:30pm ESPN, 8pm ACCN.

All times Eastern 

12pm FOX: Ohio State at Penn State

12pm ESPN2: Memphis at UTSA

12pm BTN: Northwestern at Purdue

12pm ESPNU: Toledo at Eastern Michigan 

12pm CBSSN: Buffalo at Akron

2:30pm ESPN+: Old Dominion at App State

2:30pm ESPN+: Tulsa at UAB

3:30pm CBS: Oregon at Michigan

3:30pm FOX: Kansas State at Houston

3:30pm ESPN: Texas Tech at Iowa State

3:30pm FS1: Arizona at UCF

3:30pm BTN: UCLA at Nebraska

3:30pm ESPNU: 

3:30pm ESPN+: ULM at Marshall

4pm ESPN2: Navy at Rice

4pm ESPN+: Coastal Carolina at Troy

7pm FS1: Arizona State at Oklahoma State

7pm ESPNU: Georgia Southern at South Alabama

7:30pm BTN: USC at Washington

8pm ESPN2: TCU at Baylor

CFB TV Guesses for 2024 Week 10 (11/2/24)

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:

• Games set for TV family or start time, but not both
• USC at Washington: Mid-afternoon or 7:30pm ET
• SEC game time slotting
• Early: Ole Miss at Arkansas & Vanderbilt at Auburn
• Night: Kentucky at Tennessee & Texas A&M at South Carolina
• ABC's 3:30pm game has been already slotted (Florida vs. Georgia)
• My understanding is that FOX Sports has a FOX/FS1 option in the late evening in the event of a World Series game this evening.
• ESPN does not have a late evening window planned.
• FOX Sports has the top choice this weekend in the Big Ten. I slotted CBS second followed by  NBC.
• I'm aware that NBC's preferred lineup suggests that USC at Washington would be the NBC game, but I don't think its the 3rd best game available anymore. I would have chosen Indiana at Michigan State, but it appears that the Spartans have been assured they'll have no more night games at home as part of the 12 day selection process.
• I gave ESPN the top Big 12 choice.
• The slate feels kinda light.  I think I would have dropped the noon ACCN window.

12pm ABC: Texas Tech at Iowa State

12pm FOX: Ohio State at Penn State

12pm ESPN: Ole Miss at Arkansas
12pm ESPN2: ULM at Marshall

12pm CW: North Carolina at Florida State

12pm FS1: Arizona at UCF

12pm BTN: UCLA at Nebraska
12pm ESPNU: Georgia Southern at South Alabama

12pm CBSSN: Buffalo at Akron

12pm ACCN: Virginia Tech at Syracuse

12:45pm SECN: Vanderbilt at Auburn

3:30pm CBS: Oregon at Michigan

3:30pm FOX: Kansas State at Houston

3:30pm ESPN: Pitt at SMU

3:30pm FS1: Indiana at Michigan State
3:30pm BTN: Northwestern at Purdue
3:30pm ESPNU: Toledo at Eastern Michigan 

3:30pm ACCN: Stanford at NC State

3:30pm Peacock: USC at Washington

4pm ESPN2: TCU at Baylor

7pm ESPN: Texas A&M at South Carolina

7pm ESPNU: Memphis at UTSA

7:30pm ABC: Duke at Miami (FL)

7:30pm NBC: Wisconsin at Iowa

7:30pm BTN: Minnesota at Illinois

7:45pm SECN: Kentucky at Tennessee

8pm FOX/FS1: Arizona State at Oklahoma State

8pm ESPN2: Navy at Rice

8pm ACCN: Louisville at Clemson

ESPN+

Tulsa at UAB

Old Dominion at App State

Coastal Carolina at Troy

CFB TV Confirmations for 2024 Week 9 (10/26/24)

This post will be updated as announcements come out for start times for Week 9 (10/26/24) 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 times Eastern

SEC Six Day Hold (For Real)
Texas at Vanderbilt - 3:30pm ABC or 4:15pm SECN

Missouri at Alabama - 3:30pm ABC, 4:15pm SECN or 7:30pm ABC

LSU at Texas A&M - 3:30pm ABC, 4:15pm SECN or 7:30pm ABC

Big 12 Six Day Hold

West Virginia at Arizona

Texas Tech at TCU

Utah at Houston

Kansas at Kansas State

BYU at UCF

Options appear to include 3:30pm FOX, 3:30pm ESPN, 7pm FS1 and 8pm ESPN2.  Remaining slot appears to be ESPN+ at a time of the host's choosing.

12pm FOX: Nebraska at Ohio State

12pm ABC or ESPN: Notre Dame vs. Navy

12pm ABC or ESPN: Oklahoma at Ole Miss

12pm ESPN2 or ESPNU: Tulane at North Texas

12pm ESPN2 or ESPNU: Charlotte at Memphis

12pm CW: North Carolina at Virginia

12pm BTN: Washington at Indiana

12pm ACCN: Georgia Tech at Virginia Tech

12pm CBSSN: Buffalo at Ohio

12:45pm SECN: Arkansas at Mississippi State

2pm ESPN+: Temple at East Carolina

2pm ESPN+: Central Michigan at Miami (OH)

2pm ESPN+: Howard at Norfolk State

3:30pm CBS: Illinois at Oregon

3:30pm FS1: Maryland at Minnesota

3:30pm BTN: Northwestern at Iowa

3:30pm ESPNU: Alabama A&M vs. Alabama State

3:30pm ACCN: Wake Forest at Stanford

3:30pm ESPN+: Southern Miss at James Madison

3:30pm ESPN+: UTSA at Tulsa

3:30pm ESPN+: Oklahoma State at Baylor

3:30pm ESPN+: Northern Illinois at Ball State

3:30pm ESPN+: Eastern Michigan at Akron

3:30pm ESPN+: Bowling Green at Toledo

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

3:30pm ESPN+: Delaware State at South Carolina State

3:30pm ESPN+: Morgan State at North Carolina Central

4pm ESPN2: Oregon State at California

5pm ESPN+: ULM at South Alabama

7pm ESPN: Florida State at Miami (FL)

7pm ESPN+: Troy at Arkansas State

7:30pm NBC: Penn State at Wisconsin

7:30pm BTN: Michigan State at Michigan

7:30pm ESPNU: South Dakota at South Dakota State

7:45pm SECN: Auburn at Kentucky

8pm ACCN: SMU at Duke

10:15pm ESPN: Cincinnati at Colorado

TBA ESPN+: Georgia State at App State

CFB TV Guesses for 2024 Week 9 (10/26/24)

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:

• Games set for time or TV, but not both
• Notre Dame vs. Navy (12pm, ABC/ESPN Nets)
• Cincinnati at Colorado (TBA, ABC/ESPN Nets)
• South Dakota at South Dakota State (TBA, ESPN Nets)
• Maryland at Minnesota (12pm or mid-afternoon, TBA)
• Illinois at Oregon (Mid-afternoon or 7:30pm, TBA)
• Alabama A&M vs. Alabama State (3:30pm, ESPN Nets or ESPN+)
• One of three MEAC games could be aired live on ESPNU
• SEC games locked to specific time slots
• Early: Oklahoma at Ole Miss & Arkansas at Mississippi State
• Afternoon: Texas at Vanderbilt
• Evening: Auburn at Kentucky
• All others are flexible to afternoon or evening
• I gave CBS the top choice for the Big Ten, followed by FOX and NBC in that order.  For the Big 12, I assume FOX is picking first after Cincinnati at Colorado was chosen by ESPN.
• There was an ACC CW window initially at noon ET.  It has disappeared from listings, but I don't think the network is going to go dark from the conference two consecutive Saturdays, so I'm keeping it around.
• FS1 has NASCAR Trucks at noon ET.  
• FOX does not have a nighttime window due to the World Series.
• Almost all of the BTN game choices are based on whether it was more or less likely for a schools to be able to fill its conference game requirement.

All times Eastern

12pm ABC: Notre Dame vs. Navy

12pm FOX: Nebraska at Ohio State

12pm ESPN: Oklahoma at Ole Miss
12pm ESPN2: Texas Tech at TCU

12pm CW: North Carolina at Virginia

12pm BTN: Michigan State at Michigan

12pm ESPNU: South Dakota at South Dakota State

12pm ACCN: Georgia Tech at Virginia Tech

12pm CBSSN: Northern Illinois at Ball State

12:45pm SECN: Arkansas at Mississippi State

3:30pm ABC: LSU at Texas A&M

3:30pm CBS: Illinois at Oregon

3:30pm FOX: BYU at UCF

3:30pm ESPN: Cincinnati at Colorado

3:30pm ESPN2: Kansas at Kansas State 

3:30pm FS1: Maryland at Minnesota

3:30pm BTN: Northwestern at Iowa

3:30pm ESPNU: Buffalo at Ohio

3:30pm ACCN: Wake Forest at Stanford

4:15pm SECN: Texas at Vanderbilt
7pm ESPN: Florida State at Miami (FL)

7pm ESPN2: Charlotte at Memphis
7pm FS1: Utah at Houston
7pm ESPNU: Tulane at North Texas

7:30pm ABC: Missouri at Alabama

7:30pm NBC: Penn State at Wisconsin

7:30pm BTN: Washington at Indiana

7:45pm SECN: Auburn at Kentucky

8pm ACCN: SMU at Duke

10:15pm ESPN: Oregon State at California

ESPN+

Temple at East Carolina

UTSA at Tulsa

Oklahoma State at Baylor

West Virginia at Arizona

Eastern Michigan at Akron

Central Michigan at Miami (OH)

Bowling Green at Toledo

Kent State at Western Michigan

Howard at Norfolk State

Delaware State at South Carolina State

Morgan State at North Carolina Central

Georgia State at App State

Southern Miss at James Madison

ULM at South Alabama

Troy at Arkansas State

Alabama A&M vs. Alabama State

CFB TV Confirmations for 2024 Week 8 (10/19/24)

This post will be updated as announcements come out for start times for Week 8 (10/19/24) 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 times Eastern

12pm ABC: Miami (FL) at Louisville

12pm FOX: Nebraska at Indiana

12pm ESPN2: East Carolina at Army West Point

12pm FS1: UCLA at Rutgers

12pm BTN: Wisconsin at Northwestern

12pm ESPNU: Louisiana at Coastal Carolina

12pm ACCN: Virginia at Clemson

12pm ESPN or 12:45pm SECN: South Carolina at Oklahoma

12pm ESPN or 12:45pm SECN: Auburn at Missouri

12pm ESPN+: Arizona State at Cincinnati

2pm ESPN+: Tulsa at Temple

2pm ESPN+: Central Michigan at Eastern Michigan

3:30pm ABC: Alabama at Tennessee

3:30pm CBS: Michigan at Illinois

3:30pm ESPN: Notre Dame vs. Georgia Tech

3:30pm CW: Hawai'i at Washington State 

3:30pm ESPNU: Florida A&M at Jackson State

3:30pm ACCN: NC State at California

3:30pm ESPN+: Florida Atlantic at UTSA

3:30pm ESPN+: UAB at South Florida

3:30pm ESPN+: Rice at Tulane

3:30pm ESPN+: Texas State at Old Dominion

3:30pm ESPN+: Kent State at Bowling Green

3:30pm ESPN+: Western Michigan at Buffalo

3:30pm ESPN+: Houston vs. Kansas

3:30pm ESPN+: Ohio at Miami (OH)

3:30pm ESPN+: Toledo at Northern Illinois

4pm FOX: Colorado at Arizona

4pm ESPN2: Baylor at Texas Tech

4pm FS1: USC at Maryland

4pm ESPN+: James Madison at Georgia Southern

4:15pm SECN: Texas A&M at Mississippi State

7pm ESPN: LSU at Arkansas

7pm ESPN+: Arkansas State at Southern Miss

7pm ESPN+: Alcorn State at Southern

7:30pm ABC: Georgia at Texas

7:30pm NBC: Iowa at Michigan State

7:30pm FOX or FS1: UCF at Iowa State

7:30pm FOX or FS1: Kansas State at West Virginia

7:30pm/8pm ESPN2/ESPNU: North Texas at Memphis

7:30pm/8pm ESPN2/ESPNU: South Dakota State at North Dakota State

7:45pm SECN: Kentucky at Florida

8pm ACCN: SMU at Stanford

10pm CW: UNLV at Oregon State

10:30pm ESPN: TCU at Utah

CFB TV Guesses for 2024 Week 8 (10/19/24)

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:

• Games set for time, timeslots or TV, but not both
• UCLA at Rutgers (TBA, 12pm or mid-afternoon)
• Nebraska at Indiana, USC at Maryland and Iowa at Michigan State have full flexibility
• Notre Dame vs. Georgia Tech (TBA, ABC/ESPN nets)
• South Dakota State at North Dakota State (TBA, ESPN nets)
• East Carolina at Army West Point (TBA, ABC/ESPN nets)
• UNLV at Oregon State (3:30pm or 10:30pm, CW)
• Hawai'i at Washington State (3:30pm or 10:30pm, CW)
• Florida A&M at Jackson State (3;30pm, ESPN Nets or ESPN+)
• Alcorn State at Southern (7pm, ESPN Nets or ESPN+)
• SEC time slots for games
• Early
• South Carolina at Oklahoma
• Auburn at Missouri
• Night
• LSU at Arkansas
• All other SEC games are flexible between mid-afternoon and evening
• Losses by Alabama and Tennessee made it a bit easier to discern whether Alabama-Tennessee or Georgia-Texas would be in primetime.
• East Carolina at Army West Point is a game I'd consider for the noon ABC slot due the need to put an AAC game on ABC (Notre Dame vs. Navy will get that consideration as well) but I think Virginia at Clemson jumps them, along with Notre Dame vs. Georgia Tech.  ESPN loves to put ND on ABC when they can.
• CW has two slots to place their Pac-12 games.  I'm making the assumption that the "better" game will air early.
• Speaking of the CW, since their game is at noon ET, their choice of game is limited as they can't carry NC State at California or SMU at Stanford.  Since ESPN also confirmed that they would carry Notre Dame vs. Georgia Tech, the CW will have Virginia at Clemson or Miami (FL) at Louisville fall in their lap.  
• I had FOX choosing first this week, followed by CBS then NBC, for the Big Ten.  For the Big 12, I had ESPN choosing first.

Edit: I initially had Miami-Louisville on the CW, but it appears that they will not be carrying an ACC game on 10/19.

All times Eastern

12pm ABC: Notre Dame vs. Georgia Tech

12pm FOX: Nebraska at Indiana

12pm ESPN: South Carolina at Oklahoma

12pm ESPN2: East Carolina at Army West Point

12pm FS1: Kansas State at West Virginia

12pm BTN: Iowa at Michigan State

12pm ESPNU: South Dakota State at North Dakota State

12pm ACCN: Miami (FL) at Louisville

12:45pm SECN: Auburn at Missouri

3:30pm ABC: Alabama at Tennessee

3:30pm CBS: Michigan at Illinois

3:30pm ESPN: Virginia at Clemson

3:30pm ESPN2: Arizona State at Cincinnati

3:30pm CW: UNLV at Oregon State

3:30pm FS1: Wisconsin at Northwestern

3:30pm BTN: UCLA at Rutgers

3:30pm ESPNU: Toledo at Northern Illinois

3:30pm ACCN: NC State at California

4pm FOX: UCF at Iowa State

4:15pm SECN: Texas A&M at Mississippi State

7pm ESPN: LSU at Arkansas

7pm ESPN2: Baylor at Texas Tech

7pm ESPNU: North Texas at Memphis

7:30pm ABC: Georgia at Texas

7:30pm NBC: USC at Maryland

7:45pm SECN: Kentucky at Florida

8pm FOX: TCU at Utah

8pm ACCN: SMU at Stanford 

10pm CW: Hawai'i at Washington State

10:30pm ESPN: Colorado at Arizona

ESPN+

Houston vs. Kansas

UAB at South Florida

Tulsa at Temple

Florida Atlantic at UTSA

Rice at Tulane

Western Michigan at Buffalo

Ohio at Miami (OH)

Kent State at Bowling Green

Central Michigan at Eastern Michigan

James Madison at Georgia Southern

Texas State at Old Dominion

Louisiana at Coastal Carolina

Arkansas State at Southern Miss

Florida A&M at Jackson State

Alcorn State at Southern

CFB TV Confirmations for 2024 Week 7 (10/12/24)

This post will be updated as announcements come out for start times for Week 7 (10/12/24) 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 times Eastern

12pm ABC: South Carolina at Alabama

12pm FOX or BTN: Washington at Iowa

12pm FOX or BTN: Wisconsin at Rutgers

12pm ESPN: Clemson at Wake Forest

12pm ESPN2: Missouri at UMass

12pm ESPNU: Toledo at Buffalo

12pm CW: Georgia Tech at North Carolina

12pm ESPN+: Ball State at Kent State

2pm ESPN+: Miami (OH) at Eastern Michigan

3:30pm ABC: Texas vs. Oklahoma

3:30pm CBS: Penn State at USC

3:30pm ESPN or ACCN: Louisville at Virginia

3:30pm ESPN or ACCN: California at Pitt

3:30pm ESPN2: Cincinnati at UCF

3:30pm FS1: Purdue at Illinois

3:30pm ESPN+: Akron at Western Michigan

3:30pm ESPN+: Northern Illinois at Bowling Green

3:30pm ESPN+: Old Dominion at Georgia State

4pm FOX: Arizona at BYU

4pm ESPNU: Ohio at Central Michigan

4:15pm SECN: Mississippi State at Georgia

5pm ESPN+: Southern Miss at ULM

7pm ESPN: Florida at Tennessee

7pm ESPN2: North Texas at Florida Atlantic

7pm FS1: Washington State at Fresno State

7pm ESPN+: Arkansas State at Texas State

7pm ESPN+: UTSA at Rice

7:30pm ABC: Ole Miss at LSU

7:30pm NBC: Ohio State at Oregon

7:30pm ESPN+: App State at Louisiana

7:45pm SECN: Vanderbilt at Kentucky

8pm FOX: Iowa State at West Virginia

8pm ESPNU: Marshall at Georgia Southern

8pm ACCN: Syracuse at NC State

9pm BTN: Minnesota at UCLA

10:15pm ESPN: Kansas State at Colorado

Thoughts on 9/28 Big Ten Selection Order

Have had a few people ask about the six day hold selection order for the Big Ten used in Week Five.  We really don't get a lot, if any, information anymore about six day hold order.  280 characters on X really doesn't provide me enough length to discuss it, so lets start here.

What we learned from the initial selections

Two games were selected off the bat: Ohio State at Michigan State for an evening Peacock exclusive game and Maryland at Indiana for 12pm ET on BTN.  We also learned that Illinois at Penn State would be an evening game (7pm or 7pm ET) as it was PSU's homecoming game so it had its start time set within a short range and that Wisconsin at USC would be at 3:30pm, 7pm or 7:30pm ET due to Parents' Weekend festivities.

Nebraska at Purdue was also locked to 12pm ET as Purdue's homecoming game.

What order do I believe was used on 9/28?

I think the order used that week looked like this:

FOX

CBS

NBC

FOX Sports (FOX or FS1)

Peacock

Peacock

BTN

I think Ohio State at Michigan State was taken with the 1st Peacock selection.

Couldn't Ohio State at Michiga State be the 1st selection? 

Its not supposed to be the top choice.  Per an Athletic interview with Big Ten COO Kerry Kenny, selections that are to air on FS1, Peacock and BTN are supposed to occur after the 1st 45 picks, essentially the broadcast network picks that would be used by FOX, CBS and NBC.  

“Those three networks for the first 42 or 45 picks — depending on the length of the season — they will select which weeks that they’ll be in the No. 1 pick position or the No. 2 pick position or the No. 3 pick position,” Kenny said. “Once you get through those top three picks in the season, for each of those weeks, then it goes to FS1, Peacock and BTN entering the draft and selecting the remaining picks in each of those weeks beyond that.”

I do believe some leeway has been provided to FOX to be able to fill out its Friday night schedule and some of those selections come from the FS1 pool on the back half of the draft.

Wasn't there a complication where FOX appears to have wanted to switch slots with CBS?

I believe FOX was looking at selecting Wisconsin at USC, but couldn't choose it as a 9am host location start. CBS apparently alerted affiliates that their game could air at either noon ET or 3:30pm ET.

Why didn't NBC just take Illinois at Penn State instead of the six day hold?

I suppose NBC may have considered Oregon at UCLA, which would have dropped Illinois at Penn State to FS1.  We know CBS considered taking Oregon at UCLA at 3:30pm ET (their graphic at the end of USC-Michigan confirmed this possibility), which means that NBC's choice could have been between Wisconsin-USC and Illinois-Penn State.

One of the things to remember is that there were a lot of moving parts in the six day hold.  This didn't just include five Big Ten games, but also included games from the Big 12 and Mountain West.

But FOX had this late evening broadcast network window to fill.  Didn't that mean Oregon-UCLA had to be late?

If you remember, Fresno State at UNLV's TV designation added FS2 as a possibility, meaning that FS1 could have been open to take a Big Ten game (or a Big 12 game).

Why bother holding Nebraska at Purdue?

Nebraska was undefeated at the time (this was before their Friday night loss to Illinois).  I suppose there was a chance that FOX or CBS would consider them for noon based on other results, which might make the selection order look at bit like this:

FOX or CBS at noon - Nebraska at Purdue
CBS or FOX at 3:30pm - Wisconsin at USC
NBC - Illinois at Penn State
FOX Sports - Oregon at UCLA
Peacock - Minnesota at Michigan

CFB TV Guesses for 2024 Week 7 (10/12/24)

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:

• Set for time or TV, but not both:
• Washington State at Fresno State (TBA, FOX Sports)
• South Carolina at Alabama (12pm, ABC or ESPN)
• Texas vs. Oklahoma (3:30pm, ABC or ESPN)
• SEC scheduling time slots: 
• Noon:
• South Carolina at Alabama
• Afternoon:
• Texas vs. Oklahoma
• Evening:
• Ole Miss at LSU
• Afternoon or Evening:
• Vanderbilt at Kentucky
• Mississippi State at Georgia
• Florida at Tennessee
• UMass is guaranteed one linear TV game on ESPN TV nets, and with Missouri being highly ranked, I put this one on ESPN2.
• Yes, Fresno State was destroyed by UNLV, but I have this one on FOX for a couple reasons:
• FS1 is limited in the time slots they have games.  They don't have a 12pm game as they've decided to host UEFA soccer, so I can't put a game in that window
• With BTN not intending to show any football (at the moment, no windows are listed for the network on 10/12), I think FOX/FS1 has three Big Ten games to carry.  I don't think they'll have a competing Big Ten game with NBC or CBS on FOX.
• I believe FOX will look at not competing with Ohio State-Oregon and slotting a MW game in is the best way to "lay out"
• Ole Miss at LSU lost a bit of luster with the upset by Kentucky over Ole Miss, but I think its still the best available game for them to carry at night for ABC.
• If you want to make a case that Purdue at Illinois should be on Peacock instead of Wisconsin at Rutgers, go ahead.  Its a fair substitution but both Purdue and Illinois have already had a game on Peacock this season.
  
• I gave ESPN the top Big 12 selection (Kansas State-Colorado) and it was been widely speculated, commented on, etc. that NBC has top choice this week for the Big Ten (Ohio State-Oregon).  I believe FOX is picking behind CBS for this week.

All times Eastern

12pm ABC: South Carolina at Alabama

12pm FOX: Washington at Iowa

12pm ESPN: Clemson at Wake Forest

12pm ESPN2: Iowa State at West Virginia

12pm ESPNU: North Texas at Florida Atlantic

12pm CW: Georgia Tech at North Carolina

12pm Peacock: Wisconsin at Rutgers

3:30pm ABC: Texas vs. Oklahoma

3:30pm CBS: Penn State at USC

3:30pm ESPN: Louisville at Virginia

3:30pm ESPN2: Cincinnati at UCF

3:30pm ESPNU: Toledo at Buffalo

3:30pm FS1: Purdue at Illinois

3:30pm ACCN: California at Pitt

4pm FOX: Arizona at BYU

4:15pm SECN: Mississippi State at Georgia

7pm ESPN: Florida at Tennessee

7pm ESPN2: Missouri at UMass

7pm FS1: Minnesota at UCLA

7:30pm ABC: Ole Miss at LSU

7:30pm NBC: Ohio State at Oregon

7:30pm ESPNU: App State at Louisiana

7:45pm SECN: Vanderbilt at Kentucky

8pm FOX: Washington State at Fresno State

8pm ACCN: Syracuse at NC State

10:15pm ESPN: Kansas State at Colorado

ESPN+

UTSA at Rice

Miami (OH) at Eastern Michigan

Akron at Western Michigan

Ball State at Kent State

Northern Illinois at Bowling Green

Ohio at Central Michigan

Marshall at Georgia Southern

Old Dominion at Georgia State

Southern Miss at ULM

Arkansas State at Texas State

CFB TV Confirmations for 2024 Week 6 (10/5/24)

This post will be updated as announcements come out for start times for Week 6 (10/5/24) 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 times Eastern

Six day TV

Clemson at Florida State - 7:30pm ABC or 7pm ESPN

Tennessee at Arkansas - 7:30pm ABC or 7pm ESPN

12pm ABC: Missouri at Texas A&M

12pm FOX: UCLA at Penn State

12pm ESPN/ESPN2: SMU at Louisville

12pm ESPN/ESPN2: Pitt at North Carolina

12pm CW: Wake Forest at NC State

12pm BTN: Purdue at Wisconsin

12pm ESPNU: Army West Point at Tulsa

12pm CBSSN: UMass at Northern Illinois

12pm ACCN: Boston College at Virginia

1pm ESPN+: Tulane at UAB

2pm ESPN+: Western Michigan at Ball State

3:30pm ABC: Auburn at Georgia

3:30pm CBS: Iowa at Ohio State

3:30pm ESPN: Ole Miss at South Carolina 

3:30pm FS1: Rutgers at Nebraska

3:30pm BTN: Indiana at Northwestern

3:30pm ESPNU: East Carolina at Charlotte

3:30pm ACCN: Virginia Tech at Stanford

3:30pm ESPN+: Miami (OH) at Toledo

3:30pm ESPN+: App State at Marshall

3:30pm ESPN+: Bowling Green at Akron

4pm ESPN2: West Virginia at Oklahoma State

4:15pm SECN: Alabama at Vanderbilt

7pm ESPNU: James Madison at ULM 

7pm FS2: Utah State at Boise State

7pm ESPN+: South Alabama at Arkansas State

7pm ESPN+: Old Dominion at Coastal Carolina

7pm ESPN+: Louisiana at Southern Miss

7:30pm NBC: Michigan at Washington

7:30pm FOX: Baylor at Iowa State

7:30pm BTN: USC at Minnesota

7:45pm SECN: UCF at Florida

8pm ESPN2: Kansas at Arizona State

8pm ACCN: Duke at Georgia Tech

10:30pm ESPN: Miami (FL) at California 

11pm FOX: Texas Tech at Arizona

CFB TV Guesses for 2024 Week 6 (10/5/24)

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:

• Games already set for time or TV network family, but not both:
• Missouri at Texas A&M (12pm, ABC or ESPN)
• Utah State at Boise State (TBA, FOX Sports)
• Rutgers at Nebraska (12pm or mid-afternoon, TBA)
• SEC TV window slotting:
• Early afternoon
• Missouri at Texas A&M
• Mid-afternoon
• Alabama at Vanderbilt
• Evening
• UCF at Florida
• Flex between mid-afternoon or evening
• Tennessee at Arkansas
• Auburn at Georgia
• Ole Miss at South Carolina

* FOX does not have a mid-afternoon game due to MLB postseason.  They will have an 11pm window and I think it will get used for the Big 12 and not the Big Ten as there's only one Big Ten game it could be used for (Michigan at Washington) and I suspect that this game is chosen earlier than FOX will be able to claim it.

* BTN will have a tripleheader.

* CBSSN has a 12pm window for the MAC.

* Besides the mid-afternoon MLB window for FOX, FS1 will also be missing a window and it appears it is at 7:30pm ET where a FS2 window exists.  

* I gave NBC the top Big Ten choice and ESPN the top Big 12 choice.

12pm ABC: Missouri at Texas A&M

12pm FOX: UCLA at Penn State

12pm ESPN: Clemson at Florida State

12pm ESPN2: West Virginia at Oklahoma State

12pm CW: Wake Forest at NC State

12pm BTN: Rutgers at Nebraska

12pm ESPNU: Old Dominion at Coastal Carolina

12pm CBSSN: UMass at Northern Illinois

12pm ACCN: Boston College at Virginia

3:30pm ABC: Tennessee at Arkansas

3:30pm CBS: Iowa at Ohio State

3:30pm ESPN: Alabama at Vanderbilt

3:30pm ESPN2: SMU at Louisville

3:30pm FS1: Indiana at Northwestern

3:30pm BTN: Purdue at Wisconsin

3:30pm ESPNU: James Madison at ULM

3:30pm ACCN: Pitt at North Carolina

4:15pm SECN: Ole Miss at South Carolina

7pm ESPN: Miami (FL) at California

7pm ESPN2: Army West Point at Tulsa

7pm ESPNU: Miami (OH) at Toledo

7:30pm ABC: Auburn at Georgia

7:30pm NBC: Michigan at Washington

7:30pm FOX: Baylor at Iowa State

7:30pm BTN: USC at Minnesota

7:30pm FS2: Utah State at Boise State

7:45pm SECN: UCF at Florida

8pm ACCN: Duke at Georgia Tech

10:30pm ESPN: Virginia Tech at Stanford

10:30pm ESPN2: Texas Tech at Arizona

11pm FOX: Kansas at Arizona State

ESPN+

Tulane at UAB

East Carolina at Charlotte

Bowling Green at Akron

Western Michigan at Ball State

App State at Marshall

Louisiana at Southern Miss

South Alabama at Arkansas State

Six day selection guesses for 9/28/24

September isn't an early month to have a six day hold, but its a bit more unusual to have this many games being held up.  Some were given a small range of start times, which should affect the TV windows.

I'm only going to go through the windows that would be affected by the Big 12, Big Ten, Mountain West and SEC.

I do think FOX and CBS will flip their TV windows for the Big Ten.  I'm told Rick Neuheisel might have let that be known on Sirius XM today. Also think that Fresno State at UNLV will get downgraded to FS2 and that the 8pm ESPN2 window gets deleted in favor of a Pat McAfee alternate presentation of Georgia-Alabama.

12pm ABC: Kentucky at Ole Miss

12pm CBS: Nebraska at Purdue

12pm FOX: Colorado at UCF

12pm ESPN: Oklahoma State at Kansas State

12pm FS1: Cincinnati at Texas Tech

12pm Peacock: Minnesota at Michigan

3:30pm ABC: Mississippi State at Texas

3:30pm FOX: Wisconsin at USC

3:30pm ESPN: Oklahoma at Auburn

3:30pm FS1: BYU at Baylor

3:30pm FS2: Fresno State at UNLV

4:15pm SECN: Arkansas vs. Texas A&M

7pm FS1: Iowa State at Houston

7:30pm NBC: Illinois at Penn State

10pm FOX: Oregon at UCLA

10pm FS1: Washington State at Boise State 

ESPN+: TCU at Kansas

CFB TV Confirmations for 2024 Week 5 (9/28/24)

This post will be updated as announcements come out for start times for Week 5 (9/28/24) 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. 

Six day hold used for the following games

Colorado at UCF

Iowa State at Houston

TCU vs. Kansas

BYU at Baylor

Oklahoma State at Kansas State

Cincinnati at Texas Tech

Wisconsin at USC

Minnesota at Michigan

Nebraska at Purdue (12pm)

Oregon at UCLA

Illinois at Penn State (7pm FS1 or 7:30pm NBC)

Arkansas vs. Texas A&M (3:30pm ABC, 3:30pm ESPN or 4:15pm SECN)

Oklahoma at Auburn (3:30pm ABC, 3:30pm ESPN or 4:15pm SECN)

Mississippi State at Texas (3:30pm ABC, 3:30pm ESPN or 4:15pm SECN)

Kentucky at Ole Miss (12pm, ABC or ESPN)

All times Eastern

12pm ESPN2/ESPNU: Navy at UAB 

12pm ESPN2/ESPNU: South Florida at Tulane

12pm CW: Northern Illinois at NC State

12pm BTN: Maryland at Indiana

12pm ACCN: WKU at Boston College

1:30pm ESPN+: Ball State at James Madison

3pm ESPN+: Texas State vs. Sam Houston

3:30pm ESPNU: Georgia Southern at Georgia State

3:30pm FS1 or FS2: Fresno State at UNLV (previously FS1 only)

3:30pm ACCN: Louisiana at Wake Forest

3:30pm CBSSN: San Diego State at Central Michigan

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

3:30pm ESPN+: Liberty at App State

3:30pm ESPN+: Western Michigan at Marshall

3:30pm ESPN+: UMass at Miami (OH)

3:30pm ESPN+: Akron at Ohio

4pm ESPN2: North Carolina at Duke

4pm ESPN+: UTSA at East Carolina

5pm ESPN+: Old Dominion at Bowling Green

6pm ESPN+: Louisiana Tech at FIU

7pm ESPN: Stanford at Clemson

7pm Peacock: Ohio State at Michigan State

7pm ESPN+: Tulsa at North Texas

7pm ESPN+: Charlotte at Rice

7pm ESPN+: ULM at Troy

7:30pm ESPNU: Middle Tennessee at Memphis

8pm ACCN: Florida State at SMU

8pm ESPN+: New Mexico at NM State

10pm FOX or FS1: Washington State at Boise State

10:15pm ESPN: Arizona at Utah

CFB TV Guesses for 2024 Week 5 (9/28/24)

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:

• Games already set for time or TV network family, but not both:
• Kentucky at Ole Miss (ABC or ESPN, 12pm)
• Washington State at Boise State (FOX Sports, TBA)
• Nebraska at Purdue (TBA, 12pm)
• Illinois at Penn State (TBA, 3:30pm/4pm or 7:30pm)
• North Carolina Central vs. Norfolk State (ESPN Networks, 3pm)
• SEC game slotting is as follows:
• Noon for ABC or ESPN: Kentucky at Ole Miss
• Afternoon or evening: 
• Oklahoma at Auburn
• Mississippi State at Texas
• Arkansas vs. Texas A&M

* ABC has already set their primetime game with Georgia at Alabama.  In addition to that, SEC Network already has its evening window set and will not have a early game.

* FOX is scheduled to have a late evening game, presumably for the Big Ten.  

* CBSSN will have a MAC selection.

* The Peacock app appears to show two separate Big Ten exclusives.  One at 12pm and one at 7pm ET.  This is in addition to NBC's 7:30pm window.

* BTN appears to only have a 12pm window.

* FS1 has a 9:45pm window which strongly indicates where Washington State at Boise State will be placed.

* CBS affiliates were made aware that their Big Ten 3:30pm window could switch to 12pm depending on a six day hold used by another network. I assume that network is FOX the two networks would swap.

* NBC let the cat our of the bag in a now removed portion of their weekly press release that they would be carrying Nebraska at Purdue.

* I think there's a chance that a Big 12 six day hold will be used between some combination of Colorado at UCF, Oklahoma State at Kansas State & Arizona at Utah.  I have ABC/ESPN making the decision.  Whatever is chosen likely impacts where Kentucky at Ole Miss ends up 

12pm ABC: Kentucky at Ole Miss

12pm FOX: Ohio State at Michigan State

12pm ESPN: Colorado at UCF

12pm ESPN2: Florida State at SMU

12pm CW: WKU at Boston College

12pm ESPNU: Iowa State at Houston

12pm FS1: TCU vs. Kansas

12pm BTN: Minnesota at Michigan

12pm ACCN: Northern Illinois at NC State

12pm Peacock: Nebraska at Purdue

3:30pm ABC: Mississippi State at Texas

3:30pm CBS: Oregon at UCLA

3:30pm ESPN: Oklahoma at Auburn

3:30pm ESPN2: BYU at Baylor

3:30pm ACCN: Louisiana at Wake Forest

3:30pm CBSSN: San Diego State at Central Michigan

4pm FOX: Oklahoma State at Kansas State

4pm ESPNU: Middle Tennessee at Memphis

4:15pm SECN: Arkansas vs. Texas A&M

7pm ESPN: Stanford at Clemson

7pm ESPN2: South Florida at Tulane

7pm FS1: Cincinnati at Texas Tech

7pm Peacock: Maryland at Indiana

7:30pm NBC: Illinois at Penn State

7:30pm ESPNU: Liberty at App State

8pm ACCN: North Carolina at Duke

9:45pm FS1: Washington State at Boise State

10:30pm ESPN: Arizona at Utah

11pm FOX: Wisconsin at USC

ESPN+

Navy at UAB

UTSA at East Carolina

Tulsa at North Texas

Charlotte at Rice

Eastern Michigan at Kent State

Akron at Ohio

UMass at Miami (OH)

Old Dominion at Bowling Green

Ball State at James Madison

Georgia Southern at Georgia State

Western Michigan at Marshall

North Carolina Central vs. Norfolk State

ULM at Troy

New Mexico at NM State

Louisiana Tech at FIU

Texas State vs. Sam Houston

Potential MBK games being set for TV for November 2024

ESPN put out their advance listings for November at their Watch website and the month has some men's college basketball listed under the guise of the conference of the home team instead of the actual game.  So what games could they be?

Note that plenty of games involving exempt events like the Battle 4 Atlantis, Maui Invitational, etc. will be played this month, so these are the "hosted" games.

All times Eastern

ESPN

11/10 5pm: Arizona State at Gonzaga

ESPN2

11/8 7pm: North Carolina at Kansas

11/14 7pm: LSU at Kansas State

11/22 10:30pm: Duke at Arizona 

11/23 12:30am: North Carolina at Hawai'i

A second Big 12 game for 11/14 at 9pm on ESPN2 is also listed but its confirmed to be the Grand Canyon vs. Arizona State game as part of the Hall of Fame Series.

ESPNU

11/9 7:30pm: Arkansas vs. Baylor

11/9 9:30pm: Bucknell at Kentucky

CFB TV Confirmations for 2024 Week 4 (9/21/24)

This post will be updated as announcements come out for start times for Week 4 (9/21/24) 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

SEC six day decisions for 3:30pm ABC, 3:30pm ESPN/ESPN2 or 4:15pm SECN

Arkansas at Auburn

Vanderbilt at Missouri

UCLA at LSU

I don't know if the 45 minute difference between the SECN window and the other two constitutes a hold being used.  All three are in mid-afternoon windows.  I assume it doesn't.

12pm ABC: NC State at Clemson

12pm FOX: Marshall at Ohio State

12pm ESPN: Florida at Mississippi State

12pm ESPN2: Kansas at West Virginia

12pm ESPNU: Tulane at Louisiana

12pm FS1: Houston at Cincinnati

12pm BTN: Villanova at Maryland

12pm BTN: Charlotte at Indiana

12pm ACCN: James Madison at North Carolina

1pm ESPN+: Ball State at Central Michigan

2pm ESPN+: Virginia at Coastal Carolina

2pm ESPN+: Utah State at Temple

3pm ESPN+: Southern Miss at Jacksonville State

3:30pm ESPN/ESPN2: Georgia Tech at Louisville 

3:30pm FS1: Arizona State at Texas Tech

3:30pm BTN: Kent State at Penn State

3:30pm ACCN: Rutgers at Virginia Tech

3:30pm ESPN+: Buffalo at Northern Illinois

4pm FOX: Utah at Oklahoma State

4pm ESPNU: Duke at Middle Tennessee

6pm ESPN+: East Carolina at Liberty

7pm ESPN/ESPN2: California at Florida State

7pm ESPN/ESPN2: Miami (FL) at South Florida

7pm FS1: Northwestern at Washington

7pm ESPN+: Florida A&M at Troy

7pm ESPN+: Wyoming at North Texas

7pm ESPN+: Tulsa at Louisiana Tech

7pm ESPN+: NM State at Sam Houston

7pm ESPN+: Toledo at WKU

7pm ESPN+: North Carolina A&T at North Carolina Central

7:30pm ABC: Tennessee at Oklahoma

7:30pm NBC: Iowa at Minnesota

7:30pm ESPNU: Akron at South Carolina

8pm FOX: Baylor at Colorado

8pm ACCN: Michigan State at Boston College

10:30pm ESPN: Kansas State at BYU

CFB TV Guesses for 2024 Week 4 (9/21/24)

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:

• Games already set for time or TV network family, but not both:
• Florida at Mississippi State (ABC or ESPN, 12pm)
• North Carolina A&T at North Carolina Central (ESPN Networks, 7pm)
  
• SEC game slotting is as follows:
• Noon for ABC or ESPN: Florida at Mississippi State
• Afternoon or evening: 
• Arkansas at Auburn
• UCLA at LSU
• Vanderbilt at Missouri
• Tennessee at Oklahoma
• Evening only: Akron at South Carolina

* I went with Miami (FL) at South Florida at noon on ABC to help fill requirements the American has for games on ABC, pushing Florida at Mississippi State to ESPN.

* For the Big Ten, USC at Michigan was chosen by CBS in advance of the season, which indicates that this game was the top choice of the conference this week.  After that, I placed Marshall at Ohio State on FOX and Iowa at Minnesota on NBC in that order.

* With the Big 12, I placed Utah at Oklahoma State on FOX as the conference's top choice this week, followed by Baylor at Colorado on ESPN in the late evening.  I'm assuming the latest a Big 12 game can start on TV remains 8:15pm local, which would be acceptable for Baylor at Colorado.

* Not pictured here is that Portland State at Boise State will start at 9:45pm ET on FS1. With a 7pm FS1 window, viewers should expect to see the game on FS2 to start.

12pm ABC: Miami (FL) at South Florida

12pm FOX: Marshall at Ohio State

12pm ESPN: Florida at Mississippi State

12pm ESPN2: Michigan State at Boston College

12pm ESPNU: Virginia at Coastal Carolina

12pm FS1: Kansas at West Virginia

12pm BTN: Villanova at Maryland

12pm ACCN: Georgia Tech at Louisville

3:30pm ABC: UCLA at LSU

3:30pm ESPN: California at Florida State

3:30pm ESPN2: Vanderbilt at Missouri

3:30pm FS1: Kent State at Penn State

3:30pm BTN: Charlotte at Indiana

3:30pm ACCN: James Madison at North Carolina

4pm FOX: Utah at Oklahoma State

4pm ESPNU: Tulane at Louisiana

4:15pm SECN: Arkansas at Auburn

7pm ESPN: NC State at Clemson

7pm ESPN2: Kansas State at BYU

7pm FS1: Northwestern at Washington

7:30pm ABC: Tennessee at Oklahoma

7:30pm NBC: Iowa at Minnesota

7:30pm ESPNU: Akron at South Carolina

8pm FOX: Arizona State at Texas Tech

8pm ACCN: Rutgers at Virginia Tech

10:15pm ESPN: Baylor at Colorado

ESPN+

Wyoming at North Texas

Utah State at Temple

Houston at Cincinnati

Tulsa at Louisiana Tech

Duke at Middle Tennessee

NM State at Sam Houston

Toledo at WKU

North Carolina A&T at North Carolina Central

Review of the 2024 CFB TV Early Season Selections

If you happened to miss any of the early season and special date start time & TV releases, feel free to head to my schedules site to look over how everything shook out.

* Over the course of the season, I'll be curious to see if ESPN's noon Eastern telecast window becomes less of a SEC window and more of a Big 12 or ACC window.  Many of the conference's members don't like the early start times and the SEC Network has went to moving back the start times of their early & mid afternoon windows to accommodate the schools' preferences.

* I guess I shouldn't be surprised that the SEC has six games hosted at their schools' stadiums in the first nine ABC slots.  Over the course of the weeks 1-3, the conference will feature in every game on ABC with the six games under their control, three neutral site games and as the road team vs. a Big 12 opponent.

How often the ACC and Big 12 appear in primetime on ABC over the course of the season will be of interest.  The conference will have three games in primetime on ABC on Saturdays in September alone (the Duke's Mayo Classic appears to count for the ACC if it counts for anyone at all).  

How often will the SEC be the default option at 7:30pm when they already have the 3:30pm window?  I'm going to put the over/under number of 7.5 games on ABC at 7:30pm over the course of 14 weeks, and that might still be too low, even with games like Oklahoma vs. Texas & Georgia vs. Florida remaining as afternoon games as they have been for years.  A new conference for the former, and a new broadcast network for the latter, didn't change those two games.

* Another "loser" with the SEC moving to ABC, for Black Friday at least, is the American.  It was known that the SEC would contribute a Black Friday game as they had in prior years with CBS.  The addition of a 2nd game was a bit of a surprise. The American, who has had a game on Black Friday on ABC since 2013 with the exception of the 2020 season, will be shut out of an ABC slot though they'll have a noon ET game on ESPN.

* I don't think it was a great surprise to see the FOX Friday night football schedule be void of big name schools like Ohio State, Penn State and Michigan.  West coast additions to both the Big 12 and Big Ten will feature in seven of the ten games (excluding Black Friday) and will host four of the the ten games, where they wouldn't otherwise be able to host a Big Noon game on FOX, so this is a way to get them some exposure with far less competition.

FOX skipped November 2nd, which would feature World Series Game 6 if needed.  If it isn't needed, I could see FOX simulcasting the San Diego State at Boise State game from FS1.

* From the announced windows that I've seen from CBS, and been provided regarding NBC's Big Ten windows and FOX's overall schedule, I'm not certain that we'll see as many late night broadcast network windows for the Big Ten as we've hoped / expected.  FOX may have moved a few of those over to Friday nights instead.  FS1 and BTN may be the place for Big Ten After Dark (Big 12 After Dark too along with ESPN).

* Regarding the previous item regarding late evening Big Ten games, I've had a few folks draw the conclusion that the Army - ND game at Yankee Stadium having a start time of 7pm is so that NBC can take on the USC at UCLA game after that.  What NBC has communicated to affiliates doesn't include a late evening telecast window on any week, and I can see NBC starting their Big Ten afternoon window a little bit earlier to provide some space before the Notre Dame game.

As for late evening NBC produced games, Peacock will have at least one, Boise State at Oregon, and could have others.  More should be know about the expected dates and times of the Peacock games as they populate inside of the app.

* ESPN preselected two Big 12 games into October and November: Cincinnati at Colorado on 10/26 and BYU at Arizona State on 11/23.  I can't tell if they did that because they're going to have limited linear TV space those two weeks for the Big 12, if they were the top choice (I'm assuming not), or if they were preselected as a potential late evening or mid-morning game. 

With other conference, if the game doesn't stick out as having significance, it tended to mean that it was in the middle of the selection process, like pre-selecting the 3rd or 4th pick of the week.  Both games are specially designated for each host school (Colorado: Family Weekend, ASU: Homecoming & Junior Sun Devil Club).  Maybe they'll end up being earlier in the day, whether its on ABC or ESPN.

* The NFL Network sublicense of Group of Five games from ESPN appears to be off the screen, at least through Week 3.  Not sure if that's due to NFLN's budget cuts or ESPN preferring to keep the content around.

* The four Mountain West controlled games on CBS matches their high mark from 2022, and with FOX carrying a game on Black Friday, the 2024 season will have the most Mountain West regular season games shown on an over-the-air TV network.

* ESPNU will carry a pair of Missouri Valley Football Conference this year, and I'm pretty sure these will be the first ESPN linear TV games for the conference since 2008.

2024 Conference TV Requirements, Six Day Holds and Likely First Picks

Instead of cluttering up the weekly picks for 2024, I'm going to keep track of selection specific information in this post like six day holds that have been used, the number of times I think a network has chosen first and the required appearances that a school needs to fill on conference networks like Big Ten Network.

Updated through 11/2 selections made on 10/21.  Six day decisions are not included.

Six Day Holds Used

ACC (3 remaining): 11/2

American (4 remaining): 

Big Ten (2 remaining): 9/28, 11/2

Big 12 (2 remaining): 9/28, 10/26

SEC: 10/26

I'm unsure if six day holds will continue to remain a going concern in the SEC with their declarations of telecast windows for a game earlier in the offseason.  I think they could remain a thing if a game could air on ABC or ESPN at a particular time, or if a game is to be scheduled between 3:30pm & 7:30pm and doesn't have a finalized start time until six days before.  I'm also unsure whether there will be any maximum number of times a school can appear on ABC.  I think that is gone as well.  We'll find out as the season goes on.

Please note that this is my guess about who chose first in a given Saturday. This is not a confirmation from either the networks or conferences of who chose first.

Big Ten

Assumed top Saturday choice each week.  Weeks 2-4, 10 and 13 were mostly known in advance of the early season selection release.

Re: Week 5.  I think FOX controlled the six day hold.  Yes, Ohio State at Michigan State was picked by Peacock and set, but I don't think think it was picked ahead of the games FOX was jockeying for.

08/31/2024	NBC: Fresno St. at UM
09/07/2023	FOX: Texas at UM
09/14/2023	FOX: 'Bama at WISC
09/21/2024	CBS: USC at UM
09/28/2024	FOX: MN at UM
10/05/2024	CBS: IA at OSU
10/12/2024	NBC: OSU at UO
10/19/2024	FOX: UNL at IU
10/26/2024	CBS: ILL at UO
11/02/2024	FOX: OSU at PSU
11/09/2024
11/16/2024
11/23/2024
11/30/2024	FOX: UM at OSU

Each school is supposed to appear on BTN twice each season with at least one appearance against another Big Ten school

School	Remaining
Illinois	1 conference game
Indiana	Requirements met
Iowa	Requirements met
Maryland	Requirements met
Michigan	Requirements met
Michigan State	Requirements met
Minnesota	Requirements met
Nebraska	1 conference game
Northwestern	Requirements met
Ohio State	1 conference game
Oregon	1 conference game
Penn State	1 conference game
Purdue	Requirements met
Rutgers	Requirements met
UCLA	1 conference game
USC	Requirements met
Washington	Requirements met
Wisconsin	Requirements met

There were ranges previously announced for the Big Ten and its TV partners, but they were announced prior to Oregon and Washington being accepted as future members.   

126(!) regular season games are available to the Big Ten's rightsholders.  It appears that NBC, CBS and Peacock will take at least 39 of those games.  FOX, FS1 and BTN would take on 87 of them, 41 of which have been accounted for. 

Here's the known remaining selections from each rightsholder:

FOX/FS1	NBC	CBS	Peacock	BTN
9 of 43	4 of 15	4 of 15	2 of 9	7 of 44

Big 12

Assumed top Saturday choice each week.  

08/31/2024	FOX: PSU at WVU
09/07/2023	ABC: AR at OK St
09/14/2023	FOX: UCF at TCU
09/21/2024	FOX: UofU at OK St
09/28/2024	ESPN: AZ at UofU
10/05/2024	ESPN: WV at OK St
10/12/2024	ESPN: KSt at CU
10/19/2024	FOX: CU at AZ
10/26/2024	ESPN: CIN at CU
11/02/2024	ESPN: TxTech at ISU
11/09/2024
11/16/2024
11/23/2024
11/30/2024

Last year, ESPN had a limit of 32 linear TV games.  I have no clue this year how those limits have changed with the increase in membership.  101 regular season games are in the Big 12's governance,
10 of which have been selected for ABC & ESPN's linear TV channels so far across the season.

FOX Sports has the overall number 1 choice to use for the Big 12 in 2024.  I believe it was used on Penn State at West Virginia in Week 1.

As for member retained games, 14 of the 16 Big 12 games had their ESPN+ games selected through Week 4.  Colorado and Arizona State did not have their member retained game used on a non-conference game.  The Big 12, several years ago, said there were circumstances where those games could be a) returned to the national rightsholders and/or b) used on a game vs. another Big 12 school.

American

The American has a minimum of 40 games per season on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU.  At least 20 of the 40 are expected to be on ABC, ESPN or ESPN2.  So far, at least 14 games have been guaranteed to air on ABC, ESPN or ESPN2

It appears that one Army road game vs. an AAC opponemt (Army at Florida Atlantic) was traded to CBSSN in exchange for an Army home game (East Carolina at Army).  I've listed the FAU game in the Other column.

ABC	1
ESPN	7
ESPN2	11
ESPNU	9
ESPNEWS/Other	1
TBD	2
Total	31