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