Sunday, November 10, 2024

CFB TV Guesses for 2024 Week 13 (11/19/24 - 11/23/24)

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 time, but not both
    • BYU at Arizona State (TBA, ABC/ESPN Nets)
    • Air Force at Nevada (TBA, FOX Sports)
    • Ole Miss at Florida (12pm, ABC or ESPN)
  • SEC game time slotting
    • 12pm: Ole Miss at Florida
    • Mid-afternoon: Missouri at Mississippi State
    • Night: Vanderbilt at LSU
    • Flex: Texas A&M at Auburn, Alabama at Oklahoma, Kentucky at Texas 
  • CW has two ACC windows scheduled for noon and 3:30pm ET.
  • I gave FOX the top Big Ten choice.  Have heard/read a few theories on where Indiana-Ohio State will end up.  In short, I think FOX has a larger portion of the top choices.  After that I had CBS and NBC.
  • Yes, NBC does appear to have a 10:15pm ET window listed for the Big Ten.  And as many of you have speculated, its a place for USC-UCLA
  • I think there's a realistic chance BYU at Arizona State ends up as the 7:30pm ABC game.
  • After BYU at Arizona State, I assumed that FOX takes the top remaining Big 12 choice.
  • Both Penn State and Illinois require BTN games to fulfill their conference game requirement.  Figured that Penn State can fulfill theirs vs. Maryland on 11/30.
  • ESPN's late evening window is on ESPN2 instead due to the Formula 1 grand prix from Las Vegas.
  • FS1 doesn't list a 12pm window.  Instead they list horse racing.
Tuesday
7pm CBSSN: Akron at Kent State
7:30pm ESPN2: Western Michigan at Central Michigan
8pm ESPN: Northern Illinois at Miami (OH)

Wednesday
7pm ESPN2: Ohio at Toledo
7pm ESPNU: Buffalo at Eastern Michigan

Saturday
12pm ABC: Ole Miss at Florida
12pm FOX: Indiana at Ohio State
12pm ESPN: SMU at Virginia
12pm ESPN2: Baylor at Houston
12pm CW: UConn at Syracuse
12pm BTN: Illinois at Rutgers
12pm ACCN: North Carolina at Boston College
3:30pm ABC: Alabama at Oklahoma
3:30pm CBS: Penn State at Minnesota
3:30pm ESPN: Texas A&M at Auburn
3:30pm ESPN2: Wake Forest at Miami (FL)
3:30pm FS1: Wisconsin at Nebraska
3:30pm CW: The Citadel at Clemson
3:30pm BTN: Iowa at Maryland
3:30pm ESPNU: Florida A&M vs. Bethune-Cookman
3:30pm ACCN: Stanford at California
3:30pm Peacock: Northwestern at Michigan
4pm FOX: Cincinnati at Kansas State
4:15pm SECN: Missouri at Mississippi State
7pm ESPN: Kentucky at Texas
7pm ESPN2: Pitt at Louisville
7pm FS1: Texas Tech at Oklahoma State
7pm ESPNU: Georgia Southern at Coastal Carolina
7:30pm ABC: BYU at Arizona State
7:45pm SECN: Vanderbilt at LSU
8pm FOX: Colorado at Kansas
8pm ACCN: Virginia Tech at Duke
10:15pm NBC: USC at UCLA
10:15pm ESPN2: Iowa State at Utah
10:30pm FS1: Air Force at Nevada

Streaming
Charleston Southern at Florida State
Charlotte at Florida Atlantic
Rice at UAB
East Carolina at North Texas
Tulsa at South Florida
UCF at West Virginia
Arizona at TCU
WKU at Liberty
FIU at Kennesaw State
NM State at Middle Tennessee
Bowling Green at Ball State
James Madison at App State
Marshall at Old Dominion
Troy at Louisiana
South Alabama at Southern Miss
Georgia State at Texas State
ULM at Arkansas State

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

This would be so crappy for LA fans. I thought those games were literally banned from the late slot after the parking lot stabbing. To actually create a new time slot for NBC specifically for this game in the slot that everybody hates and is actively dangerous is so bad. But I guess the LA school admins don’t actually care about anything but the check clearing.

Anonymous said...

This was likely strategic by NBC. They have usc womens basketball vs notre at 4 pm est: get to have usc or Notre dame athletics on their channel for several hours

Darrell McKown said...

It’s a 7:15 local time kickoff in Pasadena. There is absolutely no reason not to play a night game in the Rose Bowl.

Darrell McKown said...

With NBC game at 7:30, I wouldn't be surprised to see FOX run a Big Ten game in the prime-time window. You would think Wisconsin-Nebraska should outdraw their #2 Big 12 game, and those two schools have generally not objected to Saturday night games in November that I can recall.

Anonymous said...

Nebraska has already played 3 home night games, which is supposedly the max per the B1G broadcast agreements. So I doubt Wis @ Neb would be a night game.

Matt Sarzyniak said...

I know Michigan State has had 4 night home games, though I believe they were told that the FAU Friday opener doesn't count because it was their choice to move the game to Friday.

Anonymous said...

It could be Indiana-Ohio State at night and Wisconsin-Nebraska at noon.

Darrell McKown said...

That would contrary to FOX's Big Noon approach. Other than getting stuck a homecoming game situation with a locked-in start time, they will always put their #1 game in the noon window.