CFB TV Confirmations for 2025 Week 4 (09/20/2025)

This post will be updated as announcements come out for start times for Week 4 (9/20/25) 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 FOX: Texas Tech at Utah

12pm NBC: Maryland at Wisconsin

12pm ABC/ESPN: Syracuse at Clemson 

12pm ABC/ESPN/ESPN2: Arkansas at Memphis

12pm ESPN/ESPN2: SMU at TCU 

12pm ESPNU: UNLV at Miami (OH)

12pm ACCN: Bowling Green at Louisville

12pm ACCNX/ESPN+: Wofford at Virginia Tech

3pm BTN: Oregon State at Oregon

3:30pm ABC: Auburn at Oklahoma

3:30pm FOX: North Carolina at UCF

3:30pm ESPN: Tulane at Ole Miss

3:30pm ESPNU: James Madison at Liberty

3:30pm ACCN: Kent State at Florida State

3:30pm ESPN+: Louisiana at Eastern Michigan

3:30pm ESPN+: Troy at Buffalo

3:30pm ESPN+: Toledo at Western Michigan

4pm ESPN2: NC State at Duke

4:30pm CW: Temple at Georgia Tech

6pm FS1: West Virginia at Kansas

6pm ESPN+: Arkansas State at Kennesaw State

6pm ESPN+: Delaware at FIU

7pm ESPN: South Carolina at Missouri OR Florida at Miami (FL)

7pm ESPN+: Marshall at Middle Tennessee

7pm ESPN+: Nevada at WKU

7pm ESPN+: Coastal Carolina at South Alabama

7pm ESPN+: Maine at Georgia Southern

7:30pm ABC: South Carolina at Missouri OR Florida at Miami (FL)

7:30pm NBC: Illinois at Indiana

7:30pm FOX: Arizona State at Baylor

7:30pm ESPN2: BYU at East Carolina

7:30pm ESPNU: Georgia State at Vanderbilt

7:30pm ACCN: Stanford at Virginia

7:30pm ESPN+: Southern Miss at Louisiana Tech 

8pm ESPN+: Nicholls at Texas State

9pm ESPN+: ULM at UTEP

9:30pm FS1: UTSA at Colorado State
10:15pm ESPN: Wyoming at Colorado

11pm FOX: Michigan State at USC

CFB TV Guesses for 2025 Week 4 (9/20/2025)

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: 

* CBS's Big Ten choice has already been made (Michigan at Nebraska).

* NBC will carry a pair of Big Ten games sandwiched around Purdue at Notre Dame.

* TNT will skip this week from their sublicensed Big 12 games.

* FS1 will have college football at 6pm and 9:30pm ET. No mid-afternoon game due to NASCAR Trucks and horse racing.

* Games set for time or TV, but not both

• Georgia State at Vanderbilt (7:30pm, ESPN2 or ESPNU)
• UTSA at Colorado State (TBA, FOX Sports)
• All available SEC games will air either in mid-afternoon or evening time slots

* I gave FOX Sports the top Big 12 choice this week (UNC-UCF) and NBC the top remaining Big Ten choice. With the Big 12, I had ESPN taking the next two choices with the rest going to FOX Sports.

* There’s a good case to be made to flip Missouri-South Carolina & Florida-Miami (FL). I can see both games being scheduled for primetime with a six days decision on the final network and start time.

* Clemson, despite losing to LSU and struggling vs. Troy, has more value in the noon ET slot compared to other options.

12pm ABC: Syracuse at Clemson

12pm FOX: North Carolina at UCF

12pm NBC: Illinois at Indiana

12pm ESPN: SMU at TCU

12pm ESPN2: Arkansas at Memphis

12pm ESPNU: UNLV at Miami (OH)

12pm BTN: Maryland at Wisconsin

12pm ACCN: Temple at Georgia Tech

3:30pm ABC: Auburn at Oklahoma

3:30pm ESPN: Tulane at Ole Miss

3:30pm ESPNU: Coastal Carolina at South Alabama

3:30pm ACCN: Stanford at Virginia

4pm FOX: Texas Tech at Utah

4pm ESPN2: BYU at East Carolina

4:30pm CW: Bowling Green at Louisville

6pm FS1: West Virginia at Kansas

7pm ESPN: South Carolina at Missouri

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

7:30pm NBC: Michigan State at USC

7:30pm FOX: Arizona State at Baylor

7:30pm ESPN2: Kent State at Florida State

7:30pm ESPNU: Georgia State at Vanderbilt

7:30pm ACCN: NC State at Duke

9:30pm FS1: UTSA at Colorado State
10:15pm ESPN: Wyoming at Colorado

11pm FOX: Oregon State at Oregon

Streaming Exclusives

Wofford at Virginia Tech

Nevada at WKU

Southern Miss at Louisiana Tech

James Madison at Liberty

Arkansas State at Kennesaw State

ULM at UTEP

Marshall at Middle Tennessee

Delaware at FIU

Louisiana at Eastern Michigan

Troy at Buffalo

Toledo at Western Michigan

Nicholls at Texas State

Maine at Georgia Southern

TV Decisions for Non-Conference MBK Will Have New Players

I was going through the Big East men's basketball non-conference schedule this morning. I am curious to see how several games are slotted for television now that the Big East and Big 12 split their rights even further with new agreements taking full effect, with the Big East taking a chunk of rights to TNT and ESPN+, along with additional rights to NBC Sports, and the Big 12 bringing on FOX Sports to carry men's basketball, along with new sublicensee TNT.

The first game that peaks my interest is Alabama at St. John's on 11/8.  The game is scheduled to be played at Madison Square Garden and the NY Rangers are at home that evening, so we know that the basketball game will have to be in the early afternoon.  FOX will be carrying college football all day, so they're out.  FS1 might be took unless they move around their schedule a bit.  NBC would be a good place for the game since it could lead in to a Big Ten women's volleyball match.  Otherwise, TNT or Peacock are in play.  Maybe TNT would hook it to Big 12 college football and create a basketball-football doubleheader.

The next game that caught my eye is Arizona at UConn on 11/19.  Its a weeknight game, so I'd lean towards FS1 carrying the game.  TNT and Peacock might be in the mix.  I don't think ESPN+ will be as I think they'll be carrying non-conference games that the linear TV partners can't accommodate.

Next up is a Big 12 controlled matchup when UConn travels to Kansas on 12/2.  I don't think ESPN will be able to carry the game as they have the ACC - SEC basketball challenge series on 12/2 and 12/3.  FS1 might end up with this one too, unless it falls into the lap of CBSSN or TNT as sublicensees of ESPN's Big 12 content.

December 6th has a great schedule.  We know that Indiana-Louisville (2pm ET) and Baylor-Memphis (4:30pm ET) will comprise two games for CBS to air.  Duke-Michigan State is a huge game for someone to air.  FOX could air it leading into coverage of the Mountain West championship game, CBS could have it for the opening game of a tripleheader, or NBC could take it.  Ole Miss-St. John's and Cincinnati-Xavier would be fine selections for FS1 or TNT.  And whichever network doesn't carry Duke-Michigan State could end up with Marquette-Wisconsin.  

Auburn-Arizona is out there on 12/6 too, but I'd expect ESPN to end up with that one since their cable nets will be open most of the afternoon.  Iowa State-Purdue could be sought after by Peacock too.

2025 Conference TV Requirements, Six Day Holds and Likely First Picks

Instead of cluttering up the weekly picks for 2025, 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 as of 9/20 selections on 9/8.

Six Day Holds Used

ACC (4 remaining): 

American (4 remaining): 

Big Ten (4 remaining):

Big 12  (4 remaining):

SEC: 

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 1-5 and 14 were known in advance of the early season selection release.

08/30	FOX: Texas at Ohio State
09/06	CBS: OK State at Oregon
09/13	FOX: Oregon at NW
09/20	CBS: Michigan at Nebraska
09/27	NBC: Oregon at Penn State
10/04
10/11
10/18
10/25
11/01
11/08
11/15
11/22
11/29	FOX: Ohio State at Michigan

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

School	Remaining
Illinois	Two games with one vs. B1G
Indiana	One vs. B1G
Iowa	One vs. B1G
Maryland	One vs. B1G
Michigan	One vs. B1G
Michigan State	One vs. B1G
Minnesota	One vs. B1G
Nebraska	One vs. B1G
Northwestern	One vs. B1G
Ohio State	One vs. B1G
Oregon	One vs. B1G
Penn State	One vs. B1G
Purdue	One vs. B1G
Rutgers	One vs. B1G
UCLA	One vs. B1G
USC	One vs. B1G
Washington	One vs. B1G
Wisconsin	One vs. B1G

124 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 85 of them. 

Here's the known remaining selections from each rightsholder:

FOX/FS1	NBC	CBS	Peacock	BTN
18 of 41	9 of 15 or 16	5 of 15	4 of 8 or 9	20 of 44

Big 12

Assumed top Saturday choice each week.  

08/30	FOX: USD at ISU
09/06	FOX: Iowa at ISU
09/13	ESPN: Pitt at WVU
09/20	FOX: TxTech at Utah
09/27	ESPN: BYU at CU
10/04
10/11
10/18
10/25
11/01
11/08
11/15
11/22
11/29

Starting with this season, ESPN has the top four choices across the season.  After that, FOX Sports and ESPN share selections.  FOX is capped somewhere around 35 games per season.  

American

The American has a minimum of 40 games per season on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU, excluding the conference championship game.  At least 20 of the 40 are expected to be on ABC, ESPN or ESPN2.  So far, at least 16 games have been guaranteed to air on ABC, ESPN or ESPN2.

ABC	0
ESPN	6
ESPN2	7
ESPNU	3
ESPNEWS/Other	0
TBD	5
Total	21

A Few Thoughts About the Initial 2025 CFB TV Selections

* There was a bit of conspiracy theories when the time for Texas-Ohio State didn't immediately show up, and by now you've seen that Texas declined a request to move the game to Sunday night.  I know there was hope about it being a 3:30pm game, but this is FOX's calling card for Saturday games: They want the best available game in that noon slot whenever possible.

That said, the Big 12 will still have possibilities for Big Noon, likely during non-conference play, and Cy-Hawk will be that chance at least one time this year.  Scott Dochterman of The Athletic was able to get some insights about the Big Ten draft and if you subscribe, you can read about it here.

* It feels like FOX's Friday night schedule, which was extremely hyped last year, was announced as more of an afterthought this year.  There are gaps in the schedule in October, presumably for MLB postseason, and one in November for reasons not yet clear to me (maybe a basketball event?).  But there's only one host in the in the Eastern Time Zone (Rutgers).  I'm curious if enough schools have put up roadblocks in the Big Ten where its not as viable.

FOX appears to have been able to get both Arizona schools to relax a longstanding preference for 7pm or later starts in September, with both hosting 6pm local games on Friday nights on the broadcast network. That said, that preference was relevant for the Pac-12 and I don't know if it has carried over to the Big 12.

* Reading a few tea leaves with the Big 12, BYU-Colorado feels like ESPN using one of their top 4 picks as it was outside the first four weeks of the season.  It was also the only Big 12 game available on that Saturday available to be placed in the late evening slot with TCU-ASU on FOX on Friday.  Also, knowing that Oregon-Penn State was selected for NBC that evening, I assume that ABC will have Alabama-Georgia in the evening.

Also, I'm a bit surprised that no Big 12 games were scheduled to air on FS1 over the early season portion of the schedule.

* As for the Big Ten, knowing that the 3rd of FOX's top 3 selections likely wasn't announced today (assume Texas-Ohio State at Ohio State-Michigan are the other two), it feels like NBC had the 4th pick by announcing Oregon-Penn State for 9/27 with the Ryder Cup occupying the afternoon on NBC that day.  Was Michigan-Nebraska on 9/20 CBS's top Big Ten choice? It definitely indicates they were picking first in Week Four.  Suspect we'll need to see how the season plays out.

* New Mexico at UCLA was listed as TBD on the Big Ten schedule for a Friday, and the game showed up on the FOX Sports release, which tells me that its part of their pool, either FOX/FS1 or BTN.  Since FOX already has Kansas State at Arizona that evening, the game is for either FS1 or BTN.  I assume that if the game is on FS1 with maybe a 9pm or 9:30pm ET start, Indiana State at Indiana will be a 7pm ET start on BTN.  If its on BTN, it looks like a doubleheader with Indiana State at Indiana at 6:30pm and New Mexico at UCLA at 10pm ET.

* I was surprised to see no Big Ten game on NBC on 9/13, though I can appreciate a network being creative.  Texas A&M at Notre Dame is taking the primetime game, and Peacock will have a doubleheader that day.  Per the previously mentioned Scott Dochterman article, NBC is allowed to use their choice for Peacock or move their NBC game to an earlier timeslot, and in the case of 9/13 made the choice to go with Peacock for their game, which I'll assume was the Ohio at Ohio State game.

* The Mountain West's national TV release indicated that remaining games would be part of non-national TV packages, which indicates that the deal with TNT Sports to air games on TruTV has ended.  That's a bit of a surprise since it was touted as a multi-year deal.  I don't know if things soured when no men's basketball games were selected by TNT Sports when some schools indicated there were plans for games to be selected.  Really unsure.  

EDIT: Mountain West media relations has confirmed that only CBS Sports and FOX Sports will be the national TV partners for the conference in 2025-26, so yes, TNT Sports is out.

Of the remaining 21 games (one SJSU home game was picked up for NBC Sports Bay Area), seven will be part of the Hawai'i PPV package.  Most of the remaining games have hosts that have televised games via regional or local TV stations, and I'd expect them to be streamed through the conference.  Have reached out to the Mountain West and TNT Sports for confirmation, but multiple MW schools have noted that their remaining MW controlled games would be shown through MW Networks and other local/regional TV means.

* ESPN backing away from Friday night NBA is college football's gain, with main ESPN carrying a game nearly every week on Friday nights, and some weeks where ESPN2 will have their own games.

* Didn't see any Ivy League Friday night games announced, nor any weeknight games from the two HBCU conferences.  I assume those will show up during the summer.

What Could the Friday CFB Schedules Look Like for 2025?

Friday nights have become a substantial night for college football to be played.  Figured this would be a good topic to explore for the upcoming season.

The games in red italics are games I moved from Saturday dates and are not confirmed whatsoever.

ESPN & ESPN2

8/29: Georgia Tech at Colorado

9/5: West Virginia at Ohio (ESPN2) James Madison at Louisville (ESPN2)

9/12: Colorado at Houston & Kansas State at Arizona

9/19: Tulsa at Oklahoma State

9/26: Florida State at Virginia & TCU at Arizona State

10/3: Charlotte at South Florida & West Virginia at BYU

10/10: South Florida at North Texas

10/17: Louisville at Miami (FL) & North Carolina at California

10/24: California at Virginia Tech (ESPN) & North Texas at Charlotte (ESPN2)

10/31: North Carolina at Syracuse (ESPN) & Memphis at Rice (ESPN2)

11/7: Houston at UCF (ESPN) & Tulane at Memphis (ESPN2)

11/14: Clemson at Louisville

11/21: Florida State at NC State

11/28 (Black Friday): AAC Game TBD in early afternoon 

* A decent portion of their schedule gets set with the release of the AAC and ACC schedules.  As with other prior seasons, the 2nd Friday of the season will be an ESPN2 game due to the US Open mens semifinals.

* With the new NBA agreement, ESPN no longer has weekly Friday night NBA games, instead carrying their regular Wednesday doubleheaders, ABC Saturday games and select Friday games.  I'm assuming the Friday football schedule will be weekly on ESPN with the known exception of the last Friday of the US Open.  There may be weeks where games still air on ESPN2 due to the NBA or possibly a marquee college basketball game, but I see a few weeks where they'll double up with either doubleheaders or concurrent games.

FOX

8/29: Auburn at Baylor

9/5: Georgia Southern at USC

9/12: Western Michigan at Illinois

9/19: Maryland at Wisconsin

9/26: UCLA at Northwestern

10/3: Illinois at Purdue

10/10: Rutgers at Washington

10/17: Nebraska at Minnesota

10/24: (World Series Start Date)

10/31: (World Series Game 6 if needed)

11/7: Maryland at Rutgers

11/14: Minnesota at Oregon

11/21: Washington at UCLA

11/28 (Black Friday): Utah at Kansas

* I did make a change in the Friday selections from what I guessed for Week 3 vs. what I've guessed here.  I ran the risk of having three UCLA games on Friday, two of them as home games.

* Is there a possibility of a Friday night game after Game 1 of the World Series like last year's Rutgers-USC game? Maybe.  Wisconsin at Oregon & Illinois at Washington would be the options, but would affect other choices down the line.  Per Scott Dochtermann, schools have to grant approval for a 2nd home or 2nd road Friday night game.  I think they'll stay away from scheduling a game on 10/31 just like last year for the Friday that would have been World Series Game 6.

* Big Ten homecoming weekends influenced several of these choice.  I know that UCLA's homecoming game was moved to a Friday night.  I suspect that schools will try to avoid that going forward.  

• TBD: Oregon, UCLA, Washington
• 9/27: USC at Illinois, Indiana at Iowa
• 10/4: Michigan State at Nebraska, Minnesota at Ohio State, Wisconsin at Michigan
• 10/11: UCLA at Michigan State, Purdue at Minnesota, ULM at Northwestern, Northwestern at Penn State, Iowa at Wisconsin
• 10/18: Michigan State at Indiana, Oregon at Rutgers
• 10/25: Rutgers at Purdue
• 11/1: Indiana at Maryland
• 11/15: Iowa at USC

In addition to that, it is known that five schools will not host Friday night games (Iowa, Michigan, Nebraska (?), Ohio State and Penn State) and Michigan will not play road Friday night games either.  The question mark next to Nebraska is that their AD has requested no more Friday night home games with the exception of Black Friday, but its unclear whether this request was granted.

Others

* The Mountain West allows for a total of 10 Friday night games, five each for CBS Sports and FOX Sports.  These are on top of any games aired on special dates like the Sunday & Monday of the Labor Day holiday and Black Friday.

My expectation is that UNLV will host at least one Friday night game based on the Raiders schedule since the Raiders require at least 24 hours for the playing surface to be turned over from UNLV to the Raiders.  I don't think the TV partners will use all ten weeknight games.

* I expect CBSSN will carry at the Tarleton at Army West Point game, and the WKU at Delaware game on 10/3 seems earmarked for CBSSN.  If UConn's rights stay with CBSSN, I can see the possibility of a game or two moving to Friday night.

* ESPNU has carried a handful of FCS games on Fridays for several years.  I'd expect 4-5 Ivy League games on Friday nights (maybe 1-2 get elevated to ESPN2), along with the MEAC and SWAC contributing a couple games total.  Occasionally these games get elevated to ESPN2.

* ACC Network should carry some early season Friday night games like Kennesaw State at Wake Forest (8/29) and Colgate at Syracuse (9/12).  Depending on how the Friday NBA schedule gets laid out, if ESPN does take NBA for some of those early season Fridays, games like Virginia Tech at California (10/24) and North Carolina at Syracuse (10/31) could end up on ACCN too. 

CFB TV Guesses for 2025 Week 3 - Version 2

I made several updates to Weeks 0 & 1 and Week 2 that are ready to read.  Same item regarding games not listed here: Assume ESPN+, MW Network streaming, etc.

Thursday

7:30pm ESPN: NC State at Wake Forest

Friday

7pm ESPN: Colorado at Houston

7pm ACCN: Colgate at Syracuse

8pm ESPN: Washington State at North Texas

9pm FOX: New Mexico at UCLA

10:30pm ESPN: Kansas State at Arizona

I turned the two Big 12 games moved to Friday into a ESPN doubleheader.

Saturday

12pm ABC: Oklahoma at Temple

12pm FOX: Oregon at Northwestern

12pm ESPN: Clemson at Georgia Tech

12pm ESPN2: Duke at Tulane

12pm FS1: Villanova at Penn State

12pm ESPNU: East Carolina at Coastal Carolina

12pm CW: Old Dominion at Virginia Tech

12pm BTN: Norfolk State at Rutgers

12pm BTN: Central Michigan at Michigan

12pm CBSSN: SMU at Missouri State

12pm ACCN: Richmond at North Carolina

3:30pm ABC: Wisconsin at Alabama Florida at LSU

3:30pm NBC: USC at Purdue

3:30pm CBS: Ohio at Ohio State

3:30pm ESPN: Vanderbilt at South Carolina

3:30pm FS1: UMass at Iowa

3:30pm BTN: Towson at Maryland

3:30pm BTN: Youngstown State at Michigan State

3:30pm ACCN: Minnesota at California

3:30pm CBSSN: Air Force at Utah State

3:30pm Peacock: Youngstown State at Michigan State

4pm FOX: Pitt at West Virginia

4pm ESPN2: Navy at Tulsa

4pm ESPNU: Jacksonville State at Georgia Southern

4:15pm SECN: Louisiana at Missouri

7pm ESPN: Arkansas at Ole Miss Wisconsin at Alabama

7pm FS1: Indiana State at Indiana

7pm CBSSN: Utah at Wyoming

7pm ACCN: South Florida at Miami (FL)

7:30pm ABC: Georgia at Tennessee

7:30pm NBC: Texas A&M at Notre Dame

7:30pm BTN: Western Michigan at Illinois

7:30pm BTN: Houston Christian at Nebraska

7:45pm SECN: Florida at LSU Arkansas at Ole Miss

8pm FOX: Colorado at Houston Oregon State at Texas Tech

8pm ESPN2: Oregon State at Texas Tech Washington State at North Texas

8pm ESPNU: Memphis at Troy

8pm ACCN: South Florida at Miami (FL)

10pm TruTV: Middle Tennessee at Nevada

10pm TNT: Texas State at Arizona State

10:30pm ESPN: Kansas State at Arizona 

10:30pm ACCN ESPN: Boston College at Stanford

11:59pm PPV: Portland State at Hawai'i

CFB TV Guesses for 2025 Week 2 - Version 2

I made several updates to Weeks 0 & 1 that are ready to read.  Not as many changes from the original Week 2 guesses.  Week 3 will have several more changes once released.

Friday

7pm ESPN2: Houston at Rice West Virginia at Ohio

9pm FOX: Georgia Southern at USC

Saturday

11am ACCN: UConn at Syracuse
12pm ABC: Ole Miss at Kentucky

12pm FOX: FIU at Penn State

12pm ESPN: Kansas at Missouri
12pm ESPN2: Vanderbilt at Virginia Tech

12pm FS1: Northern Illinois at Maryland

12pm BTN: Kennesaw State at Indiana

12pm BTN: Miami (OH) at Rutgers

12pm ESPNU: North Carolina at Charlotte

12pm CBSSN: UAB at Navy

12pm CW: Troy at Clemson

12:45pm SECN: ULM at Alabama

2:15pm ACCN: Illinois at Duke

3:30pm ABC: Arizona State at Mississippi State

3:30pm CBS: Boston College at Michigan State

3:30pm FOX: Iowa at Iowa State

3:30pm CW: San Diego State at Washington State

3:30pm FS1: Akron at Nebraska

3:30pm BTN: Grambling State at Ohio State

3:30pm BTN: Southern Illinois at Purdue

3:30pm CBSSN: Liberty at Jacksonville State

3:30pm Peacock: Middle Tennessee at Wisconsin
4pm ESPN2: Utah State at Texas A&M

4pm ESPNU: Memphis at Georgia State

4:15pm SECN: South Florida at Florida

5:30pm ACCN: Virginia at NC State

6pm TNT: Kent State at Texas Tech

7pm ESPN: San Jose State at Texas

7pm FS1: Delaware at Colorado

7:30pm ABC: Michigan at Oklahoma

7:30pm NBC: Oklahoma State at Oregon

7:30pm CBS: UCLA at UNLV

7:30pm BTN: Western Illinois at Northwestern

7:30pm BTN: Northwestern State at Minnesota

7:30pm ESPNU: West Virginia at Ohio Houston at Rice

7:45pm SECN: Louisiana Tech at LSU

8pm ESPN2: Army West Point at Kansas State

8:45pm ACCN: Baylor at SMU

9:45pm FS1: Eastern Washington at Boise State

10:15pm ESPN: Stanford at BYU

10:30pm CW: Fresno State at Oregon State

11pm BTN: UC Davis at Washington

11:59pm PPV: Sam Houston at Hawai'i

CFB TV Guesses for 2025 Weeks 0 and 1 - Version 2

I've made some updates based on the release of a few more conference schedules, and some additional items related to other sports' TV schedules.

Using red and strikethrough for updates I've made

Week 0

12pm FOX ESPN: Iowa State vs. Kansas State

3:30pm ESPN: UC Davis vs. Mercer

3:30pm ESPN2 4pm FS1: Fresno State at Kansas

7pm ESPN2: UIW at Nicholls

7:30pm ABC: Southern vs. NC Central

7:30pm CBSSN: Sam Houston at WKU

10:30pm ESPN2: Tarleton at Portland State

11pm CBSSN: Stanford at Hawai'i

* I missed that FOX is carrying LIV Golf's team championship at 12pm, so Iowa State-Kansas State moves to ESPN

* I gave Fresno State-Kansas to FS1 as a trade of sorts

Week 1

Games in italics are games that I've moved from the Saturday date.  They are not confirmed to have moved from their existing Saturday date.  Games in a green font are confirmed for time and TV.

At this moment, I'm assuming the CW will continue as the rightsholder for Oregon State and Washington State.

If a game isn't listed, I haven't forgotten about it.  I think it will air on ESPN+ or a similar streaming platform.

Thursday

6pm BTN: Ohio at Rutgers

7:30pm ACCN: East Carolina at NC State

7:30pm ESPN: Boise State at South Florida

7:30pm ESPN 8pm FOX: Nebraska vs. Cincinnati

8pm BTN FS1: Buffalo at Minnesota

8pm SECN: Alabama A&M at Arkansas

9pm BTN: Miami (OH) at Wisconsin

10pm TruTV: Central Michigan at San Jose State

* When the AAC release their schedule, Boise State at South Florida was moved from Saturday to Thursday night, making it a likely candidate to be ESPN's Thursday night game.  Because of that, I moved Nebraska vs. Cincinnati over to FOX.

Friday

7pm ESPNU: App State vs. Charlotte

7pm ACCN: Kennesaw State at Wake Forest

7pm CBSSN: Tarleton at Army West Point

8pm FOX: Auburn at Baylor

8pm BTN: Western Michigan at Michigan State

9pm FOX: Colorado State at Washington

9pm ESPN: Georgia Tech at Colorado

* Another change with the release of the AAC schedule, Tarleton-Army was moved to Friday, presumably for CBS Sports Network

Saturday

12pm ABC: Alabama at Florida State

12pm FOX: Texas at Ohio State

12pm ESPN: Boise State at South Florida Mississippi State at Southern Miss

12pm CW: Fordham at Boston College

12pm ESPNU: Temple at UMass

12pm ACCN: Coastal Carolina at Virginia

12pm CBSSN: Tarleton at Army West Point

12pm BTN: Western Illinois at Illinois

12pm BTN: Ohio at Rutgers

12:45pm: SECN: Toledo at Kentucky

3:30pm ABC: Syracuse vs. Tennessee

3:30pm CBS: New Mexico at Michigan

3:30pm FOX: Auburn at Baylor Colorado State at Washington

3:30pm ESPN: Mississippi State at Southern Miss Northwestern at Tulane

3:30pm CW: California at Oregon State

3:30pm FS1: Nevada at Penn State

3:30pm ACCN: Eastern Kentucky at Louisville

3:30pm CBSSN: VMI at Navy

3:30pm BTN: UAlbany at Iowa

3:30pm BTN: Montana State at Oregon

3:30pm Peacock: Miami (OH) at Wisconsin Florida Atlantic at Maryland

4pm ESPNU: Northwestern at Tulane Eastern Michigan at Texas State

4:15pm SECN: Georgia State at Ole Miss

7pm ESPN: Marshall at Georgia

7pm FS1: Old Dominion at Indiana

7pm TruTV: UTEP at Utah State

7pm CBSSN: UNLV at Sam Houston

7:30pm ABC: LSU at Clemson

7:30pm NBC: Utah at UCLA

7:30pm BTN: Ball State at Purdue

7:30pm BTN: Florida Atlantic at Maryland

7:45pm SECN: UTSA at Texas A&M

8pm ESPNU: Rice at Louisiana

8pm ACCN: East Texas A&M at SMU

10pm TNT: Hawai'i at Arizona

10pm CW: Idaho at Washington State

10:1530pm ESPN: Georgia Tech at Colorado Hawai'i at Arizona

10:30pm FS1: Central Michigan at San Jose State

10:30pm CBSSN: Georgia Southern at Fresno State

11pm BTN: Missouri State at USC

* With the moves of the games of most significance from the Big 12 to Friday, I think FOX will have a coexisting Big Ten game with CBS.

* I dropped TNT's Big 12 window, placing Hawai'i at Arizona on ESPN in the late window.  TNT could carry it if ESPN elects to not carry a late evening game.

* I know many of you have suggested flipping LSU-Clemson and Alabama-Florida State, or putting Syracuse-Tennessee in the early window and one of the other two games at 3:30pm.  To reiterate, I'm assuming ESPN will look to assert the Syracuse-Tennessee as an "SEC game" even though its a neutral site game, where the other two can't be since they're hosted as ACC home stadiums.  As for Alabama-Florida State at noon, I'm aware of the potential heat concerns.  Its not all that much cooler in Clemson at that time of year either.  I went with the decision to take the two schools that are likely to be ranked inside the top ten of the AP coming into the season as the night game instead of the game that may have one ranked school.

Sunday

3:30pm ESPN: South Carolina vs. Virginia Tech

7:30pm ABC: Notre Dame at Miami (FL)

Monday

7:30pm ESPN: TCU at North Carolina

CFB TV Guesses for 2025 Week 3

Just like Weeks 1 & 2, if a game isn't listed, assume its ESPN+ or another streaming provider.

Thursday

7:30pm ESPN: NC State at Wake Forest

Friday

7pm ACCN: Colgate at Syracuse

8pm ESPN: Washington State at North Texas

9pm FOX: New Mexico at UCLA

Each of the games in italics were pulled from the Saturday inventory.  I considered putting Colorado at Houston on FOX on Friday night, but went with the Big Ten again.  

Saturday

12pm ABC: Oklahoma at Temple

12pm FOX: Oregon at Northwestern

12pm ESPN: Clemson at Georgia Tech

12pm ESPN2: Duke at Tulane

12pm FS1: Villanova at Penn State

12pm ESPNU: East Carolina at Coastal Carolina

12pm CW: Old Dominion at Virginia Tech

12pm BTN: Norfolk State at Rutgers

12pm BTN: Central Michigan at Michigan

12pm CBSSN: SMU at Missouri State

12pm ACCN: Richmond at North Carolina

3:30pm ABC: Wisconsin at Alabama

3:30pm NBC: USC at Purdue

3:30pm CBS: Ohio at Ohio State

3:30pm ESPN: Vanderbilt at South Carolina

3:30pm FS1: UMass at Iowa

3:30pm BTN: Youngstown State at Michigan State

3:30pm BTN: Towson at Maryland

3:30pm ACCN: Minnesota at California

3:30pm CBSSN: Air Force at Utah State

4pm FOX: Pitt at West Virginia

4pm ESPN2: Navy at Tulsa

4pm ESPNU: Jacksonville State at Georgia Southern

4:15pm SECN: Louisiana at Missouri

7pm ESPN: Arkansas at Ole Miss

7pm FS1: Indiana State at Indiana

7pm CBSSN: Utah at Wyoming

7pm ACCN: South Florida at Miami (FL)

7:30pm ABC: Georgia at Tennessee

7:30pm NBC: Texas A&M at Notre Dame

7:30pm BTN: Western Michigan at Illinois

7:30pm BTN: Houston Christian at Nebraska

7:45pm SECN: Florida at LSU

8pm FOX: Colorado at Houston

8pm ESPN2: Oregon State at Texas Tech

8pm ESPNU: Memphis at Troy

10pm TNT: Texas State at Arizona State

10:30pm ESPN: Kansas State at Arizona

10:30pm ACCN: Boston College at Stanford

11:59pm PPV: Portland State at Hawai'i

* FOX doesn't have MLB in the evening, so they'll be free to show at least three games.

* I think the Texas A&M game will be one of two potential night games for Notre Dame.  I moved NBC's Big Ten game to mid-afternoon.

* In terms of selection order for the Big Ten, I went CBS -> FOX -> NBC.  For the Big 12, I gave FOX top choice, then alternated between the two.  I had TNT at No. 5.

* I'm assuming that Navy at Tulsa will be on the AAC's schedule for Week 3 based on openings for the two teams in the first three weeks of the season.  This is not confirmed whatsoever.

CFB TV Guesses for 2025 Week 2

For Week 2 in 2025: 

* FOX has MLB at night

* ESPN has the US Open women's championship in mid-afternoon

* The CW has a primetime NASCAR Xfinity Series race

Just like Week 1, if a game isn't listed, assume its ESPN+ or another streaming provider.

Friday

7pm ESPN2: Houston at Rice

9pm FOX: Georgia Southern at USC

Both Friday games were moved from the Saturday inventory.  I'm not expecting a Thursday night game due to this week being the NFL opening Thursday night game with the Eagles hosting.

Saturday
11am ACCN: UConn at Syracuse
12pm ABC: Ole Miss at Kentucky

12pm FOX: FIU at Penn State

12pm ESPN: Kansas at Missouri
12pm ESPN2: Vanderbilt at Virginia Tech

12pm FS1: Northern Illinois at Maryland

12pm BTN: Kennesaw State at Indiana

12pm BTN: Miami (OH) at Rutgers

12pm ESPNU: North Carolina at Charlotte

12pm CW: Troy at Clemson

12:45pm SECN: ULM at Alabama

2:15pm ACCN: Illinois at Duke

3:30pm ABC: Arizona State at Mississippi State

3:30pm CBS: Boston College at Michigan State

3:30pm FOX: Iowa at Iowa State

3:30pm CW: San Diego State at Washington State

3:30pm FS1: Akron at Nebraska

3:30pm BTN: Grambling State at Ohio State

3:30pm BTN: Southern Illinois at Purdue

3:30pm CBSSN: Liberty at Jacksonville State

3:30pm Peacock: Middle Tennessee at Wisconsin
4pm ESPN2: Utah State at Texas A&M

4pm ESPNU: Memphis at Georgia State

4:15pm SECN: South Florida at Florida

5:30pm ACCN: Virginia at NC State

6pm TNT: Kent State at Texas Tech

7pm ESPN: San Jose State at Texas

7pm FS1: Delaware at Colorado

7:30pm ABC: Michigan at Oklahoma

7:30pm NBC: Oklahoma State at Oregon

7:30pm CBS: UCLA at UNLV

7:30pm BTN: Western Illinois at Northwestern

7:30pm BTN: Northwestern State at Minnesota

7:30pm ESPNU: West Virginia at Ohio

7:45pm SECN: Louisiana Tech at LSU

8pm ESPN2: Army West Point at Kansas State

8:45pm ACCN: Baylor at SMU

9:45pm FS1: Eastern Washington at Boise State

10:15pm ESPN: Stanford at BYU

10:30pm CW: Fresno State at Oregon State

11pm BTN: UC Davis at Washington

11:59pm PPV: Sam Houston at Hawai'i

* Big Ten broadcast network order I used was NBC, CBS, FOX.
* Yes, that EWU-Boise State game is slotted for 9:45pm due to how the MW wants their games with FOX Sports to start no later than 7:45pm local time.

* I put UCLA-UNLV on CBS to help fill their requirement of three games on the broadcast network, but that's also contingent on the Raiders schedule.  If the Raiders are at home on Sunday in the afternoon, this one moves to Friday night on CBSSN.  Remember that CBS Sports gets to choose several games before FOX does.  I suspect they'll take this before FOX Sports has a chance at their MW games.

CFB TV Guesses for 2025 Weeks 0 and 1

I don't yet have the 2025 CFB TV portal in place due to having to focus on other life items.  I'm hoping to get it in place over the next few weeks.  I'm hoping to move the site over to AWS as a host, taking advantage of a rewrite I've done in Vue & GraphQL.

(If you have some technical chops, reach out, I might have some questions.  If not, keep reading).

Since we're missing four of the five Group of Five schedules, I might try to slot in a few of their games if the matchup fits.

For Weeks 0 & 1,  I'm accounting for a few things and assuming some as well:

* No early afternoon games on ABC due to the Little League World Series in Week 0.

* No ESPN2 on Saturday of Week 1 due to the US Open.

* ABC will carry the US Open in the afternoon on Sunday of Week 1. EDIT: ESPN's new US Open deal starts in 2026, not 2025.

* FS1 has a NASCAR Trucks race at 12pm ET on the Saturday of Week 0, so no early afternoon window.  I'm also expecting IndyCar qualifying from Nashville to air on FS1 after this event.

* FOX has MLB scheduled at 7pm ET.

* CW has a NASCAR Xfinity Series race from Portland at 7:30pm ET.

Week 0

12pm FOX: Iowa State vs. Kansas State

3pm ESPN: UC Davis vs. Mercer

3:30pm ESPN2: Fresno State at Kansas

7pm ESPN2: UIW at Nicholls

7:30pm ABC: Southern vs. NC Central

7:30pm CBSSN: Sam Houston at WKU

10:30pm ESPN2: Tarleton at Portland State

11pm CBSSN: Stanford at Hawai'i

Week 1

Games in italics are games that I've moved from the Saturday date.  They are not confirmed to have moved from their existing Saturday date.  Games in a green font are confirmed for time and TV.

At this moment, I'm assuming the CW will continue as the rightsholder for Oregon State and Washington State.

If a game isn't listed, I haven't forgotten about it.  I think it will air on ESPN+ or a similar streaming platform.

Thursday

7:30pm ESPN: Nebraska vs. Cincinnati

7:30pm ACCN: East Carolina at NC State

8pm BTN: Buffalo at Minnesota

8pm SECN: Alabama A&M at Arkansas

Friday

7pm ESPN: App State vs. Charlotte

7pm ACCN: Kennesaw State at Wake Forest

8pm BTN: Western Michigan at Michigan State

9pm FOX: Colorado State at Washington

Saturday

12pm ABC: Alabama at Florida State

12pm FOX: Texas at Ohio State

12pm ESPN: Boise State at South Florida

12pm CW: Fordham at Boston College

12pm ESPNU: Temple at UMass

12pm ACCN: Coastal Carolina at Virginia

12pm CBSSN: Tarleton at Army West Point

12pm BTN: Western Illinois at Illinois

12pm BTN: Ohio at Rutgers

12:45pm: SECN: Toledo at Kentucky

3:30pm ABC: Syracuse vs. Tennessee

3:30pm CBS: New Mexico at Michigan

3:30pm FOX: Auburn at Baylor

3:30pm ESPN: Mississippi State at Southern Miss

3:30pm CW: California at Oregon State

3:30pm FS1: Nevada at Penn State

3:30pm ACCN: Eastern Kentucky at Louisville

3:30pm CBSSN: VMI at Navy

3:30pm BTN: UAlbany at Iowa

3:30pm BTN: Montana State at Oregon

3:30pm Peacock: Miami (OH) at Wisconsin

4pm ESPNU: Northwestern at Tulane

4:15pm SECN: Georgia State at Ole Miss

7pm ESPN: Marshall at Georgia

7pm FS1: Old Dominion at Indiana

7pm TruTV: UTEP at Utah State

7pm CBSSN: UNLV at Sam Houston

7:30pm ABC: LSU at Clemson

7:30pm NBC: Utah at UCLA

7:30pm BTN: Ball State at Purdue

7:30pm BTN: Florida Atlantic at Maryland

7:45pm SECN: UTSA at Texas A&M

8pm ESPNU: Rice at Louisiana

8pm ACCN: East Texas A&M at SMU

10pm TNT: Hawai'i at Arizona

10pm CW: Idaho at Washington State

10:15pm ESPN: Georgia Tech at Colorado

10:30pm FS1: Central Michigan at San Jose State

10:30pm CBSSN: Georgia Southern at Fresno State

11pm BTN: Missouri State at USC

Sunday

3:30pm ESPN: South Carolina vs. Virginia Tech

7:30pm ABC: Notre Dame at Miami (FL)

Monday

7:30pm ESPN: TCU at North Carolina