CFB TV Confirmations for 2025 Week 8 (10/18/2025)

This post will be updated as announcements come out for start times for Week 8 (10/18/25) 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 ABC: Oklahoma at South Carolina OR LSU at Vanderbilt

12pm FOX: Washington at Michigan

12pm ESPN: Georgia Tech at Duke

12pm ESPN2: Baylor at TCU

12pm FS1: Arizona at Houston

12pm ESPNU: Army West Point at Tulane

12pm CBSSN: Central Michigan at Bowling Green

12pm ACCN: UConn at Boston College

12pm ESPN+: Eastern Michigan at Miami (OH)

12:45pm SECN: Oklahoma at South Carolina OR LSU at Vanderbilt

1pm TNT: West Virginia at UCF

2pm ESPN+: Kent State at Toledo

2:30pm ESPN+: Buffalo at UMass

3pm BTN: Purdue at Northwestern

3pm ESPN+: Troy at ULM

3:30pm ABC: Ole Miss at Georgia

3:30pm CBS: Ohio State at Wisconsin

3:30pm ESPN: Texas A&M at Arkansas

3:30pm FS1: UNLV at Boise State

3:30pm ESPNU: Old Dominion at James Madison

3:30pm ACCN: SMU at Clemson

3:30pm Peacock: Michigan State at Indiana

3:30pm ESPN+: Texas State at Marshall

3:30pm ESPN+: Coastal Carolina at App State

3:30pm ESPN+: Northern Illinois at Ohio

3:30pm ESPN+: Akron at Ball State

3:30pm ESPN+: Temple at Charlotte

4pm FOX: Texas Tech at Arizona State

4pm ESPN2: Memphis at UAB

4:15pm SECN: Mississippi State at Florida

5pm ESPN+: Southern Miss at Louisiana

6:30pm BTN: Oregon at Rutgers

7pm ESPN: Texas at Kentucky OR Missouri at Auburn

7pm FS1: Maryland at UCLA

7pm Peacock: Penn State at Iowa

7pm ESPN+: Georgia State at Georgia Southern

7:30pm ABC: Tennessee at Alabama

7:30pm ESPNU or ESPN+: Florida Atlantic at South Florida

7:30pm ESPNU OR TBA ESPN+: UTSA at North Texas

7:30pm ACCN: Pitt at Syracuse

7:45pm SECN: Texas at Kentucky OR Missouri at Auburn

8pm FOX: Utah at BYU

8pm ESPN2: Cincinnati at Oklahoma State

9:45pm FS1: Nevada at New Mexico

CFB TV Guesses for 2025 Week 8 (10/18/2025)

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: 

* Peacock will carry a pair of Big Ten games.  NBC will not have a Big Ten game due to airing a Notre Dame home game in primetime.

* Two ACC games were preselected for ESPN's late evening and The CW.

* BTN has two windows but at unique start times: 3pm & 6:30pm ET.

* Games set for time or TV but not both:

• Michigan State at Indiana (12pm, 3:30pm or 4pm, TBA)
• Oregon at Rutgers (6:30pm or 7pm, TBA)
• Alcorn State at Florida A&M (4pm, ESPN Nets)
• Nevada at New Mexico (TBA, FOX Sports)
• UNLV at Boise State (TBA, FOX Sports)
• SEC time slots:
• Mississippi State at Florida - afternoon only
• Texas at Kentucky -  evening only
• Oklahoma at South Carolina & LSU at Vanderbilt - early only
• All other games not previously mentioned can be afternoon or evening

* I had CBS selecting first for the Big Ten, followed by FOX and NBC choosing both of its Peacock games.

* For the Big 12, I had FOX choosing ahead of ESPN.  I have Utah at BYU in the noon slot (10am local) with the possibility that it could be the noon ABC game swapping with LSU at Vanderbilt.  There's a chance you'll see a Big 12 six day hold used for some or all of the schedule, and maybe lumping UNLV at Boise State into the mix for the 8pm FOX slot.

* Another place where there might be a six day hold: 3:30pm and 7:30pm ABC with both Tennessee at Alabama and Ole Miss at Georgia.

12pm ABC: LSU at Vanderbilt

12pm FOX: Washington at Michigan

12pm ESPN: Utah at BYU

12pm ESPN2: Georgia Tech at Duke

12pm FS1: Purdue at Northwestern

12pm TNT: West Virginia at UCF

12pm ESPNU: Memphis at UAB

12pm CBSSN: Central Michigan at Bowling Green

12pm ACCN: UConn at Boston College

12:45pm SECN: Oklahoma at South Carolina

3pm BTN: Maryland at UCLA

3:30pm ABC: Tennessee at Alabama

3:30pm CBS: Ohio State at Wisconsin

3:30pm ESPN: Missouri at Auburn

3:30pm FS1: Nevada at New Mexico

3:30pm ESPNU: Old Dominion at James Madison

3:30pm ACCN: Pitt at Syracuse

3:30pm Peacock: Michigan State at Indiana

4pm FOX: Texas Tech at Arizona State

4pm ESPN2: Baylor at TCU

4:15pm SECN: Mississippi State at Florida

6:30pm BTN: Oregon at Rutgers

7pm ESPN: Texas A&M at Arkansas

7pm FS1: UNLV at Boise State

7pm ESPNU: UTSA at North Texas

7:15pm Peacock: Penn State at Iowa

7:30pm ABC: Ole Miss at Georgia

7:30pm ACCN: SMU at Clemson

7:45pm SECN: Texas at Kentucky

8pm FOX: Arizona at Houston

8pm ESPN2: Cincinnati at Oklahoma State

ESPN+

Army at Tulane

Temple at Charlotte

Florida Atlantic at South Florida

Buffalo at UMass

Eastern Michigan at Miami (OH)

Kent State at Toledo

Northern Illinois at Ohio

Akron at Ball State

Coastal Carolina at App State

Georgia State at Georgia Southern

Texas State at Marshall

Troy at ULM

Southern Miss at Louisiana

Alcorn State at Florida A&M

CFB TV Confirmations for 2025 Week 7 (10/11/2025)

This post will be updated as announcements come out for start times for Week 7 (10/11/25) 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

7pm ESPN, 7:30pm ABC or 7:45pm SECN

Georgia at Auburn

Florida at Texas A&M

South Carolina at LSU

12pm ABC: Alabama at Missouri

12pm FOX: Ohio State at Illinois

12pm ESPN: Pitt at Florida State

12pm ESPN2: Louisiana at James Madison

12pm CW: Stanford at SMU

12pm TNT: Houston at Oklahoma State

12pm FS1: UCF at Cincinnati

12pm BTN: UCLA at Michigan State

12pm ESPNU: Toledo at Bowling Green

12pm ESPN+: Miami (OH) at Akron

1pm ESPN+: Northern Illinois at Eastern Michigan 

2:30pm ESPN+: UMass at Kent State

3:30pm ABC: Oklahoma vs. Texas

3:30pm CBS: Indiana at Oregon

3:30pm FOX: TCU at Kansas State

3:30pm ESPN: Iowa State at Colorado

3:30pm FS1: Northwestern at Penn State

3:30pm BTN: Nebraska at Maryland

3:30pm ESPNU: Alabama State at Jackson State

3:30pm ACCN: Virginia Tech at Georgia Tech

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

3:30pm ESPN+: App State at Georgia State

3:30pm ESPN+: Old Dominion at Marshall

4pm ESPN2: Navy at Temple

4:15pm SECN: Arkansas at Tennessee

6pm ESPN+: UAB at Florida Atlantic

7pm FS1: Iowa at Wisconsin

7pm ESPN+: ULM at Coastal Carolina 

7pm ESPN+: Texas Southern at Grambling State

7:30pm NBC: Michigan at USC

7:30pm FOX: Kansas at Texas Tech

7:30pm BTN: Purdue at Minnesota

7:30pm ESPNU: Rice at UTSA 

7:30pm ACCN: Clemson at Boston College

8pm ESPN2: BYU at Arizona

8pm ESPN+: Troy at Texas State

9:45pm FS1: New Mexico at Boise State

10:15pm ESPN: Arizona State at Utah

CFB TV Guesses for 2025 Week 7 (10/11/2025)

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: 

* FOX initially planned for an ALCS window in primetime, but with the day not planned for any AL postseason games, they moved a planned 11pm ET window up to 7:30pm.

* BTN has a third window available at 7:30pm ET.

* Games slotted for TV or a start time, but not both

• Northwestern at Penn State (12pm, 3:30pm or 4pm, TBA)
• UCLA at Michigan State (12pm, TBA)
• Purdue at Minnesota (7pm or 7:30pm, TBA)
• New Mexico at Boise State (TBA, FOX Sports)
• Alabama at Missouri (12pm, ABC or ESPN)
• Oklahoma vs. Texas (3:30pm, ABC or ESPN)
• Alabama State at Jackson State (3:30pm, ESPN Networks or ESPN+)
• Texas Southern at Grambling State (7pm, ESPN Networks or ESPN+)
• Other SEC game time slots
• Georgia at Auburn = Evening
• All others = Afternoon or Evening

* I'm a little confused by the number of FS1 windows.  I think two are clearly open (12pm & 10:30pm), but two are listing reruns of games from the prior weeks (3:30pm & 7pm) in some listing services and I think those are incorrect listings.  I think FS1 has four slots available.

* Speaking of that 10:30pm FS1 window, I'm expecting that to move up to 9:45pm for a Boise State home game, with the game vs. New Mexico starting on FS2.

* The CW lists a noon game, but with only four ACC games available, I think its possible they either skip this week (they only carry 13 games every year and have done ACC doubleheaders later in the year) or an ACCN slot gets dropped.  I dropped both the noon and mid-afternoon ACCN slots. If the CW skips a week, put its game on ACCN at 3:30pm.

* I have FOX going first for the Big Ten with Ohio State at Illinois.  After that, I went with CBS next over NBC.  Would Michigan at USC be a better draw? Maybe.

* For the Big 12, I have ESPN taking first pick and FOX alternating the first four selections.

12pm ABC: Alabama at Missouri

12pm FOX: Ohio State at Illinois

12pm ESPN: Pitt at Florida State

12pm ESPN2: Navy at Temple

12pm CW: Clemson at Boston College

12pm TNT: TCU at Kansas State

12pm FS1: Nebraska at Maryland

12pm BTN: UCLA at Michigan State
12pm ESPNU: Troy at Texas State

3:30pm ABC: Oklahoma vs. Texas

3:30pm CBS: Indiana at Oregon

3:30pm FOX: Iowa State at Colorado

3:30pm ESPN: Kansas at Texas Tech

3:30pm FS1: Iowa at Wisconsin
3:30pm BTN: Northwestern at Penn State

3:30pm ESPNU: Toledo at Bowling Green

4pm ESPN2: Virginia Tech at Georgia Tech

4:15pm SECN: Arkansas at Tennessee

7pm ESPN: Florida at Texas A&M

7pm FS1: UCF at Cincinnati

7pm ESPNU: Rice at UTSA 

7:30pm ABC: Georgia at Auburn

7:30pm NBC: Michigan at USC

7:30pm FOX: BYU at Arizona

7:30pm BTN: Purdue at Minnesota

7:30pm ACCN: Stanford at SMU

7:45 SECN: South Carolina at LSU

8pm ESPN2: Houston at Oklahoma State

9:45pm FS1: New Mexico at Boise State

10:15pm ESPN: Arizona State at Utah

ESPN+

UAB at Florida Atlantic

Miami (OH) at Akron

Northern Illinois at Eastern Michigan 

UMass at Kent State

Ball State at Western Michigan

ULM at Coastal Carolina 

App State at Georgia State

Louisiana at James Madison

Old Dominion at Marshall

Alabama State at Jackson State

Texas Southern at Grambling State

CFB TV Confirmations for 2025 Week 6 (10/04/2025)

This post will be updated as announcements come out for start times for Week 6 (10/4/25) 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 ABC: Kentucky at Georgia

12pm FOX: Wisconsin at Michigan

12pm ESPN: Clemson at North Carolina

12pm ESPN2: Iowa State at Cincinnati

12pm BTN: Illinois at Purdue

12pm ESPNU: Army at UAB

12pm ACCN: Boston College at Pitt

12pm ESPN+: Kansas State at Baylor

1pm CW: Wake Forest at Virginia Tech

1pm ESPN+: UTSA at Temple

2pm ACCNX/ESPN+: Campbell at NC State

2:30pm ESPN+: Western Michigan at UMass

3pm TNT: Oklahoma State at Arizona

3:30pm CBS: Penn State at UCLA

3:30pm ABC or ESPN: Vanderbilt at Alabama 

3:30pm ABC or ESPN: Texas at Florida

3:30pm ESPN2/ACCN: Virginia at Louisville

3:30pm ESPN2/ACCN: Syracuse at SMU

3:30pm BTN: Washington at Maryland

3:30pm BTN: ULM at Northwestern

3:30pm ESPN+: James Madison at Georgia State

3:30pm ESPN+: Oregon State at App State

3:30pm ESPN+: Eastern Michigan at Buffalo

3:30pm ESPN+: Miami (OH) at Northern Illinois

3:30pm ESPN+: Central Michigan at Akron

4pm FS1: Michigan State at Nebraska

4pm ESPNU: Texas State at Arkansas State

6pm ESPN+: Coastal Carolina at Old Dominion

7pm ESPN: Texas Tech at Houston

7pm ESPN+: Florida Atlantic at Rice

7pm ESPN+: South Alabama at Troy

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

7:30pm NBC: Minnesota at Ohio State

7:30pm FOX: Colorado at TCU

7:30pm ESPN2: Kansas at UCF

7:45pm SECN: Mississippi State at Texas A&M

8pm ESPNU: Tulsa at Memphis

10:30pm ESPN: Duke at California

CFB TV Guesses for 2025 Week 6 (10/4/2025)

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: 

* It is expected that FOX will not have a mid-afternoon window due to the start of the AL Division Series, where affiliates show an opening for baseball currently.

* FS1 is currently scheduled to air the other ALDS game at 8pm ET.  They could air a game at 12pm ET as well, but at the moment they are scheduled to carry horse racing and just one college football game.

* I don't know if there's a plan for two BTN games at 12pm, but I think they'll need one based on the FS1 schedule.  I think they'll put an intraconference game alongside ULM at Northwestern wherever it is slotted.

* SEC Network only has a selection in the primetime.  The early window will not have an exclusive game.  Expect it to have a simulcast of the Kentucky-Georgia game wherever that game airs leading into the mid-afternoon game.

* The CW game is slotted a little later for 1pm ET due to their NASCAR Xfinity race not starting until 5pm ET.

* CUSA starts is mid-week schedule the following week.  This week they start to line up their games so there are no available games for ESPN to elevate.

* Games that are set for time or TV, but not both:

• ULM at Northwestern (TBA, 12pm or 3:30pm ET, homecoming game)
• Michigan State at Nebraska (TBA, 12pm or 3:30pm ET, homecoming game)
• Wisconsin at Michigan (TBA, 12pm or 3:30pm ET, homecoming game)
• Kentucky at Georgia (12pm, ABC or ESPN)
• Texas at Florida (afternoon or evening, ABC/ESPN nets)
• Vanderbilt at Alabama (afternoon or evening, ABC/ESPN nets)
• Mississippi State at Texas A&M (evening, ABC/ESPN nets)

* For the Big Ten, I have FOX choosing ahead of NBC, then CBS.  With the Big 12, I have ESPN at the top choosing Texas Tech at Houston, followed by FOX choosing Iowa State at Cincinnati. It would not surprise me if a six day hold were to be used on the Big 12.

* I considered putting Penn State at UCLA on BTN to satisfy Penn State's required intraconference appearance, but I think they'll have opportunities throughout their remaining schedule.

* I can see the possibility of a second screen experience for the primetime game in my view of the schedule, like a McAfee-cast on ESPNU for Miami at Florida State.  In that scenario, delete Eastern Michigan at Buffalo and move FAU at Rice to the mid-afternoon ESPNU slot.

All times Eastern

(EDIT: I swapped Wisconsin at Michigan & Minnesota at Ohio State from their original listing.  I had Wisconsin at Michigan as available for all time slots as a homecoming game per the original Big Ten early season selections. Michigan confirms they'll either have a noon or 3:30pm ET start).

12pm ABC: Kentucky at Georgia

12pm FOX: Wisconsin at Michigan

12pm ESPN: Clemson at North Carolina

12pm ESPN2: Colorado at TCU

12pm TNT: Kansas at UCF

12pm BTN: Illinois at Purdue

12pm ESPNU: Oregon State at App State

12pm ACCN: Boston College at Pitt

1pm CW: Wake Forest at Virginia Tech

3:30pm ABC: Vanderbilt at Alabama

3:30pm CBS: Michigan State at Nebraska

3:30pm ESPN: Texas at Florida

3:30pm BTN: Washington at Maryland

3:30pm BTN: ULM at Northwestern

3:30pm ESPNU: Eastern Michigan at Buffalo

3:30pm ACCN: Duke at California

4pm ESPN2: Virginia at Louisville

4pm FS1: Penn State at UCLA

7pm ESPN: Texas Tech at Houston

7pm ESPNU: Florida Atlantic at Rice

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

7:30pm NBC: Minnesota at Ohio State

7:30pm FOX: Iowa State at Cincinnati

7:30pm ACCN: Syracuse at SMU 

7:45pm SECN: Mississippi State at Texas A&M

8pm ESPN2: Tulsa at Memphis

10:30pm ESPN: Oklahoma State at Arizona

ESPN+ Exclusives

Campbell at NC State

Army at UAB

UTSA at Temple

Kansas State at Baylor

Western Michigan at UMass

Miami (OH) at Northern Illinois

Central Michigan at Akron

James Madison at Georgia State

Coastal Carolina at Old Dominion

South Alabama at Troy

Texas State at Arkansas State

CFB TV Confirmations for 2025 Week 5 (09/27/2025)

This post will be updated as announcements come out for start times for Week 5 (9/27/25) 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

Memphis at Florida Atlantic - 4pm ESPNU or 7pm ESPN2

Tulane at Tulsa - 4pm ESPNU or 7pm ESPN2

12pm FOX: USC at Illinois

12pm ESPN/ESPN2: Georgia Tech at Wake Forest

12pm ESPN/ESPN2: Louisville at Pitt

12pm FS1: UCF at Kansas State

12pm TNT: Cincinnati at Kansas

12pm BTN: Rutgers at Minnesota

12pm ESPNU: South Alabama at North Texas

12pm ACCN: Duke at Syracuse

12pm CBSSN: Bowling Green at Ohio

1pm ESPN+: Eastern Michigan at Central Michigan

1:30pm ESPN+: Georgia Southern at James Madison

3pm ESPN+: Arkansas State at ULM

3:30pm ABC: LSU at Ole Miss

3:30pm FOX: Utah at West Virginia

3:30pm CBS: Ohio State at Washington

3:30pm ESPN: Auburn at Texas A&M

3:30pm ESPN2: Baylor at Oklahoma State

3:30pm BTN: UCLA at Northwestern

3:30pm ACCN: California at Boston College

3:30pm Peacock: Indiana at Iowa

3:30pm ESPN+: Akron at Toledo

3:30pm ESPN+: UConn at Buffalo

3:30pm ESPN+: San Diego State at Northern Illinois

4pm FS1: Hawai'i at Air Force

4:15pm SECN: Tennessee at Mississippi State

6pm ESPN+: Middle Tennessee at Kennesaw State

6pm ESPN+: Liberty at Old Dominion

7pm ESPN: Arizona at Iowa State

7pm CW: Virginia Tech at NC State

7pm ESPNU: UMass at Missouri

7pm ESPN+: WKU at Missouri State

7pm ESPN+: Jacksonville State at Southern Miss

7pm ESPN+: Jackson State at Southern

7:30pm ACCN: San Jose State at Stanford

7:30pm FS1: App State at Boise State

7:45pm SECN: Kentucky at South Carolina

8pm ESPN+: Marshall at Louisiana

9pm ESPN+: Louisiana Tech at UTEP

CFB TV Guesses for 2025 Week 5 (9/27/2025)

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: 

* ABC only has a selection open for the mid-afternoon SEC window.  The noon & primetime windows have already been filled with other SEC games.

* FOX has MLB in the evening.

* NBC has also already filled its primetime slot.  Per the Peacock app, a mid-afternoon Peacock exclusive is planned for.

* ESPN & ESPN2 have also filled their late evening slots.

* CBSSN will have a MAC selection for 12pm ET.

* Games selected for TV or start time, but not both:

• Indiana at Iowa (12pm or 3:30pm ET, TBA)
• Hawai'i at Air Force (TBA, FOX Sports)
• App State at Boise State (TBA, FOX Sports)
• Jackson State at Southern (7ppm, ESPN Networks or ESPN+ TBA)
• SEC time slots for games
• Auburn at Texas A&M - afternoon only
• UMass at Missouri - evening only
• All other available games are flexible between afternoon and evening

* ESPN chose BYU at Colorado before the season started and I'm assuming that's the top Big 12 choice for the week.  I put Arizona at Iowa State as the next best game on FOX, though it would not surprise me if a six day hold were used based on the result of Texas Tech-Utah.

* With Oregon at Penn State chosen for NBC in advance, and Ohio State at Washington unavailable for FOX at noon, I believe CBS chose Ohio State at Washington ahead of FOX choosing USC at Illinois, though the game locations themselves kinda dictate this order.

12pm FOX: USC at Illinois

12pm ESPN: Utah at West Virginia
12pm ESPN2: Louisville at Pitt

12pm FS1: Baylor at Oklahoma State

12pm BTN: Rutgers at Minnesota

12pm ESPNU: South Alabama at North Texas

12pm ACCN: Duke at Syracuse

12pm CBSSN: San Diego State at Northern Illinois

12:30pm TNT: UCF at Kansas State

3:30pm ABC: LSU at Ole Miss

3:30pm FOX: Arizona at Iowa State

3:30pm CBS: Ohio State at Washington

3:30pm ESPN: Auburn at Texas A&M

3:30pm ESPN2: Georgia Tech at Wake Forest

3:30pm BTN: Indiana at Iowa

3:30pm ESPNU: Memphis at Florida Atlantic

3:30pm ACCN: California at Boston College

3:30pm Peacock: UCLA at Northwestern

4pm FS1: Hawai'i at Air Force

4:15pm SECN: Kentucky at South Carolina

7pm ESPN: Tennessee at Mississippi State

7pm ESPN2: Cincinnati at Kansas

7pm CW: San Jose State at Stanford

7pm ESPNU: Jackson State at Southern

7:30pm ACCN: Virginia Tech at NC State

7:30pm FS1: App State at Boise State

7:45pm SECN: UMass at Missouri

ESPN+ Exclusives

Tulane at Tulsa

Middle Tennessee at Kennesaw State

Louisiana Tech at UTEP

WKU at Missouri State

Akron at Toledo

Eastern Michigan at Central Michigan

UConn at Buffalo

Bowling Green at Ohio

Marshall at Louisiana

Jacksonville State at Southern Miss

Arkansas State at ULM

Liberty at Old Dominion

Georgia Southern at James Madison

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 10/11/25 selections on 09/29/25.

Six Day Holds Used

ACC (4 remaining): 

American (3 remaining): 9/27 

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	NBC: Minn at Ohio State
10/11	FOX: Ohio State at Illinois
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 Needed
Illinois	One vs. B1G
Indiana	One vs. B1G
Iowa	One vs. B1G
Maryland	None
Michigan	One vs. B1G
Michigan State	None
Minnesota	None
Nebraska	None
Northwestern	None
Ohio State	One vs. B1G
Oregon	One vs. B1G
Penn State	One vs. B1G
Purdue	None
Rutgers	None
UCLA	None
USC	One vs. B1G
Washington	None
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 selections used by each rightsholder:

FOX/FS1	NBC	CBS	Peacock	BTN
26 of 41	8 of 15 (or 16)	8 of 15	5 of 8 (or 9)	30 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	ESPN: TxTech at UH
10/11	ESPN: ISU at CU
10/18
10/25
11/01
11/08
11/15
11/22
11/29

Starting with this season, ABC & ESPN Networks has the top four choices across the season.  After that, FOX Sports and ESPN share selections.  

Per Jon Wilner of Bay Area News Group and other reports,

* FOX Sports is capped somewhere around 35 games per season with at least seven games on FOX broadcast network.  

* ESPN will carry (at least?) 27 games across ABC, ESPN and ESPN2.

* TNT will carry 13 games.  Ten games will be intraconference games.  Most games are early in the day and they will skip 9/20.

* Remaining games will be on ESPN+, which appears to be 33 games at the most.

* Counts below exclude the conference championship game airing on ABC.

FOX	16
FS1	4
Total	20 of 35

ABC	0
ESPN	15
ESPN2	5
TBD	1
Linear TV	21 of 27 (?)
ESPN+	17 of 33 (?)
Overall	38 of 60

TNT

6 of 13

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 20 games have been guaranteed to air on ABC, ESPN or ESPN2.  Counts below exclude the conference championship game on ABC.

ABC	1
ESPN	7
ESPN2	9
ESPNU	8
ESPNEWS/Other	0
TBD	3
Total	28