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