Sneak Peek at November ESPN Men's College Basketball Schedule

ESPN's advance schedule is out for November and that means placeholders for college basketball are too for the month.  Here's a sneak peak of what each network has in place (all times Eastern).

As always, schedule subject to change.

Games that might be airing on ESPN+, or being moved to ACCN, SECN or ESPNEWS aren't accounted anywhere, and there's some weirdness on the schedules around 11/23-11/27 where there's some missing games or TV windows that don't quite line up.

I have updated many of the known games' TV designations.  Many of the "I think" predictions below are not on my site and won't be until confirmed.

ESPN

11/8: Arkansas vs. Virginia (from DC, confirmed for 1pm)

11/10: Champions Classic (7pm and 9pm)
11/15: American (1pm) & SEC (3pm) hoops

• I think this is Louisville at Memphis & Marquette vs Missouri from Chicago.
  

11/17: ACC (7pm) along with four games from the Players Era 8 event

• Pretty sure the 7pm game is Illinois at Duke

11/18: Two Players Era 8 games

11/19: Three Players Era 8 games

11/22: Virginia Tech vs. Oklahoma State (from Charleston, SC at 3:30pm)

11/24: Four games from the Players Era 16

11/25: One Players Era game (early morning), Marquette vs. Virginia from the Battle 4 Atlantis and the Maui Invitational Championship

11/26: One ESPN Events Invitational game followed by four Players Era 16 games

11/27: Dick Vitale Invitational (WVU vs. UNC) followed by two Players Era 16 games
11/28: Players Era 16 Championship
11/29: American (1pm)

•  One of the two American vs. Atlantic 10 challenge series games I believe (time may be off, see ESPN2).

ESPN2

11/2: SEC at 6pm

• Miami vs. Florida from Tampa

11/5: SEC at 6pm

• Wake Forest at Vandy?

11/8: American at 1pm

• Possibly Richmond vs. Temple from the Palestra?

11/10: ACC at 6pm

• Feels like Florida at Florida State 

11/13: ACC at 7pm & SEC at 9pm

• Georgia at North Carolina, followed by either Arizona at Auburn or Seton Hall at Alabama

11/15: Big 12 at 5pm

• Texas vs. Baylor from San Antonio? 

11/17: SEC at 9pm

• Michigan State at Tennessee?

11/18: Two Players Era 8 games

11/19: One Players Era 8 game and WCC at 10:30pm

• VCU at Santa Clara?

11/20: Three Charleston Classic games and WCC at 11pm

• Might be Saint Louis at Saint Mary's

11/21: Washington State-Duke from the Acrisure Series (confirmed, 11pm)

11/22: Two Charleston Classic games and a Basketball Hall of Fame event game (???, maybe a mislabel) 

11/23: Three Maui Invitational games and one ESPN Events Invitational game

11/24: One Players Era 16 game, two ESPN Events Invitational games, and the Maui Invitational semifinals

11/25: Two ESPN Events Invitational games, two Battle 4 Atlantis and two Maui Invitational games
11/26: Three Players Era 16 games, an ESPN Events Invitational game and the remaining Maui Invitational game (starts just after midnight on 11/26)

11/27: Three Players Era 16 games, a 5pm Big 12 game, an ESPN Events Invitational game and one Battle 4 Atlantis game

• 5pm Big 12 could be Villanova at Kansas

11/29: American (12pm)

•  One of the two American vs. Atlantic 10 challenge series games I believe (time could be off, see ESPN).

ESPNU

11/2: Big 12 6:30pm & ACC 8:30pm

• Ohio State-BYU from Salt Lake City or Memphis-Iowa State from Sioux Falls, plus Florida A&M-Florida State from Orlando?

11/5: SEC at 8pm

• Wake Forest at Vandy if it isn't on ESPN2?

11/6: SEC at 7pm & Big 12 at 9pm

• James Madison at Kentucky followed by MTSU at Kansas?

11/8: ACC at 7:30pm

• Penn State-Pitt from Philadelphia?

11/10: ACC at 10:30pm

• ??? unless Rice-Stanford moves from the prior day

11/13: ACC at 6pm

• Georgetown at Clemson?

11/16: SEC at 8pm

• Grambling State at Kentucky?

11/17: ACC at 5pm & 10pm

• Villanova at Pitt early, UC Irvine at Stanford late?

11/20: ACC at 8pm

• Marshall at North Carolina?

11/23: Two ESPN Events Invitational games, the 9pm Maui Invitational game and a game labeled "Main Event" which might be a mislabel

11/24: Two Maui Invitational games and two Players Era 16 games

11/25: One ESPN Events Invitational game and one Battle 4 Atlantis game

11/26: One Players Era 16 game

11/27: Three Players Era 16 games and two games labeled "Wooden Legacy".  "Wooden Legacy" could be a mislabel.

CFB TV Confirmations for 2026 Week 4 (9/26/2026)

This post will be updated as announcements come out for start times for Week 4 (9/26/26) 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.

12pm ABC: Texas at Tennessee

12pm FOX: Illinois at Ohio State

12pm ESPN/ESPN2: Colorado at Baylor

12pm ESPN/ESPN2 or ACCN: Wake Forest at Louisville

12pm ESPN/ESPN2 or ACCN: Virginia Tech at Boston College

12pm TNT: Sam Houston at Texas Tech

12pm ESPNU: Colorado State at UTSA

12pm CBSSN: San Diego State at Toledo

12pm ESPN+: UNLV at Akron

12pm ESPN+: Ball State at Kent State

1:30pm BTN: UCLA at Maryland

2pm Peacock/NBCSN: Notre Dame at Purdue

2pm ESPN+: Northern Illinois at Georgia State

3pm ACCN: Central Arkansas at Florida State

3:30pm CBS: Iowa at Michigan

3:30pm FOX: Utah at Iowa State

3:30pm ABC or ESPN: Oklahoma at Georgia

3:30pm ABC or ESPN: Ole Miss at Florida

3:30pm FS1: TCU at UCF

3:30pm ESPN+: UConn at Miami (OH)

3:30pm ESPN+: Gardner-Webb at Marshall

3:30pm ESPN2 or 4pm ESPNU: Boise State at Western Michigan

3:30pm ESPN2 or 4pm ESPNU: Houston at Georgia Southern

4:15pm SECN: Vanderbilt at Auburn

5pm BTN: Nebraska at Michigan State

5pm Peacock/NBCSN: Wisconsin at Penn State

5pm ESPN+: South Florida at Bowling Green

6pm ACCN: Delaware at Virginia

6pm ESPN+: James Madison at Old Dominion

6:30pm ESPN+: Louisiana at Charlotte

7pm ESPN: South Carolina at Alabama

7pm ESPN2: Kansas State at Cincinnati

7pm FS1: Oklahoma State at West Virginia

7pm ESPN+: Southern Miss at Tulane

7pm ESPN+: Kennesaw State at Arkansas State

7:30pm ABC: Texas A&M at LSU

7:30pm NBC: Oregon at USC

7:30pm ESPNU: App State at NC State

7:45pm SECN: Missouri at Mississippi State

8pm ESPN+: Florida Atlantic at ULM

9pm ACCN: Missouri State at SMU

9pm ESPN+: UMass at Sacramento State

10:30pm FS1: Air Force at Nevada

11pm FOX: Minnesota at Washington

CFB TV Guesses for 2026 Week 4 (9/26/2026)

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 and six day holds used in a separate post.  

A few notes and considerations:

* Neither ESPN nor ESPN2 will have a late night selection as those games were picked back in May.

* CW also selected their ACC game for this week back in May.

* SEC Network had their early game selected in June as part of SEC time slotting.

* FOX has a late night window scheduled for 11pm ET after MLB at 7pm (maybe they'll move it up 30 minutes?).

* CBSSN might have a MAC game at either noon or 11pm ET.

* FS1 doesn't have a noon window due to a NASCAR Truck Series race.

* BTN has a pair of games at slight odd start times for them (1:30pm & 5pm ET), but that is to help lead in to a women's volleyball match at 9pm ET.

* Peacock will have a pair of games with both simulcast on NBCSN.  Back in May, NBC Sports responded to a question from Awful Announcing about Notre Dame not having a home game exclusively on Peacock, saying that they would indeed carry a Notre Dame game exclusively on Peacock.  While not a home game, Notre Dame at Purdue being set for Peacock would be the way to be accurate about that question.

* Games set for time or TV network family, but not both:

• Air Force at Nevada (TBA, FOX Sports)
• Texas at Tennessee (12pm, ABC or ESPN)
• Southern at Jackson State (7pm, ESPN Networks)
• Prairie View A&M vs. Grambling State (7pm, ESPN Networks)
• SEC Game slots
• Afternoon: Vanderbilt at Auburn
• Evening: South Carolina at Alabama, Missouri at Mississippi State
• Flex: Ole Miss at Florida, Oklahoma at Georgia, Texas A&M at LSU

* For the Big Ten, I have NBC picking 1st and 4th, which should allow Peacock to get the Notre Dame-Purdue game.  NBC could be higher than that too.  Supposedly NBC will have Oregon at USC per an interview Todd Blackledge did prior to the season.  After NBC/Peacock, I went with FOX, CBS, NBC/Peacock and FOX.

* I gave FOX first pick for the Big 12.

12pm ABC: Texas at Tennessee

12pm FOX: Iowa at Michigan

12pm ESPN: Wake Forest at Louisville

12pm ESPN2: Sam Houston at Texas Tech

12pm TNT: TCU at UCF

12pm ESPNU: Boise State at Western Michigan

12pm ACCN: Delaware at Virginia

12pm CBSSN: San Diego State at Toledo

12pm Peacock/NBCSN: Nebraska at Michigan State

1:30pm BTN: Wisconsin at Penn State

3:30pm ABC: Oklahoma at Georgia

3:30pm CBS: Illinois at Ohio State

3:30pm FOX: Colorado at Baylor

3:30pm ESPN: Ole Miss at Florida

3:30pm ESPN2: Oklahoma State at West Virginia

3:30pm FS1: Kansas State at Cincinnati

3:30pm ACCN: App State at NC State

3:30pm Peacock/NBCSN: Notre Dame at Purdue

4pm ESPNU: Colorado State at UTSA

4:15pm SECN: Vanderbilt at Auburn

5pm BTN: UCLA at Maryland

7pm ESPN: South Carolina at Alabama 

7pm ESPN2: Missouri State at SMU

7pm FS1: Utah at Iowa State

7:30pm ABC: Texas A&M at LSU

7:30pm NBC: Oregon at USC

7:30pm ESPNU: Houston at Georgia Southern

7:30pm ACCN: Virginia Tech at Boston College

7:45pm SECN: Missouri at Mississippi State

10:30pm FS1: Air Force at Nevada

11pm FOX: Minnesota at Washington

Streaming

Central Arkansas at Florida State

Southern Miss at Tulane

Louisiana at Charlotte
UNLV at Akron
UMass at Sacramento State

South Florida at Bowling Green

Ball State at Kent State

UConn at Miami (OH)
Kennesaw State at Arkansas State

James Madison at Old Dominion
Gardner-Webb at Marshall

Northern Illinois at Georgia State

Florida Atlantic at ULM