CFB TV Confirmations for 2026 Week 7 (10/15/2026-10/17/2026)

This post will be updated as announcements come out for start times for Week 7 (10/15/26 - 10/17/26) 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.

Thursday 10/15

7:30pm ESPN: East Carolina at UAB

7:30pm ESPN2: Georgia Southern at Old Dominion

Saturday 10/17

Big Ten Six Day Hold

Penn State at Michigan - 3:30pm, CBS or FS1 

Nebraska at Oregon - 3:30pm CBS or FS1 OR 7:30pm NBC

Wisconsin at UCLA - 3:30pm CBS or FS1 OR 7:30pm NBC

12pm ABC or ESPN: Florida at Texas

12pm ABC or ESPN: Mississippi State at LSU

12pm ESPN2: Pitt at Boston College

12pm CW: Virginia at SMU

12pm TNT: Cincinnati at West Virginia

12pm FS1: Kansas at Kansas State

12pm ESPNU: Georgia State at James Madison

12pm ACCN: Charleston Southern at Clemson

12pm Peacock: Northwestern at Michigan State

12pm ESPN+: Ball State at Bowling Green

12:30pm BTN: Rutgers at Maryland

1pm ESPN+: Charlotte at Temple

1pm ESPN+: UMass at Buffalo

1:30pm ESPN+: Toledo at Eastern Michigan

3pm ESPN+: Florida A&M at Jackson State

3:30pm FOX: Arizona State at Texas Tech

3:30pm ESPN2: North Carolina at Duke

3:30pm ABC/ESPN/SECN: Auburn at Georgia

3:30pm ABC/ESPN/SECN: Missouri at Ole Miss

3:30pm ABC/ESPN/SECN: Alabama at Tennessee

3:30pm ACCN: Georgia Tech at Virginia Tech

3:30pm ESPN+: Akron at Miami (OH)

3:30pm ESPN+: Western Michigan at Central Michigan

4pm ESPNU: Illinois State at Southern Illinois

4:30pm ESPN+: Tulsa at Rice

5pm ESPN+: Troy at Louisiana

7pm ESPN: Florida State at Miami (FL)

7pm ESPN2: Arkansas at Vanderbilt

7pm FS1: TCU at Baylor

7pm ESPN+: Kent State at South Florida

7pm ESPN+: Arkansas State at Southern Miss

7:30pm ABC: Notre Dame at BYU

7:30pm FOX: Oklahoma State at Houston

7:30pm SECN: Kentucky at Oklahoma

7:30pm ACCN: Louisville at Syracuse 

8pm ESPNU: Navy at UTSA

8pm ESPN+: Louisiana Tech at ULM

10pm ESPN+: Ohio at Sacramento State

10:30pm ESPN/ESPN2: Wake Forest at California

10:30pm ESPN/ESPN2: Utah at Colorado

10:30pm FS1: 

Games to be slotted

New Mexico at Hawai'i (FOX Sports)

CFB TV Guesses for 2026 Week 7 (10/15/2026-10/17/2026)

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:

* FOX's noon game was preselected (Ohio State at Indiana) per The Athletic.

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

• New Mexico at Hawai'i (TBA, FOX Sports)
• Illinois State at Southern Illinois (TBA, ESPN linear)
• Florida A&M at Jackson State (3pm, ESPN linear or ESPN+)
• Rutgers at Maryland (Between 12pm and 5pm, TBA)
• SEC game time slots
• Early: Mississippi State at LSU, Florida at Texas
• Afternoon: Auburn at Georgia, Missouri at Ole Miss
• Afternoon or Evening: Arkansas at Vanderbilt, Alabama at Tennessee, Kentucky at Oklahoma

* The BTN window is listed at 1pm, but it could move to 3pm if Oregon or UCLA ends up hosting on the network.  Nebraska says their match will air at 5pm or 9pm ET.  I'm thinking that the two women's volleyball matchups will be at 7pm & 9pm.  This also assumes that the Peacock window remains at 12pm.

* After FOX taking Ohio State at Indiana, I'm assuming CBS will get 2nd choice, then NBC.  I know that with the records, Penn State at Michigan doesn't look as compelling as it could based on the schools, but I expect that CBS will look for it ahead of Nebraska at Oregon and Wisconsin at UCLA.

* I deleted the early SEC window.  Felt that both early window SEC games could be on ABC and ESPN, so I dropped the SECN window.

* The SEC timeslot locking does make it a little problematic to slot Florida State at Miami (FL) and Notre Dame at BYU.  I went with the Alabama-Tennessee on ABC in primetime and because of that, based on how I slotted the SEC afternoon or evening flex games, I ended up with Florida State at Miami in the ESPN primetime slot and Notre Dame at BYU in the late evening.

* For the Big 12, I'm assuming the top choice this week was one of ESPN's four priority choices across the season for the conference and intended to use it on Notre Dame-BYU.  Pick orders aren't always alternating for a given week, so if Notre Dame-BYU isn't in late night but on ABC or ESPN in primetime, they could have that game and Utah at Colorado as the late evening game.  That would likely give FOX both Arizona State-Texas Tech & Oklahoma State-Houston.

* This day feels like a day where multiple conferences could be held up for six day holds.

Thursday 10/15

7:30pm ESPN: East Carolina at UAB

7:30pm ESPN2: Georgia Southern at Old Dominion

Saturday 10/17

12pm ABC: Florida at Texas

12pm ESPN: Mississippi State at LSU

12pm ESPN2: Pitt at Boston College

12pm CW: Louisville at Syracuse
12pm TNT: Kansas at Kansas State

12pm FS1: Cincinnati at West Virginia

12pm ESPNU: Illinois State at Southern Illinois

12pm ACCN: Georgia Tech at Virginia Tech

12pm Peacock: Rutgers at Maryland

1pm BTN: Northwestern at Michigan State

3pm ESPN+: Florida A&M at Jackson State

3:30pm ABC: Auburn at Georgia

3:30pm CBS: Penn State at Michigan

3:30pm FOX: Oklahoma State at Houston

3:30pm ESPN: Missouri at Ole Miss
3:30pm ESPN2: Virginia at SMU
3:30pm FS1: Wisconsin at UCLA

3:30pm ESPNU: Navy at UTSA

3:30pm ACCN: Wake Forest at California

4:15pm SECN: Arkansas at Vanderbilt

7pm ESPN: Florida State at Miami (FL)
7pm ESPN2: Arizona State at Texas Tech

7pm FS1: TCU at Baylor

7pm ESPNU: Georgia State at James Madison

7:30pm ABC: Alabama at Tennessee

7:30pm FOX: Utah at Colorado

7:30pm NBC: Nebraska at Oregon

7:30pm ACCN: North Carolina at Duke

7:45pm SECN: Kentucky at Oklahoma

10:15pm ESPN: Notre Dame at BYU

10:30pm FS1: New Mexico at Hawai'i

Streaming

Charleston Southern at Clemson

Charlotte at Temple

Tulsa at Rice

Kent State at South Florida
Ohio at Sacramento State

UMass at Buffalo

Ball State at Bowling Green

Western Michigan at Central Michigan

Akron at Miami (OH)

Toledo at Eastern Michigan
Arkansas State at Southern Miss

Louisiana Tech at ULM

Troy at Louisiana