CFB TV Confirmations for 2022 Week 8 (10/22/22)

This post will be updated as announcements come out for start times for 10/22/22 from the twelve day selection process that most TV networks adhere to. Most conferences have the possibility of having all or part of their games held for a six day hold for the start time. 

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. 

There's also a handful of rules that both conferences and TV networks have put into their agreements which affect these selections, which are updated weekly and can be found here.

All times Eastern

12pm ABC: Syracuse at Clemson

12pm FOX: Iowa at Ohio State

12pm ESPN/ESPN2: Cincinnati at SMU

12pm ESPN/ESPN2: Kansas at Baylor

12pm ESPNU: Houston at Navy

12pm SECN: UT Martin at Tennessee

12pm BTN: Indiana at Rutgers

12pm ESPN+: Akron at Kent State

12:30pm ACC RSN: Duke at Miami (FL)

1pm ESPN3: Bowling Green at Central Michigan

1pm ESPN+: Toledo at Buffalo

2pm ESPN+: Eastern Michigan at Ball State

2pm ESPN+: Northern Illinois at Ohio

3pm FS1/FS2: West Virginia at Texas Tech

3pm ESPN+: Rice at Louisiana Tech

3:30pm ABC: Texas at Oklahoma State

3:30pm CBS: Ole Miss at LSU

3:30pm FOX/FS1: UCLA at Oregon

3:30pm ESPN: Purdue at Wisconsin

3:30pm ESPN2/ESPNU: Memphis at Tulane

3:30pm ESPN2/ESPNU: BYU at Liberty

3:30pm BTN: Northwestern at Maryland

3:30pm ACCN: Boston College at Wake Forest

3:30pm CBSSN: Western Michigan at Miami (OH)

3:30pm ESPN3: FIU at Charlotte

3:30pm ESPN+: Georgia Southern at Old Dominion

3:30pm ESPN+: Marshall at James Madison

4pm SECN: Vanderbilt at Missouri

4pm Pac-12: Arizona State at Stanford

4pm ESPN+: Florida Atlantic at UTEP

5pm ESPN+: Arkansas State at Louisiana

5pm ESPN+: Southern Miss at Texas State

6:30pm FS2: Fresno State at New Mexico

7pm ESPN: Mississippi State at Alabama

7:30pm ABC: Minnesota at Penn State

7:30pm ESPNU: UCF at East Carolina

7:30pm SECN: Texas A&M at South Carolina

8pm FOX/FS1: Kansas State at TCU

8pm ACCN: Pitt at Louisville

8pm Pac-12: Colorado at Oregon State

9:45pm FS1/FS2: Utah State at Wyoming

10:30pm ESPN: Washington at California

CFB TV Guesses for 2022 Week 8 (10/22/22)

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:

Games already selected for time or TV, but not both

Frenso State at New Mexico (FOX Sports, Time TBD)

Utah State at Wyoming (FOX Sports, Time TBD)

Indiana at Rutgers (TV TBD, 12pm ET)

Northwestern at Maryland (TV TBD, 3:30pm ET)

Purdue at Wisconsin (TV TBD, 3:30pm ET)

Minnesota at Penn State (TV TBD, 7:30pm ET)

Houston at Navy (ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU, 12pm ET)

* I could see another Pat McAfee telecast on ESPN2 at 7pm with the Montana at Sacramento State game on ESPN2 not starting until 11pm ET.  Plenty of time to use the ABC game in that case.  I'm going to delete it for now.

* FS1 listings have three TV windows, but FOX affiliates have been told that the NLCS game on this date (Game 4, so it will happen) will be simulcast on FS1.  This is also a date when both the ALCS and NLCS would be played, so the feeling that I get is that one FS1 window is guaranteed, either early in the afternoon or later, but not both. Because of that, I think the two Mountain West games will move over to FS2.  If FS1 weren't simulcasting the NLCS, then I'd assume all three windows are planned for. 

* The last FS1 window is listed for 9:45pm, which also assures one of the two MW games.  MW games on FOX Sports must start no later than 7:45pm local time.  With both games being in the Mountain time zone, 9:45pm ET it is.

* Last thing on the MW games and if they get scheduled for FS2 instead: they can start the TV windows earlier instead of the 6:30pm and 9:45pm ET start times listed for them on FS1.

* BTN has a volleyball window scheduled for the evening.

* Just two ACCN windows again.  No 12pm ET game is currently listed.

* One Liberty game has to air on ESPN's linear TV networks (ESPN/2/U).  I went with the BYU game over the Virginia Tech game being played later in the year.

12pm ABC: Syracuse at Clemson

12pm FOX: Iowa at Ohio State

12pm ESPN: Kansas State at TCU

12pm ESPN2: Cincinnati at SMU

12pm ESPNU: Houston at Navy

12pm SECN: Vanderbilt at Missouri

12pm BTN: Indiana at Rutgers

12:30pm ACC RSN: Pitt at Louisville

3pm FS1: West Virginia at Texas Tech

3:30pm ABC: UCLA at Oregon

3:30pm CBS: Ole Miss at LSU

3:30pm FOX: Texas at Oklahoma State

3:30pm ESPN: Purdue at Wisconsin

3:30pm ESPN2: Kansas at Baylor

3:30pm ESPNU: BYU at Liberty

3:30pm BTN: Northwestern at Maryland

3:30pm ACCN: Boston College at Wake Forest

3:30pm CBSSN: Toledo at Buffalo

4pm SECN: UT Martin at Tennessee

4pm Pac-12: Colorado at Oregon State

6:30pm FS2: Utah State at Wyoming

7pm ESPN: Mississippi State at Alabama

7pm ESPNU: Memphis at Tulane

7pm NFLN: Marshall at James Madison

7:30pm ABC: Minnesota at Penn State

7:30pm SECN: Texas A&M at South Carolina

8pm ACCN: Duke at Miami (FL)

8pm Pac-12: Arizona State at Stanford

9:45pm FS2: Fresno State at New Mexico

10:30pm ESPN: Washington at California

ESPN3/ESPN+

UCF at East Carolina

Eastern Michigan at Ball State

Bowling Green at Central Michigan

Western Michigan at Miami (OH)

Northern Illinois at Ohio

Akron at Kent State

Georgia Southern at Old Dominion

Arkansas State at Louisiana

Southern Miss at Texas State

CFB TV Confirmations for 2022 Week 7 (10/15/22)

This post will be updated as announcements come out for start times for 10/15/22 from the twelve day selection process that most TV networks adhere to. Most conferences have the possibility of having all or part of their games held for a six day hold for the start time. 

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. 

There's also a handful of rules that both conferences and TV networks have put into their agreements which affect these selections, which are updated weekly and can be found here.

All times Eastern

12pm FOX: Penn State at Michigan

12pm ABC or ESPN2: Kansas at Oklahoma

12pm ABC or ESPN2: Iowa State at Texas

12pm ESPN: Auburn at Ole Miss

12pm ESPNU: Old Dominion at Coastal Carolina

12pm BTN: Minnesota at Illinois

12pm ESPN+: Central Michigan at Akron

12pm ESPN+: Miami (OH) at Bowling Green

12:30pm ACC RSNs: Miami (FL) at Virginia Tech

1pm ESPN3: Buffalo at UMass

2pm Pac-12: California at Colorado

2pm ESPN3: UConn at Ball State

3:30pm CBS: Alabama at Tennessee

3:30pm ABC or ESPN: Oklahoma State at TCU

3:30pm ABC or ESPN: Arkansas at BYU

3:30pm ESPN2: Maryland at Indiana

3:30pm SECN: Vanderbilt at Georgia

3:30pm ACCN: NC State at Syracuse

3:30pm CBSSN: Ohio at Western Michigan

3:30pm ESPN3: Texas State at Troy

3:30pm ESPN+: Kent State at Toledo

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

3:30pm ESPN+: Northern Illinois at Eastern Michigan

3:30pm ESPN+: WKU at Middle Tennessee

4pm FOX: Wisconsin at Michigan State

4pm ESPNU: Tulane at South Florida

4pm ESPN+: James Madison at Georgia Southern

4pm ESPN+: Louisiana Tech at North Texas

5:30pm Pac-12: Arizona at Washington

7pm ESPN: LSU at Florida

7pm ESPN2: 

7pm NFLN: ULM at South Alabama

7pm ESPN+: Rice at Florida Atlantic

7pm ESPN+: Arkansas State at Southern Miss

7:30pm ABC: Clemson at Florida State

7:30pm ESPNU: Memphis at East Carolina

7:30pm SECN: Mississippi State at Kentucky

7:30pm BTN: Nebraska at Purdue
8pm FOX: USC at Utah
8pm ACCN: North Carolina at Duke

9pm Pac-12: Washington State at Oregon State

10:45pm FS1/FS2: San Jose State at Fresno State

CFB TV Guesses for 2022 Week 7 (10/15/22)

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:

Games where the start time or television is set, but not both

Minnesota at Illinois (TV TBD, 12pm)

Wisconsin at Michigan State (TV TBD, 3:30pm or 4pm)

Arkansas at BYU (ESPN Networks, Time TBD)

San Jose State at Fresno State (FOX Sports, Time TBD)

* FS1 has 3pm and 7pm NLDS windows planned, which takes out nearly all of their ability to show college football.  They do have an 11pm window.  Even though this date would be Game 4 of both series, they have to go under the assumption that games will be played this day instead of not.

* Speaking of that 11pm window, I think they'll have to adjust that by 15 minutes to start San Jose State at Fresno State at its latest available start time for FOX Sports (7:45pm local).

* BTN has a volleyball window planned for 4pm ET.  I know they dropped their planned volleyball window on 10/8 but I'm running under the assumption they'll stick to the schedule.

* It looks like there will be no 12pm ACC window and ESPN2 has dropped a previously listed late evening (10:30pm ET) window.

* I gave FOX top Big Ten choice and ABC received top Big 12 and PAC-12 choices. 

All times Eastern

12pm ABC: Clemson at Florida State

12pm FOX: Penn State at Michigan

12pm ESPN: Iowa State at Texas
12pm ESPN2: Minnesota at Illinois

12pm ESPNU: Memphis at East Carolina

12pm SECN: Mississippi State at Kentucky

12pm BTN: Nebraska at Purdue

12pm ACC RSNs: North Carolina at Duke

2pm Pac-12: California at Colorado

3:30pm ABC: Oklahoma State at TCU

3:30pm CBS: Alabama at Tennessee

3:30pm ESPN: Arkansas at BYU

3:30pm ESPN2: Wisconsin at Michigan State
3:30pm ESPNU: Old Dominion at Coastal Carolina

3:30pm CBSSN: Ohio at Western Michigan

3:30pm ACCN: Miami (FL) at Virginia Tech

4pm FOX: Arizona at Washington

4pm SECN: Vanderbilt at Georgia
7pm ESPN: Auburn at Ole Miss
7pm ESPN2: Washington State at Oregon State
7pm ESPNU: James Madison at Georgia Southern

7pm NFLN: Kent State at Toledo

7:30pm ABC: USC at Utah

7:30pm SECN: LSU at Florida

7:30pm BTN: Maryland at Indiana

8pm FOX: Kansas at Oklahoma

8pm ACCN: NC State at Syracuse

10:45pm FS1: San Jose State at Fresno State

ESPN3/ESPN+

Tulane at South Florida

Gardner-Webb at Liberty

Central Michigan at Akron

Northern Illinois at Eastern Michigan

UConn at Ball State

ULM at South Alabama

Texas State at Troy

Arkansas State at Southern Miss

Bonus guess: Tulane at Cincinnati gets moved to Friday 11/25. One AAC game has to be moved this particular week and the announcement has to be done next week. 

CFB TV Confirmations for 2022 Week 6 (10/8/22)

This post will be updated as announcements come out for start times for 10/8/22 from the twelve day selection process that most TV networks adhere to. Most conferences have the possibility of having all or part of their games held for a six day hold for the start time. 

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. 

There's also a handful of rules that both conferences and TV networks have put into their agreements which affect these selections, which are updated weekly and can be found here.

All times Eastern

Six day decisions (neither seems to be a six day hold)

Clemson at Boston College - either ABC at 7:30pm or ACCN at 8pm

Florida State at NC State - either ABC at 7:30pm or ACCN at 8pm

Texas Tech at Oklahoma State - either FOX or FS1 at 3:30pm ET

Utah at UCLA - either FOX or FS1 at 3:30pm ET

12pm ABC: Texas vs. Oklahoma

12pm FOX: Michigan at Indiana 

12pm ESPN: Tennessee at LSU

12pm FS1: TCU at Kansas

12pm ESPNU: Missouri at Florida

12pm SEC: Arkansas at Mississippi State

12pm ACC: Louisville at Virginia

12pm BTN: Purdue at Maryland

12pm CBSSN: Eastern Michigan at Western Michigan

12pm ESPN+: Buffalo at Bowling Green

2pm ESPN3: Georgia Southern at Georgia State

2pm ESPN+: Akron at Ohio

2:30pm ESPN+: South Florida at Cincinnati

3:30pm CBS: Auburn at Georgia

3:30pm ESPNU: East Carolina at Tulane

3:30pm BTN: Wisconsin at Northwestern

3:30pm ACC: Virginia Tech at Pitt

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

3:30pm ESPN+: Kent State at Miami (OH)

3:30pm ESPN+: Liberty at UMass

3:30pm ESPN+: Toledo at Northern Illinois

4pm ABC: Ohio State at Michigan State

4pm ESPN2: North Carolina at Miami (FL)

4pm SEC: Ole Miss at Vanderbilt

4pm ACC RSNs: Duke at Georgia Tech

4pm Pac-12: Washington at Arizona State

6pm ESPN+: WKU at UTSA

7pm FS1: Air Force at Utah State

7pm NFL: James Madison at Arkansas State

7pm ESPN3: UConn at FIU

7pm ESPN+: App State at Texas State

7pm ESPN+: Southern Miss at Troy

7pm ESPN+: UTEP at Louisiana Tech

7:30pm FOX: Washington State at USC

7:30pm ESPNU: Kansas State at Iowa State

7:30pm SEC: South Carolina at Kentucky

7:30pm ACC RSNs: Army West Point at Wake Forest

7:30pm BTN: Iowa at Illinois

8pm CBS: Texas A&M at Alabama

8pm ESPN+: Coastal Carolina at ULM

9pm Pac-12: Oregon at Arizona

9:45pm FS1: Fresno State at Boise State

11pm ESPN: Oregon State at Stanford

CFB TV Guesses for 2022 Week 6 (10/8/22)

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:

Games where either the time or TV network has been set, but not both

Texas vs. Oklahoma (ABC, presumably either 12pm or 3:30pm ET)

Michigan at Indiana (TV TBD, 12pm ET)

Wisconsin at Northwestern (TV TBD, 3:30pm or 4pm ET)

Air Force at Utah State (FOX, FS1 or FS2, Time TBD)

Fresno State at Boise State (FOX, FS1 or FS2, Time TBD)

* ESPN and ESPN2 will have postseason MLB through most of the day.

* CBS has their primetime SEC game in addition to their 3:30pm window. Both games have exclusivity from ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU. Which isn't that big of a deal with respect to their SEC selections since those would just got to noon ET, but it cuts out the ability to carry games from other conferences.

* ACC RSNs appear to be set up for two game windows at 4pm & 7:30pm ET.

* Only two BTN windows exist, but the 3:30pm window appears to be for three games. Women's volleyball will air on the network in the evening. I don't think they'll use three at that time.

12pm ABC: Texas vs. Oklahoma

12pm FOX: Michigan at Indiana

12pm ESPN: Auburn at Georgia 

12pm ESPN2: South Carolina at Kentucky

12pm FS1: Texas Tech at Oklahoma State

12pm ESPNU: Army West Point at Wake Forest

12pm SEC: Missouri at Florida

12pm ACC: North Carolina at Miami (FL)

12pm BTN: Iowa at Illinois

12pm CBSSN: Toledo at Northern Illinois

3:30pm ABC: Ohio State at Michigan State

3:30pm CBS: Tennessee at LSU

3:30pm FS1: Fresno State at Boise State

3:30pm ESPNU: South Florida at Cincinnati

3:30pm BTN: Wisconsin at Northwestern

3:30pm BTN: Purdue at Maryland

3:30pm ACC: Virginia Tech at Pitt

4pm FOX: Washington State at USC

4pm SEC: Ole Miss at Vanderbilt

4pm ACC RSNs: Duke at Georgia Tech

4pm Pac-12: Oregon at Arizona

7pm FS1: Air Force at Utah State

7pm ESPNU: Kansas State at Iowa State

7pm NFL: Coastal Carolina at ULM

7:30pm ABC: Florida State at NC State

7:30pm SEC: Arkansas at Mississippi State

7:30pm ACC RSNs: Louisville at Virginia

8pm CBS: Texas A&M at Alabama

8pm FOX: TCU at Kansas

8pm ACC: Clemson at Boston College

8pm Pac-12: Washington at Arizona State

10:30pm ESPN: Utah at UCLA

10:30pm FS1: Oregon State at Stanford

Streaming (ESPN3/ESPN+)

East Carolina at Tulane

Buffalo at Bowling Green

Ball State at Central Michigan

Kent State at Miami (OH)

Akron at Ohio

Eastern Michigan at Western Michigan

James Madison at Arkansas State

Georgia Southern at Georgia State

Southern Miss at Troy

2022 Conference TV Requirements, Six Day Holds and Likely First Picks

Updated as of 11/22/22 with 6 day TV decisions for 11/25 & 11/26.  

Instead of cluttering up the weekly picks, 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 or Pac-12 Network

Six Day Holds Used

ACC: 3 of 4 (10/1, 10/29, 11/19)

American: 2 of 4 (10/29, 11/19)

Big 12: 4 of 4 (10/1, 10/29, 11/5, 11/19)

Big Ten: 3 of 4 (11/5, 11/12, 11/19, 11/26)

MW: 1 of ??? (11/5)

Pac-12: 3 of 4 (11/5, 11/12, 11/19, 11/26)

SEC: 1 of 3 (11/12)

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	Big 12	Pac-12
8/27/22	FOX: NE vs. NU	--	--
9/3/22	ESPN: ND at OSU	FOX: UTEP at OU	ESPN: UO vs. UGA*
9/10/22	FOX: WSU at UW	FOX: UA at UT	ESPN: USC at STAN
9/17/22	FOX: OU at NE	ESPN: UTSA at UT	ESPN: MSU at UW
9/24/22	ESPN: UW at OSU	FOX: KState at OU	FOX: UO at WSU
10/1/22	FOX: UM at IA	FOX: OKSt at BU	ESPN: ASU at USC
10/8/22	ESPN: OSU at MSU	ESPN: UT vs. OU	FOX: WSU at USC
10/15/22	FOX: PSU at UM	ESPN: OKSt at TCU	FOX: USC at Utah
10/22/22	FOX: IA at OSU	ESPN: TX at OKSt	FOX: UCLA at UO
10/29/22	FOX: OSU at PSU	FOX: OU at ISU	ESPN: STAN at UCLA
11/5/22	ESPN: OSU at NU	FOX: TxTech at TCU	ESPN: Cal at USC
11/12/22	ESPN: NE at UM	ESPN: TCU at UT	FOX: UW at UO
11/19/22	ESPN: IL at UM	FOX: TCU at BU	FOX: USC at UCLA
11/26/22	FOX: UM at OSU	FOX: ISU at TCU	ABC: ND at USC

Both ESPN (ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU) and FOX Sports (FOX & FS1) would normally carry 27 Big Ten games per season.  Because of an arrangement between ESPN and FOX Sports related to ESPN signing Joe Buck as a NFL broadcaster, FOX Sports has received one of ESPN's telecasts, meaning that FOX has one more than a normal season and ESPN has one less.  

For some reason, FOX Sports was able to pull in 29 selections.  Not sure how that happened.  Trying to investigate that occurrence.

Here's the count of selections for each network, including games selected into the future.  This count excludes the conference championship game.

Network	Count
ABC	14
ESPN	4
ESPN2	7
ESPNU	1
Total (Max: 26)	26
FOX	16
FS1	13
Total (Max: 28)	29
BTN	43

All Big Ten schools must appear twice on BTN with at least one of those appearances against another Big Ten school.  All have met that requirement as of 11/19's selections.