CFB TV Guesses for 2023 Week 10 (10/31/23-11/4/23)

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 set for time or TV:

• Utah State at San Diego State (FOX Sports)
• Notre Dame at Clemson (ABC)

* CBS has a noon Big Ten selection along with their primetime SEC doubleheader.  CBS gets the top two SEC choices for the week.  Both SEC windows for CBS are exclusive, meaning that all SEC games on ESPN/2/U must air at 12pm.

* At the moment, I'm assuming CBS is not using a 6th appearance exception for Georgia.  If they want to air the Georgia-Tennessee game on 11/18 or Ole Miss-Georgia on 11/11, they'll need to use one of their exceptions to air six games from a school.  My understanding is they have four of the six appearance exceptions to use for the 15 year contract.  By my count, they've used the exception once in the previous 14 seasons (2009 Florida) so it should be available to use again.

* In terms of top selections for conferences who split their rights between multiple networks, I gave CBS top Big Ten choice along with their weekly top choice in the SEC. Top Pac-12 choice went to ABC/ESPN and top Big 12 choice went to FOX.

* FOX Sports' primetime choices may end up being able to be elevated from their pay TV platforms up one level depending on the need for Game 7 of the World Series.  I have set it up that way.  Same with the FS2 window at for 7pm ET.  I'm assuming it could be on FS1 or FS2 and moved it to 8pm.  FS1 may schedule a late evening window, but I'm assuming that it won't exist due to the flexibility needed.

* The MEAC has the possibility of a ESPNU game at either 12pm or 3:30pm ET.

Tuesday 10/31

7pm ESPNU: Northern Illinois at Central Michigan

7:30pm ESPN2: Buffalo at Toledo

Wednesday 11/1

7pm ESPN2: Ball State at Bowling Green

7:30pm ESPNU: Kent State at Akron

Saturday 11/4

12pm ABC: Notre Dame at Clemson

12pm CBS: Ohio State at Rutgers

12pm FOX: Oklahoma at Oklahoma State

12pm ESPN: Texas A&M at Ole Miss
12pm ESPN2: Arkansas at Florida
12pm FS1: UCF at Cincinnati

12pm BTN: Wisconsin at Indiana
12pm BTN: Nebraska at Michigan State
12pm ESPNU: UConn at Tennessee

12pm SECN: Auburn at Vanderbilt

2pm CW: Georgia Tech at Virginia

2pm Pac-12: Arizona State at Utah

3:30pm ABC: Kansas State at Texas

3:30pm CBS: Missouri at Georgia

3:30pm FOX: Penn State at Maryland

3:30pm ESPN: BYU at West Virginia
3:30pm ESPN2: Tulane at East Carolina
3:30pm FS1: California at Oregon
3:30pm BTN: Illinois at Minnesota
3:30pm ESPNU: Norfolk State at North Carolina Central
3:30pm ACCN: Miami (FL) at NC State

3:30pm Peacock: Iowa vs. Northwestern
4pm SECN: Jacksonville State at South Carolina

5:30pm Pac-12: Stanford at Washington State

7pm ESPN: Florida State at Pitt

7pm ESPN2: James Madison at Georgia State

7pm NFLN: SMU at Rice

7:30pm ABC: Washington at USC

7:30pm CBS: LSU at Alabama

7:30pm NBC: Purdue at Michigan

7:30pm ESPNU: Georgia Southern at Texas State

7:30pm SECN: Kentucky at Mississippi State

8pm FOX/FS1: Kansas at Iowa State

8pm FS1/FS2: Utah State at San Diego State

8pm ACCN: Virginia Tech at Louisville

10pm ESPN: Oregon State at Colorado

10:30pm Pac-12: UCLA at Arizona

Streaming

Charlotte at Tulsa

Florida Atlantic at UAB

Navy at Temple

UTSA at North Texas

South Florida at Memphis

Houston at Baylor

Kennesaw State at Sam Houston

Middle Tennessee at NM State

WKU at UTEP

Marshall at App State

Coastal Carolina at Old Dominion

ULM at Southern Miss

Louisiana at Arkansas State

Merrimack at UMass

CFB TV Confirmations for 2023 Week 9 (10/28/23)

This post will be updated as announcements come out for start times for 10/28/23 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. 

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 Holds

Florida State at Wake Forest

Virginia at Miami (FL)

Duke at Louisville

North Carolina at Georgia Tech

Clemson at NC State

Openings for the ACC in no particular order: 12pm ABC, 2pm CW, 3:30pm ABC or ESPN (wherever BYU at Texas doesn't air), 3:30pm ACCN and 8pm ACCN.

12pm CBS: Indiana at Penn State

12pm FOX: Oklahoma at Kansas

12pm ESPN: South Carolina at Texas A&M

12pm ESPN2: Houston at Kansas State

12pm FS1: West Virginia at UCF

12pm BTN: Maryland at Northwestern

12pm ESPNU: Tulsa at SMU

12pm ACCN: UConn at Boston College

12pm ESPN+: Howard at Delaware State

1pm ESPN+: Western Michigan at Eastern Michigan

2pm ESPN+: Morgan State at Norfolk State

3pm ESPN+: Memphis at North Texas 

3:30pm FOX: Oregon at Utah

3:30pm ABC or ESPN: BYU at Texas

3:30pm ABC or ESPN: 

3:30pm FS1: Purdue at Nebraska

3:30pm BTN: Michigan State at Minnesota

3:30pm SECN: Mississippi State at Auburn

3:30pm CBSSN: Miami (OH) at Ohio

3:30pm ESPN+: East Carolina at UTSA

3:30pm ESPN+: Iowa State at Baylor

3:30pm ESPN+: Southern Miss at Appalachian State

3:30pm ESPN+: Alabama A&M vs. Alabama State

4pm ESPN2: Tulane at Rice

4pm ESPNU: Prairie View A&M at Florida A&M

4pm Pac-12: USC at California

5pm ESPN+: Louisiana at South Alabama

5pm ESPN+: Arkansas State at ULM

5:30pm FS2: Wyoming at Boise State

6pm NFLN: Marshall at Coastal Carolina

7pm ESPN: Tennessee at Kentucky

7pm FS1: Washington at Stanford

7pm ESPN+: Troy at Texas State

7:30pm ABC: Colorado at UCLA

7:30pm NBC: Ohio State at Wisconsin

7:30pm SECN: Vanderbilt at Ole Miss

8pm ESPN2: Cincinnati at Oklahoma State 

8pm ESPNU: Old Dominion at James Madison

8pm Pac-12: Washington State at Arizona State

10:30pm ESPN: Oregon State at Arizona

10:30pm FS1: UNLV at Fresno State

CFB TV Guesses for 2023 Week 9 (10/28/23)

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:

* The following games have been set for a time slot, a time slot range or with a specific TV partner:

• Purdue at Nebraska (12pm, 3:30pm or 4pm)
• Wyoming at Boise State (FOX Sports)
• UNLV at Fresno State (FOX Sports)

* CBS has no selection from the SEC as they preselected their game.  Their 12pm window is for the Big Ten.

* FOX has no primetime window due to the World Series.

* FS2 has a 5:30pm window listed, but the time for these windows can change.

* NFL Network has a 7pm window.

* CBSSN has a MAC selection at 3:30pm

* A SWAC game on ESPNU seems likely.  Two games were set aside this week with the designation of TBD instead of ESPN+.  When this occurred a few weeks back, a game was set for ESPNU.  Those games are: 

• Jackson State at UAPB
• Prairie View A&M at Florida A&M

* Two MEAC games are also being held for an ESPNU wildcard.

• Howard at Delaware State
• Morgan State at Norfolk State

* I gave NBC top Big Ten choice, FOX top PAC-12 choice and ABC top Big 12 choice.

All times Eastern

12pm ABC: Florida State at Wake Forest

12pm CBS: Indiana at Penn State

12pm FOX: BYU at Texas

12pm ESPN: West Virginia at UCF
12pm ESPN2: Tulane at Rice

12pm FS1: Houston at Kansas State

12pm BTN: Purdue at Nebraska

12pm BTN: Maryland at Northwestern

12pm ESPNU: Morgan State at Norfolk State

12pm SECN: Mississippi State at Auburn

12pm ACCN: Virginia at Miami (FL)

2pm CW: UConn at Boston College

3pm Pac-12: Washington at Stanford

3:30pm ABC: Colorado at UCLA 

3:30pm ESPN: Duke at Louisville
3:30pm ESPN2: Old Dominion at James Madison

3:30pm BTN: Michigan State at Minnesota

3:30pm ACCN: North Carolina at Georgia Tech

3:30pm CBSSN: Miami (OH) at Ohio

4pm FOX: Oregon at Utah

4pm FS1: Cincinnati at Oklahoma State 

4pm ESPNU: Prairie View A&M at Florida A&M

4pm SECN: Vanderbilt at Ole Miss

5:30pm FS2: Wyoming at Boise State

7pm ESPN: Tennessee at Kentucky

7pm ESPN2: Iowa State at Baylor

7pm NFLN: Memphis at North Texas

7:30pm ABC: Oklahoma at Kansas

7:30pm NBC: Ohio State at Wisconsin

7:30pm FS1: UNLV at Fresno State

7:30pm ESPNU: Troy at Texas State

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

8pm ACCN: Clemson at NC State

10pm Pac-12: Washington State at Arizona State

10:30pm ESPN: USC at California

11pm FS1: Oregon State at Arizona

Streaming

Tulsa at SMU

East Carolina at UTSA

Western Michigan at Eastern Michigan

Louisiana at South Alabama

Arkansas State at ULM

Marshall at Coastal Carolina

Southern Miss at Appalachian State

CFB TV Confirmations for 2023 Week 8 (10/19/23 & 10/21/23)

This post will be updated as announcements come out for start times for 10/14/23 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. 

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

Week 8

Thursday

7:30pm ESPN: James Madison at Marshall

7:30pm ESPN2: Rice at Tulsa

Saturday

Six Day Holds

Wisconsin at Illinois - 3:30pm, NBC or FS1

Minnesota at Iowa - 3:30pm, NBC or FS1

12pm ABC: UCF at Oklahoma

12pm FOX: Penn State at Ohio State

12pm ESPN: Mississippi State at Arkansas

12pm ESPN2: Memphis at UAB

12pm BTN: Rutgers at Indiana

12pm ESPNU: Norfolk State at Howard

12pm ACCN: Boston College at Georgia Tech

12pm CBSSN: Western Michigan at Ohio

12pm ESPN+: Baylor at Cincinnati

2pm ESPN+: Akron at Bowling Green

2pm ESPN+: Charlotte at East Carolina

2pm ESPN+: ULM at Georgia Southern

3:30pm ABC: Washington State at Oregon

3:30pm CBS: Tennessee at Alabama

3:30pm ESPN: Oklahoma State at West Virginia

3:30pm ESPN2: North Texas at Tulane

3:30pm BTN: Northwestern at Nebraska

3:30pm SECN: South Carolina at Missouri

3:30pm ACCN: Pitt at Wake Forest

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

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

3:30pm ESPN+: Buffalo at Kent State

4pm FOX: Texas at Houston

4pm ESPNU: Toledo at Miami (OH)

6pm ESPN+: UTSA at Florida Atlantic

6:30pm CW: Virginia at North Carolina

7pm ESPN: Ole Miss at Auburn

7pm ESPN2: TCU at Kansas State

7pm FS1: Texas Tech at BYU

7pm NFLN: App State at Old Dominion

7pm ESPN+: Coastal Carolina at Arkansas State

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

7:30pm NBC: Michigan at Michigan State

7:30pm SECN: Army West Point at LSU

8pm FOX: Utah at USC

8pm ESPNU: Georgia State at Louisiana

8pm ACCN: Duke at Florida State OR Clemson at Miami (FL)

9pm FS2: Nevada at San Diego State

10:30pm ESPN: UCLA at Stanford

10:30pm FS1: Arizona State at Washington

CFB TV Guesses for 2023 Week 8 (10/21/23) and AAC Week 13 Date Changes

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:

* The following games had either their start time or TV network family set in advance: 

• Rutgers at Indiana (12pm)
• Wisconsin at Illinois (12pm, 3:30pm or 4pm)
• Nevada at San Diego State (FOX Sports)

* NBC has one of their two Big Ten doubleheaders.

* FS1 has NASCAR Trucks in the early afternoon instead of a CFB game.

* NFL Network is back in the picture with an ESPN G5 sublicense at 7pm.

* CBSSN once again has a 12pm MAC selection.

* An FS2 window has been listed for 8:30pm ET

* A bonus set of selections exists for the Thursday night games on ESPN & ESPN2, plus the two AAC games moving to Friday 11/24 for TV. 

* I'm very aware that strong hints have been provided by both NBC and FOX to their selections on 10/21.

* Ended up dropping an ACC Network window at 12pm to fill the main ESPN linear slots.

* I moved up the late FS1 window to 10:15pm for BYU to host.

* For those curious, I gave FOX the top choice across all three conferences they share rights with ESPN (Big Ten, Big 12 and Pac-12)

Week 13 AAC Date Moves

Memphis at Temple

UTSA at Tulane

Week 8

Thursday

7:30pm ESPN: James Madison at Marshall

7:30pm ESPN2: Rice at Tulsa

Saturday

12pm ABC: Duke at Florida State

12pm FOX: Penn State at Ohio State

12pm ESPN: TCU at Kansas State
12pm ESPN2: Baylor at Cincinnati

12pm BTN: Rutgers at Indiana
12pm ESPNU: ULM at Georgia Southern

12pm SECN: South Carolina at Missouri

12pm CBSSN: Western Michigan at Ohio

3:30pm ABC: Texas at Houston

3:30pm CBS: Tennessee at Alabama

3:30pm NBC: Minnesota at Iowa

3:30pm ESPN: Washington State at Oregon

3:30pm ESPN2: North Texas at Tulane

3:30pm FS1: Wisconsin at Illinois
3:30pm BTN: Northwestern at Nebraska
3:30pm ACCN: Boston College at Georgia Tech

4pm FOX: UCF at Oklahoma
4pm ESPNU: Toledo at Miami (OH)
4pm SECN: Mississippi State at Arkansas

4pm Pac-12: UCLA at Stanford

6:30pm CW: Pitt at Wake Forest

7pm ESPN: Ole Miss at Auburn
7pm ESPN2: Georgia State at Louisiana
7pm FS1: Oklahoma State at West Virginia

7pm NFLN: UTSA at Florida Atlantic

7:30pm ABC: Clemson at Miami (FL)

7:30pm NBC: Michigan at Michigan State

7:30pm ESPNU: Memphis at UAB
7:30pm SECN: Army West Point at LSU

8pm FOX: Utah at USC

8pm ACCN: Virginia at North Carolina

8:30pm FS2: Nevada at San Diego State

10:15pm FS1: Texas Tech at BYU

10:30pm ESPN: Arizona State at Washington

Streaming Exclusives

Charlotte at East Carolina

Eastern Michigan at Northern Illinois

Akron at Bowling Green

Central Michigan at Ball State

Buffalo at Kent State

Coastal Carolina at Arkansas State

App State at Old Dominion

CFB TV Confirmations for 2023 Week 7

This post will be updated as announcements come out for start times for 10/14/23 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. 

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 Holds Used

Syracuse at Florida State - 12pm or 7:30pm ABC

Miami (FL) at North Carolina - 12pm or 7:30pm ABC

12pm CBS: Georgia at Vanderbilt

12pm FOX: Indiana at Michigan

12pm ESPN: Arkansas at Alabama

12pm ESPN2: Georgia Southern at James Madison

12pm FS1: Iowa State at Cincinnati

12pm BTN: Michigan State at Rutgers

12pm ESPNU: Temple at North Texas

12pm CBSSN: Kent State at Eastern Michigan

12pm Peacock: Ohio State at Purdue

2pm ESPN+: Toledo at Ball State

2pm ESPN+: Navy at Charlotte

3pm Pac-12: California at Utah

3:30pm ABC: Oregon at Washington

3:30pm CBS: Texas A&M at Tennessee

3:30pm NBC: Illinois at Maryland

3:30pm ESPN: BYU at TCU

3:30pm ESPN2: Florida Atlantic at South Florida

3:30pm FS1: Kansas at Oklahoma State

3:30pm BTN: UMass at Penn State

3:30pm SECN: Florida at South Carolina

3:30pm ACCN: Wake Forest at Virginia Tech

3:30pm ESPN+: Akron at Central Michigan

3:30pm ESPN+: Bowling Green at Buffalo

3:30pm ESPN+: Miami (OH) at Western Michigan

4pm FOX: Iowa at Wisconsin

4pm ESPNU: Ohio at Northern Illinois

6:30pm CW: Louisville at Pitt

7pm ESPN: Auburn at LSU OR Missouri at Kentucky

7pm ESPN2: Marshall at Georgia State

7pm FS1: Kansas State at Texas Tech

7pm Pac-12: Arizona at Washington State

7pm ESPN+: ULM at Texas State

7:30pm SECN: Auburn at LSU OR Missouri at Kentucky

8pm FOX: UCLA at Oregon State

8pm ESPNU: UAB at UTSA

8pm ACCN: NC State at Duke

9:45pm FS1: Boise State at Colorado State

CFB TV Guesses for 2023 Week 7 (10/14/23)

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:

* Several games have either had their start time range locked in or were selected in advance by a network family, but without a game time set:

• Michigan State at Rutgers (12pm)
• Illinois at Maryland (12pm, 3:30pm or 4pm)
• UMass at Penn State (3:30pm)
• Boise State at Colorado State (FOX Sports)

* CBS has a SEC doubleheader at 12pm & 3:30pm.  The 3:30pm game is the top choice for the conference, but ESPN gets a pair of selections before CBS chooses their 12pm game.

* NBC's Big Ten night game moves up to 3:30pm again due to a Notre Dame night game.  They also have a noon Peacock exclusive.

* ESPN does not have a late evening window.  They have a Top Rank boxing card instead.  They do have a weeknight Pac-12 game also (Stanford at Colorado).

* CBSSN has a 12 day selection for the MAC.

* I deleted one SECN window since there's only six games for the conference this week and CBS has an extra game compared to most other weeks

* ACCN only has two windows scheduled, 3:30pm & 8pm.

* For selection order purposes, I gave FOX Sports the top Big Ten and Big 12 choices.  It was revealed by Jon Wilner of Bay Area News Group that ESPN has the top Pac-12 choice.

All times Eastern

12pm ABC: Miami (FL) at North Carolina

12pm CBS: Auburn at LSU

12pm FOX: Ohio State at Purdue

12pm ESPN: Missouri at Kentucky

12pm ESPN2: Georgia Southern at James Madison

12pm FS1: Iowa State at Cincinnati

12pm BTN: Michigan State at Rutgers

12pm ESPNU: Florida Atlantic at South Florida

12pm CBSSN: Toledo at Ball State

12pm Peacock: Illinois at Maryland

3:30pm ABC: Syracuse at Florida State

3:30pm CBS: Texas A&M at Tennessee

3:30pm NBC: Indiana at Michigan

3:30pm ESPN: Kansas at Oklahoma State

3:30pm ESPN2: Marshall at Georgia State

3:30pm FS1: Arizona at Washington State

3:30pm BTN: UMass at Penn State

3:30pm ESPNU: Ohio at Northern Illinois

3:30pm ACCN: Louisville at Pitt

4pm FOX: Iowa at Wisconsin

4pm SECN: Georgia at Vanderbilt

4pm Pac-12: California at Utah

6:30pm CW: Wake Forest at Virginia Tech

7pm ESPN: Arkansas at Alabama

7pm ESPN2: Kansas State at Texas Tech

7pm FS1: Boise State at Colorado State

7:30pm ABC: Oregon at Washington

7:30pm ESPNU: Temple at North Texas

7:30pm SECN: Florida at South Carolina

8pm FOX: BYU at TCU

8pm ACCN: NC State at Duke

10:30pm FS1: UCLA at Oregon State

Streaming Exclusives

UAB at UTSA

Navy at Charlotte

Kent State at Eastern Michigan

Akron at Central Michigan

Bowling Green at Buffalo

Miami (OH) at Western Michigan

ULM at Texas State