College football schedule TV selections for the weekend of October 24, 2026 will be made today. The four power conferences will release their picks, with several Group of Six matchups also expected to be assigned.
A handful of games were held under the six-day option. Those kickoff times and/or TV designations will be finalized on Sunday, Oct. 18.
College football schedule: Week 8 TV selections
*All times Eastern.
ACC
Friday, Oct. 23
Duke at Virginia – 7pm, ESPN
NC State at Stanford – 10:30pm, ESPN
Saturday, Oct. 24
Pitt at Miami – 12pm, ESPN
California at SMU – 12pm, The CW
Boston College at Georgia Tech – 3:30pm, ACCN
VA Tech at Clemson – 7pm, ESPN
Syracuse at North Carolina – 7:30pm, ACCN
Off: Florida State, Louisville, Wake Forest
AMERICAN
Thursday, Oct. 22
East Carolina at Memphis – 7:30pm, ESPN2
Friday, Oct. 23
Army at Tulsa – 8:30pm, ESPN2
Saturday, Oct. 24
Rice at FAU – 12pm, ESPNU
North Texas at Navy – 3:30pm, CBSSN
UTSA at Tulane – 8pm, ESPNU
Off: Charlotte, Temple, UAB, USF
BIG 12
Saturday, Oct. 24
Texas Tech at Cincinnati – 12pm, FS1
West Virginia at TCU – 12pm, ESPN2
Baylor at Kansas – 1pm, TNT/truTV
BYU at UCF – 3:30pm, FOX
K-State at Arizona State – 3:45pm, ESPN2
Colorado at OK State – 7pm, FS1
Iowa State at Arizona – 7:30pm, ESPN2
Houston at Utah – 10:15pm, ESPN
Off: None
BIG TEN
Saturday, Oct. 24
Indiana at Michigan – 12pm, FOX
Rutgers at Northwestern – 12pm, Peacock
Oregon at Illinois – 3pm, BTN
Iowa at Minnesota – 3:30pm, FS1
Michigan St. at UCLA – 3:30pm, CBS/Paramount+
USC at Wisconsin – 7:30pm, NBC/Peacock
Off: Maryland, Nebraska, Penn State, Purdue, Washington
CONFERENCE USA
Tuesday, Oct. 20
Middle Tennessee at FIU – 7pm, CBSSN
Missouri St. at Delaware – 7pm, ESPNU
Wednesday, Oct. 21
Liberty at Kennesaw State – 7pm, CBSSN
NM State at Sam Houston – 8pm, ESPN2
Off: Jax State, WKU
INDEPENDENTS
Friday, Oct. 23
UMass at UConn – 7pm, CBSSN
Off: Notre Dame
MAC
Friday, Oct. 23
UMass at UConn – 7pm, CBSSN
Saturday, Oct. 24
WMU at Toledo – 12pm, CBSSN
Akron at Kent State – 1pm, ESPN+
Miami OH at CMU – 1pm, ESPN+
Bowling Green at Buffalo – 3:30pm, ESPN+
Sac State at Ball State – 3:30pm, ESPN+
EMU at Ohio – 4pm, ESPNU
Off: None
MOUNTAIN WEST
Friday, Oct. 23
Air Force at Wyoming – 9pm, The CW
Saturday, Oct. 24
Hawaii at NIU – 3:30pm, MW+
San Jose State at Nevada – 5pm, MW+
NDSU at New Mexico – 10pm, The CW
Off: UNLV, UTEP
PAC-12
Saturday, Oct. 24
Boise St. at Washington St. – 6pm, USA
San Diego St. at Colorado St. – 6:30pm, The CW
Utah St. at Texas St. – 7:30pm, CBSSN
Off: Fresno State, Oregon State
SEC
Saturday, Oct. 24
LSU at Auburn – 12pm, ABC
Texas A&M at Alabama – 3:30pm, ABC
Oklahoma at MS State – 3:30pm, SECN
Tennessee at S. Carolina – 3:30pm, ESPN
Ole Miss at Texas – 7:30pm, ABC
Vanderbilt at Kentucky – 7:30pm, SECN
Off: Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Missouri
SUN BELT
Tuesday, Oct. 20
South Alabama at Marshall – 7:30pm, ESPN2
Thursday, Oct. 22
James Madison at App State – 7pm, ESPNU
Saturday, Oct. 24
ULM at Troy – 4pm, ESPN+
Old Dominion at LA Tech – 5pm, ESPN+
Louisiana at Southern Miss – 5pm, ESPN+
Georgia State at A-State – 7pm, ESPN+
Off: Coastal Carolina, Georgia Southern
FOOTBALL SCHEDULES
- College Football Schedule (FBS)
- College Football TV Schedule (FBS & FCS)
USC-Wisconsin deserves to be on FOX Big Noon Saturday.
Indiana-Michigan would be very nice for either 3:30PM or 7:30PM.
playing in the noon (11am) window is not a reward.
@Bill especially if it is Michigan-Ohio State.
I don’t think it is fair that Fox always gets that game when CBS and NBC have been around a lot longer.
To put it precisely, when I was born in 1990, CBS and NBC were senior citizens (including their time only as radio networks), while Fox was a toddler.
I think rotating the game among the three networks and their respective time slots is a fair compromise, a better one than the one that allowed Art Modell to take the Cleveland Browns’ personnel to Baltimore to form the Ravens in 1996 while the Browns were forced to start from scratch in 1999, something the Browns have not recovered from to this day.
Sorry to be negative to you, Z-Man. Z-Man is by far more miffed than CBS & NBC about Michigan-Ohio State.
CBS & NBC are excellent with Saturday games on Thanksgiving weekend for example CBS televises Illinois-Northwestern & NBC televises Washington-Oregon.
FOX does not want to televise Illinois-Northwestern or Big 12 games, for example Kansas-Oklahoma State on Big Noon Saturday. FOX wants to televise Michigan-Ohio State no matter what records show for two of the most storied Big Ten teams.
Well if CBS was airing UM-OSU at 3:30 this year Indiana-Purdue could be on Big Noon for the first time ever which is good given the sudden rise of Indiana.
Z-Man, Michigan-Ohio State is much more suitable for Big Noon than Purdue-Indiana although Purdue-Indiana would be excellent for either a late afternoon or evening time slot.
I also want to back up my point about the Browns and Ravens.
Let’s look at the first 27 seasons in which they have co-existed (1999-2025):
Ravens:
Winning seasons: 18
Losing seasons: 6
Playoff appearances: 15
Consecutive losing seasons at any point: No
Miss the playoffs despite winning at least 60% of games: No
Super Bowl titles: Yes (2000, 2012)
Browns:
Winning seasons: 4
Losing seasons: 23
Playoff appearances: 3
Consecutive losing seasons at any point: Yes (1999-2001, 2003-2006. 2008-19 [which is a team record including 0-16 in 2017], 2021-22, 2024-25)
Miss the playoffs despite winning at least 60% of games: Yes (2007)
Super Bowl titles: No
This shows how awful the compromise was for the Browns, while being great for the Ravens.
Meanwhile having Fox, CBS, and NBC take turns airing UM-OSU in their respective time slots would be very fair and much better than the compromise detailed above. It’s also a better idea than the NBA play-in games, which cost another Cleveland team, the Cavaliers, dearly in 2022.
Z-Man, again sorry to discipline you this compromise between FOX, CBS & NBC & Michigan-Ohio State should NEVER be posted again.
Everybody including me, has to repeat it many times that Michigan-Ohio State will ALWAYS kickoff at high noon whether you are favored or opposed.
Not wanting UM-OSU to rotate among the networks and their respective time slots is like wanting FBS to go back to using the BCS to determine a national champion.
Going from the BCS to the CFP was progress, as was expanding the CFP to 12 with further expansion possibly on the horizon.
The networks taking turns airing UM-OSU would likewise be progress.
Z-Man Michigan-Ohio State kickoff at either 3:30PM or 7:30PM is a major distraction, and it would not help the long & storied rivalry plus It will be destroyed & noon kickoff is a must to protect Big Ten best rivalry in Football.
Furthermore Z-Man, There is zero compromise in any sport, especially college football.
Purdue and Washington play each other Friday night. They are not off this weekend.
I really enjoy big Ten playing on Friday evening & only minor solution is I want either BTN or FS1 to do Big Ten games when FOX has the World Series.
This post is for next weekend, the weekend of the 24th.
I have a solution to Big Ten games Week 10 11/7.
FOX & NBC show Noon kickoffs.
CBS does the usual 3:30PM kickoff.
FS1 show 3:30PM & 7:00PM or 7;30PM kickoffs
BTN show 3:30PM & 8:00PM kickoffs
Note: The huge showdown with Miami at Notre Dame will have a 7:30PM kickoff.