College football schedule: TV selections for October 26, 2024

By Brian Wilmer -

College football schedule TV selections for the weekend of October 26, 2024 will be made today. Selections will be made by the four power conferences, while some Group of Five games will also be set.

A few games were held under the six-day option. Those kickoff times and/or TV were finalized on Sunday, Oct. 20.

College football schedule: Week 9 TV selections

*All times Eastern.

ACC

Thursday, Oct. 24
Syracuse at Pitt – 7:30pm, ESPN

Friday, Oct. 25
Louisville at Boston College – 7:30pm, ESPN2

Saturday, Oct. 26
Ga. Tech at Va. Tech – 12pm, ACCN
UNC at Virginia – 12pm, The CW
Wake at Stanford – 3:30pm, ACCN
Oregon St. at Cal – 4pm, ESPN2
FSU at Miami – 7pm, ESPN
SMU at Duke – 8pm, ACCN

Off: Clemson, NC State

AMERICAN

Saturday, Oct. 26
Notre Dame vs. Navy (in NJ) – 12pm, ABC/ESPN+
Charlotte at Memphis – 12pm, ESPNU
Tulane at North Texas – 12pm, ESPN2
Temple at East Carolina – 2pm, ESPN+
Rice at UConn – 3:30pm, CBSSN
UTSA at Tulsa – 3:30pm, ESPN+

Off: Army, FAU, UAB, USF

BIG 12

Saturday, Oct. 26
BYU at UCF – 3:30pm, ESPN
Oklahoma St. at Baylor – 3:30pm, ESPN+
Texas Tech at TCU – 3:30pm, FOX
Utah at Houston – 7pm, ESPN+
West Virginia at Arizona – 7pm, FS1
Kansas at Kansas State – 8pm, ESPN2
Cincinnati at Colorado – 10:15pm, ESPN

Off: Arizona State, Iowa State

BIG TEN

Friday, Oct. 25
Rutgers at USC – 11pm, FOX

Saturday, Oct. 26
Nebraska at Ohio St. – 12pm, FOX
Washington at Indiana – 12pm, BTN
Illinois at Oregon – 3:30pm, CBS
Maryland at Minnesota – 3:30pm, FS1
Northwestern at Iowa – 3:30pm, BTN
Michigan St. at Michigan – 7:30pm, BTN
Penn St. at Wisconsin – 7:30pm, NBC

Off: Purdue, UCLA

CONFERENCE USA

Tuesday, Oct. 22
Sam Houston at FIU – 7:30pm, ESPNU
UTEP at LA Tech – 8pm, CBSSN

Wednesday, Oct. 23
Liberty at Kennesaw State – 7pm, CBSSN
MTSU at Jax State – 7:30pm, ESPN2

Off: NM State, WKU

INDEPENDENTS

Saturday, Oct. 26
Notre Dame vs Navy (in NJ) – 12pm, ABC/ESPN+
Rice at UConn – 3:30pm, CBSSN
Wagner at UMass – 3:30pm, ESPN+

Off: None

MAC

Saturday, Oct. 26
Buffalo at Ohio – 12pm, CBSSN
CMU at Miami OH – 2pm, ESPN+
BGSU at Toledo – 3:30pm, ESPN+
EMU at Akron – 3:30pm, ESPN+
Kent State at WMU – 3:30pm, ESPN+
NIU at Ball State – 3:30pm, ESPN+
Off: None

MOUNTAIN WEST

Friday, Oct. 25
Boise St. at UNLV – 10:30pm, CBSSN

Saturday, Oct. 26
New Mexico at Colorado St. – 5pm, Altitude/MWN
Utah St. at Wyoming – 7pm, CBSSN
San Jose St. at Fresno St. – 8pm, truTV/Max
Washington St. at San Diego St. – 10:30pm, CBSSN
Nevada at Hawaii – 11:59pm, Spectrum PPV

Off: Air Force

PAC-12

Saturday, Oct. 26
Oregon State at California – 4pm, ESPN2
Washington St. at San Diego St. – 10:30pm, CBSSN

Off: None

SEC

Saturday, Oct. 26
Oklahoma at Ole Miss – 12pm, ESPN
Arkansas at Mississippi St. – 12:45pm, SECN
Missouri at Alabama – 3:30pm, ABC/ESPN+
Texas at Vanderbilt – 4:15pm, SECN
LSU at Texas A&M – 7:30pm, ABC/ESPN+
Auburn at Kentucky – 7:45pm, SECN

Off: Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee

SUN BELT

Thursday, Oct. 24
Georgia Southern at ODU – 7pm, ESPN2

Saturday, Oct. 26
Georgia State at App State – 1pm, ESPN+
Southern Miss at JMU – 3:30pm, ESPN+
ULM at South Alabama – 5pm, ESPN+
Troy at Arkansas State – 7pm, ESPN+

Off: Coastal Carolina, Louisiana, Marshall, Texas State

FOOTBALL SCHEDULES

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Comments (20)

I am very flexible what game CBS will show on Week 9 however I would like Big Ten & CBS to reserve Week 10 Ohio State at Penn State to have best Big Ten on CBS game of 2024.

I fully agree with you Richard on Ohio State-Penn State will be taken by FOX Big Noon Saturday & I really like CBS to take My Michigan team when they host Oregon at Big House & out of your two educated guess I like NBC to grab UCLA-Nebraska & USC-Washington would be a nice late evening fit & will be televised on FS1, BTN or Peacock.

Gonna be about 99.999999% sure that Ohio State-Penn State will be the Big Noon game on FOX. probably explains why FOX traded the Ohio State-Oregon game with NBC to get that one. CBS will likely get the Oregon-Michigan game at 3:30 then USC-Washington on NBC. Plus FOIX wants the extra advertising money given it’s three days before the election.

I agree that Fox will put OSU-PSU on Big Noon but I was uncertain on who would get UO@UMich, but since the BTN gets UMich-MSU at night in week 9, CBS probably does have 2nd pick in week 10 and thus UO@UMich (because UMich is willing to play only 2 home games at night). However, NBC may pick Wisconsin-Iowa or Nebraska-UCLA over USC-Washington, especially if any of those schools are ranked as an unranked USC team just isn’t a very big TV draw.

BTW, all PSU, Wisconsin, and UMich games will get extra revenue from political ads these few weeks before the election (also any games featuring the GA, NC, AZ, and NV schools).

Hank Loranger, Richard, Terrence Shields, Dan Rakow, Sky Scarlet,

How are the week 7 SEC-Tigers 13th, so phenominal, much better, than the 9th Spot SEC-MS Rebels ?
Winning @ home, w/ both teams scoring 55 points total, requiring OT, =ing very matched teams who merit switching places 13th to 9th & 9th to 13th @ The most generous.

Please debate me with Empirical evidence how Associated Press 16th for Rebels & most important, 8th for Tigers is not Sports Social Influencer Bias.
“Because they’re LA State” is not evidence of an 8th place selection.

I am looking forward to CBS showing Illinois Fighting Illini back to back hosting Michigan in Champaign this Saturday & heading to Great Northwest at Oregon following Saturday.

Go Fighting Illini!!!

Thanks Dan. As far as HTK’s inquiry, the polls really don’t matter much anymore. In fact, I don’t think the CFP committee even looks at them when deciding on the teams. It’s all subjectivity, looking at resumes, strength of schedule, etc..However I do believe some personal bias is involved at times (can’t prove it of course) but LSU probably gets more “eyeballs” than Ole Miss does. So I don’t think about the AP or Coaches Polls anymore. They have become irrelevant with the college football playoff.

To Hank Loranger Dan’s four favorite Big Ten teams are

1. Northwestern Wildcats

2. Illinois Fighting Illini

3. Michigan Wolverines

4. Any teams that play at 3:30PM airing on CBS.

Ohio State vs Northwestern at Wrigley Field would be a neat one for CBS to carry. It is currently slated for either a Noon or 3:30pm start. However, my guess for that game would be either BTN or that dreaded seven letter word: PEACOCK. Could be wrong though.

I really would like CBS show Northwestern vs Ohio State at 1060 West Addison (Wrigley Field) at 3:30PM 11/16 however I am flexible for a Noon kickoff on either BTN or Peacock.

Michigan vs Michigan State Saturday evening on BTN is a fantastic alternative to NBC & speaking of NBC I am happy that they will be televising Penn state at Wisconsin.

Here is my timetable for Week 9

Syracuse at Pittsburgh ESPN Thursday evening

Louisville at Boston College ESPN2 early Friday evening

Rutgers at USC FOX late Friday evening

Notre Dame vs Navy ABC or ESPN Noon
at East Rutherford, NJ

Illinois at Oregon CBS 3:30PM

Michigan State at Michigan BTN 7:30PM

Cincinnati at Colorado ESPN 10:15PM