The 2012 slate of games on the NBC networks kicks off on Saturday, Sept. 8 at 3:30 p.m. ET with Purdue at Notre Dame on NBC and Delaware State at Delaware on NBC Sports Network.
Overall, NBC will broadcast seven Notre Dame games, 10 Mountain West Conference games, six Colonial Athletic Association games, seven Ivy League games, the Atlanta Football Classic (Florida A&M vs. Southern) and the Bayou Classic (Grambling State vs. Southern).
| 2012 NBC Sports College Football TV Schedule | |||
| Date | Game | Time (ET) | Network/Online |
| Sat, Sept. 8 | Purdue at Notre Dame | 3:30 p.m. | NBC |
| Sat., Sept. 8 | Delaware State at Delaware | 3:30 p.m. | NBC Sports Network |
| Sat., Sept. 8 | Army at San Diego State | 7:30 p.m. | NBC Sports Network |
| Sat., Sept. 15 | William & Mary at Towson | 12:00 p.m. | NBC Sports Network |
| Sat., Sept. 15 | Miami (OH) at Boise State | 4:00 p.m. | NBC Sports Network |
| Sat., Sept. 22 | Yale at Cornell | 1:00 p.m. | NBC Sports Network |
| Sat., Sept. 22 | Harvard at Brown | 4:30 p.m. | NBC Sports Network |
| Sat., Sept. 22 | Michigan at Notre Dame | 7:30 p.m. | NBC |
| Sat., Sept. 22 | Nevada at Hawaii | 10:30 p.m. | NBC Sports Network |
| Sat., Sept. 29 | Penn at Dartmouth | 12:00 p.m. | NBC Sports Network |
| Sat., Sept. 29 | Florida A&M vs. Southern | 3:30 p.m. | NBC Sports Network |
| Sat., Oct. 6 | Towson at James Madison | 1:00 p.m. | NBC Sports Network |
| Sat., Oct. 6 | Miami (FL) vs. Notre Dame | 7:30 p.m. | NBC |
| Sat., Oct. 13 | Brown at Princeton | 12:00 p.m. | NBC Sports Network |
| Sat., Oct. 13 | Stanford at Notre Dame | 3:30 p.m. | NBC |
| Sat., Oct. 13 | Fresno State at Boise State | 3:30 p.m. | NBC Sports Network |
| Sat., Oct. 20 | Penn at Yale | 12:00 p.m. | NBC Sports Network |
| Sat., Oct. 20 | BYU at Notre Dame | 3:30 p.m. | NBC |
| Sat., Oct. 20 | UNLV at Boise State | 3:30 p.m. | NBC Sports Network |
| Sat., Oct. 27 | Delaware at Old Dominion | 12:00 p.m. | NBC Sports Network |
| Sat., Nov. 3 | Towson at Delaware | 12:00 p.m. | NBC Sports Network |
| Sat., Nov. 3 | Pittsburgh at Notre Dame | 3:30 p.m. | NBC |
| Sat., Nov. 10 | Harvard at Penn | 12:00 p.m. | NBC Sports Network |
| Sat., Nov. 10 | Air Force at San Diego State | 3:30 p.m. | NBC Sports Network |
| Sat., Nov. 10 | Boise State at Hawaii | 7:00 p.m. | NBC Sports Network |
| Sat., Nov. 10 | Fresno State at Nevada | 10:30 p.m. | NBC Sports Network |
| Sat., Nov. 17 | Yale at Harvard | 12:00 p.m. | NBC Sports Network |
| Sat., Nov. 17 | Wake Forest at Notre Dame | 3:30 p.m. | NBC |
| Sat., Nov. 17 | Colorado State at Boise State | 3:30 p.m. | NBC Sports Network |
| Sat., Nov. 17 | ODU at James Madison | 7:00 p.m. | NBC Sports Network |
| Sat., Nov. 24 | Grambling State vs. Southern | 2:30 p.m. | NBC |
| Sat., Nov. 24 | Air Force at Fresno State | 3:30 p.m. | NBC Sports Network |