The Thanksgiving Football Schedule for the 2018 season has been set. The schedule includes all FBS and FCS college football games and NFL games this holiday weekend.
The football schedule this week kicks off on Tuesday, Nov. 20 with two games in the MAC at 7:00pm ET. Miami (Ohio) hosts Ball State and Western Michigan hosts Northern Illinois.
Thanksgiving Day kicks off at 12:30pm ET with an NFL contest, which features the Chicago Bears traveling to take on the Detroit Lions at Ford Field.
Two more Thanksgiving Classic games follow. First, it’s the Dallas Cowboys hosting the Washington Redskins at 4:30pm ET, and then the New Orleans Saints welcome the Atlanta Falcons to “The Big Easy” at 8:20pm ET.
Thanksgiving week is also Rivalry Week in college football. A A few of the rivalry games on the Thanksgiving football schedule include Auburn at Alabama, Florida at Florida State, Georgia Tech at Georgia, Michigan at Ohio State, Mississippi State at Ole Miss, Oregon at Oregon State, South Carolina at Clemson, and Washington at Washington State.
The bowl schedule and College Football Playoff pairings for the 2018-19 season will be announced on Sunday, Dec. 2.
Thanksgiving Football Schedule 2018
Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018
| Matchup | Time (ET) | TV / Online |
|---|---|---|
| Ball State at Miami (Ohio) | 7:00 pm | ESPN+ / WatchESPN |
| NIU at Western Michigan | 7:00 pm | ESPNU / WatchESPN |
Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018
| Matchup | Time (ET) | TV / Online |
|---|---|---|
| NFL: Chicago at Detroit | 12:30pm | CBS / CBSSports.com |
| Mississippi Valley St. at Alabama St. | 3:00pm | ASU All-Access |
| Colorado State at Air Force | 3:30pm | CBSSN / CBSSports.com |
| NFL: Washington at Dallas | 4:30pm | FOX / FSGo |
| (18) Mississippi State at Ole Miss | 7:30pm | ESPN / WatchESPN |
| NFL: Atlanta at New Orleans | 8:20pm | NBC / NBCSports.com |
Friday, Nov. 23, 2018
| Matchup | Time (ET) | TV / Online |
|---|---|---|
| Akron at Ohio | 12:00pm | CBSSN / CBSSports.com |
| Buffalo at Bowling Green | 12:00pm | ESPNU / WatchESPN |
| Central Michigan at Toledo | 12:00pm | ESPN3 |
| Eastern Michigan at Kent State | 12:00pm | ESPN3 |
| Houston at Memphis | 12:00pm | ABC / WatchESPN |
| Nebraska at Iowa | 12:00pm | FOX / FSGo |
| (14) Texas at Kansas | 12:00pm | FS1 / FSGo |
| Arkansas at Missouri | 2:30pm | CBS / CBSSports.com |
| Coastal Carolina at South Alabama | 3:00pm | ESPN+ |
| East Carolina at Cincinnati | 3:30pm | CBSSN / CBSSports.com |
| Virginia at Virginia Tech | 3:30pm | ABC / WatchESPN |
| Oregon at Oregon State | 4:00pm | FS1 / FSGo |
| (9) UCF at USF | 4:15pm | ESPN / WatchESPN |
| (6) Oklahoma at (13) West Virginia | 8:00pm | ESPN / WatchESPN |
| (16) Washington at (8) Washington State | 8:30pm | FOX / FSGo |
Saturday, Nov. 24, 2018
| Matchup | Time (ET) | TV / Online |
|---|---|---|
| (11) Florida at Florida State | 12:00pm | ABC / WatchESPN |
| Georgia Tech at (5) Georgia | 12:00pm | SECN / WatchESPN |
| Marshall at FIU | 12:00pm | |
| (4) Michigan at (10) Ohio State | 12:00pm | FOX / FSGo |
| Purdue at Indiana | 12:00pm | ESPN2 / WatchESPN |
| (20) Syracuse at Boston College | 12:00pm | ESPN / WatchESPN |
| Texas Tech vs. Baylor (in Arlington, TX) | 12:00pm | FS1 / FSGo |
| WKU at LA Tech | 12:00pm | CBSSN / CBSSports.com |
| Navy at Tulane | 12:00pm | ESPNU / WatchESPN |
| NC State at North Carolina | 12:20pm | Raycom Sports / ESPN3 |
| Wake Forest at Duke | 12:30pm | RSN / ESPN3 |
| Old Dominion at Rice | 1:00pm | ESPN+ |
| NC Central at SC State | 1:30pm | — |
| Duquesne at Towson | 2:00pm | ESPN3 |
| Elon at Wofford | 2:00pm | ESPN3 |
| Georgia Southern at Georgia State | 2:00pm | ESPN+ |
| New Mexico State at Liberty | 2:00pm | ESPN3 |
| Stony Brook at Southeast Missouri | 2:00pm | ESPN3 |
| Texas Southern at Prairie View A&M | 2:00pm | PVAMU SN |
| Troy at Appalachian State | 2:30pm | ESPN+ |
| Wyoming at New Mexico | 2:30pm | ATTSN / MWN |
| Delaware at James Madison | 3:00pm | ESPN3 |
| Incarnate Word at Montana State | 3:00pm | ESPN3 |
| Louisiana at ULM | 3:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Southern Miss at UTEP | 3:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Stanford at UCLA | 3:00pm | Pac-12N / Pac-12.com |
| UAB at Middle Tennessee | 3:00pm | ESPN3 |
| Arizona State at Arizona | 3:30pm | FS1 / FSGo |
| Auburn at (1) Alabama | 3:30pm | CBS / CBSSports.com |
| Illinois at (19) Northwestern | 3:30pm | BTN / BTN2Go |
| Maryland at (12) Penn State | 3:30pm | ABC / WatchESPN |
| Minnesota at Wisconsin | 3:30pm | ESPN2 / WatchESPN |
| (24) Pitt at Miami FL | 3:30pm | ESPN / WatchESPN |
| SMU at Tulsa | 3:30pm | CBSSN / CBSSports.com |
| Temple at UConn | 3:30pm | ESPNU / WatchESPN |
| Arkansas State at Texas State | 4:00pm | ESPN3 |
| Rutgers at Michigan State | 4:00pm | FOX / FSGo |
| San Diego at Nicholls | 4:00pm | ESPN3 |
| Tennessee at Vanderbilt | 4:00pm | SECN / WatchESPN |
| Grambling vs. Southern (in New Orleans) | 5:00pm | NBCSN / NBCSports.com |
| Lamar at Northern Iowa | 5:00pm | ESPN3 |
| Charlotte at Florida Atlantic | 6:00pm | Stadium |
| Colorado at California | 7:00pm | Pac-12N / Pac-12.com |
| Kansas State at (25) Iowa State | 7:00pm | FS1 / FSGo |
| (15) Kentucky at Louisville | 7:00pm | ESPN2 / WatchESPN |
| North Texas at UTSA | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| San Jose State at Fresno State | 7:00pm | ESPNU / WatchESPN |
| South Carolina at (2) Clemson | 7:00pm | ESPN / WatchESPN |
| ETSU at Jacksonville State | 7:30pm | ESPN3 |
| (7) LSU at (22) Texas A&M | 7:30pm | SECN / WatchESPN |
| (3) Notre Dame at USC | 8:00pm | ABC / WatchESPN |
| Oklahoma State at TCU | 8:00pm | FOX / FSGo |
| Nevada at UNLV | 9:30pm | CBSSN / CBSSports.com |
| BYU at (17) Utah | 10:00pm | FS1 / FSGo |
| (21) Utah State at (23) Boise State | 10:15pm | ESPN / WatchESPN |
| Hawaii at San Diego State | 10:30pm | ESPNU / WatchESPN |
Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018
| Matchup | Time (ET) | TV |
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland at Cincinnati | 1:00pm | CBS |
| Jacksonville at Buffalo | 1:00pm | CBS |
| New England at NY Jets | 1:00pm | CBS |
| NY Giants at Philadelphia | 1:00pm | FOX |
| Oakland at Baltimore | 1:00pm | CBS |
| San Francisco at Tampa Bay | 1:00pm | FOX |
| Seattle at Carolina | 1:00pm | FOX |
| Arizona at LA Chargers | 4:05pm | FOX |
| Miami at Indianapolis | 4:25pm | CBS |
| Pittsburgh at Denver | 4:25pm | CBS |
| Green Bay at Minnesota | 8:20pm | NBC |
Monday, Nov. 26, 2018
| Matchup | Time (ET) | TV |
|---|---|---|
| Tennessee at Houston | 8:15 pm | ESPN |