2026 Scheduling Updates

[Xeliou66]

This is the lousiest slate of Week 1 games I can ever recall. Clemson/LSU is the only major game opening week, along with maybe Louisville/Ole Miss.
On the other hand, this is the best Week 2 I can ever recall - Ohio St/Texas, Oklahoma/Michigan, Tennessee/GA Tech, Iowa/Iowa St, Arizona St/Texas A&M are huge games with some other intriguing matchups too.

 

[ericd7633]

Full Week 0 schedule:

Friday, August 27th:

FCS: Idaho at Cal Poly - 10:00 | ESPN

Saturday, August 28th:

UNC vs. TCU (Dublin, Ireland) - 12:00 | ESPN
San Jose State at USC - 3:00 | NBC
FCS: Southern vs. Alabama State - 3:00 | ESPNU
NC State vs. UVA (Rio De Janeiro, Brazil) - 3:30 | ESPN
Jacksonville State at North Dakota State - 5:30 | CBSSN
Sacramento State at Eastern Michigan - 6:30 | ESPN+
Hawaii at Stanford - 7:00 | ACCN
FCS: East Texas A&M at Mercer - 7:00 | ESPN
New Mexico State at Florida State - 7:00 | CW
FCS: Alabama A&M vs. Howard - 7:30 | ABC
FCS: Prairie View A&M at Tarleton - 9:00 | ESPN2
Memphis at UNLV -10:00 | Fox

 

[Digger]

The broadcast schedule for the 2026-27 College Football Playoff will be announced on Monday, June 1, ESPN’s Bowl Season schedule will be revealed on Wednesday, June 3, and the times and windows for the rest of the SEC’s schedule will be unveiled on Wednesday, June 10. Additional scheduling details, including commentator assignments for Kickoff Week, will be announced later this summer.

 

[Hitman Hart]

Arkansas' AD is being a pussy. He's whining that they have to play at 10:15 against Utah on the 12th and then they have to turn around and play Georgia at noon the following Saturday. He's begging the SEC and ESPN to do something about it, lmao.

 

[ericd7633]

Arkansas' AD is being a pussy. He's whining that they have to play at 10:15 against Utah on the 12th and then they have to turn around and play Georgia at noon the following Saturday. He's begging the SEC and ESPN to do something about it, lmao.

They could be playing at 3:30 on the 12th and UGA would whip their ass anyway next week.

Also, this is what the $$ is for.

 

[Hitman Hart]

They could be playing at 3:30 on the 12th and UGA would whip their ass anyway next week.

Also, this is what the $$ is for.

we have talked before about how ACC Maryland and Big Ten feels like two completely separate entities from a cultural, passion and tradition standpoint. i think the same can be said about SWC Arkansas and SEC Arkansas. SWC Arkansas had a very good stretch from 1959-1990. It's impossible to differentiate current day Arkansas from South Carolina or Kentucky.

 

[ericd7633]

we have talked before about how ACC Maryland and Big Ten feels like two completely separate entities from a cultural, passion and tradition standpoint. i think the same can be said about SWC Arkansas and SEC Arkansas. SWC Arkansas had a very good stretch from 1959-1990. It's impossible to differentiate current day Arkansas from South Carolina or Kentucky.

Yeah, Arkansas has had very little success in the SEC. 1998, the McFadden years and a couple years with Petrino it's been pretty slim. I think Texas joining helps them, and I feel like there could be something with Missouri, but yeah they do kind of feel out of place.

 

[ThomasTomasz]

Full Week 0 schedule:

Friday, August 27th:

FCS: Idaho at Cal Poly - 10:00 | ESPN

Saturday, August 28th:

UNC vs. TCU (Dublin, Ireland) - 12:00 | ESPN
San Jose State at USC - 3:00 | NBC
FCS: Southern vs. Alabama State - 3:00 | ESPNU
NC State vs. UVA (Rio De Janeiro, Brazil) - 3:30 | ESPN
Jacksonville State at North Dakota State - 5:30 | CBSSN
Sacramento State at Eastern Michigan - 6:30 | ESPN+
Hawaii at Stanford - 7:00 | ACCN
FCS: East Texas A&M at Mercer - 7:00 | ESPN
New Mexico State at Florida State - 7:00 | CW
FCS: Alabama A&M vs. Howard - 7:30 | ABC
FCS: Prairie View A&M at Tarleton - 9:00 | ESPN2
Memphis at UNLV -10:00 | Fox

Not a lot of great matchups there, but UNC/TCU and NC State/UVA is a good conference matchup. Memphis/UNLV will be an interesting late night game. Though my hot take is that Jacksonville State/ ND State might be the best game of the weekend

 

[ThomasTomasz]

This is the lousiest slate of Week 1 games I can ever recall. Clemson/LSU is the only major game opening week, along with maybe Louisville/Ole Miss.
On the other hand, this is the best Week 2 I can ever recall - Ohio St/Texas, Oklahoma/Michigan, Tennessee/GA Tech, Iowa/Iowa St, Arizona St/Texas A&M are huge games with some other intriguing matchups too.

With the SEC getting rid of their cupcake week leading up to Rivalry Week, expect Week 1 to continue to be lagging behind. If there isn’t an official pre-season game, I’m actually OK with this. Would rather have it earlier in the year than later.

 

[ThomasTomasz]

Arkansas' AD is being a pussy. He's whining that they have to play at 10:15 against Utah on the 12th and then they have to turn around and play Georgia at noon the following Saturday. He's begging the SEC and ESPN to do something about it, lmao.

God forbid a big SEC football program has to fly to games. Imagine all of the other sports that bus their kids, or the Stanford/ACC smaller sports that are red-eying across the country.

What an idiot.

 

[ThomasTomasz]

we have talked before about how ACC Maryland and Big Ten feels like two completely separate entities from a cultural, passion and tradition standpoint. i think the same can be said about SWC Arkansas and SEC Arkansas. SWC Arkansas had a very good stretch from 1959-1990. It's impossible to differentiate current day Arkansas from South Carolina or Kentucky.

Great point. Maryland made the B1G jump to try and be a better football school, and while one could argue they’ve achieved that, it’s been to the detriment of the basketball program.

I’m also waiting for the hammer to fall on Mike Locksley. Great recruiter. Horrible coach. He just needs to go be the GM frontman for a program, it’s the perfect role for him.

 

[Digger]

CBSSN entire season schedule set.

2026 CBSSN college football TV schedule​

*All times Eastern.

Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026
Jacksonville State at North Dakota State – 5:30pm

Saturday, Sep. 5, 2026
Bryant at Army – 12pm
Towson at Navy – 3:30pm
Idaho State at Utah State – 7pm
WKU at Nevada – 10:30pm

Saturday, Sep. 12, 2026
USF at Army – 12pm
Maryland at UConn – 3:30pm
Southern Utah at Colorado State – 7pm
Sacramento State at Fresno State – 10:30pm

Saturday, Sep. 19, 2026
Coastal Carolina at Delaware – 11:30am
Temple at Toledo – 3pm
Marshall at Missouri State – 6:30pm
South Dakota at Boise State – 10pm

Saturday, Sep. 26, 2026
New Mexico at New Mexico State – 3:30pm
Troy at Utah State – 7:30pm

Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026
WKU at New Mexico State – 8pm

Friday, Oct. 2, 2026
Liberty at Delaware – 7pm

Saturday, Oct. 3, 2026
Syracuse at UConn – 12pm
California at UNLV – 3:30pm
Utah State at Boise State – 7:30pm

Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026
Jacksonville State at Kennesaw State – 7pm

Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026
Missouri State at WKU – 7pm

Friday, Oct. 9, 2026
Wyoming at San Jose State – 9pm

Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026
Tulane at Army – 12pm
Tulsa at Navy – 3:30pm
Air Force at Northern Illinois – 7:30pm

Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026
Delaware at Middle Tennessee – 7pm

Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026
Kennesaw State at Missouri State – 7:30pm

Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026
Colorado State at Texas State – 8pm

Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026
Florida Atlantic at Army – 12pm
UNLV at Air Force – 3:30pm
Nevada at North Dakota State – 7pm
Fresno State at San Diego State – 10:30pm

Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026
Middle Tennessee at FIU – 7pm

Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026
Liberty at Kennesaw State – 7pm

Friday, Oct. 23, 2026
UMass at UConn – 7pm

Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026
North Texas at Navy – 3:30pm
Utah State at Texas State – 7:30pm

Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2026
Delaware at WKU – 7pm

Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026
Kennesaw State at Middle Tennessee – 7pm

Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026
Bowling Green at Western Michigan – 12pm
FIU at Liberty – 3:30pm
Washington State at San Diego State – 7pm
Northern Illinois at UNLV – 10:30pm

Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2026
Mid-American Conference TBD – 7pm

Friday, Nov. 6, 2026
New Mexico at Nevada – 9pm

Saturday, Nov. 7, 2026
North Carolina at UConn – 12pm
Temple at Navy – 3:30pm
Sam Houston at Jacksonville State – 7pm
Wyoming at UNLV – 10:30pm

Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2026
Mid-American Conference TBD – 7pm

Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026
Mid-American Conference TBD – 7pm

Saturday, Nov. 14, 2026
James Madison at UConn – 12pm
Middle Tennessee at Liberty – 3:30pm
San Jose State at Air Force – 7pm
Colorado State at Washington State – 10:30pm

Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2026
Mid-American Conference TBD – 7pm

Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2026
Mid-American Conference TBD – 7pm

Saturday, Nov. 21, 2026
East Carolina at Army – 12pm
Old Dominion at UConn – 3:30pm
UNLV at San Jose State – 7pm
Utah State at Oregon State – 10:30pm

Friday, Nov. 27, 2026
Mid-American Conference TBD – 12pm
North Dakota State at San Jose State – 3:30pm

Saturday, Nov. 28, 2026
Mid-American Conference TBD – 12pm
Jacksonville State at Delaware – 3:30pm
Nevada at UNLV – 9pm

Friday, Dec. 4, 2026
CUSA Championship Game – 7pm

 

[Digger]

Amazing we have 7 late games in week 3 on these channels:
ESPN
USA
TNT
CW
FS1
BTN
CBSSN

We have 8 late Saturday games in week 1 but 3 of them are on ESPN+.

 

[basement bias]

Amazing we have 7 late games in week 3 on these channels:
ESPN
USA
TNT
CW
FS1
BTN
CBSSN

We have 8 late Saturday games in week 1 but 3 of them are on ESPN+.

NBC going to use NBCSN that just came back?

 

[ericd7633]

NBC going to use NBCSN that just came back?

If it's like the NBA, games on Peacock will also be on NBCSN on YouTube TV.

 

[Digger]

NBC going to use NBCSN that just came back?

I've been getting ready to ask that on here, regarding peacock games. I hope they are on NBCSN as well. I know the peacock MLB game was on there yesterday, I checked yesterday because I was curious. I have free peacock till Oct 16 and maybe beyond that, but either way its more convenient if its on yttv.

We darn well better have espn unlimited on yttv by Thurs Sept 3 for espn+ games. Concerned they get it done by then.

 

[Digger]

Also I watched the Notre Dame peacock spring game on NBCSN.

 

[ericd7633]

 

[ericd7633]

Those 2 1st round games on TNT will be going up against:

Seahawks at Eagles - 5:00 | Fox
Bears at Bills - 8:30 | CBS.

Those timeslots had horrible ratings last year (along with the games being bad, which didn't help)

 

[Xeliou66]

Those 2 1st round games on TNT will be going up against:

Seahawks at Eagles - 5:00 | Fox
Bears at Bills - 8:30 | CBS.

Those timeslots had horrible ratings last year (along with the games being bad, which didn't help)

It sucks that the CFB playoff first round goes up against the NFL - because I love both, I’ll switch back and forth between the games, but NFL is my #1 sport so I get why it has better ratings, but the CFB playoff games should have their own time spot without competition from the NFL.