Week 0 TV times, Network Designations, and News & Notes

[Xeliou66]

Week 0 Primer:

North Carolina vs. TCU - 12:00 ET on ESPN - Year 2 for Bill Belichick at UNC starts overseas vs. TCU. Year 1 was a disaster, can things improve? TCU must replace Hoover but Sonny **** always finds someone who can sling it.

San Jose State at USC - 3:00 ET on NBC - SJSU doesn't have the horses for this game. Should be a USC blowout.

NC State at Virginia - 3:30 ET on ESPN - Most intriguing game of the week IMO. It's a conference game and both teams have favorable schedules. I think UVA is the better team and they're at home but NC State has the returning QB which could prove to be the difference early in the year.

Jacksonville State at North Dakota State - 5:30 ET on CBSSN - Very interesting game. JSU is coming of 4 straight 9 win seasons. Charles Kelly is back in his 2nd year after almost winning CUSA in year 1. NDSU, the dynasty program of FCS, hosts their first ever game as a member of the FBS. This should be a fun one.

Sacramento State at Eastern Michigan - 6:30 ET on ESPN+ - Sacramento States first game in the FBS is a conference game that comes on the road. Chris Creighton has brought the EMU Eagles back to respectability over his time there but they're coming off 3 straight losing seasons.

Hawaii at Stanford - 7:00 ET on ACC Network - Hawaii should be one of the better teams in the MWC and have the opportunity to score an upset P4 win on the road here. HC Tavita Pritchard is starting a difficult rebuild at Stanford.

New Mexico State at Florid State - 7:00 ET on the CW - NMSU doesn't have the horses for this game. I want to see how the FSU's OL plays, they're the biggest question I have about this team. FSU should win easily.

Memphis at UNLV - 10:00 ET on FOX - I wish this game wasn't so late. Memphis is in year 1 under Coach Huff. They should be competitive. Dan Mullen has UNLV as the favorites in the MWC and is aiming at a CFP bid. For the latter to come true, UNLV needs to win these kinds of games.

Most intriguing games for me week 0 are NCST/Virginia and Memphis/UNLV. NCST/Virginia is a toss up game between 2 solid teams and the ACC is pretty wide open behind Miami. Memphis/UNLV are two solid Group of 5 programs, I could see UNLV as a potential Group of 5 playoff candidate, Memphis is always solid, good opening game.
I’m expecting TCU will demolish UNC. Jax St/NDSU is interesting, too bad that game is on a network I don’t get. I think Hawaii will beat Stanford, Stanford is in a total rebuild.

 

[y2joey]

Bout to tell my job I have Mass Saturday Night and Church Sunday morning and can't work between the hours of 11am Saturday and 5am Monday.

 

[Digger]

This is my favorite cfb tv website. They dont update each week during the season until Tues or Wed. Matt Sarz tv schedule is outstanding and lsufootball.net is definitely a distant 3rd for me. I use to do my own research starting in the spring looking all around on team sites for tv info before these 3 sites started 25 years or more ago.


My favorite site has week 0 and 1 up.

week 0

https://www.nationalchamps.net/2026/tv_listings/aug29.htm

week 1

https://www.nationalchamps.net/2026/tv_listings/sep5.htm

 

[ThomasTomasz]

Most intriguing games for me week 0 are NCST/Virginia and Memphis/UNLV. NCST/Virginia is a toss up game between 2 solid teams and the ACC is pretty wide open behind Miami. Memphis/UNLV are two solid Group of 5 programs, I could see UNLV as a potential Group of 5 playoff candidate, Memphis is always solid, good opening game.
I’m expecting TCU will demolish UNC. Jax St/NDSU is interesting, too bad that game is on a network I don’t get. I think Hawaii will beat Stanford, Stanford is in a total rebuild.

We do have some decent games to watch for Week 0. I’ll be traveling back from vacation so I won’t catch any of them, but it’s great to have CFB back.

 

[Digger]

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[Digger]

Minny on NBCSN Thurs week 1 on yttv, fubo, and maybe others. Not surprised but happy.

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[Calhoun]

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/74...ource=athletic_targeted_email&userId=30874709

Good break-down of who airs/streams all the conferences.

 

[Digger]

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[Duckboy33]

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Luke Moga time?

 

[Digger]

Luke Moga time?

I've been hoping all offseaon but Layne did have nice stats last season (other than INTs) on 2nd look this summer.

 

[ericd7633]

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For people in the DMV and Southern PA area (and select others). A slate of 10 FCS games on Monumental Spots Network. Including week 0:

Thursday, August 27th:

#66 Maine at #67 Towson – 6:00 | MNMT

^ One of four FCS games to kick off Thursday at 6:00. The others, including two streaming:

#44 Stony Brook at #50 Delaware State - 6:00
#87 Mercyhurst at #13 Youngstown State - 6:00 | ESPN+
Ohio Dominican at #109 Morehead State - 6:00 | ESPN+

Rankings via @Digger 's FCS power rating thread.

If you're wondering, hell yeah I'm watching that Towson game.

 

[Wamu]

We're less than 50 days to week 0. Figured it was a good time to get this out. Below are Week 0 FBS and FCS kickoff times, TV network and any notable streaming games.

FBS Week 0 Full TV Schedule:

Saturday, August 29th:

UNC vs. TCU (Dublin, Ireland) - 12:00 | ESPN
San Jose State at USC - 3:00 | NBC
NC State at Virginia - 3:30 | ESPN
Jacksonville State at North Dakota State - 5:30 | CBSSN
Hawaii at Stanford - 7:00 | ACCN
New Mexico State at Florida State - 7:00 | CW
Memphis at UNLV -10:00 | Fox

Notable streaming game:

Sacramento State at Eastern Michigan - 6:30 | ESPN+

FCS Week 0 Full TV schedule:

Friday, August 28th:

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

Saturday, August 29th:

Southern vs. Alabama State (Birmingham , AL) - 3:00 | ESPNU
East Texas A&M at Mercer - 7:00 | ESPN
Alabama A&M vs. Howard (Atlanta, GA) - 7:30 | ABC
Prairie View A&M at Tarleton - 9:00 | ESPN2

Notable streaming games:

St. Francis (IL) at Illinois State - 7:00 | ESPN+
Stetson at South Dakota State - 7:00 | ESPN+
Southern Utah at Montana - 9:00 | ESPN+
Montana State at Utah Tech - 9:00 | ESPN+

Thanks for posting that.

 

[Duckboy33]

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For people in the DMV and Southern PA area (and select others). A slate of 10 FCS games on Monumental Spots Network. Including week 0:

Thursday, August 27th:

#66 Maine at #67 Towson – 6:00 | MNMT

^ One of four FCS games to kick off Thursday at 6:00. The others, including two streaming:

#44 Stony Brook at #50 Delaware State - 6:00
#87 Mercyhurst at #13 Youngstown State - 6:00 | ESPN+
Ohio Dominican at #109 Morehead State - 6:00 | ESPN+

Rankings via @Digger 's FCS power rating thread.

If you're wondering, hell yeah I'm watching that Towson game.

Is MNMT a channel that people can easily access? I have YTTV and haven't noticed it. Then again, I never heard of it before this thread so it's possible I've just scrolled past it.

 

[ericd7633]

Is MNMT a channel that people can easily access? I have YTTV and haven't noticed it. Then again, I never heard of it before this thread so it's possible I've just scrolled past it.

I don't think it's on YTTV. I have DirecTV and then Roku's for my other TVs and downloaded the app and can use my login for that. There is a subscription plan for people outside the region, but it's $20/month. I have no need to watch the wizards or capitals, so if I wasn't in region there's no way I'd pay for the subscription.

 

[Digger]

Happy Game Week fellas and gals!

 

[Hitman Hart]

gym, library, then will catch the second half of UNC/TCU and NCSU/UVa

 

[Duckboy33]

gym, library, then will catch the second half of UNC/TCU and NCSU/UVa

Library? We don't come here to play school bro

 

[Digger]

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[ericd7633]

Nothing fake about being Manti T'eo days away from college football.

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[Digger]

@CFBAlerts_

These teams play College Football this week.




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