College Football TV & Live Streaming Schedule
College football can be one of the trickier sports to follow on TV. A team might be on a major broadcast network one Saturday, move to a cable channel the next week and then appear on a streaming service later in the season. Kickoff times and TV assignments can also be confirmed much later than fans are used to with leagues such as the NFL.
The college football schedule above is designed to make that easier. It brings together upcoming games with confirmed kickoff times, TV channels and streaming options, giving you one place to check what college football is on TV today, tonight and over the coming days.
Broadcast information is updated as it becomes available. If a game does not yet have a confirmed channel or kickoff time, that does not necessarily mean it will not be televised. In many cases, the final TV window simply has not been selected yet.
For the 2026 season, FCS football gets underway on Thursday, August 27, while the first FBS games are scheduled for Saturday, August 29. From there, the college football calendar runs through conference championship games, bowl season and the College Football Playoff.
When are college football games played?
Saturday remains the main day for college football, with games running from around midday Eastern Time through late-night kickoffs on the West Coast. On a busy Saturday, dozens of FBS and FCS games can be spread across TV networks and streaming services at the same time.
But college football is no longer limited to Saturdays.
Thursday and Friday games are common throughout the season, while several conferences also use Tuesday and Wednesday night windows later in the year. The Mid-American Conference's well-known midweek schedule is one example, and Friday-night games have become an established part of the Big Ten calendar as well. The Big Ten has already announced a dedicated FOX Friday-night slate for 2026.
That spread across the week is one reason it is worth checking the live schedule rather than assuming your team will always play on Saturday.
The season also changes character as the fall progresses. Early weeks contain a large number of non-conference games, followed by increasingly important conference matchups and rivalry games. December then brings conference championships and the start of the postseason before college football continues into January.
Why are some college football kickoff times and TV channels TBD?
It can be frustrating to look several weeks ahead and see a college football game without a confirmed kickoff time or TV channel. In most cases, there is a simple reason: the broadcaster has not made its final selection yet.
Networks want the flexibility to place the most relevant games into their strongest TV windows. Rather than assigning every kickoff before the season begins, some conferences and broadcasters leave a portion of the schedule open until they have a better idea of which games will matter most.
A common example is the 12-day selection window, where kickoff times and television assignments are announced less than two weeks before the game. Some games can be held even longer under a six-day selection window. The Big Ten, for example, uses a 12-/6-day in-season selection process for games that were not assigned during its early TV announcements.
This is why a schedule can look incomplete several weeks in advance and then fill up as game day approaches.
It also means broadcast details can change. When new kickoff times, channels or streaming information are confirmed, the listings above can be updated without the need to rely on an old preseason schedule.
FBS and FCS football on TV
NCAA Division I football is divided into the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) and Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), and both appear on the college football TV calendar.
FBS accounts for much of the nationally televised college football schedule, including teams from the SEC, Big Ten, Big 12, ACC, Pac-12 and the other FBS conferences. Major games regularly occupy national broadcast and cable windows throughout the week.
FCS coverage is more fragmented. Some games receive national TV coverage, while many others are distributed through streaming platforms, conference agreements and regional broadcasters. The 2026 FCS season begins two days before the FBS schedule, on August 27.
For viewers, the important distinction is fairly simple: don't assume that a game is unavailable just because it is not on one of the major national networks. Streaming has made far more college football available than can fit onto traditional television channels.
The schedule above brings those different types of coverage together whenever broadcast information is available.
Conference Championships, Bowl Games and the College Football Playoff
The regular season is only one part of the college football TV schedule.
Once the final regular-season games are complete, many FBS conferences move into their championship games. Those are followed by bowl season and the College Football Playoff, keeping college football on TV well beyond the traditional fall schedule.
The 2026–27 College Football Playoff uses a 12-team format. First-round games are played on campus before the playoff moves to bowl sites for the quarterfinals and semifinals, with the season ending at the national championship game in Las Vegas on January 25, 2027.
Bowl and playoff TV assignments are added to the schedule as they are confirmed, so the same page can be used from the opening weekend in August through the final game of the season.
Where is college football shown on TV and streaming?
There isn't one channel or streaming service that carries all college football.
Instead, coverage is divided between national broadcast networks, sports channels, conference networks and streaming platforms. Which broadcaster can show a particular game often depends on the home team's conference media agreement.
That is why the same school can appear on several different networks over the course of one season.
We cover the viewing side in much more detail in our college football TV rights and streaming guide, including a conference-by-conference breakdown of the main TV partners and streaming options for 2026.
If you already know which game you want to watch, however, there is no need to work out the rights agreement first. The schedule above is the quickest place to check the confirmed channel or streaming service for that specific matchup.
How to find your college football team on TV
If you mainly follow one school, Livesportsontv.com also has dedicated team pages where you can check that team’s upcoming TV and streaming listings.
Some of the college football teams you can follow include:
These are just a few examples of the college football teams available on Livesportsontv.com. The individual team pages make it easier to focus on your school’s upcoming games without having to browse the full national schedule.
For the wider picture, the college football TV schedule above remains the best place to see upcoming games across FBS and FCS in one place.