How to Watch College Football Conference Championships on TV and Streaming

College football's conference championship weekend runs Friday, Dec. 4, and Saturday, Dec. 5, with the CFP selection show on Sunday, Dec. 6. The SEC Championship kicks off at 4 p.m. ET on ABC, and the Big Ten Championship follows at 8 p.m. ET on FOX. Here is every title game with its time, channel and streaming option.

All 11 games have a kickoff time and a network. The matchups are still TBA and are set once the regular season ends on Saturday, Nov. 28. Every game is also on our college football TV schedule.

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Conference championship weekend 2026: The full TV schedule

Eleven conferences play for a title over two days. Five games are on Friday night, six are on Saturday, and the College Football Playoff field follows on Sunday. The matchups fill in after Rivalry Week decides the final standings.

Some kickoffs overlap. On Friday the Big 12 (ABC) and Pac-12 (CBS) both start at 8 p.m. On Saturday the ACC (ABC) and MAC (ESPN) both start at noon, and the Big Ten (FOX) and American (ABC) both start at 8 p.m.

For your local station, check the team's schedule on our site once the matchups are set. Each finalist's TV schedule lists its title game with the channel.

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SEC Championship: Time and channel

The SEC Championship Game is on Saturday, Dec. 5, at 4 p.m. ET on ABC. It's the 35th SEC title game, and it's played at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.

The SEC has no divisions. The top two teams in the conference standings, by winning percentage, meet in Atlanta, so the matchup is TBA until the last regular-season Saturday, Nov. 28.

With an antenna and a local ABC station, you can watch for free. Without cable, the streaming options are in the table above.

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Big Ten Championship: Time and channel

The Big Ten Championship Game closes Saturday at 8 p.m. ET on FOX, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. The Big Ten also lists the FOX Sports app as a way to watch.

The game draws a big audience. Last season's Big Ten title game, Ohio State vs. Indiana, drew 18.3 million viewers on FOX, the most-watched Big Ten Championship to date.

The matchup is TBA until the regular season ends on Nov. 28.

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ACC and Big 12 Championships

Two more Power Four title games are on ABC, on different days:

• ACC Championship: Saturday, Dec. 5, at noon ET on ABC, at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C. It opens Championship Saturday, at the same time as the MAC title game.
• Big 12 Championship: Friday, Dec. 4, at 8 p.m. ET on ABC, at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. This season it's a Friday night game, so don't wait for Saturday.

Both matchups are TBA until the regular season ends on Nov. 28.

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Friday night title games

Friday, Dec. 4, has five title games, from 7 p.m. ET to late night:

• Conference USA Championship: 7 p.m. on CBS Sports Network, at the home stadium of the team with the best winning percentage.
• Sun Belt Championship: 7 p.m. on ESPN, hosted by the division champion with the better conference record.
• Big 12 Championship: 8 p.m. on ABC in Arlington, Texas.
• Pac-12 Championship: 8 p.m. on CBS, at the higher seed's stadium. The Pac-12 matchup is set earlier than the others, after the games of Nov. 21.
• Mountain West Championship: 9 p.m. on FOX. The site is TBA.

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The other Saturday title games

Besides the ACC, SEC and Big Ten, three more conferences crown a champion on Saturday, Dec. 5:

• MAC Championship: noon on ESPN, at Ford Field in Detroit.
• SWAC Championship: 2 p.m. on ESPN2. The East and West division champions meet at a campus site, which is TBA.
• American Championship: 8 p.m. on ABC, at the home stadium of the regular-season champion. It's the 12th straight season the game airs on ABC.

That makes six title games on Saturday, from noon to the late window. All six matchups are TBA until Nov. 28.

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Selection Day: When and where to watch the CFP selection show

Selection Day is Sunday, Dec. 6. The CFP selection show airs from noon to 3 p.m. ET on ESPN and reveals the 12-team College Football Playoff field and the first-round matchups.

The conference title games matter for the bracket, because Saturday's results shape the field announced on Sunday. After the reveal, the season moves quickly:

• First round: Friday, Dec. 18, and Saturday, Dec. 19.
• National championship: Monday, Jan. 25, 2027, in Las Vegas.

For which networks carry the playoff games, see the College Football Playoff section of our college football TV rights guide.

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How to stream the conference championships without cable

The title games are spread across six networks: ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, FOX, CBS and CBS Sports Network. No single direct streaming app has all of them, so pick by the games you care about most, or use a live TV service:

A live TV streaming service is the closest thing to one place for every game, as long as it carries your local ABC, CBS and FOX stations. Local station coverage and plans vary, so check the lineup for your ZIP code before you sign up.

With an antenna, the ABC, CBS and FOX games are free. That covers seven of the 11 title games.

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