College Football TV Schedule for Saturday, Sept. 26: Top-Ranked Texas Visits Tennessee
The short version
- No. 1 Texas visits No. 14 Tennessee at noon ET on ABC to open the Sept. 26 slate.
- Oklahoma plays at No. 2 Georgia and No. 4 Ole Miss visits No. 21 Florida at 3:30 p.m.
- Prime time includes South Carolina at No. 8 Alabama, No. 23 Texas A&M at No. 10 LSU and No. 20 Oregon at No. 12 USC.
- Games air across ABC, FOX, CBS, NBC, ESPN family networks, Peacock, TNT, the CW and conference streaming outlets.
- The schedule runs from noon kickoffs through Minnesota's 11 p.m. game at Washington on FOX.
Eight ranked-vs-ranked matchups headline a full Saturday slate spread across broadcast networks and streaming services.
Saturday, Sept. 26 brings one of the busiest college football viewing days of the season, with games running from noon into the late night hours across ABC, FOX, CBS, NBC, ESPN and a long list of cable and streaming outlets. The headliner arrives early: No. 1 Texas travels to No. 14 Tennessee in a noon kickoff on ABC.
The early window is loaded beyond the game in Knoxville. Illinois goes to No. 7 Ohio State on FOX, Sam Houston visits No. 11 Texas Tech on TNT, and Wake Forest plays at No. 16 Louisville on ESPN. Colorado's trip to Baylor airs on ESPN2 in the same slot.
Additional noon kickoffs include Bucknell at Pitt (ACCNX), Virginia Tech at Boston College (ACC Network), San Diego State at Toledo (CBSSN), Colorado State at UTSA (ESPNU), UNLV at Akron (ESPN+) and Ball State at Kent State (ESPN+). South Alabama's game at Kentucky follows at 12:45 p.m. on the SEC Network, with Lindenwood at Eastern Michigan at 1 p.m. on ESPN+ and UCLA at Maryland at 1:30 p.m. on Big Ten Network.
No. 3 Notre Dame heads to Purdue for a 2 p.m. Peacock broadcast, and Northern Illinois plays at Georgia State on ESPN+ at the same time. The mid-afternoon block features two of the day's biggest games: Oklahoma at No. 2 Georgia at 3:30 p.m. on ESPN and No. 4 Ole Miss at No. 21 Florida at 3:30 p.m. on ABC.
Two more ranked matchups fill the 3:30 slot: No. 15 Utah at Iowa State on FOX and a top-25 Big Ten clash between No. 17 Iowa and No. 18 Michigan on CBS. TCU plays at UCF on FS1, with William & Mary at Duke (ACCNX), Boise State at Western Michigan (ESPN2), UConn at Miami (Ohio) (ESPN+), New Mexico at New Mexico State (CBSSN), Robert Morris at Buffalo (ESPN+), Stonehill at Ohio (ESPN+) and Gardner-Webb at Marshall (ESPN+) also on the schedule. Earlier in the afternoon, Central Arkansas visits Florida State at 3 p.m. on the ACC Network and Hawai'i plays at Wyoming at 3 p.m. on the CW.
No. 25 Houston plays at Georgia Southern at 4 p.m. on ESPNU, with North Carolina Central at East Carolina (ESPN+) also at 4. Vanderbilt visits Auburn at 4:15 p.m. on the SEC Network. The early-evening group includes Wisconsin at No. 13 Penn State and Nebraska at Michigan State, both at 5 p.m. on Peacock and Big Ten Network respectively, plus South Florida at Bowling Green (ESPN+), Delaware at Virginia (ACC Network), UIW at Texas State (USA Network), Long Island University at Florida International (ESPN+) and James Madison at Old Dominion (ESPN+).
Prime time is anchored by three ranked showdowns. South Carolina visits No. 8 Alabama at 7 p.m. on ESPN, No. 23 Texas A&M plays at No. 10 LSU at 7:30 p.m. on ABC, and No. 20 Oregon travels to No. 12 USC at 7:30 p.m. on NBC. Central Michigan's trip to No. 6 Miami (Fla.) kicks off at 6:30 p.m. on the CW, and No. 19 Missouri faces No. 24 Mississippi State at 7:45 p.m. on the SEC Network.
The rest of the evening lineup includes Kansas State at Cincinnati (ESPN2), Oklahoma State at West Virginia (FS1), Southern Miss at Tulane (ESPN+), Kennesaw State at Arkansas State (ESPN+), Mercyhurst at Western Kentucky (ESPN+), Middle Tennessee at Jacksonville State (ESPN+), Arizona at Washington State (CBS), Troy at Utah State (CBSSN), Houston Christian at North Texas (ESPN+) and Appalachian State at NC State (ESPNU), all at 7 or 7:30 p.m. Tulsa plays at Arkansas at 8 p.m. on SECN+, with Florida Atlantic at UL Monroe (ESPN+) at the same time.
The night closes with Missouri State at No. 22 SMU (ACC Network) and Oregon State at UTEP (MW+) at 9 p.m., UMass at Sacramento State (ESPN+) at 9, Rice at Fresno State (CW) at 10, and a late tripleheader at 10:30 or 11: Georgia Tech at Sanford (ESPN), Air Force at Nevada (FS1) and Minnesota at Washington (FOX).
Fans should check local listings and streaming subscriptions, since the slate is split across more than a dozen platforms, from broadcast networks to conference-specific outlets such as ACCNX, SECN+ and MW+.
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