Friday, October 2
The Friday slate opens with Pittsburgh visiting Virginia Tech at 7:00 PM ET on ESPN, where Mike Monaco and Jordan Rodgers have the call. Liberty travels to Delaware at 7:00 PM ET on CBSSN with Alex Del Bario and Emory Hunt. Penn State heads to Northwestern at 8:00 PM ET on FOX with Connor Onion and Robert Griffin III. The night closes with Montana State at Idaho at 9:30 PM ET on ESPN, featuring Courtney Lyle and Rene Ingoglia.
Saturday, October 3 – Early Window
Saturday begins with a loaded noon slate. Alabama visits Mississippi State on ABC with Sean McDonough and Greg McElroy. Michigan travels to Minnesota on FOX with Gus Johnson and Joel Klatt. Navy meets Air Force on CBS with Rich Waltz, Adam Breneman, and Brian Kelly. Boston College visits SMU on CW, while Notre Dame heads to North Carolina on ESPN and Disney+ with Wes Durham and Dusty Dvoracek.
UCF meets Houston on ESPN2, Middle Tennessee travels to Kansas on ESPNU, West Virginia visits Iowa State on TNT, Stanford heads to Wake Forest on ACCN, and Syracuse meets Connecticut on CBSSN. Michigan State visits Wisconsin at 12:30 PM ET on BTN, followed by Vanderbilt at Georgia on SECN at 12:45 PM ET. Western Michigan meets Buffalo on ESPN+ at 1:00 PM ET.
Saturday – Midday and Afternoon
Toledo meets Ball State at 2:00 PM ET on ESPN+. The 3:30 PM ET window is stacked: Florida visits Missouri on ABC, Ohio State meets Iowa on CBS, Wyoming heads to North Dakota State on CW, Auburn visits Tennessee on ESPN, and Virginia meets Florida State on ESPN2. Louisville travels to N.C. State on ACCN, California meets UNLV on CBSSN, and a long list of ESPN+ games fill out the window, including Memphis–Charlotte, Samford–UAB, Akron–Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan–Massachusetts, Ohio–Kent State, Bowling Green–Miami (OH), and Old Dominion–Georgia State.
Marshall meets James Madison at 3:45 PM ET on ESPNU. Maryland visits Nebraska at 4:00 PM ET on FS1, while UTEP meets New Mexico on MW+. Kentucky visits South Carolina at 4:15 PM ET on SECN, and Purdue meets Illinois at 4:15 PM ET on BTN.
Saturday – Evening and Late Night
The evening slate begins at 6:00 PM ET with Oregon State visiting Colorado State on USA and Texas Southern meeting Florida Atlantic on ESPN+. BYU visits TCU at 7:00 PM ET on ESPN and Disney+. Arkansas meets Texas A&M on ESPN2, UTSA visits Rice on ESPN+, Georgia Southern meets Coastal Carolina on ESPN+, and ULM visits South Alabama on ESPN+.
Miami visits Clemson at 7:30 PM ET on ABC with Chris Fowler and Kirk Herbstreit. Texas Tech meets Colorado on FOX, Washington visits USC on NBC, Temple meets South Florida on ESPNU, and Utah State visits Boise State on CBSSN. Army meets Louisiana Tech on ESPN+, followed by McNeese at LSU at 7:45 PM ET on SECN.
Indiana visits Rutgers at 8:00 PM ET on BTN. Arkansas State meets Louisiana at 8:00 PM ET on ESPN+. Fresno State visits Washington State at 9:30 PM ET on USA. Texas State meets San Diego State at 10:30 PM ET on CW, Baylor visits Arizona State at 10:30 PM ET on ESPN, and Eastern Washington meets UC Davis at 10:30 PM ET on ESPN2. Cincinnati visits Arizona at 11:00 PM ET on FOX. San José State meets Hawai‘i at 11:59 PM ET on KFVE and MW+.
Final Notes
This Week 5 viewers guide is compiled using broadcast assignments and kickoff data from 506sports, the industry’s most trusted source for college football TV maps. For full regional maps and additional updates, visit https://506sports.com.
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