College football viewing picks for October 3, 2026: How to watch Week 5
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noon
Alabama at Mississippi State — ABC/ESPN Unlimited
Navy at Air Force — CBS/Paramount+
Michigan at Minnesota — Fox/Fox One
Boston College at SMU — The CW/ESPN Unlimited
Brown at URI — WJAR 10.2/FloSports
Stanford at Wake Forest — ACC Network/ESPN Unlimited
Syracuse at UConn — CBS Sports Network
Notre Dame at North Carolina — ESPN/ESPN Unlimited/Disney+
Central Florida at Houston — ESPN2/ESPN Unlimited
Middle Tennessee — ESPNU/ESPN Unlimited
West Virginia at Iowa States — TNT/HBO Max
Wagner at Central Connecticut State — Ryz Sports Network
Princeton at Columbia — SNY/ESPN+
Dayton at Drake — ESPN+
Fordham at Lehigh — ESPN+
Mercyhurst at Long Island University — ESPN+
Merrimack at Yale — ESPN+
12:30 p.m.
Michigan State at Wisconsin — Big Ten Network/Fox One
Cornell at Georgetown — Monumental Sports Network/ESPN+
Richmond at Lafayette — NBC Sports Philadelphia Plus/ESPN+
12:45 p.m.
Vanderbilt at Georgia — SEC Network/ESPN Unlimited
1 p.m.
Marist at Stetson — YouTube
Towson at Monmouth — NBC Sports Philadelphia/Monumental Sports Network/FloSports
Morgan State at Villanova — ESPN+
St. Thomas at Presbyterian — ESPN+
Valparaiso at Morehead State — ESPN+
Western Michigan at Buffalo — ESPN+
Elon at New Hampshire — FloSports
1:30 p.m.
Mercer at Virginia Military Institute — ESPN+
Penn at Dartmouth — ESPN+
2 p.m.
Murray State at North Dakota — Midco Sports/ESPN+
Wofford at Furman — Nextstar/ESPN+
Norfolk State at Robert Morris — SportsNet Pittsburgh/Sports Illustrated TV
The Citadel at South Carolina State — MEAC Network
Texas-El Paso at New Mexico — Mountain West Network
Toledo at Ball State — ESPN+
3 p.m.
Battle of the Real HU
HBCU, Audi Field, Washington, D.C.
Howard vs. Hampton — HBCU Go
Indiana State at South Dakota — Midco Sports Two/ESPN+
Alcorn State at Grambling State — SWAC TV
Prairie View A&M at Mississippi Valley State — SWAC TV
3:30 p.m.
Florida at Missouri — ABC/ESPN Unlimited
Ohio State at Iowa — CBS/Paramount+
Wyoming at North Dakota State — The CW/ESPN Unlimited
Sacred Heart at Maine — WVII/FloSports
Louisville at North Carolina State — ACC Network/ESPN Unlimited
Cal at UNLV — CBS Sports Network
Auburn at Tennessee — ESPN/ESPN Unlimited
Virginia at Florida State — ESPN2/ESPN Unlimited
Akron at Central Michigan — ESPN+
Bowling Green at Miami (OH) — ESPN+
Eastern Michigan at UMass — ESPN+
Holy Cross at William & Mary — ESPN+
Memphis at Charlotte — ESPN+
Ohio at Kent State — ESPN+
Old Dominion at Georgia State — ESPN+
Samford at UAB — ESPN+
Tennessee-Chattanooga at East Tennessee State — ESPN+
Delaware State at Albany — FloSports
3:45 p.m.
Marshall at James Madison — ESPNU/ESPN Unlimited
4 p.m.
Northern Colorado at Montana — Montana Television Network/Scripps Sports/ESPN+
Maryland at Nebraska — FS1/Fox One
Alabama State at Bethune-Cookman — SWAC TV
Davidson at San Diego — ESPN+
Tennessee State at Western Illinois — ESPN+
4:15 p.m.
Purdue at Illinois — Big Ten Network/Fox One
Kentucky at South Carolina — SEC Network/ESPN Unlimited
5 p.m.
Gulf Coast Challenge
HBCU, Ladd-Peebles Stadium, Mobile, AL
Alabama A&M vs. Jackson State — SWAC TV
New Haven at Austin Peay — ESPN+
Youngstown State at Southern Illinois — ESPN+
6 p.m.
Tennessee Tech at Western Carolina — Nexstar/ESPN+
Oregon State at Colorado State — USA Network
Campbell at North Carolina Central — MEAC Network
Gardner-Webb at Charleston Southern — ESPN+
Incarnate Word at Stephen F. Austin — ESPN+
North Alabama at Eastern Kentucky — ESPN+
Texas Southern at Florida Atlantic — ESPN+
North Carolina A&T at Bryant — FloSports
7 p.m.
BYU at TCU — ESPN/ESPN Unlimited/Disney+
Arkansas at Texas A&M — ESPN2/ESPN Unlimited
Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Southern — SWAC TV
Chicago State at Tarleton — ESPN+
Colgate at Harvard — ESPN+
Georgia Southern at Coastal Carolina — ESPN+
Louisiana-Monroe at South Alabama — ESPN+
Nicholls at Houston Christian — ESPN+
Northwestern State at Lamar — ESPN+
South Dakota State at Illinois State — ESPN+
Texas-Rio Grande Valley at East Texas A&M — ESPN+
Texas-San Antonio at Rice — ESPN+
7:30 p.m.
Miami (FL) at Clemson — ABC/ESPN Unlimited
Texas Tech at Colorado — Fox/Fox One
Washington at USC — NBC/Peacock
Utah State at Boise State — CBS Sports Network
Temple at South Florida — ESPNU/ESPN Unlimited
Army at Louisiana Tech — ESPN+
7:45 p.m.
NcNeese at LSU — SEC Network/ESPN Unlimited
8 p.m.
Indiana at Rutgers — Big Ten Network/Fox One
Arkansas State at Louisiana — ESPN+
Northern Arizona at Idaho State — ESPN+
Southern Utah at Utah Tech — ESPN+
Weber State at Cal Poly — ESPN+
West Florida at Abilene Christian — ESPN+
9:30 p.m.
Fresno State at Washington State — USA Network
10:30 p.m.
Texas State at San Diego State — The CW/ESPN Unlimited
Baylor at Arizona State — ESPN/ESPN Unlimited
Eastern Washington at Cal-Davis — ESPN2/ESPN Unlimited
11 p.m.
Cincinnati at Arizona — Fox/Fox One
midnight
San José State at Hawai’i — KFVE/Mountain West Network
Pregame and Studio Shows
College GameDay live from the University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA — ESPN/ESPNU/ESPN Unlimited, 9 a.m.
SEC Nation live from Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS– SEC Network/ESPN Unlimited, 9 a.m.
Big Noon Kickoff live from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN — Fox/Fox One, 10 a.m.
ACC Huddle live from Clemson University, Clemson, SC — ACC Network/ESPN Unlimited, 10 a.m.
B1G Tailgate live from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI– Big Ten Network, 10 a.m.
Cover 3 — CBS Sports HQ, 10 a.m.
SportsGrid College Football Today — SportsGrid, 10 a.m.
College Football Pregame — CBS Sports HQ, 11 a.m.
Big 12 Football Pregame — TNT/truTV/HBO Max, 11:30 a.m.
B1G Countdown to Kickoff — Big Ten Network, noon
Marty & McGee live from Mississippi State University, Starksville, MS — SEC Network, noon
Alabama vs. Mississippi College Football In-Game Live Gameday — SportsGrid, 1:30 p.m.
College Football Today — CBS Sports HQ, 2 p.m.
CW College Football Countdown — The CW/ESPN Unlimited, 2:30 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ABC/ESPN Unlimited, 3 p.m.
ACC Huddle Scoreboard — ACC Network/ESPN Unlimited, 3 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN/ESPN Unlimited, 3 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN2/ESPN Unlimited, 3 p.m.
B1G Live: Football Game Break — Big Ten Network, 3:30 p.m.
Ohio State vs. Iowa College Football In-Game Live Gameday — SportsGrid, 3:30 p.m.
Big 12 Football Postgame — TNT/truTV/HBO Max, 3:30 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network/ESPN Unlimited, 3:45 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ABC/ESPN Unlimited, 6:30 p.m.
ACC Huddle Scoreboard — ACC Network/ESPN Unlimited, 6:30 p.m.
The Postgame — CBS Sports HQ, 6:30 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN/ESPN Unlimited, 6:30 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN2/ESPN Unlimited, 6:30 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ABC/ESPN Unlimited, 7 p.m.
College Football Postgame — CBS/Paramount+, 7 p.m.
College Football Extra — Fox/Fox One, 7 p.m.
B1G College Countdown — NBC/Peacock, 7 p.m
Inside College Football — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.
Washington vs. USC College Football In-Game Live Gameday — SportsGrid, 7 p.m.
B1G Live: Football Game Break — Big Ten Network, 7:15 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network/ESPN Unlimited, 7:15 p.m.
FS1 College Football Extra — FS1, 7:30 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN/ESPN Unlimited, 10 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN2/ESPN Unlimited, 10 p.m.
ACC Huddle: Final Score — ACC Network/ESPN Unlimited, 10:30 p.m.
B1G Live: Football Postgame — Big Ten Network, 11 p.m.
Inside College Football — CBS Sports Network, 11 p.m.
SEC Football Final — SEC Network/ESPN Unlimited, 11 p.m.
The Final Drive — Big Ten Network, 11:30 p.m.
College Football Final — ESPN2/ESPN Unlimited, 1:30 a.m. (Sunday)
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