Week 6 of the 2026 college football season is packed from Tuesday night all the way through a loaded Saturday slate, with games spread across ESPN, Fox, ABC, NBC, CBS and plenty of the cable and streaming homes that keep the sport running deep into the night.
The week opens Tuesday, Oct. 6, with Southern Miss visiting Troy at 7 p.m. on ESPN2. Wednesday brings two more games: Jacksonville State at Kennesaw State at 6 p.m. on CBS Sports Network, and New Mexico State at Florida International at 6:30 p.m. on ESPN2.
Thursday, Oct. 8, keeps the momentum going with four more matchups. Sam Houston travels to Liberty at 6 p.m. on ESPNU, while Missouri State goes to Western Kentucky at the same time on CBS Sports Network. South Florida meets Texas-San Antonio at 6:30 p.m. on ESPN, and South Alabama faces Arkansas State at 6:30 p.m. on ESPN2.
Friday, Oct. 9, features a strong night card headlined by Florida State at Louisville at 6 p.m. on ESPN. Later, Iowa visits Washington at 8 p.m. on Fox, Washington State plays at Utah State at 8 p.m. on The CW, Wyoming heads to San Jose State at 8 p.m. on CBS Sports Network, and Iowa State meets BYU at 9:15 p.m. on ESPN.
Saturday, Oct. 10, is the big one, starting at 11 a.m. with Texas A&M at Missouri on ABC, Indiana at Nebraska on Fox, North Carolina at Pittsburgh on ESPN, Central Florida at Oklahoma State on ESPN2, Dartmouth at Yale on ESPNU, Arizona at West Virginia on TNT, Wake Forest at North Carolina State on The CW, and Tulane at Army on CBS Sports Network.
The noon hour also brings Ball State at Northwestern at 11:30 a.m. on Big Ten Network, then South Carolina at Florida at 11:45 a.m. on SEC Network. At 2:30 p.m., Texas and Oklahoma meet in Dallas on ABC, UCLA visits Oregon on CBS, Houston plays at Kansas State on Fox, Stanford is at Notre Dame on NBC, Ole Miss goes to Vanderbilt on ESPN, Duke visits Georgia Tech on ESPN2, Virginia Tech plays at California on ACC Network, Illinois faces Michigan State on Big Ten Network, and Tulsa takes on Navy on CBS Sports Network. UConn at Temple follows at 2:45 p.m. on ESPNU.
Later Saturday, Maryland visits Ohio State at 3:15 p.m. on Big Ten Network, and Tennessee plays at Arkansas at 3:15 p.m. on SEC Network. The evening slate includes San Diego State at Oregon State at 5 p.m. on USA Network, LSU at Kentucky at 6 p.m. on ESPN, UAB at Memphis at 6 p.m. on ESPN2, Nevada at UTEP at 6 p.m. on Fox Sports 1, and North Dakota State at UNLV at 6 p.m. on The CW.
The nightcap is heavy, too. Georgia visits Alabama at 6:30 p.m. on ABC, USC travels to Penn State at 6:30 p.m. on NBC, Syracuse plays at Virginia at 6:30 p.m. on ACC Network, and James Madison goes to Georgia Southern at 6:30 p.m. on ESPNU. The final window has Kansas at Utah at 9:15 p.m. on ESPN, Hawaii at Arizona State at 9:15 p.m. on Fox Sports 1, and Boise State at Fresno State at 9:15 p.m. on The CW.
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