Week 8 of the 2026 college football season is loaded from Tuesday through Saturday, with a packed slate that stretches across nearly every major network and several late-night windows.
The action starts Tuesday, Oct. 20, when Middle Tennessee visits Florida International at 6 p.m. on CBS Sports Network, Missouri State heads to Delaware at 6 p.m. on ESPNU, and South Alabama plays at Marshall at 6:30 p.m. on ESPN2.
Wednesday brings one game: New Mexico State at Sam Houston at 7 p.m. on ESPN2.
Thursday, Oct. 22, opens with James Madison at Appalachian State at 6 p.m. on ESPNU and Liberty at Kennesaw State at the same time on CBS Sports Network. East Carolina visits Memphis at 6:30 p.m. on ESPN2.
Friday has a full lineup of its own, beginning with Duke at Virginia at 6 p.m. on ESPN, UMass at UConn at 6 p.m. on CBS Sports Network, Army at Tulsa at 7:30 p.m. on ESPN2, Air Force at Wyoming at 8 p.m. on The CW, and North Carolina State at Stanford at 9:30 p.m. on ESPN.
Saturday, Oct. 24, is the centerpiece. The day starts at 11 a.m. with LSU at Auburn on ABC, Indiana at Michigan on Fox, Pittsburgh at Miami on ESPN, West Virginia at TCU on ESPN2, Rice at Florida Atlantic on ESPNU, Texas Tech at Cincinnati on Fox Sports 1, Western Michigan at Toledo on CBS Sports Network, California at SMU on The CW, and Rutgers at Northwestern with no TV listed on Peacock.
At noon, Baylor meets Kansas on TNT. The afternoon rolls on with Oregon at Illinois at 2 p.m. on Big Ten Network, then a heavy 2:30 p.m. window featuring Texas A&M at Alabama on ABC, Michigan State at UCLA on CBS, BYU at Central Florida on Fox, Tennessee at South Carolina on ESPN, Iowa at Minnesota on Fox Sports 1, Boston College at Georgia Tech on ACC Network, Oklahoma at Mississippi State on SEC Network, and North Texas at Navy on CBS Sports Network.
Kansas State visits Arizona State at 2:45 p.m. on ESPN2, Louisiana-Monroe plays at Troy at 3 p.m. with no TV listed on ESPN+, and Eastern Michigan takes on Ohio at 3 p.m. on ESPNU.
The late afternoon and evening schedule keeps going with Boise State at Washington State at 5 p.m. on USA Network, San Diego State at Colorado State at 5:30 p.m. on The CW, Virginia Tech at Clemson at 6 p.m. on ESPN, Colorado at Oklahoma State at 6 p.m. on Fox Sports 1, Ole Miss at Texas at 6:30 p.m. on ABC, USC at Wisconsin at 6:30 p.m. on NBC, Iowa State at Arizona State at 6:30 p.m. on ESPN2, Syracuse at North Carolina at 6:30 p.m. on ACC Network, and Vanderbilt at Kentucky at 6:30 p.m. on SEC Network.
The night finishes with Texas-San Antonio at Tulane at 7 p.m. on ESPNU, North Dakota State at New Mexico at 9 p.m. on The CW, and Houston at Utah at 9:15 p.m. on ESPN.
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