Week 9 of the 2026 college football season is loaded from Tuesday through Saturday, with games spread across the major national networks and several streaming-only slots.
The action opens Tuesday, Oct. 27, with Delaware at Western Kentucky at 6 p.m. on CBS Sports Network, followed by Sam Houston at Missouri State at 7 p.m. on ESPN2.
Wednesday’s slate, Oct. 28, brings Kennesaw State at Middle Tennessee at 6 p.m. on CBS Sports Network and Jacksonville State at New Mexico State at 7 p.m. on ESPN2.
Thursday, Oct. 29, features Florida Atlantic at North Texas at 6:30 p.m. on ESPN and Troy at James Madison at the same time on ESPN2.
Friday, Oct. 30, starts with Tulane at Charlotte at 6 p.m. on ESPN2, then Baylor at Central Florida at 6:30 p.m. on ESPN. Kent State at Sacramento State closes the night at 9:30 p.m. on ESPN2.
Saturday, Oct. 31, is packed wall-to-wall. Notre Dame at Navy and Wisconsin at Iowa both kick at 11 a.m., with ABC carrying the first and Fox the second. Arizona at Texas Tech follows on ESPN, while SMU at Syracuse is on ESPN2 and UAB at South Florida on ESPNU.
Also in the early window: Illinois at Maryland on Fox Sports 1, California at North Carolina State on ACC Network, Bowling Green at Western Michigan on CBS Sports Network, Boston College at Duke on The CW, and Michigan at Rutgers at 11:30 a.m. on Big Ten Network.
The late morning and early afternoon stretch keeps rolling with Auburn at Ole Miss at 11:45 a.m. on SEC Network, Kansas State at Colorado at 1 p.m. on TNT, Colorado State at Utah State at 1:30 p.m. on USA Network, and Louisiana Tech at South Alabama at 2 p.m. with no TV and ESPN+ listed.
Stanford at Louisville is set for 2:15 p.m. on ACC Network, while one of the day’s biggest windows lands at 2:30 p.m. with Florida vs. Georgia in Atlanta on ABC.
Also at 2:30 p.m.: Minnesota at Indiana on CBS, Arizona State at BYU on Fox, Kansas at TCU on Fox Sports 1, Florida International at Liberty on CBS Sports Network, Northwestern at Oregon with no TV on Peacock, and Alabama State vs. Alabama A&M in Birmingham with no TV on ESPN+.
The 2:45 p.m. window brings Utah at Cincinnati on ESPN and Virginia at Wake Forest on ESPN2.
At 3:15 p.m., Nevada at UCLA and Purdue at Penn State both air on Big Ten Network, while South Carolina at Oklahoma is on SEC Network.
The evening slate starts with Oklahoma State at Iowa State at 6 p.m. on Fox Sports 1, Washington State at San Diego State on CBS Sports Network, Clemson at Florida State on ACC Network, and Ohio State at USC at 6:30 p.m. on NBC. Mississippi State at Texas also kicks at 6:30 p.m. on ESPN.
To round out the night, Washington at Nebraska is set for 7 p.m. on Big Ten Network, and Texas State at Boise State closes the schedule at 8 p.m. on The CW. Miami at North Carolina and Georgia Tech at Pittsburgh both kick at 6:30 p.m., with Miami-North Carolina on ABC and Georgia Tech-Pittsburgh on ESPN2.
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