College football viewing picks for September 12, 2026: How to watch Week 2

All Times Eastern

noon

Arizona State at Texas A&M — ABC/ESPN Unlimited
Oklahoma at Michigan — Fox/Fox One
Old Dominion at Virginia Tech — The CW/ESPN Unlimited

Elon at URI — WLNE 6.5/FloSports

East Tennessee State at North Carolina — ACC Network/ESPN Unlimited
Howard at Indiana — Big Ten Network/Fox One
South Florida at Army — CBS Sports Network
Oregon at Oklahoma State — ESPN/ESPN Unlimited
Penn State at Temple — ESPN2/ESPN Unlimited
Appalachian State at East Carolina — ESPNU/ESPN Unlimited
Wake Forest at Purdue — FS1/Fox One
Washington State at Kansas State — TNT/HBO Max

Albany at Long Island University — Ryz Sports Network/Sports Illustrated TV
Thomas More at Dayton — YouTube

Wofford at Kent State — ESPN+

12:30 p.m.

Marist at Lafayette — NBC Sports Philadelphia/ESPN+

Bucknell at Virginia Military Institute — ESPN+

12:45 p.m.

Western Kentucky at Georgia — SEC Network/ESPN Unlimited

1 p.m.

Colgate at Central Michigan — ESPN+
Holy Cross at Miami (OH) — ESPN+
Tennessee-Martin at West Virginia — ESPN+

2 p.m.

Eastern Washington at South Dakota — Midco Sports/ESPN+

Mercyhurst at New Mexico — Mountain West Network
Northern Michigan at St. Thomas — Summit League Network

Drake at Northern Iowa — ESPN+
Duquesne at Youngstown State — ESPN+
Stony Brook at Ball State — ESPN+
William & Mary at Lehigh — ESPN+

3 p.m.

Utah Tech at Montana — Montana Television Network/Scripps Sports/ESPN+

Bowie State at Delaware State — MEAC Network/Ryz Sports Network

3:30 p.m.

Alabama at Kentucky — ABC/ESPN Unlimited
Mississippi State at Minnesota — CBS/Paramount+
Arizona at BYU — Fox/Fox One
Rice at Notre Dame — NBC/Peacock
Texas-San Antonio at Texas State — The CW/ESPN Unlimited

Cal at Syracuse — ACC Network/ESPN Unlimited
Eastern Michigan at Michigan State — Big Ten Network/Fox One
Utah State at Washington — Big Ten Network/Fox One
Maryland at UConn — CBS Sports Network
Central Florida at Pittsburgh — ESPN2/ESPN Unlimited

Central Connecticut State at Toledo — ESPN+
Louisiana-Monroe at UAB — ESPN+
Robert Morris at Akron — ESPN+
Sacred Heart at UMass — ESPN+
Wagner at James Madison — ESPN+
Weber State at Colorado — ESPN+

3:45 p.m.

UNLV at North Texas — ESPNU/ESPN Unlimited

4 p.m.

Lamar at Idaho — SWX Local Sports/ESPN+

Cal-Davis at SMU — ACC Network Extra
Northern Colorado at Wyoming — Mountain West Network

Chicago Football Classic
HBCU, Soldier Field, Chicago, IL
Lincoln (PA) vs. Mississippi Valley State — SWAC TV

Stetson at Bethune-Cookman — SWAC TV

Alabama State at Troy — ESPN+

4:15 p.m.

Delaware at Vanderbilt — SEC Network/ESPN Unlimited

5 p.m.

Incarnate Word at Northern Arizona — ESPN+
Morehead State at Austin Peay — ESPN+

Merrimack at Maine — FloSports

5:30 p.m.

Campbell at Florida — SEC Network Plus

6 p.m.

Memphis at Boise State — USA Network

Bryant at Hampton — Monumental Sports Network/FloSports

Virginia State at South Carolina State — MEAC Network/Ryz Sports Network
Virginia University of Lynchburg at Morgan State — MEAC Network

Buffalo at Florida International — ESPN+
Charleston Southern at The Citadel — ESPN+
Franklin at Butler — ESPN+
Furman at Mercer — ESPN+
Gardner-Webb at Liberty — ESPN+
Jacksonville State at Ohio — ESPN+
San DIego at Idaho State — ESPN+
Tennessee-Chattanooga at Eastern Kentucky — ESPN+

Stonehill at UNH — FloSports

6:30 p.m.

Monmouth at Western Michigan — ESPN+

7 p.m.

Southern Utah at Colorado State — CBS Sports Network
Tennessee at Georgia State — ESPN/ESPN Unlimited
Bowling Green at Nebraska — FS1/Fox One

Southern Heritage Classic
HBCU,  Liberty Stadium, Memphis, TN
Alcorn State at Arkansas-Pine Bluff — HBCO Go

New Haven at South Dakota State — Midco Sports/KELO/ESPN+

Illinois State at Northern Illinois — Mountain West Network
Towson at South Carolina — SEC Network Plus
Tennessee State at Alabama A&M — SWAC TV

Arkansas Baptist at Houston Christian — ESPN+
Central Oklahoma at Central Arkansas — ESPN+
Georgia State at Kennesaw State — ESPN+
Indiana State at Eastern Illinois — ESPN+
Lindenwood at Missouri State — ESPN+
Middle Tennessee at Marshall — ESPN+
North Alabama at Southeastern Louisiana — ESPN+
Northwestern State at East Texas A&M — ESPN+
Samford at Tennessee Tech — ESPN+
South Alabama at Tulane — ESPN+
Southeast Missouri at Southern Illinois — ESPN+
Southern at Houston — ESPN+
Tarleton at McNeese — ESPN+
Texas-Rio Grande Valley at Nicholls — ESPN+
Tulsa at Sam Houston — ESPN+
Valparaiso at Murray State — ESPN+
West Georgia at Arkansas State — ESPN+
Western Carolina at Cincinnati — ESPN+

7:15 p.m.

San Diego State at UCLA — Big Ten Network/Fox One
Western Illinois at Wisconsin — Big Ten Network/Fox One

7:30 p.m.

Ohio State at Texas — ABC/ESPN Unlimited
Texas Tech at Oregon State — CBS/Paramount+
Iowa State at Iowa — NBC/Peacock

Georgia Southern at Clemson — ACC Network/ESPN Unlimited
Navy at Florida Atlantic — ESPNU/ESPN Unlimited

Louisiana Tech at LSU — SEC Network Plus

Fordham at Coastal Carolina — ESPN+

7:45 p.m.

Charlotte at Mississippi — ESPN2/ESPN Unlimited
Southern Mississippi at Auburn — SEC Network/ESPN Unlimited

8 p.m.

Grambling State at TCU — ESPN+
Prairie View A&M at Baylor — ESPN+
Stephen F. Austin at Abilene Christian — ESPN+

9 p.m.

Cal Poly at San José State — NBC Sports Bay Area/Mountain West Network
Texas Southern at Texas-El Paso — Mountain West Network

10 p.m.

North Dakota State at Air Force — FS1/Fox One

North Dakota at Portland State — Rose City SportsNet/ESPN+

10:15 p.m.

Arkansas at Utah — ESPN/ESPN Unlimited

10:30 p.m.

Montana State at Nevada — The CW/ESPN Unlimited

Sacramento State at Fresno State — CBS Sports Network

11 p.m.

Louisiana at USC — Big Ten Network/Fox One

midnight

New Mexico State at Hawai’i — KFVE/Mountain West Network

Pregame and Studio Shows

College GameDay live from the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library, University of Texas, Austin, TX — ESPN/ESPNU/ESPN Unlimited, 9 a.m.
SEC Nation live from the University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY — SEC Network/ESPN Unlimited, 9 a.m.
Big Noon Kickoff live from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI — Fox/Fox One, 10 a.m.
ACC Huddle live from Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA — ACC Network/ESPN Unlimited, 10 a.m.
B1G Tailgate live from the University of Indiana, Bloomington, IN — Big Ten Network, 10 a.m.
SportsGrid College Football Today — SportsGrid, 10 a.m.
Big Noon Kickoff live from the University of Indiana, Bloomington, IN — FS1/Fox One, 11 a.m.
Countdown to Kickoff — Big Ten Network, 11:30 a.m.
Big 12 Football Pregame — TNT/truTV/HBO Max, 11:30 a.m.
Marty & McGee live from Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA — SEC Network, noon
Oklahoma vs. Michigan College Football In-Game Live Gameday — SportsGrid, noon
BYU Sports Nation Game Day: Arizona vs. BYU — BYUtv, 1:30 p.m.
College Football Today — CBS/Paramount+, 2:30 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ABC/ESPN Unlimited, 3 p.m.
ACC Huddle Scoreboard — ACC Network/ESPN Unlimited, 3 p.m.
B1G Live: Football Game Break — Big Ten Network, 3 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN/ESPN Unlimited, 3 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN2/ESPN Unlimited, 3 p.m.
College Countdown — NBC/Peacock, 3 p.m.
Alabama vs. Kentucky 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.
Baylor vs. Auburn College Football In-Game Live Gameday — SportsGrid, 4:30 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ABC/ESPN Unlimited, 6:30 p.m.
ACC Huddle — ACC Network/ESPN Unlimited, 6:30 p.m.
B1G Live: Football Game Break — Big Ten Network, 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.
B1G College Countdown — NBC/Peacock, 7 p.m
Ohio State vs. Texas College Football In-Game Live Gameday — SportsGrid, 7 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network/ESPN Unlimited, 7:15 p.m.
Western Michigan vs. Michigan College Football In-Game Live Gameday — SportsGrid, 8 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN/ESPN Unlimited, 10 p.m.
B1G Live: Football Game Break — Big Ten Network, 10:15 p.m.
ACC Huddle: Final Score — ACC Network/ESPN Unlimited, 10:30 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN2/ESPN Unlimited, 10:45 p.m.
SEC Football Final — SEC Network/ESPN Unlimited, 11 p.m.
College Football Final — ESPN2/ESPN Unlimited, midnight
The Final Drive — Big Ten Network, 2 a.m. (Sunday)
Inside College Football — CBS Sports Network, 2 a.m. (Sunday)