College football viewing picks for October 3, 2026: How to watch Week 5

All Times Eastern

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)