College football Week 7 TV schedule, start times, TV channel for every game

Another busy week of college football is coming our way, with Week 7 of the 2026 season kicking into full swing. On Friday night, there are three FBS games on the schedule to serve as an appetizer for a busy Saturday across the country. ESPN College GameDay is setting up shop in Provo, Utah, at The Lawn at Heritage Halls for No. 2 Notre Dame vs. No. 8 BYU. Cougars legend and Pro Football Hall of Famer Steve Young will be serving as the guest picker. Other big games include a top-five showdown between a No. 4 Ohio State and No. 5 Indiana, a top-15 clash in the SEC between No. 6 Alabama and No. 14 Tennessee, and three other ranked vs. ranked matchups. When and where can you tune into the action? A full look at the Week 7 TV schedule for the 2026 college football season can be seen below ( all times Eastern ). MORE: College football Week 7 upset watch: Missouri, UMass, Kansas push favorites 2026 College Football TV Schedule – Week 7 Friday, Oct. 16 Memphis at Tulane | 7:30 p.m. | ESPN Washington at Purdue | 8 p.m. | FOX Appalachian State at Coastal Carolina | 8 p.m. | ESPN2 Saturday, Oct. 17 Florida at No. 7 Texas | 12 p.m. | ABC No. 4 Ohio State at No. 5 Indiana | 12 p.m. | FOX No. 16 Mississippi State at No. 22 LSU | 12 p.m. | ESPN Virginia at No. 24 SMU | 12 p.m. | CW Pitt at Boston College | 12 p.m. | ESPN2 Cincinnati at West Virginia | 12 p.m. | TNT Kansas at Kansas State | 12 p.m. | FS1 Charleston Southern at Clemson | 12 p.m. | ACC Network No. 25 Northwestern at Michigan State | 12 p.m. | Peacock Florida Atlantic at Army | 12 p.m. | CBSSN Ball State at Bowling Green | 12 p.m. | ESPN+ Georgia State at James Madison | 12 p.m. | ESPNU Rutgers at Maryland | 12:30 p.m. | Big Ten Network The Citadel at Texas A&M | 1 p.m. | SECN+ Charlotte at Temple | 1 p.m. | ESPN+ UMass at Buffalo | 1 p.m. | ESPN+ Western Michigan at Central Michigan | 1:30 p.m. | ESPN+ Auburn at No. 1 Georgia | 3:30 p.m. | ESPN No. 6 Alabama at No. 14 Tennessee | 3:30 p.m. | ABC  No. 16 Missouri at No. 9 Ole Miss | 3:30 p.m. | SEC Network Arizona State at No. 10 Texas Tech | 3:30 p.m. | FOX Georgia Tech at Virginia Tech | 3:30 p.m. | ACC Network North Carolina at Duke | 3:30 p.m. | ESPN2 Northern Illinois at Wyoming | 3:30 p.m. | CW UNLV at Air Force | 3:30 p.m. | CBSSN Toledo at Eastern Michigan | 3:30 p.m. | ESPN+ Akron at Miami (Ohio) | 3:30 p.m. | ESPN+ Penn State at Michigan | 3:30 p.m. | CBS Tulsa at Rice | 4:30 p.m. | ESPN+ Troy at Louisiana | 5 p.m. | ESPN+ Washington State at Oregon State | 6 p.m. | USA Network Florida State at No. 3 Miami (Fla.) | 7 p.m. | ESPN Arkansas at Vanderbilt | 7 p.m. | ESPN2 TCU at Baylor | 7 p.m. | FS1 Kent State at South Florida | 7 p.m. | ESPN+ Nevada at North Dakota State | 7 p.m. | CBSSN Arkansas State at Southern Miss | 7 p.m. | ESPN+ No. 2 Notre Dame at No. 8 BYU | 7:30 p.m. | ABC No. 18 Oklahoma State at No. 20 Houston | 7:30 p.m. | FOX No. 15 Kentucky at Oklahoma | 7:30 p.m. | SEC Network Elon at Stanford | 7:30 p.m. | ACCNX Louisville at Syracuse | 7:30 p.m. | ACC Network Wisconsin at No. 12 UCLA | 7:30 p.m. | NBC Navy at UTSA | 8 p.m. | ESPNU Louisiana Tech at UL Monroe | 8 p.m. | ESPN+ San Jose State at UTEP | 9 p.m. | MW+ Ohio at Sacramento State | 10 p.m. | ESPN+ No. 11 Utah at Colorado | 10:15 p.m. | ESPN Fresno State at San Diego State | 10:30 p.m. | CBSSN New Mexico at Hawai’i | 10:30 p.m. | FS1 Wake Forest at Cal | 10:30 p.m. | ESPN2 Nebraska at Oregon | 11 p.m. | FOX — Enjoy free coverage of the top news & trending stories with The Big Lead Newsletter —