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[05/27/26 - 12:01 PM]
The CW Network Unveils 2026 College Football Schedule
The season kicks off with a Week 0 ACC non-conference game as New Mexico State visits Florida State for a primetime showdown on Saturday, August 29 at 7:00pm ET/4:00pm PT.
[via press release from The CW]

THE CW NETWORK UNVEILS 2026 COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE

Network to Broadcast 140 Hours of Regular Season College Football This Fall Across the ACC, Mountain West, and Pac-12 Conferences

Coverage Kicks Off on Saturday, August 29 with a Week 0 Primetime ACC Matchup Featuring New Mexico State at Florida State

BURBANK, CA (May 27, 2026) - The CW Network today announced its 2026 college football schedule, featuring the largest offering of regular season games in network history with 140 hours of live college football broadcast this fall across the ACC, Mountain West, and Pac-12 conferences.

The season kicks off with a Week 0 ACC non-conference game as New Mexico State visits Florida State for a primetime showdown on Saturday, August 29 at 7:00pm ET/4:00pm PT. Week 1 welcomes the Mountain West to The CW with a doubleheader on Saturday, September 5 featuring Fordham at North Dakota State University at 3:30pm ET/12:30pm PT and a late-night conference battle with UNLV at Hawai'i at 10:00pm ET/7:00pm PT. The new Pac-12 makes its 2026 debut on The CW during Week 2 with a Lone Star State matchup between the University of Texas at San Antonio and Texas State University on Saturday, September 12 at 3:30pm ET/12:30pm PT.

Other schedule highlights include a Week 3 doubleheader beginning with the network's first ACC conference game of the season between Stanford and Duke on Saturday, September 19 at 4:00pm ET/1:00pm PT followed by last season's Sun Belt Champion and College Football Playoff team James Madison visiting San Diego State University in a Pac-12 After Dark matchup at 10:00pm ET/7:00pm PT. Week 4 features last season's College Football Playoff National Championship team Miami hosting Central Michigan on Saturday, September 26 at 6:30pm ET/3:30pm PT.

Week 6 includes a pair of pivotal Pac-12 clashes as Washington State visits Utah State on Friday, October 9 at 9:00pm ET/6:00pm PT and Boise State travels to Fresno State on Saturday, October 10 at 10:30pm ET/7:30pm PT. Mountain West rivals collide on Week 11 with a doubleheader featuring UNLV at New Mexico on Saturday, November 14 at 7:30pm ET/4:30pm PT followed by a late-night showdown between North Dakota State University and Hawai'i live from the Aloha State at 11:00pm ET/8:00pm PT.

All college football games will be available to watch nationwide live on The CW's linear broadcast network, as well as stream live on the ESPN App with the ESPN Unlimited plan.

Below is The CW's 2026 college football schedule. Additional ACC matchups and two Pac-12 Week 13 flex games will be announced at a later date.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 29 (Week 0)
7:00pm ET/4:00pm PT New Mexico State at Florida State

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 (Week 1)
12:00pm ET/9:00am PT Miami (OH) at Pittsburgh
3:30pm ET/12:30pm PT Fordham at North Dakota State University
10:00pm ET/7:00pm PT UNLV at Hawai'i

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 (Week 2)
12:00pm ET/9:00am PT Old Dominion at Virginia Tech
3:30pm ET/12:30pm PT University of Texas at San Antonio at Texas State
10:30pm ET/7:30pm PT Montana State at Nevada

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 (Week 3)
4:00pm ET/1:00pm PT Stanford at Duke
10:00pm ET/7:00pm PT James Madison at San Diego State

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 (Week 4)
3:00pm ET/12:00pm PT Hawai'i at Wyoming
6:30pm ET/3:30pm PT Central Michigan at Miami
10:00pm ET/7:00pm PT Rice at Fresno State

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3 (Week 5)
3:30pm ET/12:30pm PT Wyoming at North Dakota State University
10:30pm ET/7:30pm PT Texas State at San Diego State

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9 (Week 6)
9:00pm ET/6:00pm PT Washington State at Utah State

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10 (Week 6)
7:00pm ET/4:00pm PT North Dakota State University at UNLV
10:30pm ET/7:30pm PT Boise State at Fresno State

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17 (Week 7)
3:30pm ET/12:30pm PT Northern Illinois University at Wyoming

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23 (Week 8)
9:00pm ET/6:00pm PT Air Force at Wyoming

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24 (Week 8)
9:30pm ET/6:30pm PT San Diego State at Colorado State

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31 (Week 9)
10:00pm ET/7:00pm PT Texas State at Boise State

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7 (Week 10)
10:30pm ET/7:30pm PT Texas State at Oregon State

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14 (Week 11)
4:00pm ET/1:00pm PT Fresno State at Texas State
7:30pm ET/4:30pm PT UNLV at New Mexico
11:00pm ET/8:00pm PT North Dakota State University at Hawai'i

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20 (Week 12)
8:00pm ET/5:00pm PT University of Texas at El Paso at Air Force

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21 (Week 12)
4:00pm ET/1:00pm PT Northern Illinois University at North Dakota State University
7:30pm ET/4:30pm PT Colorado State at Fresno State

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27 (Week 13)
4:30pm ET/1:30pm PT Air Force at New Mexico

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About The CW Network

The CW is one of America's premier broadcast networks, delivering 18 hours per week of primetime entertainment and children's programming plus, on average, more than 13 hours of sports programming every weekend. CW Sports is the broadcast home to almost 700 hours of sports programming annually, including the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series; WWE NXT; college football and men's and women's basketball from the ACC, Pac-12 and Mountain West conferences; AVP beach volleyball, Professional Bull Riding Team Series; and Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) events. Beginning Summer 2026, CW Sports content will be available on the ESPN App to ESPN Unlimited Plan subscribers. CW Entertainment offers a variety of popular scripted and unscripted programming, including Wild Cards, Sullivan's Crossing, Police 24/7, Penn & Teller: Fool Us, Scrabble, and Trivial Pursuit. The CW's primetime and other entertainment programming can be found on the CW App, available for free to consumers on all major platforms, and beginning Fall 2026 will be available in a CW-branded hub on The Roku Channel. The CW is owned by Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NXST), a leading diversified media company. For more information about The CW, please visit www.cwtv.com.





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