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The 2026 college football season rolls on after a thrilling Week 2 that featured an unbelievable comeback in the biggest game of the weekend. The Texas Longhorns stormed back to take down the previously top-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes in epic fashion to claim the No. 1 spot in the new AP Top 25 poll.
Texas will look to keep its momentum rolling in Week 3 when it welcomes the UTSA Roadrunners to Austin, while No. 6 Ohio State is poised for a bounce-back win against Kent State in Columbus.
The Week 3 action gets underway on Thursday, September 17, with a trio of ranked teams in action on Friday night to carry us into another busy Saturday.
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This week, ESPN College GameDay will be on the scene in Oxford for the biggest game of the weekend as Lane Kiffin makes his reeturn to the University of Mississippi campus to lead the No. 7 LSU Tigers against No. 8 Ole Miss Rebels.
With Lane Kiffin involved and the bad blood after his sudden departure during the College Football Playoff last season, expect to see some fireworks.
When and where can you tune into the action?
A full look at the Week 3 TV schedule for the 2026 college football season can be seen below (all times Eastern).
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2026 College Football TV Schedule – Week 3
Thursday, Sept. 17
- Syracuse at Pitt | 7:30 p.m. | ESPN
Friday, Sept. 18
- No. 5 Miami (Fla.) at Wake Forest | 7:30 p.m. | ESPN
- No. 22 Houston at No. 13 Texas Tech | 8 p.m. | FOX
- Portland State at No. 21 Oregon | 10:30 p.m. | Big Ten Network
Saturday, Sept. 19
- Coastal Carolina at Delaware | 11:30 a.m. | CBSSN
- No. 2 Georgia at Arkansas | 12 p.m. | ABC
- Kent State at No. 6 Ohio State | 12 p.m. | FOX
- Buffalo at No. 14 Penn State | 12 p.m. | Big Ten Network
- Tulane at Kansas State | 12 p.m. | ESPN2
- Bowling Green at Iowa State | 12 p.m. | ESPNU
- Arizona State at Kansas | 12 p.m. | FS1
- Mercer at Georgia Tech | 12 p.m. | ACC Network
- North Carolina at Clemson | 12 p.m. | ESPN/Disney+
- Akron at Minnesota | 12 p.m. | Big Ten Network
- North Texas at Texas State | 12 p.m. | USA Network
- Lafayette at Columbia | 12 p.m. | ESPN+
- Dartmouth at Lehigh | 12 p.m. | ESPN+
- West Georgia at East Tennessee State | 12 p.m. | ESPN+
- Eastern Michigan at Wisconsin | 12:30 p.m. | Peacock
- NC State at Vanderbilt | 12:45 p.m. | SEC Network
- Wyoming at Central Michigan | 1 p.m. | ESPN+
- Chicago State at Butler | 1 p.m. | ESPN+
- Cornell at Colgate | 1 p.m. | ESPN+
- Valparaiso at Indiana State | 1 p.m. | ESPN+
- VMI at Davidson | 1 p.m. | ESPN+
- Benedict College at Fort Valley State | 1 p.m. | ESPN+
- Adrian at Mount St. Joseph | 1 p.m. | YouTube
- Maine at Boston College | 2 p.m. | ACCNX
- Southern Illinois at Illinois | 2 p.m. | Peacock
- Yale at Holy Cross | 2 p.m. | ESPN+
- Rockford at Concordia Chicago | 2 p.m. | YouTube
- Lakeland at Wisconsin Lutheran | 2 p.m. | YouTube
- Presbyterian at Western Carolina | 2:30 p.m. | ESPN+
- Temple at Toledo | 3 p.m. | CBSSN
- Eastern Illinois at Illinois State | 3 p.m. | ESPN+
- Central Connecticut at Montana State | 3 p.m. | ESPN+
- Penn at Bucknell | 3 p.m. | ESPN+
- Kentucky at No. 9 Texas A&M | 3:30 p.m. | ESPN
- Florida State at No. 10 Alabama | 3:30 p.m. | ABC
- No. 12 USC at Rutgers | 3:30 p.m. | CBS
- No. 16 SMU at No. 23 Louisville | 3:30 p.m. | ESPN2
- Utah State at No. 17 Utah | 3:30 p.m. | FOX
- UTEP at No. 19 Michigan | 3:30 p.m. | Big Ten Network
- Miami (Ohio) at Cincinnati | 3:30 p.m. | ESPN+
- Wagner at Cal | 3:30 p.m. | ACC Network
- Duquesne at Washington State | 3:30 p.m. | USA Network
- Stonehill at UMass | 3:30 p.m. | ESPN+
- Georgetown at Richmond | 3:30 p.m. | ESPN+
- Western Kentucky at No. 4 Indiana | 4 p.m. | Peacock
- UNI at No. 18 Iowa | 4 p.m. | FS1
- Stanford at Duke | 4 p.m. | CW
- Ball State at Liberty | 4 p.m. | ESPN+
- Louisiana Tech at Baylor | 4 p.m. | ESPNU
- Abilene Christian at Idaho | 4 p.m. | ESPN+
- Mississippi State at South Carolina | 4:15 p.m. | SEC Network
- SE Louisiana at UL Monroe | 4:30 p.m. | ESPN+
- East Carolina at Old Dominion | 6 p.m. | ESPN+
- Florida International at Florida Atlantic | 6 p.m. | ESPN+
- Charlotte at Appalachian State | 6 p.m. | ESPN+
- North Carolina Central at Gardner-Webb | 6 p.m. | ESPN+
- Fordham at William & Mary | 6 p.m. | ESPN+
- Dayton at Eastern Kentucky | 6 p.m. | ESPN+
- Point University at Charleston Southern | 6 p.m. | ESPN+
- Wofford at Chattanooga | 6 p.m. | ESPN+
- Marshall at Missouri State | 6:30 p.m. | CBSSN
- Troy at No. 20 Missouri | 7 p.m. | SECN+
- Florida at Auburn | 7 p.m. | ESPN
- Georgia State at UCF | 7 p.m. | ESPN+
- Murray State at Oklahoma State | 7 p.m. | ESPN+
- UConn at Southern Miss | 7 p.m. | ESPN+
- UT Martin at Memphis | 7 p.m. | ESPN+
- Western Michigan at Rice | 7 p.m. | ESPN+
- Delaware State at South Florida | 7 p.m. | ESPN+
- Nevada at Middle Tennessee | 7 p.m. | ESPN+
- Ohio at South Alabama | 7 p.m. | ESPN+
- Georgia Southern at Jacksonville State | 7 p.m. | ESPN+
- Nicholls at Sam Houston | 7 p.m. | ESPN+
- Youngstown State at South Dakota State | 7 p.m. | ESPN+
- South Carolina State at Furman | 7 p.m. | ESPN+
- Austin Peay at West Florida | 7 p.m. | ESPN+
- Central Arkansas at SE Missouri State | 7 p.m. | ESPN+
- Alcorn State at North Alabama | 7 p.m. | ESPN+
- Morehead State at Western Illinois | 7 p.m. | ESPN+
- Merrimack at Tarleton State | 7 p.m. | ESPN+
- Houston Christian at UIW | 7 p.m. | ESPN+
- North Dakota at Nebraska | 7:15 p.m. | Big Ten Network
- Eastern Washington at Washington | 7:15 p.m. | Big Ten Network
- Michigan State at No. 3 Notre Dame | 7:30 p.m. | NBC
- No. 7 LSU at No. 8 Ole Miss | 7:30 p.m. | ABC
- No. 11 BYU at Colorado State | 7:30 p.m. | CBS
- New Mexico at No. 24 Oklahoma | 7:30 p.m. | ESPN2
- West Virginia vs. No. 25 Virginia (in Charlotte, N.C.) | 7:30 p.m. | ACC Network
- Colorado at Northwestern | 7:30 p.m. | FOX
- Virginia Tech at Maryland | 7:30 p.m. | FS1
- Kennesaw State at No. 15 Tennessee | 7:45 p.m. | SEC Network
- UTSA at No. 1 Texas | 8 p.m. | SECN+
- Arkansas State at TCU | 8 p.m. | ESPNU
- East Texas A&M at Tulsa | 8 p.m. | ESPN+
- UAB at Louisiana | 8 p.m. | ESPN+
- San Diego at Cal Poly | 8 p.m. | ESPN+
- Northern Arizona at Utah Tech | 8 p.m. | ESPN+
- Northeastern State at Northern Colorado | 8 p.m. | ESPN+
- Northwestern State at Weber State | 8 p.m. | ESPN+
- McNeese at UT Rio Grande Valley | 8 p.m. | ESPN+
- Pacific Lutheran at Trinity (TX) | 8 p.m. | YouTube
- South Dakota at Boise State | 10 p.m. | CBSSN
- James Madison at San Diego State | 10 p.m. | CW
- Stetson at UC Davis | 10 p.m. | ESPN+
- Northern Illinois at Arizona | 10:30 p.m. | TNT
- North Dakota State at Sacramento State | 10:30 p.m. | ESPN
- Purdue at UCLA | 11 p.m. | Big Ten Network
- Montana at Oregon State | 11 p.m. | USA Network
- Fresno State at San Jose State | 11 p.m. | FS1
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