ESPN networks will present the 2026 women’s college soccer season this fall, featuring 46 regular-season matchups across ESPNU, SEC Network (SECN) and ACC Network (ACCN), along with expansive coverage of the ACC, SEC and Big 12 Conference Championships in November.
ESPN+ will stream over 1,750 women’s soccer matches from more than 22 conferences, highlighted by marquee regular season matches and more than 100 conference tournament games.
In all, ESPN linear networks are home to 10 Top-10 matchups this season.
Games on ESPN+, SEC Network+ and ACC Network Extra will feature inter- and intra-conference matchups between teams from myriad of leagues: America East, American, ASUN, Atlantic 10, Big 12, Big East, Big Sky, Big South, Big West, Conference USA, Horizon League, Ivy, Metro Conference, Mid-American, Missouri Valley, Ohio Valley, Patriot League, Southern, Southland, Sun Belt, West Coast and United Athletic Conference. All games are also available on the ESPN App via an applicable subscription.
The 2026 women’s college soccer schedule extends ESPN’s long-term commitment as the definitive home for women’s college sports coverage. It also underscores the growing popularity of women’s sports programming across ESPN networks.
Commentators:
Veteran play-by-play commentator Jenn Hildreth and former U.S. Women’s National Team midfielder Kacey White are teaming up to call the top ACC games each week. White was a two-time All-American at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, helping lead the Tar Heels to the 2003 NCAA National Championship while finishing her collegiate career among the program’s all-time leaders in assists. Mike Watts, the primary play-by-play voice for women’s soccer on SEC Network, will pair again with analyst Jill Loyden, a former U.S. Women’s National Team goalkeeper. Also returning on the soccer broadcast team will be play-by-play commentators Alex Perlman, Glenn Davis and Kylen Mills along with analysts Marion Crowder, Avarie Howard and others.
Highlights:
- Strong Matchups: Defending national champions, Florida State, will be featured eight times this season as the Seminoles look to defend their title and add to a program record that includes five national championships and three in the last five years.
- Soccer in Sanford Stadium: Thursday, August 20, No. 19 Georgia will host James Madisonat Sanford Stadium, the first time a Bulldogs soccer team has ever played “between the hedges.” The game marks the 30th anniversary of the U.S. Women’s National Team’s gold-medal victory over China at Sanford Stadium during the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and Georgia will be aiming to break the NCAA women’s soccer attendance record. The game will air at 7 p.m. on SEC Network.
- Notable Early-Season Non-Conference Games:
- Aug. 20: No. 8 North Carolina at No. 10 Arkansas, 7:30 p.m., ESPNU
- Aug. 21: No. 21 Memphis at No. 5 Vanderbilt, 7 p.m., SEC Network
- Sep. 6: No. 1 Stanford at No. 3 Santa Clara, 4 p.m., ESPNU
- Sep. 10: No. 5 Vanderbilt at No. 19 Georgia, 7 p.m., SEC Network
- Top Rivalry:
- Sep. 17: No. 3 Duke at No. 8 North Carolina, 8 p.m., ACC Network
- Other Notable Games:
- Sept. 13: No. 1 Stanford at No. 3 Duke, Noon, ACC Network
- Sept. 24: No. 21 Memphis at USF, 6 p.m., ESPNU
- Oct. 9: No. 8 North Carolina at No. 4 Florida State, 6 p.m., ESPNU
- Oct. 11: No. 23 Texas Tech at No. 6 TCU, 2 p.m., ESPNU
- Oct. 29: No. 3 Duke at No. 4 Florida State, 8 p.m., ACC Network