ESPN+ to Stream More than 500 College Football Games This Fall
20 Conferences Live on the Industry-Leading Sports Streaming Service

ESPN+ will stream more college football than ever before this fall, with more than 500 games featuring teams from FBS conferences like the SEC, Big 12, American, ACC, CUSA, MAC and Sun Belt, and FCS schools from the Big Sky, MVFC, Patriot League, Ivy League, Southern, Southland, MEAC, SWAC, ASUN/WAC, the Big South-OVC Football Association and Pioneer. The 2023-24 season kicks off Thursday, Aug. 31 with 218 games exclusively on ESPN+ in September.
Week 1 Highlights | September 2:
- Mercer at No. 22 Ole Miss – The Ole Miss Rebels begin their 2023 campaign with a non-conference matchup at home versus the Mercer Bears in Week 1 of the college football season.
- UT Martin at No. 1 Georgia – The two-time defending National Champion Bulldogs kick off their season against the Skyhawks at 6 p.m.
- Southeast Missouri State at No. 16 Kansas State – The two teams meet for the first time, following Kansas State winning last season’s Big 12 Championship.
- Central Arkansas at Oklahoma State – Oklahoma State looks to kick off a successful season in their home opener.
- Texas State at Baylor – Former Auburn and LSU quarterback TJ Finley makes his debut for Texas State, while Baylor looks to follow up last year with another win and get back into the Top 25.
Additional highlights:
- 14 total SEC games over the course of the season, with one game for each SEC school.
- More than 20 Big 12 Now on ESPN+ games on platform – more than ever before – with additional games added to the schedule throughout the season.
- Approximately 30 games from The American over the course of the season, with at least one appearance from each school.
- Robust schedules from Conference USA, the MAC, Sun Belt, UMass and numerous FCS conferences, with more added to the schedule throughout the season.
- Every game of the FCS Playoffs will stream on ESPN+, including 16 exclusive games and Division II and III.
- For the first time, ESPN+ will stream the Secretaries’ Cup (Merchant Marine Academy @ US. Coast Guard Academy) on Veterans’ Day, Saturday, Nov. 11.
* ESPN’s overall week 1 college football schedule and commentator assignments.
College Football on ESPN+ – First Five Weeks Schedule (subject to change):
Date | Time (ET) | Game | Platform |
Thu,
Aug 31 |
6 p.m. | North Greenville at Charleston Southern | ESPN+ |
6 p.m. | West Virginia State at Morehead State | ESPN+ | |
7 p.m. | Saint Francis (PA) at Western Michigan | ESPN+ | |
7 p.m. | Rhode Island at Georgia State | ESPN+ | |
7 p.m. | Tennessee Tech at Furman | ESPN+ | |
7 p.m. | Shorter at Samford | ESPN+ | |
7 p.m. | Sacramento State at Nicholls | ESPN+ | |
7 p.m. | Eastern Illinois at Indiana State | ESPN+ | |
7 p.m. | Tusculum at Kennesaw State | ESPN+ | |
7:30 p.m. | Valparaiso at Youngstown State | ESPN+ | |
8 p.m. | Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Tulsa | ESPN+ | |
8 p.m. | North Carolina A&T at UAB | ESPN+ | |
8 p.m. | Central Washington at Weber State | ESPN+ | |
8 p.m. | Wisconsin-Stevens Point at Lindenwood | ESPN+ | |
8 p.m. | Idaho at Lamar | ESPN+ | |
8 p.m. | UC Davis at Texas A&M Commerce | ESPN+ | |
8 p.m. | Northern Colorado at Abilene Christian | ESPN+ | |
Fri, Sep 1 | 6:30 p.m. | Howard at Eastern Michigan | ESPN+ |
8 p.m. | Missouri State at Kansas | Big 12 Now on ESPN+ | |
Sat, Sep 2
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TBD | San Diego at Cal Poly | ESPN+ |
Noon | Villanova at Lehigh | ESPN+ | |
Noon | Long Island University at Ohio | ESPN+ | |
12:30 p.m. | Marist at Georgetown | ESPN+ | |
1 p.m. | Davidson at VMI | ESPN+ | |
1 p.m. | Western Carolina at Arkansas | ESPN+/SECN+ | |
1 p.m. | Bowie State at Delaware State | ESPN+ | |
2 p.m. | Virginia State vs. Norfolk State | ESPN+ | |
2 p.m. | Mercer at No. 22 Ole Miss | ESPN+/SECN+ | |
2 p.m. | Northern Iowa at Iowa State | Big 12 Now on ESPN+ | |
2 p.m. | East Tennessee State at Jacksonville State | ESPN+ | |
2 p.m. | Akron at Temple | ESPN+ | |
2 p.m. | Merrimack at Holy Cross | ESPN+ | |
3:30 p.m. | Eastern Kentucky at Cincinnati | Big 12 Now on ESPN+ | |
3:30 p.m. | Gardner-Webb at Appalachian State | ESPN+ | |
4 p.m. | Winston Salem State at North Carolina Central | ESPN+ | |
4 p.m. | Colgate at Syracuse | ESPN+/ACCNX | |
6 p.m. | South Carolina State at Charlotte | ESPN+ | |
6 p.m. | UT Martin at No. 1 Georgia | ESPN+/SECN+ | |
6 p.m. | Monmouth at Florida Atlantic | ESPN+ | |
6 p.m. | Bucknell at James Madison | ESPN+ | |
6 p.m. | Albany at Marshall | ESPN+ | |
6 p.m. | The Citadel at Georgia Southern | ESPN+ | |
6 p.m. | Wagner at Fordham | ESPN+ | |
6 p.m. | St. Thomas (MN) at Stetson | ESPN+ | |
6 p.m. | Southern at Alabama State | ESPN+ | |
6:30 p.m. | Maine at Florida International | ESPN+ | |
7 p.m. | Southeast Missouri State at Kansas State | Big 12 Now on ESPN+ | |
7 p.m. | Alabama A&M at Vanderbilt | ESPN+/SECN+ | |
7 p.m. | Central Arkansas at Oklahoma State | Big 12 Now on ESPN+ | |
7 p.m. | Texas State at Baylor | Big 12 Now on ESPN+ | |
7 p.m. | Bethune-Cookman at Memphis | ESPN+ | |
7 p.m. | Stephen F. Austin at Troy | ESPN+ | |
7 p.m. | Alcorn State at Southern Miss | ESPN+ | |
7 p.m. | Presbyterian at Murray State | ESPN+ | |
7 p.m. | Austin Peay at Southern Illinois | ESPN+ | |
7 p.m. | Arkansas Baptist at Houston Christian | ESPN+ | |
7 p.m. | Chattanooga at North Alabama | ESPN+ | |
7:30 p.m. | Northwestern State at Louisiana | ESPN+ | |
8 p.m. | Tarleton at McNeese | ESPN+ | |
8 p.m. | Prairie View A&M at Texas Southern | ESPN+ | |
9 p.m. | Western Illinois at New Mexico State | ESPN+ | |
9 p.m. | Incarnate Word at UTEP | ESPN+ | |
Sat, Sep 9
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Noon | Holy Cross at Boston College | ESPN+/ACCNX |
12:30 p.m. | Sacred Heart at Georgetown | ESPN+ | |
1 p.m. | Virginia-Lynchburg at Presbyterian | ESPN+ | |
1 p.m. | South Carolina State at Georgia Tech | ESPN+/ACCNX | |
1:30 p.m. | New Hampshire at Central Michigan | ESPN+ | |
2 p.m. | Eastern Illinois at Bowling Green | ESPN+ | |
2:30 p.m. | Samford at Western Carolina | ESPN+ | |
3 p.m. | Southern Utah at BYU | Big 12 Now on ESPN+ | |
3 p.m. | Campbell at The Citadel | ESPN+ | |
3 p.m. | Eastern Kentucky at Kentucky | ESPN+/SECN+ | |
3:30 p.m. | Miami (Ohio) at UMass | ESPN+ | |
3:30 p.m. | Western Michigan at Syracuse | ESPN+/ACCNX | |
3:30 p.m. | Southern Illinois at Northern Illinois | ESPN+ | |
3:30 p.m. | Texas Southern at Toledo | ESPN+ | |
3:30 p.m. | Texas State at UTSA | ESPN+ | |
4 p.m. | Incarnate Word at Northern Colorado | ESPN+ | |
4 p.m. | Benedict at Edward Waters | ESPN+ | |
4 p.m. | Illinois State at Western Illinois | ESPN+ | |
5 p.m. | SE Louisiana at South Alabama | ESPN+ | |
5 p.m. | Austin Peay at Tennessee | ESPN+/SECN+ | |
5:30 p.m. | Carson-Newman at East Tennessee State | ESPN+ | |
6 p.m. | SMU at Oklahoma | SoonerVision on ESPN+ | |
6 p.m. | Duquesne at West Virginia | Big 12 Now on ESPN+ | |
6 p.m. | Lafayette at Duke | ESPN+/ACCNX | |
6 p.m. | New Mexico State at Liberty | ESPN+ | |
6 p.m. | Ohio at Florida Atlantic | ESPN+ | |
6 p.m. | Fordham at Buffalo | ESPN+ | |
6 p.m. | Morgan State at Akron | ESPN+ | |
6 p.m. | Louisiana at Old Dominion | ESPN+ | |
6 p.m. | UAB at Georgia Southern | ESPN+ | |
6 p.m. | Kennesaw State at Chattanooga | ESPN+ | |
6 p.m. | Long Island at Bryant | ESPN+ | |
6 p.m. | Elon at Gardner-Webb | ESPN+ | |
6 p.m. | St. Francis (PA) at Robert Morris | ESPN+ | |
6 p.m. | VMI at Bucknell | ESPN+ | |
6:30 p.m. | North Texas at Florida International | ESPN+ | |
7 p.m. | Jackson State at Southern | ESPN+ | |
7 p.m. | Morehouse at Howard | ESPN+ | |
7 p.m. | Northwestern State at Louisiana Tech | ESPN+ | |
7 p.m. | Houston Christian at Western Kentucky | ESPN+ | |
7 p.m. | Florida A&M at South Florida | ESPN+ | |
7 p.m. | UConn at Georgia State | ESPN+ | |
7 p.m. | Memphis at Arkansas State | ESPN+ | |
7 p.m. | Jacksonville State at Coastal Carolina | ESPN+ | |
7 p.m. | Morehead State at Mercer | ESPN+ | |
7 p.m. | Lindenwood at Southeast Missouri | ESPN+ | |
7 p.m. | Missouri State at UT Martin | ESPN+ | |
7 p.m. | Webber at Stetson | ESPN+ | |
7 p.m. | Texas College at Central Arkansas | ESPN+ | |
7 p.m. | Alcorn State at Stephen F. Austin | ESPN+ | |
7 p.m. | North Alabama at Tarleton | ESPN+ | |
7 p.m. | Middle Tennessee at Missouri | ESPN+/SECN+ | |
7:30 p.m. | Furman at South Carolina | ESPN+/SECN+ | |
7:30 p.m. | Grambling at LSU | ESPN+/SECN+ | |
9 p.m. | Montana at Utah Tech | ESPN+ | |
8 p.m. | Nicholls at TCU | Big 12 Now on ESPN+ | |
8 p.m. | Lamar at UL Monroe | ESPN+ | |
8 p.m. | Northwestern State at Drake | ESPN+ | |
Sat, Sep 16
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Noon | Long Island University at Baylor | Big 12 Now on ESPN+ |
Noon | Central Connecticut at Kent State | ESPN+ | |
Noon | Holy Cross at Yale | ESPN+ | |
Noon | Cornell at Lehigh | ESPN+ | |
Noon | Davidson at Marist | ESPN+ | |
12:30 p.m. | Stonehill at Georgetown | ESPN+ | |
1 p.m. | Penn at Colgate | ESPN+ | |
1 p.m. | St. Thomas (MN) at Harvard | ESPN+ | |
2 p.m. | Norfolk State at Temple | ESPN+ | |
2 p.m. | Indiana State at Ball State | ESPN+ | |
2 p.m. | UMass at Eastern Michigan | ESPN+ | |
2 p.m. | Robert Morris at Youngstown State | ESPN+ | |
3 p.m. | Illinois State at Eastern Illinois | ESPN+ | |
3 p.m. | Florida Memorial at Grambling | ESPN+ | |
3:30 p.m. | East Carolina at Appalachian State | ESPN+ | |
3:30 p.m. | Hampton at Howard | ESPN+ | |
4 p.m. | Brown at Bryant | ESPN+ | |
4 p.m. | William & Mary at Charleston Southern | ESPN+ | |
4 p.m. | Utah Tech at Northern Arizona | ESPN+ | |
4 p.m. | North American at Portland State | ESPN+ | |
5 p.m. | Furman at Kennesaw State | ESPN+ | |
6 p.m. | Georgia State at Charlotte | ESPN+ | |
6 p.m. | The Citadel at Chattanooga | ESPN+ | |
6 p.m. | Presbyterian at Wofford | ESPN+ | |
6 p.m. | Northern Iowa at Idaho State | ESPN+ | |
6 p.m. | Clark Atlanta at Savannah State | ESPN+ | |
6 p.m. | Kentucky State at Allen | ESPN+ | |
6 p.m. | Gardner-Webb at Tennessee State | ESPN+ | |
6 p.m. | Western Carolina at Eastern Kentucky | ESPN+ | |
6 p.m. | Towson at Morgan State | ESPN+ | |
6:30 p.m. | Villanova at UCF | Big 12 Now on ESPN+ | |
7 p.m. | South Alabama at Oklahoma State | Big 12 Now on ESPN+ | |
7 p.m. | Tarleton at Texas Tech | Big 12 Now on ESPN+ | |
7 p.m. | Miami (Ohio) at Cincinnati | Big 12 Now on ESPN+ | |
7 p.m. | Prairie View A&M at SMU | ESPN+ | |
7 p.m. | Samford at Auburn | ESPN+/SECN+ | |
7 p.m. | Louisiana at UAB | ESPN+ | |
7 p.m. | Texas Southern at Rice | ESPN+ | |
7 p.m. | North Texas at Louisiana Tech | ESPN+ | |
7 p.m. | Murray State at Middle Tennessee | ESPN+ | |
7 p.m. | San Jose State at Toledo | ESPN+ | |
7 p.m. | Stony Brook at Arkansas State | ESPN+ | |
7 p.m. | Jackson State at Texas State | ESPN+ | |
7 p.m. | Duquesne at Coastal Carolina | ESPN+ | |
7 p.m. | Lindenwood at Western Illinois | ESPN+ | |
7 p.m. | North Alabama at Tennessee Tech | ESPN+ | |
7 p.m. | Southern Illinois at Southeast Missouri | ESPN+ | |
7 p.m. | Houston Christian at UT Martin | ESPN+ | |
7 p.m. | Stephen F. Austin at Northwestern State | ESPN+ | |
7 p.m. | East Tennessee State at Austin Peay | ESPN+ | |
7 p.m. | Alabama A&M at Southern | ESPN+ | |
8 p.m. | Lincoln at Cal Poly | ESPN+ | |
8 p.m. | Incarnate Word at Abilene Christian | ESPN+ | |
10 p.m. | Southern Utah at UC Davis | ESPN+ | |
Fri, Sep 22 | 7 p.m. | Brown at Harvard | ESPN+ |
Sat, Sep 23 | Noon | Cornell at Yale | ESPN+ |
1 p.m. | Wofford at VMI | ESPN+ | |
1 p.m. | Stonehill at Fordham | ESPN+ | |
1 p.m. | Butler at Stetson | ESPN+ | |
1 p.m. | Marist at Valparaiso | ESPN+ | |
1:30 p.m. | Lehigh at Dartmouth | ESPN+ | |
2 p.m. | Mercer at Furman | ESPN+ | |
2 p.m. | Morehouse at Edward Waters | ESPN+ | |
2:30 p.m. | Charleston Southern at Western Carolina | ESPN+ | |
3 p.m. | Chattanooga at Samford | ESPN+ | |
3 p.m. | Bryant at Princeton | ESPN+ | |
3 p.m. | Virginia-Lynchburg at Robert Morris | ESPN+ | |
3 p.m. | Utah Tech at Missouri State | ESPN+ | |
3 p.m. | McNeese at Eastern Illinois | ESPN+ | |
3 p.m. | Bethune-Cookman at Jackson State | ESPN+ | |
3:30 p.m. | Penn at Bucknell | ESPN+ | |
4 p.m. | Montana at Northern Arizona | ESPN+ | |
4 p.m. | Cal Poly at Portland State | ESPN+ | |
4 p.m. | Clark Atlanta at Miles | ESPN+ | |
4 p.m. | Houston Christian at SE Louisiana | ESPN+ | |
6 p.m. | Gardner-Webb at East Carolina | ESPN+ | |
6 p.m. | Northern Colorado at Idaho State | ESPN+ | |
6 p.m. | Southeast Missouri at Eastern Kentucky | ESPN+ | |
6 p.m. | Albany at Morgan State | ESPN+ | |
6 p.m. | The Citadel at South Carolina State | ESPN+ | |
6 p.m. | Alabama State at Florida A&M | ESPN+ | |
7 p.m. | Sam Houston at Houston | Big 12 Now on ESPN+ | |
7 p.m. | Kennesaw State at Tennessee Tech | ESPN+ | |
7 p.m. | Charlotte at Florida | ESPN+/SECN+ | |
7 p.m. | Lincoln (CA) at Lamar | ESPN+ | |
7 p.m. | North American at Incarnate Word | ESPN+ | |
7 p.m. | Abilene Christian at Central Arkansas | ESPN+ | |
7 p.m. | UT Martin at North Alabama | ESPN+ | |
7 p.m. | Austin Peay at Stephen F. Austin | ESPN+ | |
7 p.m. | Southwest Baptist at Tarleton | ESPN+ | |
8 p.m. | Western Illinois at Southern Utah | ESPN+ | |
10 p.m. | Eastern Washington at UC Davis | ESPN+ | |
Sat, Sep 30 | Noon | Morgan State at Yale | ESPN+ |
Noon | Howard at Robert Morris | ESPN+ | |
Noon | Miles at Central State | ESPN+ | |
Noon | Stetson at Marist | ESPN+ | |
12:30 p.m. | Fordham at Georgetown | ESPN+ | |
1 p.m. | East Tennessee State at Samford | ESPN+ | |
1 p.m. | Virginia Lynchburg at Delaware State | ESPN+ | |
1 p.m. | Dartmouth at Penn | ESPN+ | |
1 p.m. | Drake at Morehead State | ESPN+ | |
2 p.m. | Southwest Minnesota State at Valparaiso | ESPN+ | |
2 p.m. | North Carolina A&T at Norfolk State | ESPN+ | |
2 p.m. | Colgate at Cornell | ESPN+ | |
2 p.m. | Western Carolina at The Citadel | ESPN+ | |
2 p.m. | Austin Peay at Lindenwood | ESPN+ | |
3 p.m. | Weber State at Northern Colorado | ESPN+ | |
4 p.m. | VMI at Mercer | ESPN+ | |
4 p.m. | Campbell at North Carolina Central | ESPN+ | |
4 p.m. | Tarleton at SE Louisiana | ESPN+ | |
5 p.m. | Missouri State at Southern Illinois | ESPN+ | |
6 p.m. | Chattanooga at Wofford | ESPN+ | |
6 p.m. | Fort Valley State at Allen | ESPN+ | |
6 p.m. | Kennesaw State at Charleston Southern | ESPN+ | |
6 p.m. | Fort Valley State at Allen | ESPN+ | |
7 p.m. | Indiana State at Murray State | ESPN+ | |
7 p.m. | Tennessee State at UT Martin | ESPN+ | |
7 p.m. | Eastern Illinois at Northwestern State | ESPN+ | |
7 p.m. | Lamar at Houston Christian | ESPN+ | |
7 p.m. | Eastern Kentucky at North Alabama | ESPN+ | |
7 p.m. | Texas A&M Commerce at Stephen F. Austin | ESPN+ | |
7 p.m. | Grambling at Prairie View A&M | ESPN+ | |
8 p.m. | Central Arkansas at Southern Utah | ESPN+ | |
8 p.m. | Nicholls at McNeese | ESPN+ | |
8 p.m. | UC Davis at Cal Poly | ESPN+ |
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