Texas and Oklahoma’s first game as members of the SEC starts a little later than normal.
ESPN announced Thursday that the Red River Rivalry would begin on October 12 at 3:30 PM ET on ABC or ESPN. Normally, the two schools would play their annual rivalry game at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas at noon ET.
The kickoff time for the game was one of several early season start times and big matchups released by the TV networks and conferences on Thursday. ESPN’s release also included moving the Egg Bowl rivalry game between Mississippi State and Ole Miss to Black Friday. The game will kick off on November 29 at 3:30 PM ET, after being played on Thanksgiving evening for the past few seasons.
The Georgia-Georgia Tech rivalry game is also moving to Black Friday. The two teams will play each other that Friday night at 7:30 PM ET on ABC. A full list of SEC kickoffs announced Thursday is here.
The 2024 college football season will be the first with just four power conferences and new television deals for the entire sport. ESPN has the rights to every SEC broadcast, while CBS, NBC and Fox all share Big Ten rights. ACC games are also exclusive to ESPN networks, aside from a weekly game on the CW, and the Big 12’s TV contract includes games on Fox and ESPN networks. The CW will broadcast home games for Oregon State and Washington State, the remaining Pac-12 members.
Fox goes Oregon vs. Televising Oregon State
The continuation of the Oregon vs. Oregon State rivalry will air on Fox on September 14 at 3:30 PM ET. The two schools agreed to continue their rivalry play after the Ducks moved to the Big Ten. At the same time on the same day, Washington State will visit Washington. That game will only be available on Peacock, NBC’s streaming service.
The 3:30 PM ET slot on CBS now exclusively shows Big Ten games. Ohio State’s home game against Akron will be the first Big Ten game in that slot for the network on August 31. Later that evening, the network will show UCLA’s visit to Hawaii at 7:30 PM ET. A full list of Big Ten games revealed Thursday is here.
Fox will also show nine Big Ten games on Friday nights beginning September 20. The first game will be Illinois’ visit to Nebraska. The week before, on September 13, the network will show Arizona’s first visit to Kansas State as a member of the Big 12. The full list of Big 12 games announced Thursday is available here.
Colorado will host Oklahoma State on Black Friday
Colorado has a local kickoff at 10 a.m. on Black Friday, while Oklahoma State visits for a ET game at noon. That’s the last game of the regular season for the Buffaloes. In Week 1, Colorado will host FCS powerhouse North Dakota State on August 29. That game kicks off at 8:00 PM ET on ESPN and could be a very tough game for the Buffs in their first game back as Big 12 members.
Two days after Colorado hosts North Dakota State, the most important Big 12 game of the weekend is Penn State’s visit to West Virginia. That game kicks off at noon ET on Fox, opposite Clemson’s game against Georgia in Atlanta on ABC.
SMU’s first game as a member of the ACC takes place on August 24 at 8:00 PM ET on CBS Sports Network as the Mustangs visit Nevada. Stanford plays its first ACC game on Aug. 30 at home against TCU (10:30 p.m. ET, ESPN), while Cal’s home opener against UC Davis on Aug. 31 will air on an ACC Network streaming channel. You can view the full list of ACC start times announced Thursday here.
