College football viewing picks for October 3, 2026: How to watch Week 5

Alabama at Mississippi State — ABC/ESPN Unlimited Navy at Air Force — CBS/Paramount+ Michigan at Minnesota — Fox/Fox One Boston College at SMU — The CW/ESPN Unlimited

Stanford at Wake Forest — ACC Network/ESPN Unlimited Syracuse at UConn — CBS Sports Network Notre Dame at North Carolina — ESPN/ESPN Unlimited/Disney+ Central Florida at Houston — ESPN2/ESPN Unlimited Middle Tennessee — ESPNU/ESPN Unlimited West Virginia at Iowa States — TNT/HBO Max

Wagner at Central Connecticut State — Ryz Sports Network Princeton at Columbia — SNY/ESPN+

Dayton at Drake — ESPN+ Fordham at Lehigh — ESPN+ Mercyhurst at Long Island University — ESPN+ Merrimack at Yale — ESPN+

Michigan State at Wisconsin — Big Ten Network/Fox One

Cornell at Georgetown — Monumental Sports Network/ESPN+ Richmond at Lafayette — NBC Sports Philadelphia Plus/ESPN+

Vanderbilt at Georgia — SEC Network/ESPN Unlimited

Towson at Monmouth — NBC Sports Philadelphia/Monumental Sports Network/FloSports

Morgan State at Villanova — ESPN+ St. Thomas at Presbyterian — ESPN+ Valparaiso at Morehead State — ESPN+ Western Michigan at Buffalo — ESPN+

Mercer at Virginia Military Institute — ESPN+ Penn at Dartmouth — ESPN+

Murray State at North Dakota — Midco Sports/ESPN+ Wofford at Furman — Nextstar/ESPN+

Norfolk State at Robert Morris — SportsNet Pittsburgh/Sports Illustrated TV

The Citadel at South Carolina State — MEAC Network Texas-El Paso at New Mexico — Mountain West Network

Battle of the Real HU HBCU, Audi Field, Washington, D.C. Howard vs. Hampton — HBCU Go

Indiana State at South Dakota — Midco Sports Two/ESPN+

Alcorn State at Grambling State — SWAC TV Prairie View A&M at Mississippi Valley State — SWAC TV

Florida at Missouri — ABC/ESPN Unlimited Ohio State at Iowa — CBS/Paramount+ Wyoming at North Dakota State — The CW/ESPN Unlimited

Louisville at North Carolina State — ACC Network/ESPN Unlimited Cal at UNLV — CBS Sports Network Auburn at Tennessee — ESPN/ESPN Unlimited Virginia at Florida State — ESPN2/ESPN Unlimited

Akron at Central Michigan — ESPN+ Bowling Green at Miami (OH) — ESPN+ Eastern Michigan at UMass — ESPN+ Holy Cross at William & Mary — ESPN+ Memphis at Charlotte — ESPN+ Ohio at Kent State — ESPN+ Old Dominion at Georgia State — ESPN+ Samford at UAB — ESPN+ Tennessee-Chattanooga at East Tennessee State — ESPN+

Marshall at James Madison — ESPNU/ESPN Unlimited

Northern Colorado at Montana — Montana Television Network/Scripps Sports/ESPN+

Alabama State at Bethune-Cookman — SWAC TV

Davidson at San Diego — ESPN+ Tennessee State at Western Illinois — ESPN+

Purdue at Illinois — Big Ten Network/Fox One Kentucky at South Carolina — SEC Network/ESPN Unlimited

Gulf Coast Challenge HBCU, Ladd-Peebles Stadium, Mobile, AL Alabama A&M vs. Jackson State — SWAC TV

New Haven at Austin Peay — ESPN+ Youngstown State at Southern Illinois — ESPN+

Tennessee Tech at Western Carolina — Nexstar/ESPN+

Oregon State at Colorado State — USA Network

Campbell at North Carolina Central — MEAC Network

Gardner-Webb at Charleston Southern — ESPN+ Incarnate Word at Stephen F. Austin — ESPN+ North Alabama at Eastern Kentucky — ESPN+ Texas Southern at Florida Atlantic — ESPN+

North Carolina A&T at Bryant — FloSports

BYU at TCU — ESPN/ESPN Unlimited/Disney+ Arkansas at Texas A&M — ESPN2/ESPN Unlimited

Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Southern — SWAC TV

Chicago State at Tarleton — ESPN+ Colgate at Harvard — ESPN+ Georgia Southern at Coastal Carolina — ESPN+ Louisiana-Monroe at South Alabama — ESPN+ Nicholls at Houston Christian — ESPN+ Northwestern State at Lamar — ESPN+ South Dakota State at Illinois State — ESPN+ Texas-Rio Grande Valley at East Texas A&M — ESPN+ Texas-San Antonio at Rice — ESPN+

Miami (FL) at Clemson — ABC/ESPN Unlimited Texas Tech at Colorado — Fox/Fox One Washington at USC — NBC/Peacock

Utah State at Boise State — CBS Sports Network Temple at South Florida — ESPNU/ESPN Unlimited

NcNeese at LSU — SEC Network/ESPN Unlimited

Indiana at Rutgers — Big Ten Network/Fox One

Arkansas State at Louisiana — ESPN+ Northern Arizona at Idaho State — ESPN+ Southern Utah at Utah Tech — ESPN+ Weber State at Cal Poly — ESPN+ West Florida at Abilene Christian — ESPN+

Fresno State at Washington State — USA Network

Texas State at San Diego State — The CW/ESPN Unlimited

Baylor at Arizona State — ESPN/ESPN Unlimited Eastern Washington at Cal-Davis — ESPN2/ESPN Unlimited

San José State at Hawai'i — KFVE/Mountain West Network

College GameDay live from the University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA — ESPN/ESPNU/ESPN Unlimited, 9 a.m. SEC Nation live from Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS– SEC Network/ESPN Unlimited, 9 a.m. Big Noon Kickoff live from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN — Fox/Fox One, 10 a.m. ACC Huddle live from Clemson University, Clemson, SC — ACC Network/ESPN Unlimited, 10 a.m. B1G Tailgate live from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI– Big Ten Network, 10 a.m. Cover 3 — CBS Sports HQ, 10 a.m. SportsGrid College Football Today — SportsGrid, 10 a.m. College Football Pregame — CBS Sports HQ, 11 a.m. Big 12 Football Pregame — TNT/truTV/HBO Max, 11:30 a.m. B1G Countdown to Kickoff — Big Ten Network, noon Marty & McGee live from Mississippi State University, Starksville, MS — SEC Network, noon Alabama vs. Mississippi College Football In-Game Live Gameday — SportsGrid, 1:30 p.m. College Football Today — CBS Sports HQ, 2 p.m. CW College Football Countdown — The CW/ESPN Unlimited, 2:30 p.m. College Football Scoreboard — ABC/ESPN Unlimited, 3 p.m. ACC Huddle Scoreboard — ACC Network/ESPN Unlimited, 3 p.m. College Football Scoreboard — ESPN/ESPN Unlimited, 3 p.m. College Football Scoreboard — ESPN2/ESPN Unlimited, 3 p.m. B1G Live: Football Game Break — Big Ten Network, 3:30 p.m. Ohio State vs. Iowa College Football In-Game Live Gameday — SportsGrid, 3:30 p.m. Big 12 Football Postgame — TNT/truTV/HBO Max, 3:30 p.m. SEC Now — SEC Network/ESPN Unlimited, 3:45 p.m. College Football Scoreboard — ABC/ESPN Unlimited, 6:30 p.m. ACC Huddle Scoreboard — ACC Network/ESPN Unlimited, 6:30 p.m. The Postgame — CBS Sports HQ, 6:30 p.m. College Football Scoreboard — ESPN/ESPN Unlimited, 6:30 p.m. College Football Scoreboard — ESPN2/ESPN Unlimited, 6:30 p.m. College Football Scoreboard — ABC/ESPN Unlimited, 7 p.m. College Football Postgame — CBS/Paramount+, 7 p.m. College Football Extra — Fox/Fox One, 7 p.m. B1G College Countdown — NBC/Peacock, 7 p.m Inside College Football — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m. Washington vs. USC College Football In-Game Live Gameday — SportsGrid, 7 p.m. B1G Live: Football Game Break — Big Ten Network, 7:15 p.m. SEC Now — SEC Network/ESPN Unlimited, 7:15 p.m. FS1 College Football Extra — FS1, 7:30 p.m. College Football Scoreboard — ESPN/ESPN Unlimited, 10 p.m. College Football Scoreboard — ESPN2/ESPN Unlimited, 10 p.m. ACC Huddle: Final Score — ACC Network/ESPN Unlimited, 10:30 p.m. B1G Live: Football Postgame — Big Ten Network, 11 p.m. Inside College Football — CBS Sports Network, 11 p.m. SEC Football Final — SEC Network/ESPN Unlimited, 11 p.m. The Final Drive — Big Ten Network, 11:30 p.m. College Football Final — ESPN2/ESPN Unlimited, 1:30 a.m. (Sunday)