How to stream college football games from every conference
How to stream college football games from every conference
In the fractured broadcast environment, it can be confusing to figure out what teams and conferences stream on what services.
It’s finally here, college football fans. The 2025 college football season gets underway in earnest tonight with the No. 25 Boise State Broncos visiting the USF Bulls kicking off Week 1. Throughout the weekend, there will countless marquee matchups, including the No. 1 Texas Longhorns visiting the defending national champion No. 3 Ohio State Buckeyes on Saturday. Now, over the last few seasons, there have been some pretty big changes to how fans will be able to watch their favorite teams this year, with conference realignments and new broadcasting deals. Fortunately, we at The Streamable have put together a guide for how to watch all the top teams in college football, including every channel and streaming service that carries college games.
Biggest College Football Questions:
Which broadcast channels will carry college football in 2025?
All of the big five broadcast channels carry some college football this season. In recent seasons, a number of major conferences have switched up their broadcast partnerships. From the SEC moving to ABC and ESPN and the Big Ten now on CBS and NBC, it can be difficult to keep up with who is playing where.
| Channel | Conferences Carried | Championship Games | Bowl Games | College Football Playoff Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | ACC, American, Big 12, SEC | ACC, American, Big 12, SEC | Yes | Yes |
| CBS | Big Ten, Mountain West | Big Ten (future years), Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy | Yes | No |
| Fox | Big 12, Big Ten, Pac-12 (one home game each), Mountain West | Big Ten (2025), Mountain West | Yes | No |
| NBC | Big Ten, Notre Dame | Big Ten (future years) | No | No |
| The CW | ACC, Pac-12 (several home games) | N/A | Yes | No |
Which cable channels will carry college football in 2025?
With the ESPN family of networks taking over the full broadcasting duties for the SEC, the worldwide leader in sports has a vast majority of the college football rights, but there are still major conferences to be found elsewhere, especially the Big Ten. ESPN and its broadcast sibling ABC have served as the exclusive home of College Football Playoff games until this season, but for the second year in a row, ESPN will sublicense CFP games to TNT.
| Channel | Conferences Carried | Championship Games | Bowl Games | College Football Playoff Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACC Network | ACC | No | No | No |
| Big Ten Network | Big Ten | No | No | No |
| CBS Sports Network | Army, Conference USA, MAC, Mountain West, Navy, UConn | Conference USA | Yes | No |
| ESPN Networks | ACC, American, Big 12, Conference USA, MAC, SEC, Sun Belt, UMass | MAC and Sun Belt | Yes | Yes |
| FS1 | Big 12, Big Ten, Mountain West | No | No | No |
| [FS2][Fox Sports 2] | Mountain West | No | No | No |
| NFL Network | American, MAC, Sun Belt | No | East-West Shrine Game, Senior Bowl, NFLPA Collegiate Bowl | No |
| SEC Network | SEC | No | No | No |
| TNT | N/A | No | No | Yes |
| truTV | Mountain West | No | No | No |
Which on-demand streaming services will carry college football in 2025?
A number of new streaming services have joined the college football conversation for this season. For years, ESPN+ was known for carrying games from Power 4 and Group of 5 conferences, but now that that streamer has morphed into part of ESPN's new standalone service, that changes the equation a bit. Not only will ESPN’s Select tier carry all of the games previously found exclusively on ESPN+, but the Unlimited plan will also feature everything found on the ESPN linear channels.
Similarly, Fox One launched ahead of the football season, so all games found on Fox, FS1, and FS2 will be available to stream without a cable, satellite, or live TV streaming subscription. However, unlike the ESPN streamer, Fox One will not feature any exclusive games.
| Streaming Service | Conferences |
|---|---|
| ESPN | SEC, Big 12, American, Conference USA, MAC, Sun Belt, UMass, FCS, Division II and III |
| Fox One | All games appearing on Fox, FS1, FS2 in local markets |
| Paramount+ | All games appearing on CBS in local markets |
| Peacock | Big Ten games appearing on NBC, Notre Dame |
Which live TV streaming services will carry college football in 2025?
There are six major live TV streaming services available, including DIRECTV STREAM, Fubo, Hulu + Live TV, Sling TV, and YouTube TV. Take a look and see which services carry which channels below, and get more information on Week 1 with this guide.
| DIRECTV | Fubo | Hulu | Philo | Sling TV | YouTube TV | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free Trial | Free Trial | Free 3-Day Trial | Free Trial | Save with Sling | Free Trial | |||||
| $20.99 | $9.99 | $28.99 | $25 | $19.99 | $29.99 | $45.99 | $45.99 | $64.99 | ||
| ABC | + $24 | + $59 | + $61 | - | - | ✓ | - | ✓ | ✓ | |
| ACC Network | + $24 | + $11 | + $61 | - | - | - | + $11 | - | ✓ | |
| Big Ten Network | + $15 | + $59 | + $61 | - | - | - | - | + $11 | ✓ | |
| CBS | + $24 | + $59 | + $61 | - | - | - | - | - | ✓ | |
| CBS Sports Network | + $15 | + $59 | + $61 | - | - | - | - | - | ✓ | |
| ESPN | + $24 | + $59 | + $61 | - | ✓ | - | ✓ | - | ✓ | |
| ESPN2 | + $24 | + $59 | + $61 | - | ✓ | - | ✓ | - | ✓ | |
| ESPN3 | + $24 | + $59 | - | - | - | - | ✓ | - | + $18 | |
| ESPNU | + $24 | + $11 | + $61 | - | - | - | + $11 | - | ✓ | |
| Fox | + $19 | + $59 | + $61 | - | - | ✓ | - | ✓ | ✓ | |
| FS1 | + $24 | + $59 | + $61 | - | - | ✓ | - | ✓ | ✓ | |
| FS2 | + $15 | + $59 | + $61 | - | - | - | - | + $11 | ✓ | |
| NBC | + $19 | + $11 | + $61 | - | - | ✓ | - | ✓ | ✓ | |
| NFL Network | + $15 | + $59 | + $61 | - | - | ✓ | - | ✓ | ✓ | |
| SEC Network | + $24 | + $11 | + $61 | - | - | - | + $11 | - | ✓ | |
| The CW | + $39 | + $59 | + $60 | - | - | - | - | - | ✓ | |
| TNT | + $24 | - | + $61 | - | - | - | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| truTV | + $24 | - | + $61 | - | - | - | + $6 | ✓ | ✓ | |
Sling TV
Sling TV is The Streamable’s choice for cord-cutters on a budget. Sling is a live TV streaming service with multiple channel packages. The $45.99/month Sling Orange plan offers about 30 channels, including Disney Channel and ESPN. The $45.99/month Sling Blue plan offers about 40 channels, including ABC, Fox, and NBC in major markets.
You can combine Orange+Blue for a total of $60.99 / month. Sling also offers many channel add-on packages starting at $6/month.