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NFL


October 18, 2026

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NATIONAL BROADCASTS
Seattle @ Denver
Thu 8:00 ET
Prime Video
Al Michaels, Kirk Herbstreit
also KCPQ/FOX Seattle, KMGH/ABC Denver
Houston vs Jacksonville (in London)
Sun 9:30 AM ET
NFLN
Bob Wischusen, Louis Riddick
also KTRK/ABC Houston, WFOX/FOX Jacksonville
Dallas @ Green Bay
Sun 8:00 ET
NBC
Mike Tirico, Cris Collinsworth
Washington @ San Francisco
Mon 8:00 ET
ESPN / ABC
Joe Buck, Troy Aikman

Byes: Cincinnati, Detroit, Miami, Minnesota



CBS EARLY

🔴 Alaska
🔴 Hawaii
Carolina @ Philadelphia
Ian Eagle, Ross Tucker
Pittsburgh @ Tampa Bay
Andrew Catalon, Logan Ryan
NY Jets @ New England
Spero Dedes, Adam Archuleta

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CBS LATE

🔴 Alaska
🔴 Hawaii
Buffalo @ Las Vegas
Jim Nantz, J.J. Watt
LA Chargers @ Kansas City
Kevin Harlan, Trent Green


FOX SINGLE

🔴 Alaska
🟡 Hawaii
Chicago @ Atlanta
Kevin Burkhardt, Tom Brady
New Orleans @ NY Giants
Adam Amin, Drew Brees
Baltimore @ Cleveland
Kevin Kugler, Daryl Johnston
Tennessee @ Indianapolis
Chris Myers, Jonathan Vilma
Arizona @ LA Rams (LATE)
Kenny Albert, Greg Olsen

College Football


TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13

Delaware @ Middle Tennessee
7:00 PM ET
CBSSN
Alex Del Barrio, Taylor McHargue
Florida International @ Jacksonville State
8:00 PM ET
ESPNU
Pete Sousa, Leger Douzable

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14

Kennesaw State @ Missouri State
7:30 PM ET
CBSSN
Justin Kutcher, Ben DiNucci
Western Kentucky @ Sam Houston
8:00 PM ET
ESPN
Clay Matvick, Rocky Boiman

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15

East Carolina @ UAB
7:30 PM ET
ESPN
Matt Barrie, Chase Daniel
Georgia Southern @ Old Dominion
7:30 PM ET
ESPN2
Courtney Lyle, Rene Ingoglia
Colorado State @ Texas State
8:00 PM ET
CBSSN
John Sadak, Randy Cross

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16

Columbia @ Penn
7:00 PM ET
ESPNU
Eric Frede, Jack Ford
Memphis @ Tulane
7:30 PM ET
ESPN
Mike Monaco, Jordan Rodgers
Washington @ Purdue
8:00 PM ET
FOX
Dan Hellie, Robert Smith
Appalachian State @ Coastal Carolina
8:00 PM ET
ESPN2
Jason Ross Jr., Tyoka Jackson

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17

4 Ohio State @ 5 Indiana
12:00 PM ET
FOX
Gus Johnson, Joel Klatt
Florida @ 7 Texas
12:00 PM ET
ABC
Joe Tessitore, Jesse Palmer
Virginia @ 24 SMU
12:00 PM ET
CW
Thom Brennaman, Jason Cabinda, Wes Bryant
16 Mississippi State @ 22 LSU
12:00 PM ET
ESPN / Disney+
Roy Philpott, Brock Osweiler
Pittsburgh @ Boston College
12:00 PM ET
ESPN2
Anish Shroff, Jay Walker
Kansas @ Kansas State
12:00 PM ET
FS1
Eric Collins, Spencer Tillman
Cincinnati @ West Virginia
12:00 PM ET
TNT / truTV
J.B. Long, Mike Golic Jr.
Georgia State @ James Madison
12:00 PM ET
ESPNU
Kevin Fitzgerald, Jeff Woody
25 Northwestern @ Michigan State
12:00 PM ET
Peacock / NBCSN
Paul Burmeister, Yogi Roth
Charleston Southern @ Clemson
12:00 PM ET
ACCN
Roxy Bernstein, Dave Clawson
Florida Atlantic @ Army
12:00 PM ET
CBSSN
Jack Gordon, Taylor McHargue
Ball State @ Bowling Green
12:00 PM ET
ESPN+
Rutgers @ Maryland
12:30 PM ET
BTN
Wayne Randazzo, Jake Butt
The Citadel @ Texas A&M
1:00 PM ET
SECN+
Richard Cross, Charlie Strong
Charlotte @ Temple
1:00 PM ET
ESPN+
Joe Tordy, Barrett Brooks
Massachusetts @ Buffalo
1:00 PM ET
ESPN+
Anthony Lima, Mo Hasan
Western Michigan @ Central Michigan
1:30 PM ET
ESPN+
Evan Stockton, Reginald Walker Jr.
6 Alabama @ 14 Tennessee
3:30 PM ET
ABC
Sean McDonough, Greg McElroy
Arizona State @ 10 Texas Tech
3:30 PM ET
FOX
Connor Onion, Robert Griffin III,
Penn State @ Michigan
3:30 PM ET
CBS
Brad Nessler, Charles Davis
Northern Illinois @ Wyoming
3:30 PM ET
CW
Jack McMullen, Cody Kessler
Auburn @ 1 Georgia
3:30 PM ET
ESPN
Dave Pasch, Dusty Dvoracek
North Carolina @ Duke
3:30 PM ET
ESPN2
Lowell Galindo, Kirk Morrison
13 Missouri @ 9 Ole Miss
3:30 PM ET
SECN
Matt Schumacker, Aaron Murray
Georgia Tech @ Virginia Tech
3:30 PM ET
ACCN
Wes Durham, Max Browne
UNLV @ Air Force
3:30 PM ET
CBSSN
Jordan Kent, Robert Turbin
Toledo @ Eastern Michigan
3:30 PM ET
ESPN+
Shawn Kenney, Marcus Ray
Akron @ Miami (OH)
3:30 PM ET
ESPN+
Joey Lindstrom, Charles Arbuckle
Illinois State @ Southern Illinois
4:00 PM ET
ESPNU
Kelsie Kasper, Ryan Cavanaugh
Tulsa @ Rice
4:30 PM ET
ESPN+
David Saltzman, LaDarrin McLane
Troy @ Louisiana
5:00 PM ET
ESPN+
Washington State @ Oregon State
6:00 PM ET
USA
Nate Gatter, Ryan Leaf
Florida State @ 3 Miami (FL)
7:00 PM ET
ESPN / Disney+
Tom Hart, Roddy Jones, Quint Kessenich
Arkansas @ Vanderbilt
7:00 PM ET
ESPN2
Taylor Zarzour, Matt Stinchcomb
TCU @ Baylor
7:00 PM ET
FS1
Noah Reed, Petros Papadakis
Nevada @ North Dakota State
7:00 PM ET
CBSSN
Chris Lewis, Doug Pederson
Kent State @ South Florida
7:00 PM ET
ESPN+
TJ Rives, Patrick Murray
Arkansas State @ Southern Mississippi
7:00 PM ET
ESPN+
2 Notre Dame @ 8 BYU
7:30 PM ET
ABC
Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit
Wisconsin @ 12 UCLA
7:30 PM ET
NBC
Noah Eagle, Todd Blackledge
18 Oklahoma State @ 20 Houston
7:30 PM ET
FOX
Jack Kizer, Mark Helfrich
15 Kentucky @ Oklahoma
7:30 PM ET
SECN
Dave Neal, Cole Cubelic
Louisville @ Syracuse
7:30 PM ET
ACCN
Jorge Sedano, Rodney McLeod
Elon @ Stanford
7:30 PM ET
ACCN Extra
Doug Sherman, Forrest Conoly
Navy @ UTSA
8:00 PM ET
ESPNU
Ted Emrich, Fozzy Whittaker
Louisiana Tech @ ULM
8:00 PM ET
ESPN+
San Jose State @ UTEP
9:00 PM ET
MW+
Ohio @ Sacramento State
10:00 PM ET
ESPN+
Chris Sylvester, Doc Holliday
11 Utah @ Colorado
10:15 PM ET
ESPN
Jay Alter, Tom Luginbill
21 Wake Forest @ California
10:30 PM ET
ESPN2
Chuckie Kempf, Dustin Fox
Fresno State @ San Diego State
10:30 PM ET
CBSSN
Rich Waltz, Adam Breneman
New Mexico @ Hawaii
10:30 PM ET
FS1
Carlo Jimenez, Robert Smith
Nebraska @ Oregon
11:00 PM ET
FOX
Tim Brando, Devin Gardner

MLB


SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11

Game 1: LA Dodgers @ Milwaukee
8:00 PM ET
FOX
Joe Davis, John Smoltz

MONDAY, OCTOBER 12

Game 2: LA Dodgers @ Milwaukee
5:00 PM ET
FOX / FS1
Joe Davis, John Smoltz
Game 1: Cleveland @ Tampa Bay
8:00 PM ET
TBS / truTV
Brian Anderson, Ron Darling, Jeff Francoeur

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13

Game 2: Cleveland @ Tampa Bay
8:00 PM ET
TBS / truTV
Brian Anderson, Ron Darling, Jeff Francoeur

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14

Game 3: Milwaukee @ LA Dodgers
8:00 PM ET
FS1
Joe Davis, John Smoltz

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15

Game 3: Tampa Bay @ Cleveland
1:00 PM ET
TBS / truTV
Brian Anderson, Ron Darling, Jeff Francoeur
Game 4: Milwaukee @ LA Dodgers
9:00 PM ET
FS1
Joe Davis, John Smoltz

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16

Game 3: Tampa Bay @ Cleveland
6:00 PM ET
TBS / truTV
Brian Anderson, Ron Darling, Jeff Francoeur
Game 4: Milwaukee @ LA Dodgers
9:00 PM ET
FS1
Joe Davis, John Smoltz

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17

Game 5: Tampa Bay @ Cleveland
8:00 PM ET
TBS / truTV
Brian Anderson, Ron Darling, Jeff Francoeur

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18

Game 6: LA Dodgers @ Milwaukee
8:00 PM ET
FS1
Joe Davis, John Smoltz

MONDAY, OCTOBER 19

Game 6: Cleveland @ Tampa Bay
5:00 PM ET
TBS / truTV
Brian Anderson, Ron Darling, Jeff Francoeur
Game 7: LA Dodgers @ Milwaukee
8:00 PM ET
FOX / FS1
Joe Davis, John Smoltz

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20

Game 2: Cleveland @ Tampa Bay
8:00 PM ET
TBS / truTV
Brian Anderson, Ron Darling, Jeff Francoeur

NHL

MONDAY, OCTOBER 12

Florida @ Buffalo
1:00 PM ET
Sportsnet
(local simulcast)
Ottawa @ New Jersey
7:00 PM ET
NHLN
SN+

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13

Frozen Frenzy: whip-around show starting at 7 ET on ESPN2

New Jersey @ Detroit
6:00 PM ET
ESPN
SN+
Bob Wischusen, Ray Ferraro
Vancouver @ NY Islanders
7:45 PM ET
SNP
Colorado @ Dallas
8:30 PM ET
ESPN
SN+
Mike Monaco, Erik Johnson
Calgary @ Anaheim
9:45 PM ET
SNW
Edmonton @ Los Angeles
10:30 PM ET
SN1
Boston @ San Jose
11:00 PM ET
ESPN
SN+
Roxy Bernstein, AJ Mleczko

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14

Montreal @ Washington
7:30 PM ET
Prime Video
John Forslund, Jody Shelley, Thomas Hickey
Dallas @ Colorado
8:30 PM ET
TNT / truTV

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15

Vancouver @ Florida
7:00 PM ET
SNP
Philadelphia @ Detroit
7:30 PM ET
ESPN+
SN+
Steve Levy, Ray Ferraro
Utah @ Edmonton
9:00 PM ET
SNW
Calgary @ Vegas
10:00 PM ET
SN1

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16

Pittsburgh @ Colorado
9:00 PM ET
SN+
(local simulcast)

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17

New Jersey @ Washington
1:00 PM ET
SNE/O/P
NHLN
(local simulcast)
Carolina @ Winnipeg
3:30 PM ET
SNE/O/W
Vancouver @ Tampa Bay
4:00 PM ET
SNP
NY Islanders @ Toronto
7:00 PM ET
SNO/W/P
Buffalo @ Montreal
7:00 PM ET
SNE
NHLN
Ottawa @ Philadelphia
7:00 PM ET
SN1
Edmonton @ Utah
10:00 PM ET
Sportsnet

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18

Columbus @ Minnesota
6:00 PM ET
SN+
(local simulcast)
Carolina @ Calgary
8:00 PM ET
SNW

WNBA

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17

Game 1: Atlanta @ Golden State
3:30 PM ET
NBC
Zora Stephenson, Sarah Kustok

MONDAY, OCTOBER 19

Game 2: Atlanta @ Golden State
8:00 PM ET
USA / Peacock

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21

Game 3: Golden State @ Atlanta
8:00 PM ET
USA / Peacock

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24

Game 4: Golden State @ Atlanta
1:00 PM ET
NBC
Zora Stephenson, Sarah Kustok

MONDAY, OCTOBER 26

Game 5: Atlanta @ Golden State
8:00 PM ET
USA / Peacock

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29

Game 6: Golden State @ Atlanta
8:00 PM ET
USA / Peacock

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31

Game 7: Atlanta @ Golden State
8:00 PM ET
USA / Peacock

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