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* 2023 schedule highlights on FOX include top-tier Big Ten matchups -- Michigan at Penn State (Nov. 11), Ohio State at Michigan (Nov. 25), and more
* NFL HOF'er Deion Sanders kicks off Colorado coaching career with national games during Weeks 1 (Sept. 2, @ TCU) & 2 (Sept. 9, vs. Nebraska) on FOX
* BIG NOON SATURDAY reigns as most-watched regular season window in college football for second straight season
FOX Sports announced this week select games from the network's top-notch 2023 college football games, featuring games from the Big Ten, Big 12, Mountain West, and Pac-12 conferences.
For the second straight year, BIG NOON KICKOFF will travel each week to college football's marquee games, previewing the day's best showdowns from campuses across the nation at 10:00 a.m. ET on FOX. BIG NOON KICKOFF is immediately followed by BIG NOON SATURDAY (12:00 p.m. ET), the network's premier matchup each week and most-watched regular season window in college football for two straight years.
High Noon is the new Primetime:
In Week 1, Colorado takes on national runner-up TCU (losing to Georgia in last year's National Championship) on Saturday, September 2 at 12:00 p.m. ET on FOX. NFL Hall of Famer Deion Sanders makes his regular season coaching debut at Colorado on BIG NOON SATURDAY from Fort Worth, Texas, with the BIG NOON KICKOFF crew providing on-site pregame coverage beginning at 10:00 a.m. ET.
Week 2 is highlighted by another highly anticipated coaching duel, when Coach Prime takes on new Nebraska coach (and former Temple, Baylor, and the NFL's Carolina Panthers head coach) Matt Rhule, Saturday, September 9, at 12:00 p.m. ET on FOX. The BIG NOON KICKOFF and BIG NOON SATURDAY broadcast crews head to Boulder, Colorado, for extensive coverage beginning at 10:00 a.m. ET.
In Week 3's BIG NOON SATURDAY game, Penn State faces off against Illinois from Champaign, Illinois, on Saturday, September 16, with BIG NOON KICKOFF"s on-site coverage starting at 10:00 a.m. ET, followed by the game coverage at 12:00 p.m. ET.
Rivalries Heat Up Fall Schedule:
In Week 11, Michigan travels to Penn State for a highly anticipated rivalry game from State College, Pennsylvania. The action kicks off Saturday, November 11 at 12:00 p.m. ET on FOX.
FOX Sports' college football regular season concludes Thanksgiving weekend with the most-heated rivalry in sports as Michigan hosts Ohio State on Saturday, November 25 at 12:00 p.m. ET on FOX. "The Game" is a part of a epic weekend of college football programming on FOX and FS1, which also includes a Black Friday tripleheader (Friday, November 24), featuring TCU vs. Oklahoma at 12:00 p.m. ET on FOX, Air Force vs. Boise State at 4:00 p.m. ET on FS1 & Oregon State vs. Oregon at 8:30 p.m. ET on FOX.
Championship Weekend on FOX:
On Saturday, December 2, FOX is home to a conference championship doubleheader, beginning with the Mountain West Championship (site TBD) at 3:00 p.m. ET followed by the Big Ten Championship (Indianapolis) at 8:00 p.m. ET.
Key 2023 FOX College Football Schedule Highlights:
- FOX Sports' Week 1 action features several highly anticipated coaching debuts -- on Thursday, August 31, new Nebraska head coach Matt Rhule goes up against Minnesota at 8:00 p.m. ET on FOX. On Saturday, September 2 (as previously mentioned), Deion Sanders makes his Colorado debut at 12:00 p.m. ET on FOX, and new Wisconsin head coach Luke Fickell takes on Buffalo at 3:30 p.m. ET on FS1.
- Three new Big 12 member institutions also Week 1 appearances on FS1, beginning on Thursday when UCF takes on Kent State at 7:00 p.m. ET. On Saturday on FS1, Houston hosts UTSA at 7:00 p.m. ET, while BYU takes on Sam Houston at 10:15 p.m. ET.
- Week 2's college football quadruple-header on Saturday, September 9 on FOX is led by Nebraska at Colorado at noon, Iowa at Iowa State at 3:30 p.m. ET, Oregon at Texas Tech at 7:00 p.m. ET & Stanford at USC at 10:30 p.m. ET.
- In Week 3, Houston hosts TCU in a Big 12 conference matchup between former Southwest Conference foes on Saturday, September 16 at 8:00 p.m. ET on FOX.
- - Wisconsin at Purdue on at 7:00 p.m. ET on Friday, September 22
- - Utah at Oregon State on at 9:00 p.m. ET on Friday, September 29
- - TCU at Texas Tech on at 7:00 p.m. ET on Thursday, November 2
Where to Watch:
College football on FOX, FS1, and FS2 is also simulcast on the FOX Sports app and FOXSports.com.
And as a side note, yes! FOX still plans on using remote announcers for select games, mainly the FS1 ones (all FOX broadcasts will be on-site for obvious reasons). These remote broadcasts will marked off with either a "^" (Charlotte) or "**" (Los Angeles).
* CFB Announcers: https://tamirmoore.blogspot.com/2023/08/2023-fox-college-football-announcers.html.
2023 CFB on FS1 Schedule | All Times Eastern and subject to change.
Regular Season:
* Week 0 -- Saturday, August 26
. Ohio at San Diego State - FS1, 7:00 p.m. ET - Tim Brando, Spencer Tillman
* Week 1 -- Thursday, August 31
. ^ Kent State at UCF - FS1, 7:00 p.m. ET - Eric Collins, Devin Gardner (Charlotte)
* Week 1 -- Friday, September 1
. Central Michigan at Michigan State - FS1, 7:00 p.m. ET - Tim Brando, Spencer Tillman
* Week 1 -- Saturday, September 2
. Utah State at Iowa - FS1, 12:00 p.m. ET - Jeff Levering, Mark Helfrich
. ^ Buffalo at Wisconsin - FS1, 3:30 p.m. ET - Eric Collins, Devin Gardner (Charlotte)
. ** UTSA at Houston - FS1, 7:00 p.m. ET - Chris Myers, Robert Smith (Los Angeles)
. ** Sam Houston at BYU - FS2 to start/FS1 (JIP), 10:15 p.m. ET - Alex Faust, Petros Papadakis (Los Angeles)
- Note: The Sam Houston/BYU game started on FS2 due to the UTSA/Houston game running long; FS1 joined the game in progress at 10:38 p.m. ET with 7:39 left in 1st quarter.
* Week 2 -- Saturday, September 9
. ^ Troy at Kansas State - FS1, 12:00 p.m. ET - Eric Collins, Devin Gardner (Charlotte)
. ^ UCF at Boise State - FS1, 7:00 p.m. ET - Eric Collins, Devin Gardner (Charlotte)
. ** Oklahoma State at Arizona State - FS1, 10:30 p.m. ET - Alex Faust, Petros Papadakis (Los Angeles)
* Week 3 -- Friday, September 15
. ^ Virginia at Maryland - FS1, 7:00 p.m. ET - Eric Collins, Devin Gardner (Charlotte)
* Week 3 -- Saturday, September 16
. ^ North Dakota at Boise State - FS1, 12:00 p.m. ET - Eric Collins, Devin Gardner (Charlotte)
. ** San Diego State at Oregon State - FS1, 3:30 p.m. ET - Alex Faust, Petros Papadakis (Los Angeles)
. Northern Illinois at Nebraska - FS1, 7:00 p.m. ET - Jeff Levering, Mark Helfrich
. ** Fresno State at Arizona State - FS1, 10:30 p.m. ET - Alex Faust, Petros Papadakis (Los Angeles)
* Week 4 -- Friday, September 22
. Wisconsin at Purdue - FS1, 7:00 p.m. ET - Tim Brando, Spencer Tillman
. ** Air Force at San José State - FS1, 10:30 p.m. ET - Dan Hellie, Petros Papadakis (Los Angeles)
* Week 4 -- Saturday, September 23
. ^ SMU at TCU - FS1, 12:00 p.m. ET - Eric Collins, Devin Gardner (Charlotte)
. ** Oklahoma State at Iowa State - FS1, 4:00 p.m. ET - Dan Hellie, Petros Papadakis (Los Angeles)
. ^ UCF at Kansas State - FS1, 8:00 p.m. ET - Eric Collins, Devin Gardner (Charlotte)
* Week 5 -- Friday, September 29
. Utah at Oregon State - FS1, 9:00 p.m. ET - Tim Brando, Spencer Tillman
* Week 5 -- Saturday, September 30
. ^ Baylor at UCF - FS1, 3:30 p.m. ET - Eric Collins, Devin Gardner (Charlotte)
. ** Houston at Texas Tech - FS2, 3:30 p.m. ET - Dan Hellie, Petros Papadakis (Los Angeles)
. Iowa State at Oklahoma - FS1, 7:00 p.m. ET - Jeff Levering, Mark Helfrich
. ** Nevada at Fresno State - FS1, 10:30 p.m. ET - Dan Hellie, Petros Papadakis (Los Angeles)
* Week 6 -- Friday, October 6
. Nebraska at Illinois - FS1, 8:00 p.m. ET - Jeff Levering, Mark Helfrich
* Week 6 -- Saturday, October 7
. ** TCU at Iowa State - FS1, 8:00 p.m. ET - Alex Faust, Petros Papadakis (Los Angeles)
- Originally scheduled for FS2, but elevated to FS1 following League Division Series schedule announcement.
* Week 7 -- Thursday, October 12
. West Virginia at Houston - FS1, 7:00 p.m. ET - Tim Brando, Spencer Tillman
* Week 7 -- Saturday, October 14
. ^ Iowa State at Cincinnati - FS1, 12:00 p.m. ET - Eric Collins, Devin Gardner (Charlotte)
. Kansas at Oklahoma State - FS1, 3:30 p.m. ET - Jeff Levering, Mark Helfrich
. ** Kansas State at Texas Tech - FS1, 7:00 p.m. ET - Alex Faust, Petros Papadakis (Los Angeles)
. ** Boise State at Colorado State - FS1, 9:45 p.m. ET - Dan Hellie, Dirk Koetter (Los Angeles)
* Week 8 -- Saturday, October 21
. Wisconsin at Illinois - FS1, 3:30 p.m. ET - Eric Collins, Devin Gardner
. ** Texas Tech at BYU - FS1, 7:00 p.m. ET - Alex Faust, Petros Papadakis (Los Angeles)
. ** Nevada at San Diego State - FS2, 9:00 p.m. ET - Dan Hellie, Robert Smith (Los Angeles)
. Arizona State at Washington - FS1, 10:30 p.m. ET - Jeff Levering, Mark Helfrich
* Week 9 -- Saturday, October 28
. ^ West Virginia at UCF - FS1, 12:00 p.m. ET - Eric Collins, Devin Gardner (Charlotte)
. Purdue at Nebraska - FS2 to start/FS1 (JIP), 3:30 p.m. ET - Jeff Levering, Mark Helfrich
- The game began on FS2 due to Oklahoma/Kansas finishing up on FS1 (weather delay). FS1 JIP'ed at 4:46 PM ET and with 8:54 to go in the 2nd quarter.
. ^ Wyoming at Boise State - FS2, 5:30 p.m. ET - Eric Collins, Devin Gardner (Charlotte)
. Washington at Stanford - FS1, 7:00 p.m. ET - Tim Brando, Spencer Tillman
. ** UNLV at Fresno State - FS1, 10:30 p.m. ET - Alex Faust, Petros Papadakis (Los Angeles)
* Week 10 -- Thursday, November 2
. TCU at Texas Tech - FS1, 7:00 p.m. ET - Jeff Levering, Mark Helfrich
* Week 10 -- Saturday, November 4
. Nebraska at Michigan State - FS1, 12:00 p.m. ET - Tim Brando, Spencer Tillman
. ^ UCF at Cincinnati - FS1, 3:30 p.m. ET - Adam Alexander, Devin Gardner (Charlotte)
. Utah State at San Diego State - FS1, 7:00 p.m. ET - Guy Haberman, Petros Papadakis
. UCLA at Arizona - FS1, 10:30 p.m. ET - Jeff Levering, Mark Helfrich
* Week 11 -- Friday, November 10
. ** Wyoming at UNLV - FS1, 10:45 p.m. ET - Alex Faust, Petros Papadakis (Los Angeles)
* Week 11 -- Saturday, November 11
. ^ Texas Tech at Kansas - FS1, 12:00 p.m. ET - Eric Collins, Devin Gardner (Charlotte)
. Northwestern at Wisconsin - FS1, 3:30 p.m. ET - Chris Myers, Robert Smith
. ** Cincinnati at Houston - FS1, 7:00 p.m. ET - Alex Faust, Petros Papadakis (Los Angeles)
. New Mexico at Boise State - FS1, 10:00 p.m. ET - Guy Haberman, Charles Arbuckle
* Week 12 -- Friday, November 17
. Colorado at Washington State - FS1, 10:30 p.m. ET - Tim Brando, Spencer Tillman, Josh Sims
* Week 12 -- Saturday, November 18
. Rutgers at Penn State - FS1, 12:00 p.m. ET - Chris Myers, Robert Smith
. Illinois at Iowa - FS1, 3:30 p.m. ET - Adam Alexander, Devin Gardner
. UCF at Texas Tech - FS2, 5:30 p.m. ET - Guy Haberman, Charles Arbuckle
. ** Kansas State at Kansas - FS1, 7:00 p.m. ET - Alex Faust, Petros Papadakis (Los Angeles)
. New Mexico at Fresno State - FS1, 10:30 p.m. ET - Jordan Kent, Will Blackmon
* Week 13 -- Friday, November 24 (Black Friday)
. ** Air Force at Boise State - FS1, 4:00 p.m. ET - Dan Hellie, Petros Papadakis (Los Angeles)
* Week 13 -- Saturday, November 25
. Houston at UCF - FS1, 12:00 p.m. ET - Eric Collins, Devin Gardner
. Wisconsin at Minnesota - FS1, 3:30 p.m. ET - Jeff Levering, Mark Helfrich
. ** West Virginia at Baylor - FS1, 7:00 p.m. ET - Alex Faust, Petros Papadakis (Los Angeles)
. Fresno State at San Diego State - FS1, 10:30 p.m. ET - Guy Haberman, Will Blackmon
- Source(s): FOX Sports Press Pass.
