IRVING, Texas – Conference USA has announced its broadcast schedule for the 2018 football season. The current confirmed schedule features games to air nationally by all five of the league’s primary partners and every C-USA football game is expected to be available on traditional linear television or via streaming and social media.
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CBS Sports Network kicks off the selection process of nationally broadcast games, followed by Stadium, beIN SPORTS, Facebook and ESPN Networks. The majority of these exposures will take place on Saturday, with select Thursday and Friday night telecasts also being featured.
“We are very excited that every C-USA Football game will be available this season on various platforms through our valued partners,” said Conference USA Commissioner Judy MacLeod. “We are coming off a very successful season with nine bowl teams and look to build on that success this fall with our fans able to follow all of the exciting action.”
The 2018 regular season begins on Saturday, August 25 when Rice hosts Prairie View on ESPN+ and continues through Saturday, November 24. Over the course of those three months, every game in a C-USA stadium will be available through its partners and road games will be available via FOX, FS1, FSN, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ACC RSN, the SEC Network and ESPN+.
The 2018 C-USA Championship game on Saturday, Dec. 1 will air on CBS Sports Network at a time to be determined.
ESPN is scheduled to carry all six of C-USA’s bowl games in which it has a guaranteed selection.
Additional Conference USA football broadcast exposures will be released as soon as they are finalized.
2018 CONFERENCE USA FOOTBALL BROADCAST SCHEDULE
(Confirmed games as of June 7; Subject to change)
Date Game Time (ET/CT) Network
Sat 8/25 Prairie View A&M @ Rice 7:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. CT ESPN+
Thu 8/30 Savannah State @ UAB 8:00 p.m. ET/7:00 p.m. CT ESPN+
Fri 8/31 WKU @ Wisconsin 9:00 p.m. ET/8:00 p.m. CT ESPN
Sat 9/1 Florida Atlantic @ Oklahoma 12:00 p.m. ET/11:00 a.m. CT FOX
Sat 9/1 Houston @ Rice 12:00 p.m. ET/11:00 a.m. CT CBSSN
Sat 9/1 Marshall @ Miami (Ohio) 3:30 p.m. ET/2:30 p.m. CT ESPN+
Sat 9/1 Fordham @ Charlotte 6:00 p.m. ET/5:00 p.m. CT ESPN+
Sat 9/1 Indiana @ FIU 7:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. CT CBSSN
Sat 9/1 Louisiana Tech @ South Alabama 7:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. CT ESPN+
Sat 9/1 Middle Tennessee @ Vanderbilt 7:30 p.m. ET/6:30 p.m. CT SECNA
Sat 9/1 SMU @ North Texas 7:30 p.m. ET/6:30 p.m. CT Stadium
Sat 9/1 Northern Arizona @ UTEP 7:30 p.m. ET/6:30 p.m. CT ESPN3
Sat 9/1 UTSA @ Arizona State 10:30 p.m. ET/9:30 p.m. CT FS1
Sat 9/1 Jackson State @ Southern Miss 7:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. CT ESPN+
Sat 9/8 Air Force @ Florida Atlantic 2:00 p.m. ET/1:00 p.m. CT CBSSN/Facebook
Sat 9/8 Appalachian State @ Charlotte 6:00 p.m. ET/5:00 p.m. CT ESPN+
Sat 9/8 Eastern Kentucky @ Marshall 6:30 p.m. ET/5:30 p.m. CT ESPN+
Sat 9/8 Baylor @ UTSA 7:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. CT CBSSN/Facebook
Sat 9/8 UT Martin @ Middle Tennessee 7:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. CT ESPN+
Sat 9/8 UAB @ Coastal Carolina 7:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. CT ESPN+
Sat 9/8 Incarnate Word @ North Texas 7:30 p.m. ET/6:30 p.m. CT ESPN+
Sat 9/8 FIU @ Old Dominion 7:30 p.m. ET/6:30 p.m. CT beIN
Sat 9/8 Maine @ WKU 7:30 p.m. ET/6:30 p.m. CT ESPN+
Sat 9/8 Southern @ Louisiana Tech 7:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. CT ESPN+
Sat 9/8 UL Monroe @ Southern Miss 7:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. CT ESPN3
Sat 9/15 UTEP @ Tennessee 12:00 p.m. ET/11:00 a.m. CT SECN
Sat 9/15 Southern Miss @ Appalachian State 3:30 p.m. ET/2:30 p.m. CT ESPN+
Sat 9/15 UTSA @ Kansas State 4:00 p.m. ET/3:00 p.m. CT FSN
Sat 9/15 North Texas @ Arkansas 4:00 p.m. ET/3:00 p.m. CT SECNA
Sat 9/15 Old Dominion @ Charlotte 6:00 p.m. ET/5:00 p.m. CT ESPN3
Sat 9/15 Middle Tennessee @ Georgia 7:15 p.m. ET/6:15 p.m. CT ESPN2
Sat 9/15 Massachusetts @ FIU 7:30 p.m. ET/6:30 p.m. CT beIN
Sat 9/15 Marshall @ South Carolina 7:30 p.m. ET/6:30 p.m. CT ESPNU
Sat 9/15 WKU @ Louisville 7:30 p.m. ET/6:30 p.m. CT ACC RSN
Sat 9/15 Bethune-Cookman @ Florida Atlantic TBA Stadium
Sat 9/15 Tulane @ UAB TBA Stadium/Facebook
Fri 9/21 Florida Atlantic @ UCF 7:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. CT ESPN
Sat 9/22 Virginia Tech @ Old Dominion 3:30 p.m. ET/2:30 p.m. CT CBSSN
Sat 9/22 NC State @ Marshall 7:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. CT CBSSN
Sat 9/22 Texas State @ UTSA 7:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. CT ESPN+
Sat 9/22 New Mexico State @ UTEP 7:30 p.m. ET/6:30 p.m. CT ESPN3
Sat 9/22 Rice @ Southern Miss 7:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. CT ESPN+
Sat 9/29 Charlotte @ UAB TBA ESPN3
Sat 9/29 Florida Atlantic @ Middle Tennessee 7:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. CT Stadium/Facebook
Sat 9/29 Arkansas Pine Bluff @ FIU 7:30 p.m. ET/6:30 p.m. CT ESPN+
Sat 9/29 UTEP @ UTSA 7:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. CT ESPN+
Sat 9/29 Louisiana Tech @ North Texas 7:30 p.m. ET/6:30 p.m. CT beIN
Sat 9/29 Marshall @ WKU 7:30 p.m. ET/6:30 p.m. CT Stadium
Fri 10/5 Middle Tennessee @ Marshall 7:30 p.m. ET/6:30 p.m. CT CBSSN
Sat 10/6 UAB @ Louisiana Tech 7:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. CT Stadium/Facebook
Sat 10/6 UTSA @ Rice 7:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. CT ESPN3
Sat 10/6 North Texas @ UTEP 7:30 p.m. ET/6:30 p.m. CT beIN
Sat 10/6 Old Dominion @ Florida Atlantic TBA Stadium
Sat 10/13 Southern Miss @ North Texas 2:00 p.m. ET/1:00 p.m. CT ESPN3
Sat 10/13 WKU @ Charlotte 3:30 p.m. ET/2:30 p.m. CT ESPN+
Sat 10/13 Marshall @ Old Dominion 3:30 p.m. ET/2:30 p.m. CT Stadium
Sat 10/13 Louisiana Tech @ UTSA 7:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. CT ESPN+
Sat 10/13 Middle Tennessee @ FIU 7:30 p.m. ET/6:30 p.m. CT beIN
Sat 10/13 UAB @ Rice 1:00 p.m./12:00 p.m. CT ESPN+
Sat 10/20 Florida Atlantic @ Marshall 2:30 p.m. ET/1:30 p.m. CT CBSSN/Facebook
Sat 10/20 Charlotte @ Middle Tennessee 3:00 p.m. ET/2:00 p.m. CT ESPN3
Sat 10/20 Rice @ FIU 7:30 p.m. ET/6:30 p.m. CT ESPN+
Sat 10/20 Old Dominion @ WKU 7:30 p.m. ET/6:30 p.m. CT ESPN+
Sat 10/20 North Texas @ UAB 7:30 p.m. ET/6:30 p.m. CT beIN
Sat 10/20 UTEP @ Louisiana Tech 3:30 p.m. ET/2:30 p.m. CT ESPN+
Sat 10/20 UTSA @ Southern Miss 7:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. CT ESPN+
Fri 10/26 Louisiana Tech @ Florida Atlantic 6:30 p.m. ET/5:30 p.m. CT CBSSN
Sat 10/27 Southern Miss @ Charlotte 2:00 p.m. ET/1:00 p.m. CT ESPN3
Sat 10/27 Middle Tennessee @ Old Dominion 3:30 p.m. ET/2:30 p.m. CT ESPN+
Sat 10/27 Rice @ North Texas 4:00 p.m. ET/3:00 p.m. CT ESPN+
Sat 10/27 FIU @ WKU 7:30 p.m. ET/6:30 p.m. CT beIN
Sat 10/27 UAB @ UTEP 7:30 p.m. ET/6:30 p.m. CT ESPN+
Fri 11/2 WKU @ Middle Tennessee 8:00 p.m. ET/7:00 p.m. CT CBSSN
Sat 11/3 Marshall @ Southern Miss 3:00 p.m. ET/2:00 p.m. CT Stadium/Facebook
Sat 11/3 UTEP @ Rice 3:30 p.m. ET/2:30 p.m. CT ESPN3
Sat 11/3 Florida Atlantic @ FIU 7:30 p.m. ET/6:30 p.m. CT Stadium
Sat 11/3 UTSA @ UAB 7:30 p.m. ET/6:30 p.m. CT beIN
Sat 11/10 Charlotte @ Marshall 2:30 p.m. ET/1:30 p.m. CT ESPN+
Sat 11/10 Middle Tennessee @ UTEP 3:00 p.m. ET/2:00 p.m. CT ESPN+
Sat 11/10 North Texas @ Old Dominion 3:30 p.m. ET/2:30 p.m. CT ESPN3
Sat 11/10 FIU @ UTSA 7:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. CT ESPN+
Sat 11/10 Southern Miss @ UAB 7:30 p.m. ET/6:30 p.m. CT beIN
Sat 11/10 WKU @ Florida Atlantic TBA Stadium/Facebook
Sat 11/10 Rice @ Louisiana Tech 7:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. CT ESPN+
Thu 11/15 Florida Atlantic @ North Texas 9:30 p.m. ET/8:30 p.m. CT CBSSN
Sat 11/17 FIU @ Charlotte 2:00 p.m. ET/1:00 p.m. CT ESPN3
Sat 11/17 VMI @ Old Dominion 2:00 p.m. ET/1:00 p.m. CT ESPN+
Sat 11/17 UTSA @ Marshall 2:30 p.m. ET/1:30 p.m. CT Stadium/Facebook
Sat 11/17 Louisiana Tech @ Southern Miss 3:30 p.m. ET/2:30 p.m. CT Stadium
Sat 11/17 UTEP @ WKU 7:30 p.m. ET/6:30 p.m. CT beIN
Sat 11/24 Marshall @ FIU 12:00 p.m. ET/11:00 a.m. CT Stadium/Facebook
Sat 11/24 WKU @ Louisiana Tech 12:00 p.m. ET/11:00 a.m. CT CBSSN
Sat 11/24 Old Dominion @ Rice 1:00 p.m. ET/12 p.m. CT ESPN+
Sat 11/24 Southern Miss @ UTEP 3:00 p.m. ET/2:00 p.m. CT ESPN+
Sat 11/24 UAB @ Middle Tennessee 3:00 p.m. ET/2:00 p.m. CT ESPN3
Sat 11/24 North Texas @ UTSA 7:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. CT ESPN+
Sat 11/24 Charlotte @ Florida Atlantic TBA Stadium
Sat 12/1 C-USA Championship Game TBA CBSSN
Sat 12/15 Gildan New Mexico Bowl 2:00 p.m. ET/1:00 p.m. CT ESPN
Sat. 12/15 R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl 9:00 p.m. ET/8:00 p.m. CT ESPN
Tue. 12/18 Cheribundi Tart Cherry Boca Raton Bowl 7:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. CT ESPN
%Thu. Dec. 20 Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl 8:00 p.m. ET/7:00 p.m. CT ESPN
Fri. 12/21 Bahamas Bowl 12:30 p.m. ET/11:30 a.m. CT ESPN
Sat. 12/22 Hawai’i Bowl 10:30 p.m. ET/9:30 p.m. CT ESPN
%Wed. 12/26 Zaxby’s Heart of Dallas Bowl 1:30 p.m. ET/12:30 p.m. CT ESPN
*Thu. 12/27 Walk-On’s Independence Bowl 1:30 p.m. ET/12:30 p.m. CT ESPN
*secondary agreement if ACC or SEC cannot fill
% C-USA is scheduled to participate in either the Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl or the Zaxby’s Heart of Dallas Bowl
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