Fox College Football

In order to better compete with national networks like ESPN, since its inception the Fox Sports Networks (FSN) has carried college football games from the then Pac-10 conference and Big 12 conference. These telecasts were distributed to individual Fox Sports Networks and other affiliates. In 2011 FSN added a package of Conference USA football games.{{Cite web|url=https://conferenceusa.com/news/2011/1/5/Conference_USA_and_FOX_Sports_Media_Group_Announce_New_Television_Rights_Agreement.aspx?|title = Conference USA and FOX Sports Media Group Announce New Television Rights Agreement| date=5 January 2011 }} Many of these games were aired exclusively, aired as a simulcast, or aired on tape delay on Fox College Sports.

Pac-12 games moved from FSN to Fox, FX and eventually FS1 in 2012.{{Cite web|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/pac-12/2012/01/2012-pac-12-football-schedule.html|title = Pac-12 releases 2012 football schedule|date = 5 January 2012}} The C-USA left Fox Sports entirely in 2016.{{Cite web|url=https://conferenceusa.com/news/2016/5/25/Comprehensive_Television_Packages_Announced_For_Conference_USA.aspx?path=general|title = Comprehensive Television Packages Announced for Conference USA| date=25 May 2016 }} FSN affiliates continued to largely hold the third-tier rights to many Big 12 teams until 2020, when ESPN+ acquired the tier 3 media rights to all but two of the conference's members (with the only holdouts being the Oklahoma Sooners, who maintained their contract with Fox Sports Oklahoma, and the Texas Longhorns, who have a long-term deal with ESPN and IMG College to operate its Longhorn Network).{{Cite news|last=Moyle|first=Nick|date=2019-07-15|title=Big 12 notes: Conference gets presence on ESPN+|url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/college/article/Big-12-notes-Conference-gets-presence-on-ESPN-14097748.php|access-date=2020-09-13|newspaper=Houston Chronicle|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=ESPN's expanded Big 12 rights deal adds OTT extension|url=https://www.sportspromedia.com/news/espns-expanded-big-12-rights-deal-adds-ott-extension|access-date=2020-09-13|website=SportsPro Media|date=11 April 2019 }}

After the sale of FSN to Sinclair Broadcast Group as part of Disney's acquisition of 21st Century Fox, the networks sub-licensed a package of Conference USA games from new sister network Stadium.{{Cite web|date=23 September 2020|title=Stadium Announces Conference USA Football Schedule with Games Set to Air Across Sinclair Regional Sports Network|url=https://watchstadium.com/stadium-announces-conference-usa-football-schedule-with-games-set-to-air-across-sinclair-regional-sports-network-09-23-2020/}} The Atlantic Coast Conference's syndication package for regional sports networks—which was produced by Raycom Sports—continued to primarily be carried by the networks (now Bally Sports) until 2023, when Bally dropped them amid its parent company's bankruptcy,{{Cite web |last=Frankel |first=Daniel |date=2023-06-15 |title=Bally Sports Kicks Another Asset to the Curb: ACC Football and Basketball Games |url=https://www.nexttv.com/news/bally-sports-kicks-another-asset-to-the-curb-acc-football-and-basketball-games |access-date=2023-06-15 |website=NextTV |language=en}} and Raycom Sports sold the rights to The CW.{{Cite web |last=Lucia |first=Joe |date=2023-07-15 |title=The CW has added the 50 Raycom-produced ACC basketball and football games |url=https://awfulannouncing.com/the-cw/raycom-acc-basketball-football-50-games.html |access-date=2023-07-17 |website=Awful Announcing |language=en-US}}{{cite web |last=Petski |first=Denise |date=July 13, 2023 |title=The CW Lands Rights To Atlantic Coast Conference College Football & Basketball Games Through 2026-27 |url=https://deadline.com/2023/07/the-cw-rights-atlantic-coast-conference-college-football-basketball-games-1235437401/ |access-date=July 13, 2023 |website=Deadline}}

Fox acquired its first college football telecast in 1998, when it obtained the broadcast rights to the annual Cotton Bowl Classic held each January on (eventually, the day after) New Year's Day; the first game to be shown on the network as part of the deal was held on January 1, 1999. Fox renewed its contract to carry the game in 2010, in a four-year agreement that ran through the 2013 NCAA college football season.

Fox lost the rights to the Cotton Bowl to ESPN for the 2015 edition, as ESPN holds the television contract to all six bowl games that encompass the College Football Playoff system under a twelve-year deal worth over $7.3 billion. The Cotton Bowl was the only game among the six that was not already broadcast by ESPN.{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/8660304/espn-televise-college-football-playoff-12-year-deal|title=ESPN to televise college playoff|publisher=ESPN|date=April 24, 2013|access-date=April 26, 2013}}{{cite web|title=ESPN homes in on 12-year BCS package|author=John Ourand and Michael Smith|publisher=Sports Business Daily|date=November 9, 2012|access-date=July 24, 2013|url=http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Special-Content/News/2012/BCS-ESPN.aspx}}

From the 2006 through the 2009 seasons, Fox held the broadcast rights to most of the games comprising the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) – including the Sugar Bowl, the Fiesta Bowl, the Orange Bowl, and the newly-established BCS Championship Game. Fox paid close to $20 million per game for the rights to televise the BCS games.{{cite news|title=Fox faces BCS contract challenges|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3ic850f8926b4343a693dcb88a09fedc33?pn=2|author=Steven Zeitchik|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=December 28, 2007}} Fox's contract with the BCS excluded any event in the series that was held at the Rose Bowl stadium, such as the Rose Bowl Game and the 2010 BCS National Championship Game, as ABC already had a separate arrangement with the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association to serve as the broadcaster for the games.{{cite news |last=Dufresne |first=Chris |date=June 13, 2009 |title=Rose Bowl game moving to ESPN in 2011 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |url=http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-rose-bowl-espn13-2009jun13,0,1578680.story |access-date=December 7, 2009}} Fox promoted the BCS bowl games with the blanket title Bowl Bash.{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=S. V. G. |date=2006-12-28 |title=Fox Sports brings Bowl Bash to broadband |url=https://www.sportsvideo.org/2006/12/28/fox-sports-brings-bowl-bash-to-broadband/ |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=Sports Video Group |language=en}}

ESPN, which is majority owned by ABC's corporate parent The Walt Disney Company and serves as the producer for all of ABC's sports coverage, would displace Fox outright as the broadcaster of the BCS beginning in the 2010–11 season.{{cite news |last=Dufresne |first=Chris |date=June 13, 2009 |title=Rose Bowl game moving to ESPN in 2011 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |url=http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-rose-bowl-espn13-2009jun13,0,1578680.story |access-date=December 7, 2009}} This left Fox with only the Cotton Bowl Classic as the sole college football game, to which it held the television rights until the 2013–14 season.

Beginning with the 2011 season, sister cable channel FX began airing a "game of the week" on Saturdays featuring matchups from the Big 12, Conference USA, and Pac-12.{{cite web|title=FX Tackles College Football|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/465808-FX_Tackles_College_Football.php|author=Jon Lafayette|work=Broadcasting & Cable|date=March 27, 2011|access-date=March 27, 2011}} The Fox network also obtained the rights to air the Big Ten Conference's new football championship game beginning that season and running through 2016, as part of Fox Sports' partnership with the conference on the Big Ten Network.{{cite news|title=Fox To Air New Big Ten Football Championship Game - Broadcaster Secures Rights To Conference's Title Tilt From 2011-16|url=http://www.multichannel.com/article/460047-Fox_To_Air_New_Big_Ten_Football_Championship_Game.php|work=Multichannel News|date=November 17, 2010}} Fox also acquired bi-yearly rights to the inaugural Pac-12 Football Championship Game, alternating with ESPN/ABC.{{cite web|title=ESPN, Fox Tie Up Pac-12 Rights For $3 Billion: Reports|url=http://www.multichannel.com/article/467747-ESPN_Fox_Tie_Up_Pac_12_Rights_For_3_Billion_Reports.php|publisher=Multichannel News|access-date=September 8, 2012}}

Beginning with the 2012 season, Fox added regular season games on Saturdays to its lineup; it broadcast eight afternoon games and twelve nighttime games throughout the season, with the latter telecasts airing as part of a new strategy by the network to carry more sports programming on Saturday nights during prime time. FS1 replaced FX's coverage upon its launch in August 2013, though some overflow coverage has aired on FX occasionally when warranted; since 2017, overflow coverage has been carried FS2, and before that on Fox Business Network, which usually carries paid programming on Saturday afternoons of little consequence to pre-emption.{{cite web|url=http://awfulannouncing.com/fox/fox-business-network-new-home-big-ten-football.html|title=Fox Business Network is the new home of Big Ten football|last=Clapp|first=Matt|date=23 September 2017|work=Awful Announcing|access-date=14 September 2018}}

Fox's coverage of the 2015 season opened with a game on FS1 featuring the Michigan Wolverines at the Utah Utes. As the first game featuring new head coach Jim Harbaugh, the season premiere was promoted with a touring "HarBus"—decorated with a sweater and khakis in imitation of Harbaugh's on-field wardrobe—travelling to Salt Lake City for the game, accompanied by a group of "HarBros" dressed like Harbaugh. The tour concluded at Salt Lake City's Grand America Hotel for game day; the bus itself was barred from entering the University of Utah's campus.{{cite news|title=Say what? It's a bus wearing Harbaugh's khakis |url=http://www.freep.com/story/sports/college/university-michigan/wolverines/2015/08/14/michigan-football-jim-harbaugh-khakis/31722389/|access-date=4 September 2015|work=Detroit Free Press}}{{cite news|title=Utah football: Utes ask 'HarBus' to stay off U. campus|url=http://www.sltrib.com/home/2909897-155/utah-football-utes-ask-harbus-to |access-date=4 September 2015|work=The Salt Lake Tribune}}

On July 12, 2016, the San Francisco 49ers announced that they had taken over the Foster Farms Bowl (now known as the Redbox Bowl), and had reached a four-year deal to move the game to Fox and Fox Deportes beginning in 2016.{{cite web|title=San Francisco 49ers Assume Management of Foster Farms Bowl at Levi's® Stadium|url=http://www.49ers.com/news/article-2/San-Francisco-49ers-Assume-Management-of-Foster-Farms-Bowl-at-Levis%C2%AE-Stadium/6b5a2ddc-76c7-47f1-b2bb-4900c5ee366f|website=49ers.com|publisher=Forty Niners Football Company LLC|access-date=July 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160714151119/http://www.49ers.com/news/article-2/San-Francisco-49ers-Assume-Management-of-Foster-Farms-Bowl-at-Levis%C2%AE-Stadium/6b5a2ddc-76c7-47f1-b2bb-4900c5ee366f|archive-date=July 14, 2016|url-status=dead}} It was also reported by Sports Business Journal that Fox was pursuing a share of the Big Ten's primary football rights.{{cite web|title=ESPN, Fox to reportedly pay Big Ten $2.64B: What's Rutgers' take?|url=http://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/index.ssf/2016/06/espn_and_fox_sports_to_reportedly_pay_big_ten_264.html|website=NJ.com|date=20 June 2016|access-date=13 July 2016}} Fox began streaming select college football games in 360-degree video for the 2016 season.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2016/digital/news/fox-sports-college-football-vr-1201858653/|title=Fox Sports Streams College Football Match in Virtual Reality|first=Janko|last=Rœttgers|work=Variety|date=September 13, 2016|access-date=October 26, 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://www.si.com/college-football/2016/10/07/texas-oklahoma-virtual-reality-stream-fox-sports|title=Fox Sports streaming Red River Rivalry live in virtual reality|work=SI.com|publisher=Sports Illustrated|date=October 7, 2016|access-date=October 26, 2016}} The following year, FS1 also acquired rights to the Holiday Bowl, ending a long-standing relationship between the game and ESPN.{{cite web|url=http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sports/college/sd-sp-holiday-bowl-tv-espn-fox-20170615-story.html|title=Holiday Bowl moving from ESPN to FS1|website=San Diego Union-Tribune|date=15 June 2017|access-date=June 17, 2017}}

On July 24, 2017, the Big Ten Conference announced that Fox and ESPN had acquired rights to its games under a six-year deal beginning in the 2017 season. The contract also includes an extension of Fox's contract to operate Big Ten Network through 2032.{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/terrapins-insider/wp/2017/07/24/big-ten-formally-announces-six-year-media-rights-deal-with-espn-fox-and-cbs/|title=Big Ten formally announces six-year media rights deal with ESPN, FOX and CBS|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=2017-07-31}} The deal gives Fox the first choice of games on most weeks, including marquee games such as the Michigan/Ohio State game—which had been a fixture of ABC's college football schedule for over a half-decade. The game will remain in its traditional noon slot on the last day of the Big Ten's regular season.{{cite news|url=https://www.cleveland.com/osu/2017/05/ohio_state_vs_michigan_rivalry.html|title=Ohio State vs. Michigan football rivalry to be televised on FOX during 2017 season|last=Landis|first=Bill|date=15 May 2017|newspaper=The Plain Dealer|access-date=September 24, 2017}}{{Cite news|url=https://awfulannouncing.com/ncaa/know-new-big-ten-rights-deal.html|title=What we know about the new Big Ten rights deal|date=2017-07-31|work=Awful Announcing|access-date=2018-10-26|language=en-US}}

Fox promoted its addition of Big Ten football with promotional campaigns focusing on each team; a Children of the Corn themed commercial focusing on the Nebraska Cornhuskers was pulled after complaints by the school.{{Cite web|url=http://www.adweek.com/agencyspy/nebraska-university-asks-fox-sports-to-take-down-children-of-the-corn-themed-ad/136741|title=Fox Sports Pulled 'Children of the Corn' Themed College Football Ad at Request of University of Nebraska|website=AgencySpy|date=28 August 2017 |language=en-US|access-date=2017-10-04}}

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Prior to the 2019 season, Fox lost its rights to future Big 12 championship games to ESPN as part of an expansion of its rights to the conference. Fox declined to bid on the 2019, 2021, and 2023 games.{{Cite web |last=admin |title=ESPN Reaches Multiyear Rights Extension With Big 12 Conference |url=https://www.multichannel.com/news/espn-reaches-multiyear-rights-extension-big-12-conference-373086 |access-date=2019-08-17 |website=Multichannel |language=en-us}}

In the 2019 season, Fox introduced a new flagship Noon ET window known as Big Noon Saturday. The games are accompanied by a pre-game show, Big Noon Kickoff.{{Cite web|last=Chengelis|first=Angelique S.|title=New Michigan spread offense will need 'time to grow,' Urban Meyer predicts|url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/college/university-michigan/2019/08/01/new-michigan-spread-offense-need-time-grow-urban-meyer-predicts/1894753001/|access-date=2019-08-17|website=Detroit News|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=2019-08-14|title=Watch: Trailer for FOX College Football Pregame show featuring Urban Meyer|url=https://buckeyeswire.usatoday.com/2019/08/14/fox-college-football-pregame-show-with-urban-meyer-video-promo/|access-date=2019-08-17|website=Buckeyes Wire|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Three keys for Urban Meyer, Fox's Big Noon Kickoff|url=https://www.si.com/tech-media/2019/08/29/urban-meyer-broadcast-job-fox-big-noon-kick-college-football-show-espn-competition|access-date=2019-09-03|website=SI.com|date=29 August 2019 |language=en}} A Fox executive stated that the network's highest-rated games were often those with a Noon kickoff, and that the network also wanted to avoid competition from other highly viewed windows such as the SEC on CBS and ABC's Saturday Night Football.{{Cite web|last=Crupi|first=Anthony|date=2021-12-03|title=Fox's Early-Bird College Football Scheme Pays Off as Noon Window Soars|url=https://www.sportico.com/business/media/2021/fox-wins-college-football-ratings-war-1234647865/|access-date=2021-12-09|website=Sportico.com|language=en-US}} The new emphasis on early games proved successful: in the first weeks of the 2019 season, Fox had the highest-rated game in the timeslot on multiple occasions. This pattern continued into subsequent seasons, with Big Noon Saturday overtaking the SEC on CBS as having the highest average viewership in the 2021 season, and the Michigan/Ohio State game (which saw Michigan end an eight-game losing streak in the rivalry) being the highest-rated regular-season game of the 2021 season, and most-watched regular-season game since the Alabama–LSU game in 2019.{{Cite web|title=With help from Urban Meyer, Fox's Big Noon Kickoff aims high|url=http://www.toledoblade.com/sports/ohio-state/2019/10/24/With-help-from-Urban-Meyer-Fox-s-Big-Noon-Kickoff-aims-high/stories/20191024135|access-date=2019-11-07|website=Toledo Blade|language=en}}

Due to the early kickoff times, the package has faced criticism for having undue impacts on teams not based in the Eastern Time Zone (ET), including from University of Oklahoma Athletics Director Joe Castiglione (who felt that a Noon ET kickoff for a 2021 game against Nebraska, marking the 50th anniversary of their 1971 "Game of the Century", would diminish its profile), and Stanford head coach David Shaw (who, in particular, criticized Fox Sports for scheduling noon kickoffs involving visiting Pac-12 teams).{{Cite web |last=Mandel |first=Stewart |title=Stanford's David Shaw frustrated with Fox for early kickoff time for season-opener: 'I don't want to hear s---' about ratings |url=https://theathletic.com/2633795/2021/06/04/stanfords-david-shaw-frustrated-with-fox-for-early-kickoff-time-for-season-opener-i-dont-want-to-hear-s-about-ratings/ |access-date=2021-06-05 |website=The Athletic}}{{Cite web |title=Oklahoma 'bitterly disappointed' with Fox after network puts Sept. 18 game vs. Nebraska at 11 a.m. |url=https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/oklahoma-unhappy-with-fox-after-network-puts-sept-11-nebraska-game-at-11-am-223751771.html |access-date=2021-06-05 |website=ca.sports.yahoo.com |date=27 May 2021 |language=en-CA}} In August 2021, University of Oklahoma president Joe Harroz cited criticism of Big Noon Saturday when discussing the Sooners' proposed move to the SEC, arguing that the Big 12 conference would be "last in line" in negotiating new media deals, and that "our fans talk about that. It also matters to student-athletes. When those who go before you, in terms of negotiations for 2025 and beyond, if those premiere slots are already taken up, it impacts things in a material way. It translates into disadvantages in recruiting the top talent, disadvantages for our student-athletes and a detriment to the fan experience."{{Cite web |date=2021-08-02 |title=Oklahoma president cites Fox's Big Noon Saturday scheduling as a factor in leaving for SEC |url=https://awfulannouncing.com/ncaa/oklahoma-president-cites-foxs-big-noon-saturday-scheduling-as-a-factor-in-leaving-for-sec.html |access-date=2021-08-02 |website=Awful Announcing |language=en-US}}

On January 9, 2020, the Mountain West Conference announced that its next top-tier basketball and football contracts would be split between CBS Sports and Fox Sports under a six-year deal, with Fox replacing ESPN. Fox holds rights to 23 games per-season, including the conference championship and all Boise State home games (since 2012, as part of concessions to remain in the conference, the Mountain West has allowed Boise State's home games to be sold as a separate package from the remainder of its media rights). CBS Sports Network will remain the main broadcaster for the conference outside of these games.{{Cite web |title=SBJ Media: PGA Tour, Mountain West Get New Rights Deals |url=https://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/SB-Blogs/Newsletter-Media/2019/12/16.aspx |access-date=2019-12-17 |website=Sports Business Daily}}{{Cite web |title=Mountain West Conference inks US$270m CBS and Fox TV deals |url=https://www.sportspromedia.com/news/mountain-west-conference-tv-rights-cbs-fox-sports |access-date=2020-01-14 |website=SportsPro|date=10 January 2020 }}{{Cite web |title=New Mountain West TV Contract: More Money, Less ESPN For Boise State |date=10 January 2020 |url=https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/post/new-mountain-west-tv-contract-more-money-less-espn-boise-state |access-date=2020-01-14 |publisher=Boise State Public Radio |language=en}}

In the 2022 season, ESPN sub-licensed one additional Big Ten football game to Fox, as compensation to release Joe Buck from his contract with the network to join ESPN and Monday Night Football.{{Cite web |last=Ourland |first=John |date=2022-03-21 |title=Fox gets extra Big Ten game for early Buck exit |url=https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Journal/Issues/2022/03/21/Insiders/Fox-Big-Ten.aspx |access-date=2022-03-21 |website=Sports Business Journal |language=en}}

In August 2022, Fox renewed its rights to the Big Ten under a seven-year deal beginning in the 2023 season. Under the new contract, Fox, CBS, and NBC will hold rights to Noon, 3:30 p.m. ET, and prime time games respectively. There will be a larger number of games on the Fox broadcast network, and an option to air "premier" Big Ten games in other timeslots after Oregon, USC, UCLA, and Washington move to the conference in 2024. Fox will air four Big Ten championship games in odd-numbered years over the length of the contract.{{Cite news |date=2022-08-18 |title=Big Ten lands multibillion-dollar TV deal, the richest in college sports |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/08/18/big-ten-tv-rights/ |access-date=2022-08-18 |newspaper=Washington Post}}{{Cite web |last=Rittenberg |first=Adam |date=2022-08-18 |title=Big Ten completes 7-year, $7 billion media rights agreement with Fox, CBS, NBC |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/34417911/big-ten-completes-7-year-7-billion-media-rights-agreement-fox-cbs-nbc |access-date=2022-08-18 |website=ESPN.com |language=en-US}} In October 2022, Fox also renewed its rights to the Big 12 with a six-year extension through 2030–31.{{Cite web |title=Big 12 reaches new media deals with ESPN, Fox |url=https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/SB-Blogs/Breaking-News/2022/10/Big-12-renews-media-deal-ESPN-Fox.aspx |access-date=2024-09-25 |website=www.sportsbusinessjournal.com}}

As part of the agreements, Fox also gained additional access to place microphones on players and coaches in Big Ten and Big 12 games beginning in the 2023 season. After having previously shared its in-game presentation with the NFL on Fox, Fox College Football also adopted a dedicated graphics package for its broadcasts, although the revamp faced criticism from viewers on social media.{{Cite web |last=Hladik |first=Matt |date=2023-09-04 |title=Fans Are Not Pleased With FOX's New Score Bug |url=https://thespun.com/more/sports-media/fans-are-not-pleased-with-foxs-new-score-bug |access-date=2023-09-05 |website=The Spun: What's Trending In The Sports World Today |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Yoder |first=Matt |date=2023-08-27 |title=Fox's enormous new college football scorebug frustrates fans |url=https://awfulannouncing.com/fox/college-football-new-scorebug.html |access-date=2023-09-05 |website=Awful Announcing |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Costa |first=Brandon |date=2023-08-31 |title=College Football Kickoff 2023: Fox Sports Strengthens Stranglehold on Big Noon Window |url=https://www.sportsvideo.org/2023/08/31/college-football-kickoff-2023-fox-sports-furthers-stranglehold-on-big-noon-window/ |access-date=2023-10-01 |website=Sports Video Group |language=en}}

For the 2024 season, with the departure of WWE SmackDown to USA Network, Fox introduced a second weekly primetime game known as Fox College Football Friday, beginning September 13; the package draws primarily from the Big Ten and Big 12. One game between Rutgers at USC on October 25 was scheduled after Fox's coverage of game 1 of the 2024 World Series, with an 11 p.m. ET (8:00 p.m. PT) kickoff; the game would begin on FS1 nationally and on MyNetworkTV stations in New York and Los Angeles due to game 1 going to extra innings.{{Cite web |last=Crupi |first=Anthony |date=2024-06-14 |title=Friday Night Lights: Fox Primed for New College Football Window |url=https://www.sportico.com/business/media/2024/fox-friday-college-football-window-replaces-wwe-1234784120/ |access-date=2024-08-12 |website=Sportico.com |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Rumsey |first=David |date=2024-10-29 |title=Fox's Late CFB Game Draws 2 Million Viewers After World Series |url=https://frontofficesports.com/foxs-late-night-cfb-game-draws-2-million-viewers-after-world-series/ |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=Front Office Sports |language=en}} Ohio State and Michigan's spring games also aired on Fox, marking the first time a spring game had aired on over-the-air television.{{Cite web |last=Axelrod|first=Ben |date=March 25, 2024 |title=Fox to televise Ohio State and Michigan's spring games |url=https://awfulannouncing.com/fox/televise-ohio-state-michigan-spring-games-2024.html |access-date=March 25, 2024 |website=Awful Announcing |language=en-US}} In May 2024, it was announced that Fox had acquired two Pac-12 football home games involving the conference's remaining members, Oregon State University and Washington State University. Both games will air on Fox. CW Sports, the sports division of The CW, acquired the rest of the games.{{Cite web |date=2024-05-14 |title=Pac-12 Football to be Featured Nationally Across The CW Network & FOX Sports in 2024 |url=https://www.sportsvideo.org/2024/05/14/pac-12-football-to-be-featured-nationally-across-the-cw-network-fox-sports-in-2024/ |access-date=2024-05-14 |website=Sports Video Group |language=en}}

All rankings are from that week's AP Poll, and that week's CFP rankings.

• August 31: Florida Atlantic at {{abbr|No.|Number}} 5 Ohio State in Columbus, Ohio, Ohio State 45–21
• September 7: Army at {{abbr|No.|Number}} 7 Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Michigan 24–21^(2OT)
• September 14: {{abbr|No.|Number}} 6 Ohio State at Indiana in Bloomington, Indiana, Ohio State 51–10
• September 21: {{abbr|No.|Number}} 11 Michigan at {{abbr|No.|Number}} 13 Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin, Wisconsin 35–14
• September 28: Texas Tech at {{abbr|No.|Number}} 6 Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma, Oklahoma 55–16
• October 5: {{abbr|No.|Number}} 14 Iowa at {{abbr|No.|Number}} 19 Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Michigan 10–3
• October 12: {{abbr|No.|Number}} 6 Oklahoma vs {{abbr|No.|Number}} 11 Texas in Dallas, Texas, Oklahoma 34–27
• October 19: West Virginia at {{abbr|No.|Number}} 5 Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma, Oklahoma 52–14
• October 26: {{abbr|No.|Number}} 13 Wisconsin at {{abbr|No.|Number}} 3 Ohio State in Columbus, Ohio, Ohio State 38–7
• November 2: Nebraska at Purdue in West Lafayette, Indiana, Purdue 31–27 (with Brando, Tillman, and Harvey)
• November 9: Maryland at {{abbr|No.|Number}} 3 (CFP {{abbr|No.|Number}} 1) Ohio State in Columbus, Ohio, Ohio State 73–14
• November 16: Michigan State at {{abbr|No.|Number}} 14 (CFP {{abbr|No.|Number}} 15) Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Michigan 44–10
• November 23: {{abbr|No.|Number}} 9 (CFP {{abbr|No.|Number}} 8) Penn State at {{abbr|No.|Number}} 2 (CFP {{abbr|No.|Number}} 2) Ohio State in Columbus, Ohio, Ohio State 28–17
• November 30: {{abbr|No.|Number}} 2 (CFP {{abbr|No.|Number}} 1) Ohio State at {{abbr|No.|Number}} 10 (CFP {{abbr|No.|Number}} 13) Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Ohio State 56–27
• December 7: {{abbr|No.|Number}} 2 (CFP {{abbr|No.|Number}} 1) Ohio State at {{abbr|No.|Number}} 10 (CFP {{abbr|No.|Number}} 8) Wisconsin in Indianapolis, Indiana, Ohio State 34–21 (2019 Big Ten Championship Game, 8 ET kickoff)

• September 12: Arkansas State at Kansas State in Manhattan, Kansas, Arkansas State 35–31
• September 26: Kansas State at {{abbr|No.|Number}} 3 Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma, Kansas State 38–35
• October 3: TCU at {{abbr|No.|Number}} 9 Texas in Austin, Texas, TCU 33–31
• October 10: {{abbr|No.|Number}} 22 Texas vs. Oklahoma in Dallas, Texas, Oklahoma 53–45^(4OT)
• October 17: Kansas at West Virginia in Morgantown, West Virginia, West Virginia 38–17
• October 24: Nebraska at {{abbr|No.|Number}} 5 Ohio State in Columbus, Ohio, Ohio State 52–17
• October 31: Michigan State at {{abbr|No.|Number}} 13 Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Michigan State 27–24
• November 7: Arizona State at {{abbr|No.|Number}} 20 USC in Los Angeles, California, USC 28–27
• November 14: TCU at West Virginia in Morgantown, West Virginia (with Davis and Helfrich), West Virginia 24–6
• November 21: {{abbr|No.|Number}} 9 Indiana at {{abbr|No.|Number}} 3 Ohio State in Columbus, Ohio, Ohio State 42–35
• November 28: Texas Tech at {{abbr|No.|Number}} 22 (CFP {{abbr|No.|Number}} 23) Oklahoma State in Stillwater, Oklahoma (with Davis and Helfrich), Oklahoma State 50-44
• December 5: Texas at Kansas State in Manhattan, Kansas, Texas 69-31
• December 12: Utah at {{abbr|No.|Number}} 21 (CFP {{abbr|No.|Number}} 21) Colorado in Boulder, Colorado, Utah 38-21
• December 19: {{abbr|No.|Number}} 15 (CFP {{abbr|No.|Number}} 14) Northwestern at {{abbr|No.|Number}} 3 (CFP {{abbr|No.|Number}} 4) Ohio State (2020 Big Ten Championship Game) in Indianapolis, Indiana, Ohio State 22–10

• September 4: 2021 Penn State Nittany Lions football team at 2021 Wisconsin Badgers football team in Madison, Wisconsin, Penn State 16–10
• September 11: 2021 Oregon Ducks football team at 2021 Ohio State Buckeyes football team in Columbus, Ohio, Oregon 35-28
• September 18: Nebraska at 2021 Oklahoma Sooners football team in Norman, Oklahoma, Oklahoma 23–16
• September 25: 2021 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team vs 2021 Wisconsin Badgers football team in Chicago, Illinois, Notre Dame 41–13
• October 2: 2021 Michigan Wolverines football team at Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin, Michigan 38–17
• October 9: Maryland at 2021 Ohio State Buckeyes football team in Columbus, Ohio (with Goldsmith, Huard, and Feldman), Ohio State 66–17
• October 16: 2021 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team at 2021 Texas Longhorns football team in Austin, Texas, Oklahoma State 32–24
• October 23: Northwestern at 2021 Michigan Wolverines football team in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Michigan 33–7
• October 30: 2021 Michigan Wolverines football team at 2021 Michigan State Spartans football team in East Lansing, Michigan, Michigan State 37–33
• November 6: 2021 Ohio State Buckeyes football team at Nebraska in Lincoln, Nebraska, Ohio State 26–17
• November 13: 2021 Oklahoma Sooners football team at 2021 Baylor Bears football team in Waco, Texas, Baylor 27–14
• November 20: Iowa State at 2021 Oklahoma Sooners football team in Norman, Oklahoma, Oklahoma 28–21
• November 27: 2021 Ohio State Buckeyes football team at 2021 Michigan Wolverines football team in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Michigan 42–27
• December 4: 2021 Michigan Wolverines football team at 2021 Iowa Hawkeyes football team (2021 Big Ten Championship Game) in Indianapolis, Indiana, (8 ET kickoff), Michigan 42–3

• September 10: 2022 Alabama Crimson Tide football team at Texas in Austin, Texas, Alabama 20–19
• September 17: 2022 Oklahoma Sooners football team at Nebraska in Lincoln, Nebraska, Oklahoma 49–14
• September 24: Maryland at 2022 Michigan Wolverines football team in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Michigan 34–27
• October 1: 2022 Michigan Wolverines football team at Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa, Michigan 27–14
• October 8: 2022 Michigan Wolverines football team at Indiana in Bloomington, Indiana, Michigan 31–10
• October 15: 2022 Penn State Nittany Lions football team at 2022 Michigan Wolverines football team in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Michigan 41–17
• October 22: Iowa at 2022 Ohio State Buckeyes football team in Columbus, Ohio, Ohio State 54–10
• October 29: 2022 Ohio State Buckeyes football team at 2022 Penn State Nittany Lions football team in University Park, Pennsylvania, Ohio State 44–31
• November 5: Texas Tech at 2022 TCU Horned Frogs football team in Fort Worth, Texas, TCU 34–24
• November 12: Indiana at 2022 Ohio State Buckeyes football team in Columbus, Ohio, Ohio State 56-14
• November 19: 2022 TCU Horned Frogs football team at Baylor in Waco, Texas (with Benetti, Huard and Feldman), TCU 29–28
• November 26: 2022 Michigan Wolverines football team at 2022 Ohio State Buckeyes football team in Columbus, Ohio, Michigan 45–23
• December 3: Purdue at 2022 Michigan Wolverines football team (2022 Big Ten Championship Game) in Indianapolis, Indiana, (8 ET kickoff), Michigan 43–22

• September 2: Colorado at 2023 TCU Horned Frogs football team in Fort Worth, Texas, Colorado 45–42
• September 9: Nebraska at 2023 Colorado Buffaloes football team in Boulder, Colorado, Colorado 36–14
• September 16: 2023 Penn State Nittany Lions football team at Illinois in Champaign, Illinois, Penn State 30–13
• September 23: 2023 Oklahoma Sooners football team at Cincinnati in Cincinnati, Ohio, Oklahoma 20–6
• September 30: 2023 USC Trojans football team at Colorado in Boulder, Colorado, USC 48–41
• October 7: Maryland at 2023 Ohio State Buckeyes football team in Columbus, Ohio, Ohio State 37–17
• October 14: Indiana at 2023 Michigan Wolverines football team in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Michigan 52–7
• October 21: 2023 Penn State Nittany Lions football team at 2023 Ohio State Buckeyes football team in Columbus, Ohio, Ohio State 20–12
• October 28: 2023 Oklahoma Sooners football team at Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas (with Benetti, Huard and Williams), Kansas 38–33
• November 4: 2023 Kansas State Wildcats football team at 2023 Texas Longhorns football team in Austin, Texas, Texas 33–30^(OT)
• November 11: 2023 Michigan Wolverines football team at 2023 Penn State Nittany Lions football team in University Park, Pennsylvania, Michigan 24–15
• November 18: 2023 Michigan Wolverines football team at Maryland in College Park, Maryland, Michigan 31–24
• November 25: 2023 Ohio State Buckeyes football team at 2023 Michigan Wolverines football team in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Michigan 30–24
• December 2: 2023 Michigan Wolverines football team at 2023 Iowa Hawkeyes football team (2023 Big Ten Football Championship Game) in Indianapolis, Indiana (8 ET kickoff), Michigan 26–0

• August 31: 2024 Penn State Nittany Lions football team at West Virginia in Morgantown, West Virginia, Penn State 34-12
• September 7: [[2024 Texas Longhorns football team|

{{abbr|No.|Number}} 3 Texas]] at 2024 Michigan Wolverines football team in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Texas 31-12

• September 14: 2024 Alabama Crimson Tide football team at Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin, Alabama 42-10
• September 21: Marshall at 2024 Ohio State Buckeyes football team in Columbus, Ohio, Ohio State 49-14
• September 28: Minnesota at 2024 Michigan Wolverines football team in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Michigan 27–24
• October 5: UCLA at 2024 Penn State Nittany Lions football team in University Park, Pennsylvania, Penn State 27-11
• October 12: Washington at Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa (with Benetti, Huard and Williams), Iowa 40-16
• October 19: Nebraska at 2024 Indiana Hoosiers football team in Bloomington, Indiana, Indiana 56-7
• October 26: Nebraska at 2024 Ohio State Buckeyes football team in Columbus, Ohio, Ohio State 21-17
• November 2: 2024 Ohio State Buckeyes football team at 2024 Penn State Nittany Lions football team in University Park, Pennsylvania, Ohio State 20-13
• November 9: Purdue at 2024 Ohio State Buckeyes football team in Columbus, Ohio, Ohio State 45-0
• November 16: Utah at 2024 Colorado Buffaloes football team in Boulder, Colorado, Colorado 49-24
• November 23: 2024 Indiana Hoosiers football team at 2024 Ohio State Buckeyes football team in Columbus, Ohio, Ohio St 38–15
• November 30: Michigan at 2024 Ohio State Buckeyes football team in Columbus, Ohio, Michigan 13–10

; Holiday Bowl

• 2017 Holiday Bowl (FS1): 1.6M
• 2018 Holiday Bowl (FS1): 1.8M
• 2019 Holiday Bowl (FS1): 2.5M
• 2020 Holiday Bowl (FS1): Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
• 2021 Holiday Bowl (Fox): Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
• 2022 Holiday Bowl (Fox): 4.0M
• 2023 Holiday Bowl (Fox): 3.5M
• 2024 Holiday Bowl (Fox): 2.9M

; Redbox Bowl/Foster Farms Bowl

• 2016 Foster Farms Bowl (Fox) 2.6M
• 2017 Foster Farms Bowl (Fox) 2.8M
• 2018 Redbox Bowl (Fox): 3.7M
• 2019 Redbox Bowl (Fox): 1.9M
• 2020 Redbox Bowl (Fox): Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic

; Cotton Bowl Classic

• 1999 Cotton Bowl Classic (Fox): n/a
• 2000 Cotton Bowl Classic (Fox): n/a
• 2001 Cotton Bowl Classic (Fox): n/a
• 2002 Cotton Bowl Classic (Fox): n/a
• 2003 Cotton Bowl Classic (Fox): n/a
• 2004 Cotton Bowl Classic (Fox): n/a
• 2005 Cotton Bowl Classic (Fox): 4.0M
• 2006 Cotton Bowl Classic (Fox): n/a
• 2007 Cotton Bowl Classic (Fox): n/a
• 2008 Cotton Bowl Classic (Fox): n/a
• 2009 Cotton Bowl Classic (Fox): 6.4M
• 2010 Cotton Bowl Classic (Fox): 7.3M
• 2011 Cotton Bowl Classic (Fox): 10.0M
• 2012 Cotton Bowl Classic (Fox): 8.4M
• 2013 Cotton Bowl Classic (Fox): 11.9M
• 2014 Cotton Bowl Classic (Fox): n/a

; Orange Bowl

• 2007 Orange Bowl (Fox): 10.6M
• 2008 Orange Bowl (Fox): 12.0M
• 2009 Orange Bowl (Fox): 9.3M
• 2010 Orange Bowl (Fox): 10.9M

; Sugar Bowl

• 2007 Sugar Bowl (Fox): 14.4M
• 2008 Sugar Bowl (Fox): 11.7M
• 2009 Sugar Bowl (Fox): 13.4M
• 2010 Sugar Bowl (Fox): 15.5M

; Fiesta Bowl

• 2007 Fiesta Bowl (Fox): 13.8M
• 2008 Fiesta Bowl (Fox): 12.2M
• 2009 Fiesta Bowl (Fox): 17.1M
• 2010 Fiesta Bowl (Fox): 13.8M

; BCS National Championship Game

• 2007 BCS National Championship Game (Fox): 28.8M
• 2008 BCS National Championship Game (Fox): 23.1M
• 2009 BCS National Championship Game (Fox): 26.8M

{{further|List of Fox Sports announcers#College_football}}

1. Gus Johnson/Joel Klatt/Jenny Taft (Fox Big Noon Saturday)
2. Jason Benetti or Kevin Kugler/Brock Huard/Allison Williams (Fox/FS1)
3. Tim Brando/Devin Gardner/Josh Sims (Fox/FS1)
4. Connor Onion/Mark Helfrich/Josh Sims or Allison Williams (select games) (Fox/FS1)
5. Alex Faust or Chris Myers or Dan Hellie or Eric Collins or Trent Rush/Robert Smith (FS1)
6. Eric Collins or Connor Onion or Chris Myers or Trent Rush/Spencer Tillman (FS1)
7. Dan Hellie or Chris Myers or Trent Rush/Petros Papadakis (FS1)

Hosts

• Rob Stone (on site)
• Mike Hill (studio)

Analysts

• Matt Leinart, Mark Ingram II, Brady Quinn, Urban Meyer (on site)
• Emmanuel Acho, Chris Petersen (studio)

NCAA Insider

• Bruce Feldman

Contributors

• Clay Travis
• Charles Woodson

Reporter

• Tom Rinaldi (on site)

• College football on television
• Bowl Championship Series on television and radio

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