COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Idaho-Montana State football game one of two selected for ESPN family of networks
The Big Sky Conference has announced a pair of regular-season football games that will be nationally televised on ESPN’s family of linear networks.
The two matchups selected by ESPN will feature Idaho at Montana State on Saturday, Oct. 12 and UC Davis at Montana on Saturday, Nov. 9. Network details and kickoff times for both games will be announced by ESPN and the Big Sky Conference at a later date.
The exact network and kickoff time will be announced later, but it will be on ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU.
All of the Big Sky Conference linear games under the current ESPN contract have been late-evening kickoffs.
The Big Ten also announced that Idaho's season opener at Oregon will be broadcast on the Big Ten Network with a 4:30 p.m. kickoff.
Kickoff times and TV networks for Idaho's remaining games will be announced as they are available.
Idaho earned its first ESPN linear appearance in over a decade last year when the Vandals were on ESPN2 for the home game against Montana for the battle of the Little Brown Stein. Idaho followed that up with an ESPN2 appearance in the second round of the FCS playoffs in the win over Southern Illinois.
WSU to host Texas Tech on FOX; Apple Cup on Peacock
Six Washington State football games were selected by television networks including a home matchup against Texas Tech on FOX and the Apple Cup on Peacock, the Pac-12 Conference and Mountain West Conference offices announced Thursday.
Washington State’s week two home contest against Texas Tech, on Sept. 7, will kick off at 7 p.m. on FOX while the following week, the Apple Cup against Washington at Lumen Field in Seattle, will kick off at 12:30 p.m. on Peacock.
The Oct. 26 meeting at San Diego State is slated for a 7:30 p.m. start on the CBS Sports Network while the road contests at Boise State (Sept. 28), at Fresno State (Oct. 12) and at New Mexico (Nov. 16) will all be televised either on FOX or FOX Sports 1. Kickoff times will be announced either later this summer or as 12-day picks during the season.
2024 WASHINGTON STATE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
Saturday, Aug. 31 — vs. Portland State (noon, CW)
Saturday, Sept. 7 — vs. Texas Tech (7 p.m., FOX)
Saturday, Sept. 14 — vs. Washington at Lumen Field, Seattle (12:30 p.m., Peacock)
Friday, Sept. 20 — vs. San Jose State (7 p.m., CW)
Saturday, Sept. 28 — at Boise State (time TBA, FOX or FS1)
Saturday, Oct. 12 — at Fresno State (time TBA, FOX or FS1)
Saturday, Oct. 19 — vs. Hawaii (12:30 or 7:30 p.m., CW)
Saturday, Oct. 26 — at San Diego State (7:30 p.m., CBSSN)
Saturday, Nov. 9 — vs. Utah State (12:30 or 7:30 p.m., CW)
Saturday, Nov. 16 — at New Mexico (time TBA, FOX or FS1)
Saturday, Nov. 23 — at Oregon State (3:30 p.m., CW)
Saturday, Nov. 30 — vs. Wyoming (3:30 p.m., CW)
Boise State, Mountain West announce 2024 TV football selections and kickoff times
The national television packages for the Mountain West, Big Ten and Sun Belt Conferences were announced Thursday, cementing dates and TV broadcast networks for Boise State’s 2024 football schedule.
The Broncos will have 10 games airing on a FOX (FOX, FS1, FS2) network or on CBS Sports Network as part of the 49-game national television package the Mountain West announced for the 2024 football season. Boise State will also have one game scheduled for an ESPNU broadcast and another on Peacock.
Three Boise State games were moved to Friday for national television broadcasts. In all, the Mountain West had 10 games shift to Friday as part of the league’s national television package.
Also, Boise State and Appalachian State have agreed to a home-and-home non-conference football series beginning in Boise in 2025.
App State will visit Boise State on Sept. 27, 2025, with the Broncos scheduled to face the Mountaineers at Kidd Brewer Stadium in Boone, N.C., on Sept. 4, 2027.
BOISE STATE 2024 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
Times Pacific
Saturday, Aug. 31 — at Georgia Southern (1 p.m., ESPNU)
Saturday, Sept. 7 — at Oregon (7 p.m., Peacock)
Saturday, Sept. 21 — vs. Portland State (6:45 p.m., FS1)
Saturday, Sept. 28 — vs. Washington State (time TBA, FOX Networks)
Saturday, Oct. 5 — vs. Utah State (time TBA, FOX Networks)
Saturday, Oct. 12 — at Hawaii (8 p.m., CBSSN)
Friday, Oct. 25 — at UNLV (7:30 p.m., CBSSN)
Friday, Nov. 1 — vs. San Diego State (5 p.m., FS1)
Saturday, Nov. 9 — vs. Nevada (time TBA, FOX Networks)
Saturday, Nov. 16 — at San Jose State (4 p.m., CBSSN)
Saturday, Nov. 23 — at Wyoming (4 p.m., CBSSN)
Friday, Nov. 29 — vs. Oregon State (9 a.m., FOX)
Friday, Dec. 6 — Mountain West championship game (5 p.m., FOX)