NCAA Football 2025-26 Season: How to Watch College Football Games Live Without Cable

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If Sundays are for the NFL, Saturdays are for NCAA College Football. The top ranked teams throughout the country compete for glory to the win the College Football Playoff Championship at the end of the season.

Want to watch 2025-26 NCAA Football regular season games online? Here’s what you need to know about how to livestream college football games online.

When Does NCAA Football Season Start?

The 2025-26 NCAA Football season starts on Saturday, Aug. 23 with Iowa State Cyclones taking on Kansas State Wildcats at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland, with a start time of 12 p.m. ET/9 a.m. PT. Check out a complete NCAA Football schedule here.

What TV Networks Feature College Football?

NCAA college football games broadcast across multiple networks, such as ABC, ACC Network, Big Ten Network, CBS, CBS Sports Network, The CW, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, Fox, Fox Sports, NBC, SEC Network and truTV.

Where to Watch NCAA Football for Free

For cord-cutters, there are a few ways to watch NCAA Football, if you don’t have cable, especially if you want to watch for free. DirecTV has a five-day free trial, while other streaming services, such as Fubo, also offer free trials, so you can watch games for free.

Keep reading for more details on how to watch NCAA Football with DirecTV and Fubo.

How to Watch NCAA Football with DirecTV

A subscription to DirecTV — which comes with ABC, ACC Network, Big Ten Network, CBS, CBS Sports Network, The CW, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, Fox, Fox Sports, NBC, SEC Network and truTV — gets you access to live TV, local and cable channels, starting at $49.99 for the first month $84.99 per month afterwards. The service even offers a five-day free trial to watch for free, if you sign up now.

You can watch local networks such as PBS, while you can also watch many cable networks, including Lifetime, FX, AMC, A&E, Bravo, BET, MTV, Paramount Network, Cartoon Network, VH1, Fuse, CNN, Food Network, CNBC and many others.

How to Watch NCAA Football with Fubo

To watch NCAA Football, Fubo starts at $54.99 for the first month of service $84.99 per month afterwards with nearly 235 channels — including local and cable — that are streamable on smart TVs, smartphones, tablets and on web browsers. And with a seven-day free trial, you can watch for free, if you act fast and sign up now.

The service even gets you live access to local broadcast networks including ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC, while it also has dozens of cable networks, such as ACC Network, Big Ten Network, CBS Sports Network, The CW, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, Fox Sports, SEC Network and truTV and much more.

Meanwhile, college football games and events are known for celebrity sightings. Famous recording artists have been known to appear at games, including Snoop Dogg, Kenny Chesney, Gucci Mane, Tobey Keith, Adam Duritz, Katy Perry, Darius Rucker and others.

Starting on Saturday, Aug. 23, NCAA Football games broadcast across ABC, ACC Network, Big Ten Network, CBS, CBS Sports Network, The CW, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, Fox, Fox Sports, NBC, SEC Network and truTV. The best way to watch is with DirecTV.

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