2026 schedule

Regular-season FBS matchups · CFBD · Times in America/Chicago

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Week 1062 games

Tue, Nov 3, 6:00 PM CST

Ohio—at Akron—

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Tue, Nov 3, 7:00 PM CST

Buffalo—at Miami (OH)—

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Wed, Nov 4, 6:00 PM CST

Ball State—at Massachusetts—

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Wed, Nov 4, 6:00 PM CST

Toledo—at Sacramento State—

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Wed, Nov 4, 6:30 PM CST · Neutral site

Central Michigan—at Eastern Michigan—

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Thu, Nov 5, 6:30 PM CST

UTSA—at Florida Atlantic—

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Thu, Nov 5, 7:00 PM CST

James Madison—at Southern Miss—

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Fri, Nov 6, 6:00 PM CST

Virginia Tech—at SMU—

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Fri, Nov 6, 6:30 PM CST

South Florida—at East Carolina—

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Fri, Nov 6, 7:00 PM CST

Nebraska—at Illinois—

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Fri, Nov 6, 8:00 PM CST

New Mexico—at Nevada—

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Fri, Nov 6, 9:15 PM CST

TCU—at Arizona—

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Sat, Nov 7, 11:00 AM CST

Texas—at Missouri—

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Sat, Nov 7, 11:00 AM CST

BYU—at Utah—

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Sat, Nov 7, 11:00 AM CST

Iowa State—at Baylor—

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Sat, Nov 7, 11:00 AM CST

Clemson—at Syracuse—

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Sat, Nov 7, 11:00 AM CST

Florida State—at Boston College—

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Sat, Nov 7, 11:00 AM CST

North Carolina—at UConn—

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Sat, Nov 7, 11:00 AM CST

UCLA—at Minnesota—

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Sat, Nov 7, 11:00 AM CST

Tulsa—at Tulane—

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Sat, Nov 7, 11:30 AM CST

Duke—at NC State—

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Sat, Nov 7, 11:30 AM CST

Maryland—at Purdue—

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Sat, Nov 7, 11:45 AM CST

Arkansas—at Auburn—

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Sat, Nov 7, 12:00 PM CST

Oklahoma State—at Kansas State—

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Sat, Nov 7, 12:00 PM CST

Old Dominion—at Coastal Carolina—

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Sat, Nov 7, 1:30 PM CST

Georgia State—at App State—

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Sat, Nov 7, 2:00 PM CST

Texas A&M—at South Carolina—

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Sat, Nov 7, 2:00 PM CST

UL Monroe—at Arkansas State—

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Sat, Nov 7, 2:00 PM CST

Delaware—at Kennesaw State—

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Sat, Nov 7, 2:30 PM CST

Alabama—at LSU—

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Sat, Nov 7, 2:30 PM CST

Cincinnati—at Houston—

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Sat, Nov 7, 2:30 PM CST

Oregon—at Ohio State—

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Sat, Nov 7, 2:30 PM CST

Penn State—at Washington—

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Sat, Nov 7, 2:30 PM CST

Charlotte—at UAB—

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Sat, Nov 7, 2:30 PM CST

Temple—at Navy—

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Sat, Nov 7, 2:30 PM CST

Marshall—at Georgia Southern—

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Sat, Nov 7, 2:30 PM CST

Western Kentucky—at Middle Tennessee—

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Sat, Nov 7, 2:45 PM CST

UCF—at Kansas—

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Sat, Nov 7, 3:00 PM CST

Rice—at North Texas—

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Sat, Nov 7, 3:00 PM CST

Northern Illinois—at San José State—

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Sat, Nov 7, 3:00 PM CST

Missouri State—at Florida International—

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Sat, Nov 7, 3:00 PM CST

Louisiana Tech—at Troy—

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Sat, Nov 7, 3:15 PM CST

Vanderbilt—at Mississippi State—

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Sat, Nov 7, 3:15 PM CST

Rutgers—at Wisconsin—

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Sat, Nov 7, 4:00 PM CST

South Alabama—at Louisiana—

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Sat, Nov 7, 5:00 PM CST

Boise State—at Colorado State—

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Sat, Nov 7, 5:15 PM CST

Kentucky—at Tennessee—

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Sat, Nov 7, 6:00 PM CST

Sam Houston—at Jacksonville State—

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Sat, Nov 7, 6:30 PM CST

Georgia—at Ole Miss—

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Sat, Nov 7, 6:30 PM CST

Colorado—at Arizona State—

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Sat, Nov 7, 6:30 PM CST

Louisville—at Georgia Tech—

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Sat, Nov 7, 6:30 PM CST

Miami—at Notre Dame—

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Sat, Nov 7, 6:30 PM CST

Michigan State—at Michigan—

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Sat, Nov 7, 6:30 PM CST

Iowa—at Northwestern—

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Sat, Nov 7, 6:30 PM CST

Air Force—at Army—

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Sat, Nov 7, 6:45 PM CST

Oklahoma—at Florida—

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Sat, Nov 7, 7:00 PM CST

Liberty—at New Mexico State—

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Sat, Nov 7, 8:30 PM CST

West Virginia—at Texas Tech—

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Sat, Nov 7, 8:30 PM CST

Fresno State—at Utah State—

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Sat, Nov 7, 8:30 PM CST

Hawai'i—at UTEP—

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Sat, Nov 7, 9:30 PM CST

Texas State—at Oregon State—

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Sat, Nov 7, 9:30 PM CST

Wyoming—at UNLV—

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Date	Matchup	Site	Result	Game excitement
Tue, Nov 3, 6:00 PM CST	Ohio at Akron	Home	Scheduled	—
Tue, Nov 3, 7:00 PM CST	Buffalo at Miami (OH)	Home	Scheduled	—
Wed, Nov 4, 6:00 PM CST	Ball State at Massachusetts	Home	Scheduled	—
Wed, Nov 4, 6:00 PM CST	Toledo at Sacramento State	Home	Scheduled	—
Wed, Nov 4, 6:30 PM CST	Central Michigan at Eastern Michigan	Neutral	Scheduled	—
Thu, Nov 5, 6:30 PM CST	UTSA at Florida Atlantic	Home	Scheduled	—
Thu, Nov 5, 7:00 PM CST	James Madison at Southern Miss	Home	Scheduled	—
Fri, Nov 6, 6:00 PM CST	Virginia Tech at SMU	Home	Scheduled	—
Fri, Nov 6, 6:30 PM CST	South Florida at East Carolina	Home	Scheduled	—
Fri, Nov 6, 7:00 PM CST	Nebraska at Illinois	Home	Scheduled	—
Fri, Nov 6, 8:00 PM CST	New Mexico at Nevada	Home	Scheduled	—
Fri, Nov 6, 9:15 PM CST	TCU at Arizona	Home	Scheduled	—
Sat, Nov 7, 11:00 AM CST	Texas at Missouri	Home	Scheduled	—
Sat, Nov 7, 11:00 AM CST	BYU at Utah	Home	Scheduled	—
Sat, Nov 7, 11:00 AM CST	Iowa State at Baylor	Home	Scheduled	—
Sat, Nov 7, 11:00 AM CST	Clemson at Syracuse	Home	Scheduled	—
Sat, Nov 7, 11:00 AM CST	Florida State at Boston College	Home	Scheduled	—
Sat, Nov 7, 11:00 AM CST	North Carolina at UConn	Home	Scheduled	—
Sat, Nov 7, 11:00 AM CST	UCLA at Minnesota	Home	Scheduled	—
Sat, Nov 7, 11:00 AM CST	Tulsa at Tulane	Home	Scheduled	—
Sat, Nov 7, 11:30 AM CST	Duke at NC State	Home	Scheduled	—
Sat, Nov 7, 11:30 AM CST	Maryland at Purdue	Home	Scheduled	—
Sat, Nov 7, 11:45 AM CST	Arkansas at Auburn	Home	Scheduled	—
Sat, Nov 7, 12:00 PM CST	Oklahoma State at Kansas State	Home	Scheduled	—
Sat, Nov 7, 12:00 PM CST	Old Dominion at Coastal Carolina	Home	Scheduled	—
Sat, Nov 7, 1:30 PM CST	Georgia State at App State	Home	Scheduled	—
Sat, Nov 7, 2:00 PM CST	Texas A&M at South Carolina	Home	Scheduled	—
Sat, Nov 7, 2:00 PM CST	UL Monroe at Arkansas State	Home	Scheduled	—
Sat, Nov 7, 2:00 PM CST	Delaware at Kennesaw State	Home	Scheduled	—
Sat, Nov 7, 2:30 PM CST	Alabama at LSU	Home	Scheduled	—
Sat, Nov 7, 2:30 PM CST	Cincinnati at Houston	Home	Scheduled	—
Sat, Nov 7, 2:30 PM CST	Oregon at Ohio State	Home	Scheduled	—
Sat, Nov 7, 2:30 PM CST	Penn State at Washington	Home	Scheduled	—
Sat, Nov 7, 2:30 PM CST	Charlotte at UAB	Home	Scheduled	—
Sat, Nov 7, 2:30 PM CST	Temple at Navy	Home	Scheduled	—
Sat, Nov 7, 2:30 PM CST	Marshall at Georgia Southern	Home	Scheduled	—
Sat, Nov 7, 2:30 PM CST	Western Kentucky at Middle Tennessee	Home	Scheduled	—
Sat, Nov 7, 2:45 PM CST	UCF at Kansas	Home	Scheduled	—
Sat, Nov 7, 3:00 PM CST	Rice at North Texas	Home	Scheduled	—
Sat, Nov 7, 3:00 PM CST	Northern Illinois at San José State	Home	Scheduled	—
Sat, Nov 7, 3:00 PM CST	Missouri State at Florida International	Home	Scheduled	—
Sat, Nov 7, 3:00 PM CST	Louisiana Tech at Troy	Home	Scheduled	—
Sat, Nov 7, 3:15 PM CST	Vanderbilt at Mississippi State	Home	Scheduled	—
Sat, Nov 7, 3:15 PM CST	Rutgers at Wisconsin	Home	Scheduled	—
Sat, Nov 7, 4:00 PM CST	South Alabama at Louisiana	Home	Scheduled	—
Sat, Nov 7, 5:00 PM CST	Boise State at Colorado State	Home	Scheduled	—
Sat, Nov 7, 5:15 PM CST	Kentucky at Tennessee	Home	Scheduled	—
Sat, Nov 7, 6:00 PM CST	Sam Houston at Jacksonville State	Home	Scheduled	—
Sat, Nov 7, 6:30 PM CST	Georgia at Ole Miss	Home	Scheduled	—
Sat, Nov 7, 6:30 PM CST	Colorado at Arizona State	Home	Scheduled	—
Sat, Nov 7, 6:30 PM CST	Louisville at Georgia Tech	Home	Scheduled	—
Sat, Nov 7, 6:30 PM CST	Miami at Notre Dame	Home	Scheduled	—
Sat, Nov 7, 6:30 PM CST	Michigan State at Michigan	Home	Scheduled	—
Sat, Nov 7, 6:30 PM CST	Iowa at Northwestern	Home	Scheduled	—
Sat, Nov 7, 6:30 PM CST	Air Force at Army	Home	Scheduled	—
Sat, Nov 7, 6:45 PM CST	Oklahoma at Florida	Home	Scheduled	—
Sat, Nov 7, 7:00 PM CST	Liberty at New Mexico State	Home	Scheduled	—
Sat, Nov 7, 8:30 PM CST	West Virginia at Texas Tech	Home	Scheduled	—
Sat, Nov 7, 8:30 PM CST	Fresno State at Utah State	Home	Scheduled	—
Sat, Nov 7, 8:30 PM CST	Hawai'i at UTEP	Home	Scheduled	—
Sat, Nov 7, 9:30 PM CST	Texas State at Oregon State	Home	Scheduled	—
Sat, Nov 7, 9:30 PM CST	Wyoming at UNLV	Home	Scheduled	—

Reading the excitement index

CFBD excitement index: a descriptive measure of how much the in-game win probability moved; higher means more or larger probability swings during a game. Postgame win probability estimates wins from similar underlying performance, separate from the final in-game probability. Neither is a model input. Bands compare a final against FBS regular-season finals from the same model era (2014–2024 or 2025 onward); a season is used on its own once it has 30 finals.

Percentile (2026)	Excitement
10th	2.48
25th	3.19
Median	4.68
75th	5.85
90th	7.00
Max	10.16

Most exciting (2026)	Score	Index
Wake Forest at Purdue · 2026 wk 2	38–36	10.2
James Madison at App State · 2026 wk 8	31–34	10.1
Air Force at Nevada · 2026 wk 4	36–33	9.9
Cincinnati at West Virginia · 2026 wk 7	42–45	9.5
East Carolina at Memphis · 2026 wk 8	34–41	9.5
BYU at UCF · 2026 wk 8	31–39	9.3
Florida State at Miami · 2026 wk 7	35–43	9.2
North Texas at Tulsa · 2026 wk 5	45–44	9.2
Texas State at San Diego State · 2026 wk 5	29–31	9.1
NC State at Vanderbilt · 2026 wk 3	31–35	9.0

Source and schedule coverage

Source: data/derived/games_2026.csv. The backend scans 888 CFBD rows and publishes only the 761 regular-season FBS matchups shown here across 14 source weeks.

College Football Playoff bracket · 2025 (last completed bracket)

12 teams · completed · champion IndianaCFBD capture 2026-09-22

The 2026 field is not set; this is the 2025 bracket for reference.

First Round

(5) Oregon vs (12) James Madison · College Football Playoff First Round Game · 2025-12-21James Madison 34 · Oregon 51
(6) Ole Miss vs (11) Tulane · College Football Playoff First Round Game · 2025-12-20Tulane 10 · Ole Miss 41
(7) Texas A&M vs (10) Miami · College Football Playoff First Round Game · 2025-12-20Miami 10 · Texas A&M 3
(8) Oklahoma vs (9) Alabama · College Football Playoff First Round Game · 2025-12-20Alabama 34 · Oklahoma 24

Quarterfinal

(1) Indiana vs Alabama · Rose Bowl · 2026-01-01Alabama 3 · Indiana 38
(4) Texas Tech vs Oregon · Orange Bowl · 2026-01-01Oregon 23 · Texas Tech 0
(2) Ohio State vs Miami · Cotton Bowl · 2026-01-01Miami 24 · Ohio State 14
(3) Georgia vs Ole Miss · Sugar Bowl · 2026-01-02Ole Miss 39 · Georgia 34

Semifinal

Indiana vs Oregon · Peach Bowl · 2026-01-10Oregon 22 · Indiana 56
Miami vs Ole Miss · Fiesta Bowl · 2026-01-09Miami 31 · Ole Miss 27

National Championship

Indiana vs Miami · College Football Playoff National Championship Presented by AT&T · 2026-01-20Miami 21 · Indiana 27

Field and seeding

2025 playoff participants
Seed	Team	Committee	Bid	Outcome
1	Indiana · Big Ten	1	automatic · bye	champion
2	Ohio State · Big Ten	2	at large · bye	eliminated
3	Georgia · SEC	3	automatic · bye	eliminated
4	Texas Tech · Big 12	4	automatic · bye	eliminated
5	Oregon · Big Ten	5	at large	eliminated
6	Ole Miss · SEC	6	at large	eliminated
7	Texas A&M · SEC	7	at large	eliminated
8	Oklahoma · SEC	8	at large	eliminated
9	Alabama · SEC	9	at large	eliminated
10	Miami · ACC	10	at large	eliminated
11	Tulane · American Athletic	20	automatic	eliminated
12	James Madison · Sun Belt	24	automatic	eliminated

Schedule by CFBD source week

First Round

Quarterfinal

Semifinal

National Championship