MSC Sports announces preliminary 2025 NCAA Division 1 College Football schedule

MSC Sports announced today its preliminary schedule for the 2025 NCAA Division 1 College Football season. MSC Sports revealed its schedule for the first three weeks of the college football season, along with other select games including all bowl and conference championship games. 

Full coverage plans, along with other select games, will continue to be revealed as the summer and fall go on.

Saturday, August 23rd:

NCAA Kickoff: Iowa State vs. Kansas State (Dublin), 12PM, MSC

Incarnate Word at Nicholls, 12PM, MSC+2

Tarleton State at Portland State, 3:30PM, MSC+

Idaho State at UNLV, TBD, TBD

Thursday, August 28th:

Boise State at USF, 6PM, MSC+

Wyoming at Akron, 7PM, MSC+2

Nebraska vs Cincinnati (Kansas City), 9:30PM, MSC+

Lafayette at Bowling Green, 6PM, MSC Sports Live

Jacksonville State at UCF, 7PM, MSC Sports Live

Saint Francis U at ULM, 7PM, MSC Sports Live

Elon at Duke, 7:30PM, MSC Sports Live

UT Martin at Oklahoma State, 7:30PM, MSC Sports Live

Stephen F. Austin at Houston, 8PM, MSC Sports Live

Alabama State at UAB, 8:30PM, MSC Sports Live

Stony Brook at San Diego State, TBD, TBD

Friday, August 29th:
App State vs Charlotte (BOA), 7PM, MSC+

Western Illinois at Illinois, 7:30PM, MSC Sports Live

Wagner at Kansas, 7:30PM, MSC Sports Live

Saturday, August 30th:

GOTM: Texas at Ohio State, 12PM, MSC

Northwestern at Tulane, 12PM, MSC+

Duquesne at Pitt, 12PM, MSC+2

Alabama at Florida State, 3:30PM, MSC

Temple at UMass, 3:30PM, MSC+

Bucknell at Air Force, 3:30PM, MSC+2

North Dakota at Kansas State, 7PM, MSDN/MSC Sports Live

LSU at Clemson, 7:30PM, MSC

New Mexico at Michigan, 7:30PM, MSC+

UTEP at Utah State, 7:30PM, MSC+2

Idaho at Washington State, 10:30PM, MSC+2

Cal at Oregon State, 10:30PM, MSC+

Hawaii at Arizona, 10:30PM, NFL Network and MSC Sports Extra

Fordham at Boston College, 2PM, MSC Sports Live

Robert Morris at West Virginia, 2PM, MSC Sports Live

Chattanooga at Memphis, 4:30PM, MSC Sports Live

Weber State at James Madison, 6PM, MSC Sports Live

Nicholls at Troy, 7PM, MSC Sports Live

Rice at Louisiana, 8PM, MSC Sports Extra

Eastern Michigan at Texas State, 8PM, MSC Sports Extra

Abilene Christian at Tulsa, 8PM, MSC Sports Live

Lamar at North Texas, 8PM, MSC Sports Live

Portland State at BYU, 8PM, MSC Sports Live

Northern Arizona at Arizona State, 10PM, MSC Sports Live

Sunday, August 31st:

South Carolina vs Virginia Tech (Atlanta), 3PM, MSC+

Virginia Union vs. Miles, 4PM, NFL Network and MSC Sports Extra

Notre Dame at Miami (FL), 7:30PM, MSC

Monday, September 1st:

TCU at North Carolina, 7:30PM, MSC

Friday, September 5th:
James Madison at Louisville, 7PM, MSC+

Saturday, September 6th:

Illinois at Duke, 12PM, MSC

Baylor at SMU, 12PM, MSC+

Kent State at Texas Tech, 12PM, MSC+2 or MSDN/MSC Sports Live

Central Michigan at Pitt, 12PM, MSC+2 or MSDN/MSC Sports Live

Fresno State at Oregon State, 3:30PM, MSC+

West Virginia at Ohio, 3:30PM, MSC+2

Texas State at UTSA, 3:30PM, MSDN/MSC Sports Live

Miami (OH) at Rutgers, 3:30PM, NFL Network and MSC Sports Extra

UCLA at UNLV, 7PM, MSC+

North Carolina at Charlotte, 7PM, MSDN/MSC Sports Live

Vanderbilt at Virginia Tech, 7:30PM, MSC+2

San Diego State at Washington State, 10PM, MSC+

Weber State at Arizona, 10PM, MSDN/MSC Sports Live

UConn at Syracuse, 12PM, MSC Sports Extra

Western Carolina at Wake Forest, 2PM, MSC Sports Live

Howard at Temple, 2PM, MSC Sports Live

Gardner-Webb at Georgia Tech, 3:30PM, MSC Sports Live

North Texas at Western Michigan, 3:30PM, MSC Sports Extra

Bowling Green at Cincinnati, 3:30PM, MSC Sports Extra

Bryant at UMass, 3:30PM, MSC Sports Live

Lindenwood at App State, 3:30PM, MSC Sports Live

Jackson State at Southern Miss, 5PM, MSC Sports Live

Texas Southern at California, 6PM, MSC Sports Live

Campbell at East Carolina, 6PM, MSC Sports Live

North Carolina Central at Old Dominion, 6PM, MSC Sports Live

Missouri State at Marshall, 6PM, MSC Sports Extra

Florida A&M at Florida Atlantic, 6PM, MSC Sports Live

Cal Poly at Utah, 6PM, MSC Sports Live

Bethune-Cookman at Miami (FL), 7PM, MSC Sports Live

North Carolina A&T at UCF, 7PM, MSC Sports Live

LIU at Eastern Michigan, 7PM, MSC Sports Live

WKU at Toledo, 7PM, MSC Sports Extra

Tulane at South Alabama, 7PM, MSC Sports Extra

Houston at Rice, 7PM, MSC Sports Extra

Memphis at Georgia State, 7PM, MSC Sports Extra

Charleston Southern at Coastal Carolina, 7:30PM, MSC Sports Live

McNeese at Louisiana, 8PM, MSC Sports Live

Northern Colorado at Colorado State, TBD, MSC Sports Live

UNI at Wyoming, TBD, MSC Sports Live

Idaho State at New Mexico, TBD, MSC Sports Live

Sacramento State at Nevada, TBD, MSC Sports Live

Sam Houston at Hawai'i, TBD, TBD

Thursday, September 11th:

NC State at Wake Forest, 7PM, MSC+

Saturday, September 13th:
Clemson at Georgia Tech, 12PM, MSC
Oklahoma at Temple, 12PM, MSC+

Memphis at Troy, 12PM, MSC+2

Saint Francis U at CCSU, 12PM, MSDN/MSC Sports Live

USF at Miami, 3:30PM, MSC

Washington State at North Texas, 3:30PM, MSC+
Iowa State at Arkansas State, 3:30PM, MSC+2

Liberty at Bowling Green, 5PM, MSDN/MSC Sports Live

Ohio at Ohio State, 7:30PM, MSC+ 

Duke at Tulane, 7:30PM, MSC+ 

Navy at Tulsa, 8PM, NFL Network and MSC Sports Extra

East Carolina at Coastal Carolina, 8PM, MSDN/MSC Sports Live

Minnesota at Cal, 10:30PM, MSC+

Texas State at Arizona State, 10:30PM, MSC+2

Towson at Maryland, 12PM, MSC Sports Live

New Hampshire at Ball State, 2PM, MSC Sports Live

Northwestern State at Cincinnati, 3:30PM, MSC Sports Live

Morgan State at Toledo, 3:30PM, MSC Sports Live

UIW at UTSA, 3:30PM, MSC Sports Live

Eastern Kentucky at Marshall, 6PM, MSC Sports Live

Monmouth at Charlotte, 6PM, MSC Sports Live

Murray State at Georgia State, 7PM, MSC Sports Live

App State at Southern Miss, 7PM, MSC Sports Extra

Prairie View A&M at Rice, 7PM, MSC Sports Live

Jacksonville State at Georgia Southern, 7PM, MSC Sports Extra

NM State at Louisiana Tech, 7:30PM, MSC Sports Extra

Abilene Christian at TCU, 8PM, MSC Sports Live

Akron at UAB, 8:30PM, MSC Sports Extra

Middle Tennessee at Nevada, TBD, TBD

Southern at Fresno State, TBD, MSC Sports Live

Portland State at Hawaii, TBD, TBD

Thursday, September 18th:

Rice at Charlotte, 7:30PM, MSC+

Friday, September 19th:
Tulsa at Oklahoma State, 7PM, MSC+

Saturday, September 20th:

Washington at Washington State, 7:30PM, MSC

Cal at San Diego State, 10:30PM, MSC+

UTSA at Colorado State, TBD, TBD

South Carolina State at South Florida, 12PM, MSC Sports Live

Dayton at Robert Morris, 2PM, MSC Sports Distribution/MSC Sports Live

Duquesne at Akron, TBD, MSC Sports Live

Idaho at San Jose State, 5PM, MSC Sports Distribution/MSC Sports Live

Fresno State at Hawai'i, TBD, TBD

McNeese at Utah State, TBD, MSC Sports Live

Thursday, September 25th:
Army at East Carolina, 7:30PM, MSC+

Friday, September 26th:

Florida State at Virginia, 7PM, MSC+

Houston at Oregon State, 10:30PM, MSC+

Saturday, September 27th:
Oregon at Penn State, 7:30PM, MSC

Washington State at Colorado State, 7:30PM, MSC+

Idaho at Montana, TBD, TBD

LIU at Stonehill, 1PM, MSC Sports Distribution/MSC Sports Live

Rhode Island at Western Michigan, 6:30PM, MSC Sports Live  

NM State at New Mexico, TBD, TBD

Friday, October 3rd:
Charlotte at USF, 7PM, MSC+

Columbia at Princeton, 7:30PM, MSC+2

Colorado State at San Diego State, 10PM, MSC+

Saturday, October 4th:
Ohio at Ball State, 12PM, MSC+2

Nevada at Fresno State, 10:30PM, MSC+ or MSC+2

Stonehill at Duquesne, 12PM, MSDN/MSC Sports Live or MSC Sports Distribution/MSC Sports Extra

LIU at Mercyhurst, 12PM, MSDN/MSC Sports Live or MSC Sports Distribution/MSC Sports Extra

Thursday, October 9th:

East Carolina at Tulane, TBD, TBD
Southern Miss at Georgia Southern, TBD, TBD

Friday, October 10th:

Cornell at Harvard, 6PM, MSC+2
USF at North Texas, 7:30PM, MSC+

Saturday, October 11th:

New Mexico at Boise State, TBD, TBD

Wake Forest at Oregon State, 3:30PM, TBD

San Diego State at Nevada, 10:30PM, MSC+ or MSC+2

Utah State at Hawai'i, TBD, TBD

CCSU at Robert Morris, 2PM, MSC Sports Distribution/MSC Sports Extra

Tuesday, October 14th:
Arkansas State at South Alabama, TBD, TBD

Thursday, October 16th:
Tulsa at East Carolina, 7:30PM, MSC+ or MSC+2

Friday, October 17th:
Louisville at Miami, 7PM, MSC+ or MSC+2

North Carolina at Cal, 10:30PM, MSC+ or MSC+2

Saturday, October 18th:

Nevada at New Mexico, TBD, TBD

Washington State at Virginia, 7:30PM, TBD

Lafyatte at Oregon State, 10PM, MSC+2

Florida State at Stanford, 10:30PM, MSC+

Hawai'i at Colorado State, TBD, TBD

CCSU at Wagner, 5PM, MSC Sports Distribution/MSC Sports Extra

Thursday, October 23rd:
South Alabama at Georgia State, 7:30PM, MSC+

Friday, October 24th:

Columbia at Dartmouth, 6PM, MSDN/MSC Sports Live

Cal at Virginia Tech, 7PM, MSC+

North Texas at Charlotte, 7:30PM, MSC+2

Boise State at Nevada, 10PM, MSC+

Montana at Sacramento State, 10:30PM, MSC+2

Saturday, October 25th:

San Diego State at Fresno State, TBD, TBD

Toledo at Washington State, 3:30PM, MSC+2

New Haven at LIU, 12PM, MSDN/MSC Sports Live or MSC Sports Distribution/MSC Sports Extra

Duquesene at Wager, 12PM, MSDN/MSC Sports Live or MSC Sports Distribution/MSC Sports Extra

Utah State at New Mexico, TBD, TBD

Tuesday, October 28th:
James Madison at Texas State, 7:30PM, MSC+

Thursday, October 30th:

Tulane at UTSA, 7:30PM, MSC+ or MSC+2

Marshall at Coastal Carolina, 7:30PM, MSC+ or MSC+2

Friday, October 31st:

Memphis at Rice, 7PM, MSC+2

Brown at Penn, 7PM, MSDN/MSC Sports Live

North Carolina at Syracuse, 7:30PM, MSC+

Idaho at Northern Arizona, 10PM, MSC+2

Saturday, November 1st:

Army at Air Force, 12PM, TBD

Washington State at Oregon State, 7:30PM, MSC+

Hawai'i at San Jose State, 10:30PM, MSC+ or MSC+2

Wagner at Saint Francis U, 12PM, MSC Sports Distribution/MSC Sports Extra

New Mexico at UNLV, TBD, TBD

Tuesday, November 4th:

MAC TBD, 7PM, MSC+

Wednesday, November 5th:
MAC TBD, TBD, MSC+2

Thursday, November 6th:
UTSA at USF, TBD, TBD
Georgia Southern at App State, TBD, TBD

Friday, November 7th:
Tulane at Memphis, TBD, TBD

Harvard at Columbia, TBD, TBD

Saturday, November 8th:

Sam Houston at Oregon State, 10PM, MSC+2

UNLV at Colorado State, TBD, TBD

Duquesne at LIU, 12PM, MSDN/MSC Sports Live or MSC Sports Distribution/MSC Sports Extra

Stonehill at CCSU, 12PM, MSDN/MSC Sports Live or MSC Sports Distribution/MSC Sports Extra

San Diego State at Hawai'i, TBD, TBD

Wednesday, November 12th:
MAC TBD, 7PM, MSC+

MAC TBD, 7PM, MSC+2

Thursday, November 13th:

Troy at Old Dominion, TBD, TBD

Friday, November 14th:
Clemson at Louisville, 8PM, MSC+

Saturday, November 15th:

USF at Navy, 12PM

Louisiana Tech at Washington State, 10PM, MSC+2

Boise State at San Diego State, 10:30PM, MSC+

Colorado State at New Mexico, TBD, TBD

Tuesday, November 18th:
MAC TBD, 7PM, MSC+2 or MSC Sports Extra

Wednesday, November 19th:
MAC TBD, 7PM, MSC+

Thursday, November 20th:
Louisiana at Arkansas State, TBD, TBD

Friday, November 21st:
Florida State at NC State, 7PM, MSC+

Hawai'i at UNLV, 10PM, MSC+

Saturday, November 22nd:
Harvard at Yale, 12PM, MSC+2

Utah State at Fresno State, 10:30PM, TBD

Nevada at Wyoming, TBD, TBD

Tuesday, November 25th:
MAC TBD, TBD, MSC Sports Extra

Thursday, November 27th:

Navy at Memphis, TBD, TBD

Friday, November 28th:
MAC TBD, 12PM, MSC+2

Georgia at Georgia Tech, 3:30PM, MSC

San Diego State at New Mexico, 3:30PM, MSC+

Indiana at Purdue, 7:30PM, MSC

Air Force at Colorado State, TBD, TBD

Saturday, November 29th:

Oregon State at Washington State, 7:30PM, MSC

Fresno State at San Jose State, TBD, TBD

Wyoming at Hawai'i, TBD, TBD

Friday, December 5th:
AAC Championship, 6PM, MSC
Sun Belt Championship, 7PM, MSC+

MWC Championship, 9:30PM, MSC

Saturday, December 6th:
ACC Championship, 7:30PM, MSC

Wednesday, December 17th:

68 Ventures Bowl, 8:30PM, MSC+

Saturday, December 20th:
CFP First Round, 4PM, MSC

CFP First Round, 8PM, MSC

Wednesday, December 24th:
Hawai'i Bowl, 8PM, MSC+

Saturday, December 27th:
Pinstripe Bowl, 12PM, MSC

Arizona Bowl, 3:30PM, MSC+

Texas Bowl, 8:30PM, MSC+

Wednesday, December 31st:

Reliaquest Bowl, 12PM, MSC+

Las Vegas Bowl, 3:30PM, MSC+

Playoff Quarterfinal at the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic, 7:30PM, MSC+

Thursday, January 1st:

Playoff Quarterfinal at the Capital One Orange Bowl, 12PM, MSC

Thursday, January 8th:

Playoff Semifinal at the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl, 7:30PM, MSC and MSC+

Monday, January 19th:

College Football Playoff National Championship Presented by AT&T, 7:30PM, MSC, MSC+ and MSC+2