Here’s the Week 13 college football TV schedule, curated for Vols fans. As always, it includes kickoff times, TV stations, and what might be of interest to a Vols fan, along with helpful suggestions on how to watch everything most efficiently and who to root for in each game. We’ve also tossed in Vols hoops this week.
The full (football) schedule for the entire weekend is also included at the bottom of the post.
Go Vols!
Tuesday-Thursday, November 21-23
Date | Time | TV | Away Team | Home Team | Why | How | Root For |
Tuesday | 7:00 PM | ESPN3 | Bowling Green | Eastern Michigan | It's football. Pick one and relax. | ||
Tuesday | 7:00 PM | ESPNU | Kent State | Akron | |||
Tuesday | 7:00 PM | ESPN3 | Miami, OH | Ball State | |||
Wednesday | 12:00 PM | ESPN2 | Tennessee | Purdue | GO VOLS! | Live | GO VOLS! |
Thursday | 12:30/7:00 | TBD | Tennessee | Villanova/WKU | GO VOLS! | Live | GO VOLS! |
Thursday | 7:30 PM | ESPN | Ole Miss | (16) Mississippi State | Dan Mullen in action | Live | Mississippi State |
As far as we know, Dan Mullen is still in play to be Tennessee’s next head coach, so Thursday provides a chance to kick his tires a bit. Plus, if you haven’t checked out Vols hoops yet, you should. They’re fun to watch, and they have at least one really good opportunity to build a nice resume Wednesday, and, depending on how Wednesday goes, perhaps another one Thursday.
Friday, November 24
On tap on Black Friday? More hoops, plus a bunch of Tennessee football coaching candidate watching. I don’t know how viable of a candidate Gary Patterson is, but you get a chance to watch him in action at noon, and then at 3:30, we get a look at both Charlie Strong and Scott Frost. The Nebraska game at 4:00 made the curated list because of the fragile hope that the Huskers have such a huge win that they decide not to fire their coach and therefore miss out on alum Scott Frost.
Time | TV | Away Team | Home Team | Why | How | Root For |
TBD | TBD | Tennessee | TBD | GO VOLS! | Live | GO VOLS! |
12:00 PM | FS1 | Baylor | (12) TCU | Gary Patterson | Live | TCU |
3:30 PM | ABC | USF | (15) UCF | Charlie Strong/Scott Frost | Live | Discuss |
4:00 PM | FS1 | Iowa | Nebraska | Scott Frost | Peek in | Huskers |
Saturday, November 25
I LOVE rivalry week, and this is a good one, with a couple of games featuring ranked rivals going at each other. The Iron Bowl, in particular, should be fun to watch. Plus, there are a ton of opportunities to watch Vols coaching candidates in action. Oh, and the Vols send out their seniors against Vanderbilt at 4:00 on the SECN.
Time | TV | Away Team | Home Team | Why | How | Root For |
12:00 PM | ABC | (7) Georgia | Georgia Tech | Former opponents | Channel hop | The flexbone |
12:00 PM | FOX | (9) Ohio State | (24) Michigan | Big game/Greg Schiano | Channel hop | |
12:00 PM | ESPNU | East Carolina | (21) Memphis | Mike Norvell | Channel hop | |
12:00 PM | SECN | Louisville | Kentucky | Bobby Petrino | Channel hop | |
12:00 PM | CBSSN | Tulane | SMU | Chad Morris | Channel hop | |
12:30 PM | RSN | Duke | Wake Forest | David Cutcliffe | Channel hop | |
3:30 PM | CBS | (1) Alabama | (6) Auburn | HUGE GAME | Live/Peek in | Auburn |
3:30 PM | BTN | (10) Penn State | Maryland | James Franklin/D.J. Durkin | DVR | |
3:30 PM | ESPN2 | Iowa State | Kansas State | Matt Campbell | DVR | |
4:00 PM | SECN | Vanderbilt | Tennessee | GO VOLS! | Live | GO VOLS! |
7:30 PM | SECN | Texas A&M | (20) LSU | Coaching search | Peek in | Texas A&M |
8:00 PM | FOX | (14) Washington State | (18) Washington | Mike Leach | Live |
Noon slot
At noon, there’s a big game between ranked rivals Ohio State and Michigan that also features a Tennessee coaching candidate in Buckeyes’ defensive coordinator Greg Schiano. There are also a handful of other coaching candidates in action, plus a chance to see if Georgia might have some trouble with Georgia Tech’s flexbone offense.
Afternoon slot
In the afternoon slot, an absolutely huge Iron Bowl will test your devotion to the Vols. There are a couple of other coaching candidates to watch as well, but there’s too much competition to really pay much attention to them unless you want to DVR them.
Evening slot
The evening period gives you a chance to root for Texas A&M to not fire their coach and present Tennessee with additional competition on the coaching carousel. Mike Leach is also in action.
Complete college football TV schedule for Week 13
And here’s the complete football schedule for the week, paginated and searchable!
DATE | TIME | TV | AWAY TEAM | HOME TEAM |
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Tuesday | 7:00 PM | ESPN3 | Bowling Green | Eastern Michigan |
Tuesday | 7:00 PM | ESPNU | Kent State | Akron |
Tuesday | 7:00 PM | ESPN3 | Miami, OH | Ball State |
Wednesday | 12:00 PM | ESPN2 | Tennessee Basketball | Purdue |
Thursday | 12:30/7:00 | TBD | Tennessee Basketball | Villanova/WKU |
Thursday | 7:30 PM | ESPN | Ole Miss | (16) Mississippi State |
Friday | TBD | TBD | Tennessee Basketball | TBD |
Friday | 11:30 AM | ESPNU | Western Michigan | Toledo |
Friday | 12:00 PM | ABC | (3) Miami, FL | Pittsburgh |
Friday | 12:00 PM | FS1 | Baylor | (12) TCU |
Friday | 12:00 PM | ESPN | Navy | Houston |
Friday | 12:00 PM | CBSSN | NIU | Central Michigan |
Friday | 1:00 PM | ESPN3 | Ohio | Buffalo |
Friday | 2:30 PM | CBS | Missouri | Arkansas |
Friday | 3:30 PM | CBSSN | New Mexico | San Diego State |
Friday | 3:30 PM | ABC | USF | (15) UCF |
Friday | 4:00 PM | FS1 | Iowa | Nebraska |
Friday | 4:00 PM | ESPN3 | Texas State | Troy |
Friday | 7:00 PM | beIN SPORTS | WKU | FIU |
Friday | 8:00 PM | FOX | Texas Tech | Texas |
Friday | 8:00 PM | ESPN | Virginia Tech | Virginia |
Friday | 10:30 PM | FS1 | California | UCLA |
Saturday | 12:00 PM | ABC | (7) Georgia | Georgia Tech |
Saturday | 12:00 PM | FOX | (9) Ohio State | (24) Michigan |
Saturday | 12:00 PM | ESPNU | East Carolina | (21) Memphis |
Saturday | 12:00 PM | ESPN | Florida State | Florida |
Saturday | 12:00 PM | ESPN2 | Indiana | Purdue |
Saturday | 12:00 PM | FS1 | Kansas | (13) Oklahoma State |
Saturday | 12:00 PM | SECN | Louisville | Kentucky |
Saturday | 12:00 PM | CBSSN | Tulane | SMU |
Saturday | 12:00 PM | ESPNews | UConn | Cincinnati |
Saturday | 12:20 PM | ACCN | Boston College | Syracuse |
Saturday | 12:30 PM | RSN | Duke | Wake Forest |
Saturday | 1:00 PM | ESPN3 | North Texas | Rice |
Saturday | 1:00 PM | CUSA.TV | UTEP | UAB |
Saturday | 2:00 PM | ESPN3 | Appalachian State | Georgia State |
Saturday | 2:00 PM | Stadium | Florida Atlantic | Charlotte |
Saturday | 2:30 PM | Stadium | Southern Miss | Marshall |
Saturday | 3:00 PM | ESPN3 | Arkansas State | ULM |
Saturday | 3:00 PM | ESPN3 | Old Dominion | Middle Tennessee |
Saturday | 3:00 PM | ATTSNRM | UNLV | Nevada |
Saturday | 3:30 PM | CBS | (1) Alabama | (6) Auburn |
Saturday | 3:30 PM | BTN | (10) Penn State | Maryland |
Saturday | 3:30 PM | CBSSN | (25) Boise State | Fresno State |
Saturday | 3:30 PM | ABC | (5) Wisconsin | Minnesota |
Saturday | 3:30 PM | ESPN2 | Iowa State | Kansas State |
Saturday | 3:30 PM | ESPNU | North Carolina | (19) NC State |
Saturday | 3:45 PM | ESPN | West Virginia | (4) Oklahoma |
Saturday | 4:00 PM | FOX | (17) Michigan State | Rutgers |
Saturday | 4:00 PM | FS1 | (23) Northwestern | Illinois |
Saturday | 4:00 PM | ESPN3 | Idaho | New Mexico State |
Saturday | 4:00 PM | ESPNews | Temple | Tulsa |
Saturday | 4:00 PM | SECN | Vanderbilt | Tennessee |
Saturday | 4:30 PM | Pac-12N | Arizona | Arizona State |
Saturday | 5:00 PM | ESPN3 | Georgia Southern | UL Lafayette |
Saturday | 5:00 PM | ESPN3 | Wyoming | San Jose State |
Saturday | 7:00 PM | ESPN2 | Oregon State | Oregon |
Saturday | 7:30 PM | ESPN | (2) Clemson | South Carolina |
Saturday | 7:30 PM | SECN | Texas A&M | (20) LSU |
Saturday | 7:30 PM | ESPNU | UTSA | Louisiana Tech |
Saturday | 8:00 PM | FOX | (14) Washington State | (18) Washington |
Saturday | 8:00 PM | ABC | (8) Notre Dame | (22) Stanford |
Saturday | 9:00 PM | CBSSN | BYU | Hawaii |
Saturday | 10:00 PM | FS1 | Colorado | Utah |
Saturday | 10:15 PM | ESPN2 | Utah State | Air Force |