The college football season never fails to excite. It is the chance to follow your town, city, college, or even fellow students, and an early opportunity to see the NFL's future stars.
Across the season, the opportunities to live stream college football are endless. When it comes to finding the right package to do so, you can't go wrong with Fubo. The streaming platform provides practically all the channels you need to watch every conference and every college, providing subscribers with standard national sports channels, such as ESPNU, as well as Regional Sports Newtorks (RSNs) to catch all your local football games, as well as other location specific sporting teams.
Below, GOAL tells you everything you need to know about watching and live streaming college football for the 2025 season and beyond.
Which channels have the rights to college football?
College football can be watched and live streamed via a host of channels across the USA, with each conference having its own broadcasting rights.
Below, you'll find the broadcast rights for conferences across US collegiate football.
| Conference | Channel/s available on |
|---|---|
| AAC | ABC, ESPN/2/U |
| ACC | ABC, ACC Network/Extra, ESPN/2/U, The CW |
| Big 12 Conference | ABC, ESPN/2/U, FOX, FS1, HBO Max, TNT |
| Big Ten Conference | Big Ten Network, CBS, FOX, FS1, NBC, Peacock |
| Conference USA | CBS Sports Network, ESPN/2/3/U |
| Division I FBS Independents | CBS Sports Network, NBC , Peacock |
| MAC | CBS Sports Network, ESPN/2/U |
| MW | CBS, CBS Sports Network, FOX, FS1, HBO Max, truTV |
| SEC | ABC, ESPN/2/3/U, SEC Network/+ |
| Sun Belt | ABC, ESPN/2/U |
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Some broadcasters also have exclusive rights to specific team's home games. For example, The CW has the rights to Oregon State and WSU home games, while NBC has exclusive rights to Notre Dame matches.
ESPN also has the rights to every college football playoff game until 2032.
How to watch and live stream college football on Fubo
Getty ImagesFubo is the best option for live streaming college football. The platform provides access to all the above-mentioned channels.
The Pro plan, Fubo's starter package, is priced at $84.99 per month on a rolling contract and includes 245 channels. These include ESPN, ESPN 2, ESPNU, the ACC Network, Big Ten Network, and FOX, to name a few. Essentially, this is every channel you'd need to watch college football.
While the Pro package will cover you, there is a larger package, too.
The Elite with Sports Plus package is priced at $104.99 per month and provides over 100 more channels across sports (including NFL RedZone), entertainment, film, documentary, and more.
The Deluxe package offers 338 channels for $114.99 per month, including all the Latino channels.
| Package | Monthly cost | First month cost | Channels | Simultaneous streams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pro | $84.99 | $54.99 | 245 | 10 |
| Elite with Sports | $104.99 | $74.99 | 324 | 10 |
| Deluxe | $114.99 | $84.99 | 338 | 10 |
| Latino | $14.99 | $9.99 | 57 | Two |
When does the 2025 college football season begin?
The regular 2025 college season runs from the end of August 2025 until the middle of December, before the postseason takes place. This gets underway from December 19, with over 40 Bowl Games in NCAA Division I alone. The final College Football Playoff National Championship game takes place on January 19, 2026, at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia.
The quarterfinals, semifinals and Championship final will be played on the following dates and be available to watch on ESPN.
| Date | Time | Game |
|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 7:30PM | Playoff Quarterfinal at Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic |
| January 1, 2026 | Noon | Playoff Quarterfinal at Capital One Orange Bowl |
| 4:00PM | Playoff Quarterfinal at Rose Bowl Game Presented by Prudential | |
| 8:00PM | Playoff Quarterfinal at Allstate Sugar Bowl | |
| January 8, 2026 | 7:30PM | Playoff Semifinal at Vrbo Fiesta Bowl |
| January 9, 2026 | 7:30PM | Playoff Semifinal at Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl |
| January 19, 2026 | 7:30PM | College Football Playoff National Championship |
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