Complete 2025 Thanksgiving Football Week Schedule: Kickoff times, TV channels

Thanksgiving college football schedule 2025: Kickoff times, TV channels for Turkey holiday week matchups.

The Thanksgiving Football Schedule for the 2025 season is set! The schedule includes TV for all FBS and FCS college football games plus NFL contests this holiday week.

The football schedule this week kicks off on Tuesday, Nov. 25 with two games in the Mid-American Conference (MAC). Bowling Green travels to take on UMass at 4:30pm ET on ESPNU, and then Eastern Michigan hosts Western Michigan at 7:30pm ET on ESPN2.

Football games on Thanksgiving Day begin at 1:00pm ET on FOX with a Thanksgiving Classic contest in the NFL, which features the Green Bay Packers traveling to take on the Detroit Lions at Ford Field in Detroit, Mich.

Football on Black Friday begins at noon ET with five college matchups. Eight additional college football games are scheduled for Black Friday, culminating with Arizona at Arizona State at 9:00pm ET on FOX.

Thanksgiving week is also Rivalry Week in college football. Some of the matchups include Ole Miss at Mississippi State, Iowa at Nebraska, Georgia at Georgia Tech, Ohio State at Michigan, Kentucky at Louisville, Clemson at South Carolina, Florida State at Florida, Alabama at Auburn, Texas A&M at Texas, and Arizona at Arizona State.

The College Football Bowl Schedule is slated to begin on Saturday, Dec. 13 this season. The 12-team College Football Playoff enters its second season, with the teams and bracket set to be revealed on Sunday, Dec. 7.

Complete Thanksgiving College Football Weekend TV Schedule 2025

Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025

Bowling Green  45 - 14  UMass 4:30pm | ESPNU

Western Michigan  31 - 21  Eastern Michigan 7:30pm | ESPN2

Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025

NFL: Green Bay at Detroit 1:00pm | FOX

FCS: Tuskegee at Alabama State 3:00pm | SWAC TV

NFL: Kansas City at Dallas 4:30pm | CBS

Navy at Memphis 7:30pm | ESPN

NFL: Cincinnati at Baltimore 8:20pm | NBC

Friday, Nov. 28, 2025

Iowa at Nebraska 12:00pm | CBS

Kent State at Northern Illinois 12:00pm | CBSSN

Ohio at Buffalo 12:00pm | ESPNU

(7) Ole Miss at Mississippi State 12:00pm | ABC

(13) Utah at Kansas 12:00pm | ESPN

Air Force at Colorado State 3:00pm | FS1

NFL: Chicago at Philadelphia 3:00pm | Prime Video

(4) Georgia at (23) Georgia Tech 3:30pm | ABC

San Diego State at New Mexico 3:30pm | CBSSN

Temple at North Texas 3:30pm | ESPN

Boise State at Utah State 4:00pm | CBS

(2) Indiana at Purdue 7:30pm | NBC

(3) Texas A&M at (16) Texas 7:30pm | ABC

(25) Arizona at (20) Arizona State 9:00pm | FOX

Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025

Ball State at Miami OH 12:00pm | CBSSN

Clemson at South Carolina 12:00pm | SECN

Colorado at Kansas State 12:00pm | FS1

East Carolina at Florida Atlantic 12:00pm | ESPN+

Houston at Baylor 12:00pm | TNT

Iowa State at Oklahoma State 12:00pm | ESPNU

Kentucky at Louisville 12:00pm | ACCN

(12) Miami FL at (22) Pitt 12:00pm | ABC

(1) Ohio State at (15) Michigan 12:00pm | FOX

(5) Texas Tech at West Virginia 12:00pm | ESPN

Toledo at Central Michigan 12:00pm | ESPN+

FCS: CCSU at (9) Rhode Island 12:00pm | ESPN+

FCS: Harvard at (12) Villanova 12:00pm | ESPN+

FCS: Yale at (15) Youngstown State 12:00pm | ESPN+

FIU at Sam Houston 1:00pm | ESPN+

UCF at (11) BYU 1:00pm | ESPN2

UTEP at Delaware 1:00pm | ESPN+

FCS: Drake at (11) South Dakota 1:00pm | ESPN+

FCS: Illinois St at (16) Southeastern La. 1:00pm | ESPN+

FCS: Lamar at (10) ACU 1:00pm | ESPN+

FCS: New Hampshire at (14) South Dakota State 1:00pm | ESPN+

FCS: North Dakota at (13) Tennessee Tech 1:00pm | ESPN+

Georgia Southern at Marshall 1:30pm | ESPN+

Georgia State at Old Dominion 2:00pm | ESPN+

Louisiana Tech at Missouri State 2:00pm | ESPN+

Southern vs. Grambling 2:00pm | NBC

WKU at Jacksonville State 2:00pm | ESPN+

Arkansas State at App State 2:30pm | ESPN+

Boston College at Syracuse 3:00pm | The CW

FCS: Florida A&M at MVSU 3:00pm | SWAC TV

Middle Tennessee at New Mexico State 3:00pm | ESPN+

South Alabama at Texas State 3:00pm | ESPN+

UAB at Tulsa 3:00pm | ESPN+

ULM at Louisiana 3:00pm | ESPN+

Army at UTSA 3:30pm | ESPN+

Cincinnati at TCU 3:30pm | FOX

Kennesaw State at Liberty 3:30pm | CBSSN

LSU at (8) Oklahoma 3:30pm | ESPN

Missouri at Arkansas 3:30pm | SECN

(6) Oregon at Washington 3:30pm | CBS

Penn State at Rutgers 3:30pm | BTN

Troy at Southern Miss 3:30pm | ESPN+

(14) Vanderbilt at (19) Tennessee 3:30pm | ABC

Wake Forest at Duke 3:30pm | ACCN

Wisconsin at Minnesota 3:30pm | FS1

James Madison at Coastal Carolina 3:45pm | ESPNU

Florida State at Florida 4:30pm | ESPN2

Oregon State at Washington State 6:30pm | The CW

Maryland at Michigan State 7:00pm | FS1

Rice at USF 7:00pm | ESPN+

Virginia Tech at (18) Virginia 7:00pm | ESPN

(10) Alabama at Auburn 7:30pm | ABC

Charlotte at (24) Tulane 7:30pm | ESPNU

North Carolina at NC State 7:30pm | ACCN

Northwestern at Illinois 7:30pm | FOX

UCLA at (17) USC 7:30pm | NBC

(21) SMU at California 8:00pm | ESPN2

UNLV at Nevada 9:00pm | CBSSN

Fresno State at San Jose State 10:30pm | FS1

(9) Notre Dame at Stanford 10:30pm | ESPN

Wyoming at Hawaii 11:00pm | Spectrum/Scripps

Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025

NFL: LA Rams at Carolina 1:00pm | FOX

NFL: San Francisco at Cleveland 1:00pm | CBS

NFL: Houston at Indianapolis 1:00pm | CBS

NFL: New Orleans at Miami 1:00pm | FOX

NFL: Atlanta at NY Jets 1:00pm | FOX

NFL: Arizona at Tampa Bay 1:00pm | FOX

NFL: Jacksonville at Tennessee 1:00pm | CBS

NFL: Minnesota at Seattle 4:05pm | FOX

NFL: Las Vegas at LA Chargers 4:25pm | CBS

NFL: Buffalo at Pittsburgh 4:25pm | CBS

NFL: Denver at Washington 8:20pm | NBC

Monday, Dec. 1, 2025

NFL: NY Giants at New England 8:15pm | ESPN 

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