Here we go again with another big year of college football coming. It’s no doubt that college football has to be one of the biggest sports in America, as well as a huge opportunity for every day Americans to sit back, relax, and have a good time watching their school play the game.
With that said, compared to 2024, there have been some major changes when it comes to the streaming landscape of the sport this year.
For starters, obviously the average person is going to need a live TV streaming service if they want to be able to catch games on their local FOX, CBS, ABC, NBC, and CW stations. This will include services like YouTube TV, FuboTV, and Hulu with Live TV. Sling TV can also be mentioned in this mix because it does have some local TV stations in select markets, but is more so going to be for those wanting to stream live games on ESPN and FOX Sports channels, along with games on TNT.
The biggest change we’re going to see this year comes from the new ESPN streaming service that just launched last week. It costs $29.99 a month and includes ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN U, SEC Network, ACC Network, ESPNEWS, ESPN Deportes, along with ESPN+, SECN+, and ACCNX.
ESPN+, which is separate of the standalone ESPN streaming service will have its own set of exclusive college football games this season too. That service costs $11.99 a month.
Additionally, there is the new FOX One streaming service that also launched on the same day as ESPN’s service. It starts at $19.99 a month and for sports channels has your local FOX station, FOX Sports 1 (FS1), FOX Sports 2 (FS2), and BIG Ten Network (BTN).
There is a planned bundle happening between ESPN (not ESPN+) and FOX One scheduled to launch on October 2, 2025, which will cost $39.99 a month.
Next up there are more services like Peacock that not only show and simulcast NBC Notre Dame football games and BIG 10 Saturday Night Football, but additionally has a set of exclusive games that are just on Peacock (with one exclusive Notre Dame game in October 2025). This can be acquired through the ad-supported Peacock plan that does currently start at $10.99 a month.
Paramount+ will be the home of all live games broadcast on CBS this year. This means any weekend BIG 10 games on CBS and any college football games in general on CBS will be live and available on Paramount+. However, it must be noted that this does not include live games or coverage of games on CBS Sports Network.
HBO Max last year started getting into the mix with a small number of college football games last season and that will continue again this year. The plan needed for that will be the Standard Plan that currently costs $16.99 a month.
All of the services mentioned above are available to stream on the iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, and Mac. We hope you enjoy streaming college football this year.
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