The Best Streaming Services for College Football

The major networks you’ll need to follow for the best college football coverage are ESPN, ESPN2, and Fox Sports 1, as well as local channels like ABC, CBS, and NBC, and college conference networks like SEC, Big Ten, AAC, ACC, and more elusively, Pac-12. The good news is they’re all available across different streaming platforms, so you don’t need cable to watch them live. The not-so-good news is because they’re so scattered, they can get tricky to follow. We’ll try to simplify things in this guide, but generally, the coverage gets better the more expensive a streaming service gets—such is life. Cheaper on-demand services tend to offer limited but exclusive coverages, so Peacock has Big Ten Football for instance, while ESPN+ has more than 25 conference networks, including the Ivy League, though no ESPN channel (yes, there’s a difference). Live TV services have even more football channels, like Sling Orange+Blue, which has ESPN, ESPN2, and FS1. If you add the Sports Extra, you can also watch Pac-12, SEC, ACC, and Big Ten on it. Another notable live TV streaming service is Hulu with Live TV, which apart from carrying major conference networks, also has local channels (including CBS Sports), and all the ESPN essentials, including the live channels and ESPN+. It does not, however, have Pac-12 and Longhorn. You’ll get Pac-12 in the pricier Fubo, which has a more diverse selection of sports channels including NHL Network, if you wanna move up to the bigger leagues. We also included DirecTV here because it’s great at covering local channels, plus its Choice package (though again not the cheapest) has a nice selection of conference networks including ACC, Big Ten, and SEC. Below are all the best streaming services for streaming college football here in the US.