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Every source cited in this section (64). Each figure on the section's pages links straight to one of these. IDs: SP = sponsors/advertisers research, MD = media research, M-S = money-track source reused here.
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| ID | Outlet | Title | Date | Type | What it supports |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M-S54 | CBS Sports (Shehan Jeyarajah) | College Football Playoff finalizes new TV rights contract through 2031 season | 2024-03-19 | see money track | CFP-ESPN from 2026 ~$1.3B/yr; SEC/B1G 29% (~$22M/school), ACC 17%, Big 12 ~15%, G5 9%, independents 1% (ND ~$12M) |
| M-S56 | Business of College Sports | Current College Sports Television Contracts | updated 2024-03-19 | see money track | CFP original 12-yr $5.64B; extension 6-yr $7.8B; Big Ten $8.05B/7 yrs; Big 12 $2.28B 2025-31; ACC $4.8B thru 2036; SEC ~$710M/yr (SBJ) |
| M-S57 | Sportico | ESPN Signs $3 Billion Deal for SEC Football as CBS Era Nears End | 2020-12-10 | see money track | ESPN $300M/yr from 2024 vs CBS $55M/yr |
| MD1 | ESPN Fan Support (primary) | ESPN Select or Unlimited Plans and Prices | 2026-08-25 | see outlet | ESPN Select $13.99/mo or $139.99/yr; ESPN Unlimited $31.99/mo or $319.99/yr; pre-Aug 20 subscribers keep old price until first bill after Sept 17, 2026 |
| MD2 | ESPN (primary) | ESPN, FOX One Bundle | 2026 | see outlet | Bundle $39.99/mo (vs separate); Fox One includes FOX News, FOX Sports, FS1, FS2, Big Ten Network, FOX network and local FOX stations; bundle only with ESPN Unlimited |
| MD3 | TV Tech | ESPN to Bump Up Streaming Subscription Prices | 2026-08-24 | see outlet | Select $12.99 to $13.99 (+7.7%); Unlimited $29.99 to $31.99 (+6.67%) Sept 17, 2026; first Unlimited increase since Aug 21, 2025 launch |
| MD4 | FOX (primary) | FOX One (home page) | accessed 2026-10-12 | see outlet | Plans from $19.99/mo; 3-day free trial; ESPN bundle $39.99 shown vs $51.98. The first-year annual offer ($99/yr, regular $199.99) seen on 2026-10-01 (raw/foxone_home.txt) said "Ends 9/30" and is gone from the page on 2026-10-05 |
| MD5 | Peacock Help (primary) | Peacock Price Increase | 2026-08-18 | see outlet | Premium $12.99/mo (from $10.99), Premium Plus $19.99, Select $8.99; annual Premium $129.99; existing subs on next bill after Sept 17, 2026 |
| MD6 | Paramount+ (primary) | College Football on CBS (Paramount+ show page) | accessed 2026-10-01 | see outlet | Stream College Football on CBS live with the Premium plan |
| MD7 | CableTV.com | Paramount Plus Live TV: Accessing Local Channels | 2026 | secondary | Essential $8.99/mo (no local CBS); Premium $13.99/mo (local CBS, live sports) |
| MD8 | HBO Max Help (primary) | HBO Max plans and prices | accessed 2026-10-12 | see outlet | Basic with Ads $10.99/mo; Standard $18.49 ($184.99/yr); Premium $22.99; Live Sports only on Standard and Premium |
| MD9 | HBO Max (primary) | Watch College Football on HBO Max | accessed 2026-10-01 | see outlet | Select college football games stream live; live sports on select plans; blackouts may apply; student discount link |
| MD10 | YouTube Blog (primary) | Choose the YouTube TV plan that fits your interests | 2026 | see outlet | Sports Plan $64.99/mo ($54.99 first year new users) incl. major broadcasters, FS1, all ESPN networks, ESPN Unlimited coming this fall; main plan $82.99 |
| MD11 | YouTube TV (primary) | Watch live sports with YouTube TV (Sports Plan page) | accessed 2026-10-12 | see outlet | Sports Plan $64.99/mo; 21 days for $0 trial offer |
| MD12 | Deadline | YouTube TV Sports Skinny Bundle Price & Details Revealed | 2026-02 | see outlet | Sports Plan lineup: ABC, CBS, The CW, Fox, NBC, PBS, ESPN, ESPNews, ESPN2, ESPNU, ACC Network, SEC Network, Big Ten Network, FS1, FS2, CBS Sports Network, TBS, TNT, truTV...; main plan +28% since 2023 |
| MD13 | YouTube TV Help (primary) | Sign up for YouTube TV | accessed 2026-10-12 | see outlet | Main plan $82.99 + tax/month |
| MD14 | Hulu (primary) | Hulu + Live TV | accessed 2026-10-12 | see outlet | Hulu (With Ads) + Live TV $99.99/mo ($49.99 first month promo ends 10/26/26); Premium $109.99; includes Disney+, ESPN Select, ESPN Unlimited access; college football on ESPN, ABC, BTN, FOX, FS1, CBS, ACCN, SECN; no free trial |
| MD15 | Sling (primary) | How to Stream College Football With Sling TV | 2026 | see outlet | Orange $45.99, Blue $45.99, Orange+Blue $60.99; Sports Extra +$11 (+$15 for O&B); Sling Essentials (ESPN, ESPN2) $19.99 and Sling Select (FS1) $19.99 (not modeled); 2026-10-05 banner: "Sling Passes are no longer available" (1/3/7-day passes, last seen on this page 2026-10-01 in raw/sling_cfb.txt); Orange SE: SECN, SECN+, ACCN, ESPNU, ESPNEWS; Blue SE: BTN, FS2; CBS not on Sling; FOX/NBC select markets |
| MD16 | USA Today (shopping) | Watch college football all season long with Sling, prepay to save 20% | 2026-09-03 | secondary (affiliate) | 1-Day Pass $4.99, 3-Day $9.99, 7-Day $14.99 (Sling Orange); add-ons +$1/+$2/+$3; prepay season 20% off. NOTE: Sling discontinued all Passes on Oct 2, 2026 [MD46] |
| MD17 | CableTV.com | DIRECTV MySports Channel Lineup | 2026 | secondary; superseded 2026-10-05 by $64.99 [MD44] (directv.com still not fetchable) | MySports $69.99/mo incl. ESPN Unlimited; lineup ABC/CBS/FOX/NBC (local), ACCN, BTN, CBSSN, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNews, ESPNU, FS1, FS2, SECN, TBS, TNT, truTV, USA |
| MD18 | CableTV.com | New NBC Deal Is Raising Fubo Prices By $15/mo | 2026-07 | see outlet | Fubo Sports (Sports + News) $55.99 to $64.99; Pro $73.99 to $88.99; Elite $98.99; RSN fee up to $15.99 |
| MD19 | Yahoo Sports (affiliate) | NBC returns to Fubo: How to watch the 2026 college football season | 2026-08 | see outlet | Fubo Sports and News 27 channels $64.99 ($54.99 first month) incl. ESPN, NBC, CBS, Fox, FS1, ABC, ACCN, SECN, ESPNU, FS2, CBSSN, BTN; no TNT/TBS/truTV; all plans include ESPN Unlimited; season Aug 27, 2026-Jan 25, 2027 |
| MD20 | Sports Video Group | Networks Unveil 2026 College Football Broadcast Schedules | 2026-05-27 | see outlet | ESPN 1,000+ games, every game on ESPN App; ABC carries ACC/Big 12/SEC title games; Black Friday ABC tripleheader; FOX 137 games incl. 89 Big Ten; Big Noon; all FOX/FS1/FS2/BTN simulcast on FOX One; CBS 14 Big Ten 3:30 windows, Nebraska-Iowa Black Friday; NBC/Peacock Big Ten Saturday Night, 3 Peacock-exclusive games Sept 19, Notre Dame 36th season; CW 140 hours, all CW games stream on ESPN App with ESPN Unlimited; Big Ten Championship FOX Dec 5 8pm ET; Big 12 title ABC Dec 4; ACC record 15 Friday games |
| MD21 | Business Insider | ESPN Is Hiking Prices on Select and Unlimited Plans | 2026-08-24 | see outlet | Disney+/Hulu/ESPN Select bundle $19.99 to $21.99 (no ads $32.99); Disney+ bundles with ESPN Unlimited and Fox One bundle unchanged; ESPN Unlimited needed for full network live streams |
| MD22 | Sports Video Group | CFP, ESPN, and TNT Sports Announce 2026-27 College Football Playoff Broadcast Schedule | 2026-06-03 | see outlet | First round Dec 18 ESPN, Dec 19 ABC/ESPN + 2 TNT; QFs Dec 30 TNT, Jan 1 TNT/ABC-ESPN/ESPN; semis Jan 14 TNT (Orange), Jan 15 ABC/ESPN (Sugar); title Jan 25, 2027 ABC/ESPN; TNT first-round games stream on HBO Max; 2025-26 CFP avg 16.3M; title 30.1M |
| MD23 | The Futon Critic (WBD release) | TNT Sports College Football Coverage... Big 12, Five-Game CFP | 2026-08-31 | see outlet | Big 12 games on TNT, truTV & HBO Max; CFP expands to 5 games incl. Fiesta QF and Orange semifinal |
| MD24 | FBSchedules | College football bowl schedule for 2026-27 season released | 2026-06-03 | see outlet | 46 postseason games; ESPN family 38; CBS 1; TNT 5 CFP; CW Arizona Bowl; Holiday Bowl network TBD; Fiesta QF TNT/truTV with HBO Max; Orange semi TNT/truTV/HBO Max |
| MD25 | ESPN.com | ESPN.com 2026 team schedules (68 teams; site API JSON saved) | accessed 2026-10-12 | see outlet | Game-by-game 2026 schedules with TV assignments where announced (816 team-games; 325 TBD as of Oct 12; 382 on Oct 5; 394 on Oct 1) |
| MD26 | Arizona State (Sun Devil Athletics, primary) | 2026 Football Schedule | accessed 2026-10-12 | see outlet | ASU: Baylor Oct 3 7:30 MST ESPN (L 19-55); Hawaii Oct 10 7:30 p.m. MST FS1 (W 30-12); at Texas Tech Oct 17 12:30 p.m. MST FOX (checked 2026-10-12); Oct 24-Nov 28 times/TV TBA; Kansas at Wembley Sept 19 9am MST |
| MD27 | Austin American-Statesman | Longhorn Network returns in new streaming form as Texas moves to SEC | 2024-07-01 | see outlet | LHN linear channel ended as Texas joined SEC; relaunched as free streaming service |
| MD28 | Texas Athletics (primary) | Reimagined LHN streaming service to launch July 1 | 2024-06-24 | see outlet | LHN relaunch as streaming service July 1, 2024 |
| MD29 | Extra Points (Matt Brown) | Fox now owns even more of BTN | 2022-04-22 | see outlet | Fox 2021 annual report: ownership of BTN increased to ~61%; Big Ten exercised put clause |
| MD30 | Awful Announcing | FBS AD says Fox and ESPN are quietly driving realignment by relaying valuations | 2022-07-02 | see outlet | Anonymous FBS AD: networks relay school TV values; Fox owns 61% of BTN; DeFilippo 2011 "ESPN is the one who told us what to do"; Skipper on LHN keeping Texas in Big 12 |
| MD31 | Seattle Times (Jon Wilner) | USC vs. Oregon reveals flaw in Big Ten TV deal | 2025-11-19 | see outlet | Big Noon window means 9 a.m. Pacific starts; USC-Oregon went to CBS 12:30 |
| MD32 | AP | Disney and YouTube TV strike deal to restore ABC and ESPN channels | 2025-11-15 | see outlet | Two-week blackout of ESPN/ABC on YouTube TV ended Nov 14, 2025; college football games affected |
| MD33 | Fox Corporation (primary) | Venu Sports Will Be Discontinued | 2025-01-10 | see outlet | ESPN, Fox and WBD discontinue Venu Sports joint venture |
| MD34 | PR Newswire (WBD, primary) | Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery Announce Anticipated Closing Date of Paramount Merger | 2026-09-30 | see outlet | Merger (agreement Feb 27, 2026) expected to close Oct 6, 2026; WBD holders get $31.00 cash + ticking fee |
| MD35 | Ars Technica | Peacock raises prices by 18 percent after becoming profitable | 2026-08 | see outlet | Fourth Peacock price increase in four years; July 2025 Premium $8 to $11 |
| MD36 | Fox Corporation (primary) | ESPN, FOX One Bundle Now Available for $39.99/Month | 2025-10-02 | see outlet | Bundle of ESPN DTC Unlimited and FOX One (wholly-owned Fox DTC) at $39.99; not combinable with Disney+/Hulu |
| MD37 | Hulu (primary) | Disney+, Hulu Student Bundle | accessed 2026-10-01 | see outlet | Student pricing for Hulu / Disney+ bundle (see page) |
| MD38 | HBO Max (primary) | HBO Max Student Discount | accessed 2026-10-01 | see outlet | Student discount on Basic with Ads (no live sports) |
| MD39 | CableTV.com | The Best Streaming Service Student Discounts (2026) | 2026 | secondary | Student prices across services |
| MD42 | Sling (primary) | Sling Orange plan page | accessed 2026-10-12 | see outlet | Orange $45.99/mo; Orange + Sports Extra $56.99/mo; local channels not included with Orange. (On 2026-10-01 a search snippet showed 24-hour access $4.99; passes ended Oct 2, 2026 [MD46]) |
| MD43 | Disney+ (primary) | Disney+ Hulu ESPN Unlimited Bundle (FAQ) | accessed 2026-10-12 | see outlet | ESPN Unlimited includes ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, SECN, ACCN, ESPNEWS + ESPN on ABC, ESPN+, SEC Network+, ACC Network Extra; Disney+/Hulu/ESPN Unlimited bundle $35.99 (Premium $44.99); Select bundle $21.99 ($32.99); ESPN Select excludes linear networks; ESPN content streams in Disney+ for linked plans |
| MD44 | Variety (shopping/affiliate) | DIRECTV Drops Price of Sports Genre Pack to Under $50 for First Month | 2026-08-14 | secondary (shopping) | DirecTV MySports Genre Pack regularly $64.99/mo ($49.99 first month promo; free 5-day trial); includes local ABC/CBS/FOX/NBC where available. Used 2026-10-05 to change MySports from $69.99 [MD17] to $64.99; directv.com/genre-packs/ search snippets on 2026-10-05 also show $64.99/mo (page blocks fetching; one FAQ snippet there still says $69.99) |
| MD45 | Paramount+ Help (primary) | What plans are available for Paramount+ and how much do they cost? | accessed 2026-10-12 | see outlet | Essential $8.99/mo ($89.99/yr), does NOT include local live CBS; Premium $13.99/mo ($139.99/yr) includes local live CBS station. Re-verifies MD7 price (unchanged) |
| MD46 | The Verge | Sling TV drops its one-day cable passes | 2026-10-02 | see outlet | Sling Passes (day, weekend, week) no longer available; Sling statement on its website; reported by The Desk. Sling.com CFB page shows the same notice [MD15]. Model: passes used only for games on or before 2026-10-01 |
| MD47 | YouTube Blog (primary) | ESPN Unlimited is now available on YouTube TV | 2026-09-01 | see outlet | Starting Sept 1, 2026, ESPN Unlimited content is available directly on YouTube TV for subscribers to the main plan or any plan that includes Sports (incl. NCAA college football). Used 2026-10-12 to count ESPN+/SECN+/ACCNX streams as covered by YouTube TV Sports Plan and Base Plan (previously not counted until confirmed) |
| MD48 | Variety (shopping/affiliate) | DIRECTV MySports Genre Pack With ESPN Unlimited Plan and NFL RedZone Just $49 for First Month | 2026-10-04 | secondary (shopping) | MySports $49.99 first month for new customers, down from regular $64.99/mo; offer terms: auto-renews at then-prevailing rate (curr. $64.99/mo.); 5-day free trial; includes ESPN Unlimited. Re-confirms MD44 price on 2026-10-12 (directv.com still blocks fetching) |
| MD49 | PPC Land (reporting FuboTV release) | Fubo's $64.99 sports plan gains local channels for 36 teams as add-ons | 2026-09-29 | secondary | Per FuboTV Sept 29, 2026 release: Fubo Sports $54.99 first month (new customers), then $64.99/mo; June 15, 2026 Fubo help article took larger plans (incl. Pro) to $88.99. Used 2026-10-12 as secondary support for keeping Fubo prices (fubo.tv itself not re-verified) |
| MD50 | Skydance Corporation via PR Newswire (primary) | Paramount Completes Acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, Creating a New Global Entertainment Leader, Skydance | 2026-10-06 | see outlet | Paramount Skydance completed its acquisition of WBD on Oct 6, 2026; combined company named Skydance (NYSE: SKYD) with CBS, HBO, CBS Sports and TNT Sports |
| SP1 | Business of College Sports | Current College Sports Television Contracts | updated 2024-03-19 | secondary | Big 12 $2.28B 2025-26..2030-31 ESPN/Fox; Big Ten $8.05B/7 yrs Fox/CBS/NBC thru 2029-30; SEC ESPN thru 2033-34 ($300M/yr Tier-1 from 2024; SBJ $7.1B/$710M/yr); ACC ESPN $4.8B/20 yrs thru 2036, CW sublicense; CFP $5.64B/12 yrs then $7.8B/6 yrs; Big Ten title game rotation Fox/CBS/NBC; Peacock exclusives |
| SP2 | NBC Sports Pressbox (primary) | Notre Dame and NBC Sports continue historic football partnership ... through the 2029 season | 2023-11-18 | primary | ND-NBC through 2029 season; global rights to all ND home games; Peacock exclusive game; >$100M undergraduate aid generated since 1991; terms not disclosed |
| SP3 | Front Office Sports | Notre Dame and NBC Extend Media Rights Agreement To 2029 | 2023-11-18 | secondary | Sources: ND payout ~doubles; previously low-$20M range per tax returns; implies ~$50M/yr; ~$11M from ACC media for other sports |
| SP4 | AP | Notre Dame and NBC agree to new deal ... through 2029 | 2023-11-18 | secondary | Previous NBC deal ~$22M/yr; new terms not disclosed |
| SP5 | CNBC | Warner Bros. Discovery, ESPN strike College Football Playoff deal | 2024-05-22 | secondary | WBD/TNT 5-yr CFP sublicense from ESPN; average "hundreds of millions" per year, less in years 1-2 (2 first-round games) |
| SP6 | Sports Business Journal | TNT officially adds more CFP games in 2026 as part of ESPN sublicense | 2025-12-16 | secondary | 2026 CFP: TNT carries 2 first-round, 2 quarterfinals and a semifinal under ESPN sublicense |
| SP7 | Yahoo Sports (Awful Announcing, citing Sportico/Anthony Crupi) | TNT Sports granted control of ad sales for sublicensed CFP games | 2026-04-29 | secondary | TNT to sell ads on its CFP inventory (previously ESPN kept ad revenue); CFP semifinal 30-sec spot ~$700K-$750K; ~$60M total ad sales for a semifinal |
| SP8 | Atlantic Coast Conference (primary) | The CW Network and ESPN reach sublicense ... ACC football and basketball through 2030-31 | 2026-05-13 | primary | CW-ESPN ACC sublicense extended through 2030-31 season |
| SP9 | Yahoo Sports | Big 12 football on TNT? New deal will feature 13 football games on WBD channels after settlement | 2024 (c. Sept) | secondary | Big 12-WBD sublicense (13 football games/season on TNT platforms); Big 12 only power league with both ESPN and Fox |
| SP10 | Sports Business Journal | Big 12, TNT Sports pleased with start to new football relationship | 2025-10-24 | secondary | TNT Big 12 package began 2025 season |
| SP84 | Sports Business Journal (Austin Karp) | Advertisers continue flooding into ESPN college football | 2025-09-08 | secondary | College sports = 40% of total TV sports ad revenue (ESPN figure); ESPN networks 70% share of CFB; ~90% sold regular season, 85% CFP; ~34 new advertisers; prior season record revenue; crypto/toy stores categories |
| SP89 | MediaPost (Wayne Friedman; EDO Ad EnGage data) | College Football Viewing, Ad Sales Also Growing | 2025-11-21 | secondary | Sept 1-Nov 18, 2025 national TV CFB ad revenue top 7 networks $859.9M (+3% from $836.0M): Fox $215.4M, ABC $192M, CBS $153.13M, ESPN $148.4M, NBC $74.3M, FS1 $25.4M, ESPN2 $5.12M |
| SP113 | Sportico | Big Ten tax return reveals ex-commish Warren's media rights bonus | 2025-05-06 | secondary | Petitti $2.6M incl. $500K bonus; Kevin Warren $5.75M reward for "$7 billion" media deal; Jim Delany deferred comp |