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Watch guide: the cheapest way to watch every game

Prices and TV assignments as of 2026-10-12 · TV picks are announced 6-12 days before games, so TBD games are priced worst case. Prices exclude tax. Rebuilt from the research files on each refresh.

Pick a conference, then a team: each page lists the 2026 schedule with networks, the cheapest single streaming package for the whole season, and the cheapest month-by-month plan. Trials and student discounts are listed separately and never used in the math.

Featured team

Arizona State Sun Devils

Cheapest single package (all season)

$58.48/mo

ESPN Unlimited + Fox One bundle + HBO Max Standard · $292.40 for 5 months

Cheapest month-by-month, full season

$150.94

every ASU game, regular season (Sling day passes only through Oct. 1; Sling ended them Oct. 2)

From Oct. 12 to season's end

$116.96

remaining regular season, month-by-month

Worst case incl. title game + bowls/CFP

$242.92

full season; $208.94 from Oct. 12

ESPN Unlimited + Fox One bundle + HBO Max Standard: $58.48/mo, $292.40 for 5 months [MD2] [MD4] [MD8] [MD9] [MD22] [MD23]. 6 of 12 games have a network; the rest are priced worst case across the Big 12 pool (ABC/ESPN family, FOX/FS1, TNT). ASU schedule and month-by-month plan

By conference: every conference game

Conference	Games	TV set	Cheapest single package	$/mo	5 months	Month-by-month	+ postseason (worst case)
SEC	120	81	ESPN Unlimited	$31.99	$159.95	$95.97	$187.95
Big Ten	135	91	Peacock Premium + YouTube TV Sports Plan	$77.98	$389.90	$143.94	$235.92
ACC	130	88	YouTube TV Sports Plan	$64.99	$324.95	$169.97	$261.95
Big 12	120	79	ESPN Unlimited + Fox One bundle + HBO Max Standard	$58.48	$292.40	$175.44	$267.42
Independent (Notre Dame)	12	10	Peacock Premium + YouTube TV Sports Plan	$77.98	$389.90	$109.97	$201.95

Unique P4+ND games: 478; TV announced 314; TBD 164 (as of 2026-10-12, ESPN data MD25; Oct 5: 285 announced, 193 TBD; Oct 1: 279 announced, 199 TBD). One game can list several networks. [MD25]

Notre Dame Fighting Irish $77.98/mo

How the prices are worked out

TV assignments: ESPN schedule data for all 68 teams (816 team-games; 325 with no TV assignment as of Oct 12, down from 382 on Oct 5 and 394 on Oct 1) [MD25]; ASU cross-checked against the official schedule [MD26].
TBD games are priced worst case: you must be able to watch every network in the host conference TV pool (SEC: ESPN family; ACC: ESPN family + CW; Big 12: ABC/ESPN family + FOX/FS1 + TNT; Big Ten: FOX/FS1/BTN + CBS + NBC/Peacock; ND home: NBC/Peacock). Networks normally announce picks 6-12 days ahead, so in practice fans can often buy less.
A free OTA antenna is assumed for ABC/CBS/FOX/NBC/CW; reception varies and the antenna price was not researched. A "no antenna" variant is in watch_guide.json.
Season = 5 monthly billing periods (Aug 29-Jan 28; covers the CFP title game Jan 25). "Month-by-month" assumes you subscribe and cancel each period with perfect timing. "Single package" means one set of subscriptions kept all 5 months.
Sling Orange day passes ($4.99; $5.99 with Sports Extra) [MD16] [MD42] covered single-date ESPN/ESPN2/TNT (and with Sports Extra, ESPNU/SECN/ACCN/SECN+/ACCNX) games, but Sling discontinued all Passes on Oct 2, 2026 [MD46] [MD15]. They are used only for games on or before Oct 1 in the full-season look-back; every plan from Oct 12 on uses monthly subscriptions only, so "with day passes" and "no passes" totals are now the same going forward.
Postseason worst case = conference title game + all CFP networks (ABC/ESPN + TNT) + ESPN-family bowls [MD22] [MD24].

Watch guide: the cheapest way to watch every game

Arizona State Sun Devils

By conference: every conference game

By team

SEC

Big Ten

ACC

Big 12

Independent (Notre Dame)

How the prices are worked out