{
  "id": 11672167,
  "title": "College football viewing picks for October 3, 2026: How to watch Week 5",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/college-football-viewing-picks-for-october-3-2026-how-to-watch-week-5",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-03T11:30:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/college-football-viewing-picks-october-113004665.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On October 3, 2026, college football enthusiasts will have a variety of games to watch throughout the day. At noon, Alabama will face Mississippi State on ABC/ESPN and unlimited networks. At 1 p.m., Marist will play Stetson on YouTube, while Towson takes on Monmouth on NBC Sports Philadelphia, along with FloSports. Morgan State will host Villanova on ESPN+, while St. Thomas takes on Presbyterian on ESPN+. Valparaiso will play Morehead State on ESPN+ and Western Michigan at Buffalo will be on ESPN+. Elon will face New Hampshire on FloSports.\n\nAt 12:45 p.m., Vanderbilt will play Georgia on SEC Network/ESPN Unlimited. At 1:30 p.m., Mercer will take on Virginia Military Institute on ESPN+ and Penn will play Dartmouth on ESPN+. At 2 p.m., Murray State will host North Dakota on Midco Sports/ESPN+, and Wofford will face Furman on Nextstar/ESPN+. Norfolk State will play Robert Morris on SportsNet Pittsburgh/Sports Illustrated TV, and The Citadel will play South Carolina State on MEAC Network.\n\nLater in the day, at 3 p.m., Howard will face Hampton at Audi Field in Washington, D.C. on HBCU Go, and Indiana State will play South Dakota on Midco Sports Two/ESPN+. Alcorn State will take on Grambling State on SWAC TV, and Prairie View A&M will host Mississippi Valley State on SWAC TV. At 3:30 p.m., Florida will play Missouri on ABC/ESPN Unlimited, Ohio State will host Iowa on CBS/Paramount+, and Wyoming will play North Dakota State on The CW/ESPN Unlimited.\n\nAt 4 p.m., Northern Colorado will face Montana on Montana Television Network/Scripps Sports/ESPN+, and Maryland will play Nebraska on FS1/Fox One. Alabama State will host Bethune-Cookman on SWAC TV, Davidson will play San Diego on ESPN+, and Tennessee State will face Western Illinois on ESPN+. At 4:15 p.m., Marshall will take on James Madison on ESPNU/ESPN Unlimited.\n\nESPN+ will also broadcast a number of games, including Mercyhurst at Long Island University, Merrimack at Yale, and many more. The schedule offers a diverse array of matchups for college football fans to enjoy throughout the day.",
  "summary": "All Times Eastern noon Alabama at Mississippi State — ABC/ESPN Unlimited Navy at Air Force — CBS/Paramount+ Michigan at Minnesota — Fox/Fox One Boston College at SMU — The CW/ESPN Unlimited Brown at URI — WJAR 10.2/FloSports Stanford at Wake Forest — ACC Network/ESPN Unlimited Syracuse at UConn — CBS Sports Network Notre Dame at…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/review-a-different-world-netflixs-hillman-college-reboot-is-a-solid",
        "published": "2026-10-03T10:00:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}