As a television product, the 2023 college football season will be the end of one era and the beginning of another -- at the same time.
Texas and Oklahoma won't join the SEC until next season (ditto for USC, UCLA and the Big Ten) but the flurry of reactions to that move (four new schools in the Big 12, six in the AAC, an almost entirely new Conference USA) begin this season.
Similarly, the SEC's all-in contract with ABC/ESPN does not commence until 2024, but the Big Ten's NFL-style arrangement with Fox, CBS and NBC starts this fall. Point being: SEC games cannot air on ABC until next season and no Big Ten games will air on ABC (or ESPN) at all, which means we'll likely find some games on ABC/ESPN that wouldn't have been there in 2022 or before, and likely won't be there in 2024 and beyond.
As Memorial Day approaches, networks are releasing a handful of game selections as part of their pitches to get advertisers to purchase spots in their fall lineup.
For purposes of this exercise, we're focused on games on real TV -- no ESPN+, and no Peacock -- along with select games on conference network. You're on your own for Elon at Wake Forest.
Here's what we know so far.
Week 0 (Aug. 26)
Navy vs. Notre Dame (at Dublin, Ireland) -- 2:30 p.m. ET, NBC
North Alabama at Mercer (at Montgomery, Ala.) -- 3:30 p.m. ET, ESPN
UMass at New Mexico State -- 7 p.m. ET, ESPN
South Carolina State vs. Jackson State (at Atlanta) -- 7:30 p.m. ET, ABC
Week 1 (Sept. 2)
Kent State at UCF -- 7 p.m. ET Thursday, FS1
Florida at Utah -- 8 p.m. ET Thursday, ESPN
Nebraska at Minnesota -- 8 p.m. ET Thursday, Fox
Louisville vs. Georgia Tech -- 7:30 p.m. ET Friday, ESPN
Central Michigan at Michigan State -- 8 p.m. ET Friday, FS1
Stanford at Hawai'i -- 11 p.m. ET Friday, CBS Sports Network
Arkansas State at Oklahoma -- noon ET, ESPN
Virginia vs. Tennessee (at Nashville) -- noon ET, ABC
Colorado at TCU -- noon ET, Fox
Utah State at Iowa -- noon ET, FS1
Fresno State at Purdue -- noon ET, BTN
Rice at Texas -- 3:30 p.m. ET, Fox
Boise State at Washington -- 3:30 p.m. ET, ABC
UMass at Auburn -- 3:30 p.m. ET, ESPN
Ohio State at Indiana -- 3:30 p.m. ET, CBS
Buffalo at Wisconsin -- 3:30 p.m. ET, FS1
Towson at Maryland -- 3:30 p.m. ET, BTN
Tennessee State at Notre Dame -- 3:30 p.m. ET, NBC
UTSA at Houston -- 7 p.m. ET, FS1
Washington State at Colorado State -- 7 p.m. ET, CBS Sports Network
West Virginia at Penn State -- 7:30 p.m. ET, NBC
Texas Tech at Wyoming -- 7:30 p.m. ET, CBS
North Carolina vs. South Carolina (at Charlotte) -- 7:30 p.m. ET, ABC
Toledo at Illinois -- 8:30 p.m. ET, BTN
Sam Houston at BYU -- 10:15 p.m. ET, FS1
Coastal Carolina at UCLA -- 10:30 p.m. ET, ESPN
Northwestern at Rutgers -- noon ET Sunday, CBS
Jackson State vs. Florida A&M (at Miami) -- 3 p.m. ET Sunday, ESPN
LSU vs. Florida State (at Orlando) -- 7:30 p.m. ET Sunday, ABC
Week 2 (Sept. 9)
Utah at Baylor -- noon ET, ESPN
Vanderbilt at Wake Forest -- noon ET, ACC Network
Notre Dame at NC State -- noon ET, ABC
Nebraska at Colorado -- noon ET, Fox
Troy at Kansas State -- noon ET, FS1
Youngstown State at Ohio State -- noon ET, BTN
Purdue at Virginia Tech -- noon ET, ESPN2
Iowa at Iowa State -- 3:30 p.m. ET, Fox
UNLV at Michigan -- 3:30 p.m. ET, CBS
Texas A&M at Miami -- 3:30 p.m. ET, ABC
Ole Miss at Tulane -- 3:30 p.m. ET, ESPN2
Oregon at Texas Tech -- 7 p.m. ET, Fox
Texas at Alabama -- 7 p.m. ET, ESPN
UCF at Boise State -- 7 p.m. ET, FS1
Charlotte at Maryland -- 7:30 p.m. ET, NBC
Arizona at Mississippi State -- 7:30 p.m. ET, SEC Network
Wisconsin at Washington State -- 7:30 p.m. ET, ABC
Auburn at Cal -- 10:30 p.m. ET, ESPN
Stanford at USC -- 10:30 p.m. ET, Fox
Oklahoma State at Arizona State -- 10:30 p.m. ET, FS1
Week 3 (Sept. 16)
Army at UTSA -- 7 p.m. ET Friday, ESPN
LSU at Mississippi State -- noon ET, ESPN
Wake Forest at Old Dominion -- noon ET, ESPN2/U
Iowa State at Ohio -- noon ET, ESPN2/U
Kansas State at Missouri -- noon ET, SEC Network
Penn State at Illinois -- noon ET, Fox
Louisville vs. Indiana (at Indianapolis) -- noon ET, BTN
Minnesota at North Carolina -- 3:30 p.m. ET, ESPN/2
Oklahoma at Tulsa -- 3:30 p.m. ET, ESPN/2
Alabama at South Florida -- 3:30 p.m. ET, ABC
Northwestern at Duke -- 3:30 p.m. ET, ACC Network
San Diego State at Oregon State -- 3:30 p.m. ET, FS1
Central Michigan at Notre Dame -- 3:30 p.m. ET, Peacock
South Carolina at Georgia -- 3:30 p.m. ET, CBS
Western Kentucky at Ohio State -- 4 p.m., Fox
Northern Illinois at Nebraska -- 7 p.m., FS1
Tennessee at Florida -- 7 p.m. ET, ESPN
Syracuse at Purdue -- 7:30 p.m. ET, NBC
Pitt at West Virginia -- 7:30 p.m. ET, ABC
BYU at Arkansas -- 7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN2
TCU at Houston -- 8 p.m. ET, Fox
Colorado State at Colorado -- 10 p.m. ET, ESPN
Fresno State at Arizona State -- 10:30 p.m. ET, FS1
Kansas at Nevada -- 10:30 p.m. ET, CBS Sports Network
Week 4 (Sept. 23)
NC State at Virginia -- 7:30 p.m. ET Friday, ESPN
Ohio State at Notre Dame -- 7:30 p.m. ET, NBC
Iowa at Penn State -- 8 p.m. ET, CBS
Week 6 (Oct. 7)
Kansas State at Oklahoma State -- 7:30 p.m. ET Friday, ESPN
Nebraska at Illinois -- 8 p.m. ET Friday, FS1*
Texas vs. Oklahoma (at Dallas) -- TBD, ABC
Week 7 (Oct. 14)
Stanford at Colorado -- 10 p.m. ET Friday, ESPN
USC at Notre Dame -- 7:30 p.m. ET, NBC
Week 8 (Oct. 21)
Air Force at Navy -- noon ET, CBS
Week 9 (Oct. 28)
Pittsburgh at Notre Dame -- 3:30 p.m. ET, NBC
Georgia vs. Florida -- 3:30 p.m. ET, CBS
Week 10 (Nov. 4)
Notre Dame at Clemson -- TBD, ABC
Week 11 (Nov. 11)
Michigan at Penn State -- noon ET, Fox
Michigan State at Ohio State -- 7:30 p.m. ET, NBC
Week 12 (Nov. 18)
Wake Forest at Notre Dame -- 3:30 p.m. ET, NBC
Week 13 (Nov. 25)
Iowa at Nebraska -- noon ET Friday, CBS
TCU at Oklahoma -- noon ET Friday, Fox
Missouri at Arkansas -- 4 p.m. ET Friday, CBS
Texas Tech at Texas -- 7:30 p.m. ET Friday, ABC
Oregon State at Oregon -- 8:30 p.m. ET Friday, Fox
Penn State vs. Michigan State (at Detroit) -- 7:30 p.m. ET Friday, NBC
Ohio State at Michigan -- noon ET, Fox
And if you'd like to know where GameDay will be each Saturday, we've got you covered there, too.