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Opens in a new window Credit: UGR Tech 8-in-1 Laptop & Tablet Docking Stand $49.97The 2024 college football season is officially in session.
This NCAA Division 1 football season marks the start of a new era — the traditional regional conferences and rivalries just got a major shake-up. The PAC-12 conference was dismantled last summer, which led to some conference scrambling. Starting this year — deep breath — USC, UCLA, Oregon, and Washington are part of the Big Ten alongside Ohio State, Penn State, and other top teams; Stanford and Cal have joined the ACC; and Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado, and Utah have joined the Big 12 with TCU, UCF, and Texas Tech as potential new rivals. (Just two schools are left in the PAC-12, which is already set to change again next season.
It's also the first year with more than four playoff teams. In other words, college football is about to have a strange and exciting year.
If you want to tune into the 2024-2025 NCAA football season, we've got you covered. Keep scrolling to learn how to watch college football without cable in 2024, which channels you're going to need, and the best ways to get them.
Can I watch college football games without cable?Yes, you can watch college football without cable, but unless you sign up for a live TV service like YouTube TV or Hulu + Live TV, you'll need a patchwork of streaming apps. The 2024 college football season will be broadcast across an array of local channels, specialty sports networks, and even a couple streaming services. If you don't have cable, you still have plenty of options to tune into games, but deciding which works best for you is tricky.
A live TV streaming service or cable replacement will give you the most comprehensive channel selection but will also cost you the most money. However, the good news is that you can cancel at any time, unlike cable. A single streaming service like Paramount Plus or ESPN+ will give you access to a slim number of games but will cost you less than 10 bucks per month. (TL;DR: you get what you pay for.)
What channels are college football games on?Before you decide on which live TV service or streaming app you need to watch NCAA college football games, you need to know which networks your team(s) plays on. Check the conference list below to see which channels and streamers will air games for each conference in 2024. Not sure which conference your team is in? Check out the list over at ESPN.com.
American Athletic Conference (AAC) — ABC, ESPN, ESPN 2, ESPN U, ESPN+
Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) — ABC, ACC Network, ACC Network Extra, ESPN, ESPN 2, ESPN U, ESPN+, The CW
Big 12 — ABC, ESPN, ESPN 2, ESPN U, ESPN+, Fox, Fox Sports 1
Big Ten — Big Ten Network, CBS, Fox, Fox Sports 1, NBC, Peacock
Conference USA — CBS Sports Network, ESPN, ESPN 2, ESPN U, ESPN+
FBS independents — CBS, CBS Sports Network, ESPN, ESPN+, NBC, Peacock
Mid-American Conference (MAC) — CBS Sports Network, ESPN, ESPN 2, ESPN U, ESPN+
Mountain West Conference (MW) — CBS, CBS Sports Network, Fox, Fox Sports 1, truTV
Pac-12 Conference — ABC, ESPN, ESPN 2, ESPN U, ESPN+, Fox, Fox Sports 1, Pac-12 Network, The CW
Southeastern Conference (SEC) — ESPN, ESPN 2, ESPN U, ESPN+, SEC Network, SEC+
Sun Belt Conference — ABC, ESPN, ESPN 2, ESPN U, ESPN+
As noted above, the best streaming service for college football depends on your team and budget. The best streaming apps for live sports run the gamut of pricing — from eight bucks per month to a whopping $100 per month. The best live TV streaming services include YouTube TV, Hulu + Live TV, Fubo, and Sling. Sling is the most affordable of the bunch, but gives you access to a more limited live channel selection, while YouTube TV, Hulu, and Fubo offer hundreds of channels but cost a bit more. You can also watch limited live games on Peacock, Paramount+, and ESPN+ — some of which will exclusively host games this season.
It's just as, if not more, confusing as watching NFL games this season.
To help with your decision, we've rounded up the best streaming deals for college football fans. You can also check out the complete broadcast schedule on the NCAA website.
The best live TV streaming deals for NCAAF 2024Best live TV streaming deal: Sling Season Pass Opens in a new window Credit: Sling TV Sling Season Pass: Sling Orange, Blue, and Sports Extra $199 for 4 months (save $92) Get DealChannels: ABC, ACC Network, Big Ten Network, ESPN, ESPN 2, ESPN 3, ESPNews, ESPN U, Fox, FS1, FS2, NBC, Pac-12 Network, SEC Network
By prepaying for four months of Sling Orange, Blue, and Sports Extra in the Sling Season Pass, you can save $92. The Orange and Blue packages give you access to FOX, NBC, ABC, ESPN, and more in local markets, while the Sports Extra package unlocks access to ACC Network, SEC Network, Big Ten Network, and more. It'll cost you $199 for four months of Sling Season Pass, which is significantly cheaper than any other live TV streaming service. Just be sure to check your local market to ensure you'll have access to the channels you need.
Best YouTube TV deal: $64.99/month for your first 4 months Opens in a new window Credit: YouTube TV YouTube TV Free 10-day trial, then $64.99/month for first 4 months (save $32) Get DealChannels: ABC, ACC Network, Big Ten Network, CBS, CBS Sports Network, ESPN, ESPN 2, ESPNews, Fox, FS1, FS2, NBC, NBCSN, SEC Network, and The CW
The best value for a live TV streaming service, YouTube TV gives you access to over 100 live channels. Those include most of the ones you need to watch college football games live — NBC, CBS, ABC, FOX, and ESPN, as well as specialty networks like Fox Sports 1, and SEC Network. For a limited time, YouTube TV is offering new users a discount on their first four months of service. Plus, you can kick things off with a 10-day free trial. The base plan usually costs $72.99 per month, but you'll pay just $64.99 per month (save $32) for your first four months.
Best bang for your buck: Get Hulu + Live TV, Disney+, and ESPN+ together Opens in a new window Credit: Hulu Hulu + Live TV (with Hulu, Disney+, and ESPN+) Free 3-day trial, then $76.99 per month Get DealChannels: ABC, ACC Network, Big Ten Network, CBS, ESPN, ESPN 2, ESPNews, ESPN U, Fox, FS1, FS2, NBC, and The CW
While other live TV streamers might cost a little less, Hulu's live TV service definitely offers the most bang for your buck. You'll pay $76.99 per month (after a three-day trial) and get access to over 95 live TV channels, plus Hulu, Disney+, and ESPN+ (all with ads). For comparison, YouTube TV is typically $72.99 per month and only includes the live channels. With ESPN+, you'll unlock access to even more college football games on top of live TV networks like ABC, FOX, ESPN, The CW, ACC Network, and more.
Best live TV streaming deal for sports junkies: Take $30 off your first month of Fubo Opens in a new window Credit: FuboTV Fubo Free 7-day trial, then $30 off your first month Get DealChannels: ABC, ACC Network, Big Ten Network, CBS, CBS Sports Network, ESPN, ESPN 2, ESPNews, Fox, FS1, FS2, Marquee Sports Network, Monumental Sports, NBC, NBCSN, Pac-12 Network, SEC Network, and The CW
Fubo isn't our first choice for a live TV streaming service, but we do like that it takes sports seriously. With a Pro subscription (the most affordable tier), you'll get access to most college football broadcasts for $79.99 per month. But hardcore fans will probably want to upgrade to the Elite plan for $99.99/month, which unlocks access to ESPNU, SEC Network, Pac-12 Network, and ACC Network as well. Either way, you can test the waters for seven days before you pay and, for a limited time, take $30 off your first month.
Best for CBS games only: Paramount+ with Showtime annual subscription Opens in a new window Credit: Paramount+ / Showtime Paramount+ with Showtime $119.99 per year (save 17%) Get DealChannels: CBS
If your team is in the Big Ten or plays on CBS and you're only a casual college football fan, a subscription to Paramount+ with Showtime is probably the best option. Paramount+ with Showtime allows you to tune into live CBS broadcasts of Big Ten games, including the Week 4 showdown between new conference rivals USC and Michigan, plus the 2024 Big Ten championship game in December. It's regularly $12.99 per month, but you can save 17% by paying for a year upfront. That knocks the monthly cost down to just $9.99.
Best for NBC and Peacock games: Peacock Premium yearly subscription Opens in a new window Credit: Peacock Peacock Premium annual subscription $79.99 per year (save 17%) Get DealChannels: NBC, Peacock
Similar to Paramount+, Peacock offers simulcasts of games airing on NBC throughout the 2024 season. Plus, Peacock offers exclusive broadcasts as well. It's already pretty affordable at $7.99 per month, but you can save about 17% by paying for a year upfront. That knocks the monthly price down to $6.67, or $79.99 per year.
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Best for ESPN+ games: Save 15% on an ESPN+ Annual Plan Opens in a new window Credit: ESPN+ ESPN+ Annual Plan $109.99 per year (save 15%) Get DealChannels: ESPN+, plus some games on ESPN, ESPN2, ABC
Opt into ESPN+ for an entire year and pay $109.99 instead of $131.88. That saves you 15% overall and gives you access to hundreds of college football games across 20 different conferences this season. ESPN+ will also be the exclusive home to 16 SEC games, over 10 ACC games, and over 20 Big 12 games. It's also worth noting that as of Oct. 17, the price per month will rise to $11.99 and the price per year will jump to $119.99. In other words, it saves you $10 to sign up for an annual plan before then.
For just $4 more per month, you can also add ESPN+ to a bundle with Disney+ and Hulu.
Imposing bears teem in Alaska's Katmai National Park and Preserve. But few dare enter its Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes.
In 1912, a volcano was born here. It erupted for nearly three days. Its ominous ash clouds left the town of Kodiak, 100 miles away, in profound darkness, nearly obscuring lanterns held at arms' length. The valley itself was suffocated by a gargantuan load of up to nearly 700 feet of grainy volcanic ash. That ash remains there today. The once verdant land was transformed into a desolate moonscape. For years, potent columns of steam rose from the hot rocky ash, the "smokes" that lent the region its name.
It was the biggest volcanic eruption of the 20th century.
"I'm in awe of how large that event was," Patrick Whelley, a NASA geologist, told Mashable. "What a drastic change in landscape."
This year, Whelley co-led an expedition into the valley with a team of scientists. They investigated how this land reflects similar environments on other planets, like Mars, and the harsh, seemingly unlikely, places that might harbor life on other worlds.
SEE ALSO: What will happen when the next supervolcano erupts, according to NASASuch a journey isn't for the meek.
"Wind blows abrasive ash that irritates the eyes and lungs. Your food, no matter how carefully prepared, always seems to be gritty," Mike Fitz, a former Katmai ranger who often ventured into the valley, told Mashable. "Pumice and ash always threaten to get into your footwear where it can abrade your skin raw."
Exploration of the valley has a price. But it comes with unmatched rewards.
"The land is wild and raw and fascinating.""On a calm day, the silence is immense," Fitz, now a naturalist for the wildlife livestreamers explore.org, said. "I've experienced natural quiet so great on calm days at Novarupta [the volcano that erupted in 1912] that the sound of a zipper on a jacket or tent seems like an intrusion."
"The land is wild and raw and fascinating," he said.
Novarupta doesn't look like a classic mountainous volcano. Since 1912, it has existed as a cooled dome of lava 1,235 feet (380 meters) wide and 211 feet (65 meters) high. Credit: National Park Service Looking for life as we don't know itAmid the heated 1960s Space Race, NASA sent astronauts to the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes. They encountered wasted land, blanketed in volcanic rock, somewhat like the moon. (Indeed, upon later stepping foot on the surface of the moon, Buzz Aldrin marveled: "Beautiful, beautiful. Magnificent desolation." ) In the valley, the future moon explorers collected geologic samples, and learned how to convey their finds to scientists.
Over half a century later, in June, NASA geochemist Heather Graham entered this remote Alaskan realm to scour the environment for the types of life that may exist on worlds beyond ours — planets and moons. Except Graham isn't searching for familiar signs of life, like strands of genetic material. Rather, Graham seeks the chemical activities that could support life — particularly life elsewhere that might create energy and thrive in ways different from organisms on Earth.
"We're really thinking about life as we don't know it," Graham told Mashable.
"We're really thinking about life as we don't know it."That's why Graham, and NASA's Goddard Instrument Field Team, or GIFT, endeavor to such places. They're remote, largely untrammeled, and are the closest environments approaching something extraterrestrial on our planet.
"Look out your window," said Graham. "There's literally life everywhere. The whole point of me going to the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes is it's so hard to get away from life."
Indeed, from its cataclysmic inception, the valley seemed a harsh, untamed, unearthly realm. "This Valley appeared to be on another planet that was in the process of formation," wrote Robert F. Griggs, a scientist who discovered and documented the steaming Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes on a National Geographic Society expedition in 1916. (While we were not granted permission to show Griggs' historic images here, they are available to see on Katmai National Park and Preserve's website and this Park Service publication.)
"This Valley appeared to be on another planet that was in the process of formation."When Novarupta blew in 1912, it pressed the restart button in the valley. Even water vaporized. So it's a rare place to sleuth for effects that life could have had on this new environment. Could such microbes have left clues that they harnessed energy using these fresh geologic ingredients, brewed deep inside Earth?
To find out, Graham, as shown below, inspected now-quiet fumaroles — vents where hot volcanic gasses are emitted. Graham assessed these features to see if any materials are different (and potentially altered) from the fresh rock blown out of the volcano. She looked for the presence of accumulated microorganisms, collected samples, and sent them to a microbiologist to see who it is. (We'll have to wait to find out; the results are pending.)
Ultimately, the search for these hints of life inform astrobiologists like Graham — who investigate the possible origins and existence of life beyond Earth — about how we should look for life on other worlds.
On the recent trip to the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, Heather Graham looks for evidence of past microbes that potentially lived around a fumarole. Credit: NASA / Caela Barry NASA astronauts in the 1960s investigating volcanic rocks in the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes. Credit: NASAAfter all, all life needs an energy source. If something dwells in the oceans of Enceladus, a Saturnian moon that shoots plumes from a subsurface ocean into space, it might exploit chemicals in ways far different than most life on Earth. Or in ways we can't yet imagine.
"The possibility space for life is much greater than our sliver of biology," Graham said.
A journey into the desolate valleyOften, NASA's Goddard Instrument Field Team can drive relatively close to field sites. But in the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, there are no roads.
A lifted school bus, capable of driving through rivers, ferried them to the foot of the valley. But then the scientists were on foot. "It's an intimidating landscape," Whelley, the NASA geologist who co-led the trip, said.
A party of 12 hiked some 16 miles to get near Novarupta, which required fording wild, at times unpredictable rivers, including the River Lethe, an ash-filled waterway. "Drowning in them is statistically the most dangerous thing about the Valley," Fitz, a former Katmai ranger, noted. (Writer's note: I have forded this river multiple times; half the time, amid a vigorous and high current, we were forced to turn back; Alaska doesn't play games.) Electric fences, to discourage the rare valley bear, encircled their tents. And anyone sleeping there at night is surrounded, literally, by volcanoes, some steaming. On such an eight day trip, the scientists had survival roles to play — like water collection.
But the payoff was conducting science in a place where Earth's surface has been remade.
Members of NASA's Goddard Instrument Field Team hiking out of the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes. The expansive layering of volcanic rock, emitted by Novarupta in 1912, is the tan and light pinkish region to the right. Credit: NASA / Caela Barry The ash-covered Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, with the Novarupta lava dome labeled at center-right. Credit: USGS California Volcano Observatory (CalVO)The untrammeled valley can reveal what's transpired on other worlds. Places on Mars, for example, may have experienced similarly sized or larger volcanic eruptions, which blanketed mighty Martian glaciers in rocky ash, Whelley said. Scientists brought a ground-penetrating radar and other instruments to the valley to see how Novarupta's blast hid some large glaciers — and to demonstrate how similar events may have transpired on Mars. Another team investigated how clays could form following such a volcanic eruption — which could explain how such soils developed on Mars. We can't go to Mars today; but we can at least approximate desolate and extreme Martian environs.
"We need to find these places to do our work," Whelley explained. "They haven't been developed yet."
NASA's field team has explored volcanic landscapes in Iceland, lava tubes in Hawaii, remnants of an ancient supervolcano in California, and beyond.
Scientist Emileigh Shoemaker uses a ground-penetrating radar to investigate a glacier preserved beneath a thick layer of volcanic ash. Credit: NASA / Andrew Johnson Tweet may have been deletedBut time is running short in the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes. A new world, composed of fresh rock, minerals, and chemicals, won't stay virgin forever. The willows are creeping in. Now that the ground isn't steaming, even some bears traverse the valley's edge.
This June, flowers popped up near Graham's tent.
"We're always in a race against life and time," she said.
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