Houston Cougars Football TV Schedule, Channels, Times
How to watch live stream Houston Cougars football game today, tonight, or tomorrow? What channel & time?
Houston enters its fourth season as a Big 12 member with a schedule featuring several nationally televised opportunities. The Cougars begin the year at Space City Financial Stadium against Oregon State before hosting Southern on ESPN+. One week later they travel to rival Texas Tech for a Friday night matchup on FOX, giving Willie Fritz's team an early national spotlight. Most Big 12 games will be distributed across the conference's television partners, including FOX, FS1, ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, and ESPN+, with kickoff times finalized closer to each game week. The Cougars also make non-conference trips to Georgia Southern and conference road games at Kansas State, Utah, Colorado, and West Virginia. Fans should note that every kickoff below is listed in Eastern Time. Houston plays six home games in 2026, highlighted by Big 12 contests against UCF, Oklahoma State, Baylor, and Cincinnati as the program looks to continue climbing the conference standings.
| Houston Cougars TV Schedule 2026 | |||
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| Date | Game | Time ET | TV |
| Week 1 (Sat, Sept. 5) | vs Oregon State (Home Opener) | 12:00 PM | ESPN+ |
| Week 2 (Sat, Sept. 12) | vs Southern | 7:00 PM | ESPN+ |
| Week 3 (Fri, Sept. 18) | @ Texas Tech * | 8:00 PM | FOX |
| Week 4 (Sat, Sept. 26) | @ Georgia Southern | TBD | ESPN+ |
| Week 5 (Sat, Oct. 3) | vs UCF * | TBD | TBD |
| Week 6 (Sat, Oct. 10) | @ Kansas State * | TBD | TBD |
| Week 7 (Sat, Oct. 17) | vs Oklahoma State * | TBD | TBD |
| Week 8 (Sat, Oct. 24) | @ Utah * | TBD | TBD |
| Week 9 (Sat, Oct. 31) | BYE WEEK | — | — |
| Week 10 (Sat, Nov. 7) | vs Cincinnati * | TBD | TBD |
| Week 11 (Fri, Nov. 13) | @ Colorado * | 10:15 PM | ESPN |
| Week 12 (Sat, Nov. 21) | @ West Virginia * | TBD | TBD |
| Week 13 (Fri, Nov. 27) | vs Baylor * (Senior Day) | TBD | TBD |
* Big 12 Conference game. Home games are played at Space City Financial Stadium in Houston, Texas.
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Which Houston Cougars games are worth watching in 2026?
Houston's first major test arrives on September 18 when the Cougars travel to Texas Tech for a nationally televised Friday night rivalry game on FOX. Conference play also includes difficult road trips to Kansas State and Utah before Houston heads to Boulder on November 13 for another Friday night showcase against Colorado. That late kickoff gives the Cougars one of their biggest national television windows of the season.
At home, the Big 12 schedule features attractive matchups against UCF, Oklahoma State, Cincinnati, and Baylor. The regular-season finale against Baylor doubles as Senior Day and could have bowl implications depending on how the conference race develops. Another intriguing non-conference contest comes in late September at Georgia Southern, where Houston faces one of the Sun Belt's toughest home environments before diving fully into the grind of Big 12 competition.
