Presbyterian Blue Hose Football TV Schedule, Channels, Times
How to watch live stream Presbyterian Blue Hose football game today, tonight, or tomorrow? What channel & time?
The Presbyterian Blue Hose compete in the Pioneer Football League, an FCS conference made up of non-scholarship football programs, and virtually every game on their 2026 slate streams on ESPN+. That includes all eight PFL contests as well as the non-conference road trips to Mercer and Western Carolina, since the Southern Conference also streams its home games through the same platform. There is no traditional cable broadcast for Presbyterian football, so an ESPN+ subscription is the way to watch. The Blue Hose enter 2026 under first-year head coach Matt Rahl, who inherits a program coming off a 10-win season, a No. 16 AFCA ranking and a runner-up finish in the PFL standings. Presbyterian also carries an eight-game home winning streak into the opener, the longest run at Bailey Memorial Stadium since 1980.
| Presbyterian Blue Hose TV Schedule 2026 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Game | Time ET | TV |
| Week 1 (Thu, Aug. 27) | vs UVA Wise | 7:00 PM | ESPN+ |
| Week 2 (Sat, Sept. 5) | @ Mercer | 6:00 PM | ESPN+ |
| Week 3 (Sat, Sept. 12) | BYE WEEK | — | — |
| Week 4 (Sat, Sept. 19) | @ Western Carolina | 2:30 PM | ESPN+ |
| Week 5 (Sat, Sept. 26) | @ Marist * | 12:00 PM | ESPN+ |
| Week 6 (Sat, Oct. 3) | vs St. Thomas * | 1:00 PM | ESPN+ |
| Week 7 (Sat, Oct. 10) | vs Davidson * (Carolina Border Clash) | 5:30 PM | ESPN+ |
| Week 8 (Sat, Oct. 17) | @ Stetson * | 2:00 PM | ESPN+ |
| Week 9 (Sat, Oct. 24) | @ Valparaiso * | 12:00 PM | ESPN+ |
| Week 10 (Sat, Oct. 31) | vs Butler * (Homecoming) | 1:00 PM | ESPN+ |
| Week 11 (Sat, Nov. 7) | BYE WEEK | — | — |
| Week 12 (Sat, Nov. 14) | @ Morehead State * | 12:00 PM | ESPN+ |
| Week 13 (Sat, Nov. 21) | vs Dayton * (Senior Day) | 1:00 PM | ESPN+ |
* Pioneer Football League game. Home games are played at Bailey Memorial Stadium in Clinton, South Carolina.
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Which Presbyterian Blue Hose games are worth watching in 2026?
The circle-it date is October 10, when Davidson visits Clinton for the Carolina Border Clash and the Battle for the 1919 Cup. It is the 37th meeting in a series the Wildcats lead, and Davidson has not played at Bailey Memorial since 2022 — the Wildcats also took last year's meeting by a single point, which gives this one an obvious edge. A 5:30 PM kickoff makes it one of only two home games under the lights. The other is the August 27 opener against Division II UVA Wise, a Thursday night season launch and just the third meeting ever between the schools, who last played in 2000.
The September 5 trip to Mercer is the toughest test on the board and the most intriguing rematch. Presbyterian stunned a nationally ranked Mercer side in Macon last season, a result that stood as the highest-ranked win in program history and ended a long PFL drought against top-25 non-conference opponents. The Bears responded by running the table in the Southern Conference. Later in the year, Homecoming falls on Halloween against Butler, marking Presbyterian's first October 31 game in over a decade after two straight one-score finishes with the Bulldogs. The regular season closes on Senior Day against Dayton, the team that ended the Blue Hose unbeaten run last November.
