Western Michigan Broncos Football TV Schedule, Channels, Times
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The Western Michigan Broncos enter 2026 as the defending Mid-American Conference champions, with every conference game airing across the ESPN family of networks or CBS Sports Network. Most Saturday MAC games stream on ESPN+, while the conference's famous midweek #MACtion schedule returns in November with nationally televised Tuesday night games. Western Michigan opens the season under the lights at Michigan on NBC before hosting Monmouth in the home opener at Waldo Stadium. The Broncos also welcome Boise State in one of the MAC's biggest non-conference home games of the season before beginning conference play. As the reigning conference champions, Western Michigan will receive several national television windows throughout the year while attempting to defend its MAC title and earn another trip to Detroit for the conference championship game.
| Western Michigan Broncos TV Schedule 2026 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Game | Time ET | TV |
| Week 1 (Sat, Sept. 5) | @ Michigan | 7:30 PM | NBC |
| Week 2 (Sat, Sept. 12) | vs Monmouth (CommUniverCity) | 6:30 PM | ESPN+ |
| Week 3 (Sat, Sept. 19) | @ Rice | 7:00 PM | ESPN+ |
| Week 4 (Sat, Sept. 26) | vs Boise State | TBD | TBD |
| Week 5 (Sat, Oct. 3) | @ Buffalo * | TBD | ESPN+ |
| Week 6 (Sat, Oct. 10) | vs Kent State * (Homecoming) | TBD | ESPN+ |
| Week 7 (Sat, Oct. 17) | @ Central Michigan * (Victory Cannon) | TBD | ESPN+ |
| Week 8 (Sat, Oct. 24) | @ Toledo * | TBD | ESPN+ |
| Week 9 (Sat, Oct. 31) | vs Bowling Green * (Family Day) | 12:00 PM | CBS Sports Network |
| Week 10 (Tue, Nov. 10) | @ Akron * | 7:00 PM | ESPN2 / ESPNU / CBS Sports Network |
| Week 11 (Tue, Nov. 17) | vs Eastern Michigan * | 7:00 PM | ESPN2 / ESPNU / CBS Sports Network |
| Week 12 (Tue, Nov. 24) | vs Miami (OH) * | TBD | ESPN2 / ESPN+ |
* Mid-American Conference game. Home games are played at Waldo Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
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Which Western Michigan Broncos football games are worth watching in 2026?
Western Michigan opens with one of the toughest assignments of any MAC team, visiting Michigan in prime time on NBC before hosting Boise State two weeks later in a marquee non-conference showdown at Waldo Stadium. Once MAC play begins, road trips to Buffalo, Central Michigan, and Toledo will test the defending conference champions early, while the annual Battle for the Victory Cannon against Central Michigan remains one of the league's premier rivalry games.
November brings the return of #MACtion, with three consecutive Tuesday night games broadcast nationally. Western Michigan travels to Akron before hosting rivals Eastern Michigan and Miami (Ohio), the same RedHawks team the Broncos defeated in the 2025 MAC Championship Game. Those nationally televised matchups are likely to determine whether Western Michigan returns to Ford Field to defend its conference title, making the final three weeks among the most important stretches of the entire MAC season.
