BOULDER, Colo. — The Colorado football team has landed another nationally televised game, and it will be another late start for Buffs supporters.
The Big 12 Conference announced Monday that Colorado's next home game, against Cincinnati on Saturday, Oct. 26, will kick off at 8:15 p.m. Mountain time.
The game will be televised nationally on ESPN.
The Cincinnati game will be Colorado's eighth in eight games that will be be broadcast nationally.
This Saturday, Colorado will travel to Tucson to face Arizona. The game kicks off at 2 p.m. Mountain time on FOX.
The CU games selected for network television this season are the most in a season in program history, breaking last year's record of five.
The Buffaloes and head coach Deion Sanders will appear this season on all four major networks in the same season for the first time in school history. Games this season have been scheduled to air on FOX, CBS, ABC, NBC and ESPN.
In Colorado's last game, No. 18 Kansas State beat Colorado 31-28 on Saturday night. The game, also an 8:15 p.m. kickoff game, ended nearly at midnight Mountain time in Boulder.
The Buffaloes' (4-2, 2-1 Big 12) three-game winning streak came to a halt as the team lost cornerback and receiver Travis Hunter to injury, who appeared to hurt his shoulder catching a Shedeur Sanders’ pass and running into safety Daniel Cobbs in the second quarter.
CU Buffs 2024 football schedule
- Thursday, Aug. 29 - CU defeats North Dakota State 31-26 - ESPN
- Saturday, Sept. 7 - Nebraska defeats CU 28-10 - NBC
- Saturday, Sept. 14 - CU defeats Colorado State 28-9 - CBS
- Saturday, Sept. 21 - CU defeats Baylor 38-31 OT - FOX
- Saturday, Sept. 28 - CU defeats UCF 48-21 - FOX
- Saturday, Oct. 12 - Kansas State defeats CU 31-28 - ESPN
- Saturday, Oct. 19 at 2 p.m. MT - at Arizona - FOX
- Saturday, Oct. 26 at 8:15 p.m. MT - vs. Cincinnati - ESPN
- Saturday, Nov. 9 - at Texas Tech
- Saturday, Nov. 16 - vs. Utah
- Saturday, Nov. 23 - at Kansas
- Friday, Nov. 29 at 10 a.m. MT - vs. Oklahoma State - ABC
Colorado's Week 1 season opener vs. North Dakota State was ESPN's highest-rated college football opener in seven years, garnering an average of 4.8 million viewers.
"Whether you like it or not, you want to see it," Sanders said of his program.
