Thanksgiving College Football 2026: Every Game, Nov. 26-28

The three Thanksgiving Day National Football League (NFL) games on Thursday, Nov. 26, 2026 are Bears at Lions at 1 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on CBS, Eagles at Cowboys at 4:30 p.m. on FOX and Chiefs at Bills at 8:20 p.m. on NBC, and Packers at Rams opens the weekend on Wednesday, Nov. 25. Thanksgiving weekend 2026 runs four days of football, from Wednesday, Nov. 25 to Saturday, Nov. 28, and this story puts every game, professional and college, in one table. One college game shares Thursday night, and college football takes over on Friday and Saturday.

Where a source gives a Central Time (CT) kickoff, both times are shown. Two of the college games air on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC). Kickoffs marked “to be announced” are set by the television networks closer to the date.

Every Thanksgiving weekend 2026 game

When (ET)	Game	Where to watch
Wed., Nov. 25, 8 p.m.	Packers at Rams (NFL, Thanksgiving Eve)	Netflix
Thu., Nov. 26, 1 p.m.	Bears at Lions (NFL)	CBS
Thu., Nov. 26, 4:30 p.m.	Eagles at Cowboys (NFL)	FOX
Thu., Nov. 26, 8 p.m.	Texas Christian University (TCU) at Texas Tech (college)	ESPN
Thu., Nov. 26, 8:20 p.m.	Chiefs at Bills (NFL)	NBC
Fri., Nov. 27, 12 noon	Egg Bowl: Mississippi State at Ole Miss	ABC
Fri., Nov. 27, 12 noon	Nebraska at Iowa	CBS
Fri., Nov. 27, 3 p.m.	Broncos at Steelers (NFL, Black Friday)	Prime Video
Fri., Nov. 27, 7:30 p.m.	Lone Star Showdown: Texas at Texas A&M	ABC
Sat., Nov. 28, 12 noon	The Game: Michigan at Ohio State	FOX
Sat., Nov. 28, to be announced	Iron Bowl: Auburn at Alabama	Not yet announced
Sat., Nov. 28, to be announced	Georgia Tech at Georgia	Not yet announced

The NFL part, in brief

The NFL stacks five games across three days. For the first time, it plays on Thanksgiving Eve: the Green Bay Packers visit the Los Angeles Rams at SoFi Stadium at 8 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Nov. 25, streaming on Netflix. Thanksgiving Day keeps its tripleheader, with Bears at Lions at 1 p.m., Eagles at Cowboys at 4:30 p.m. and Chiefs at Bills at 8:20 p.m. The Denver Broncos play the Pittsburgh Steelers at 3 p.m. ET on Black Friday, Nov. 27, on Prime Video.

Those are the facts the league confirmed in its 2026 schedule release. For the parade, channels, streaming services and Thanksgiving Day viewing order, see our Thanksgiving 2026 TV schedule. U2 will headline the halftime show of the Thanksgiving Eve game, Packers at Rams, live on Netflix, the NFL says; the show is produced by Jesse Collins Entertainment. Miranda Lambert will perform at halftime of the Cowboys’ Thanksgiving Day game against the Eagles at AT&T Stadium, the Dallas Cowboys announced on Oct. 25, 2026. The halftime performers for the Lions game and the Chiefs at Bills night game have not been announced. If you want the full season on paper, our printable 2026-27 NFL schedule covers every week.

College football on Thanksgiving Day

One Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) game is on Thanksgiving Day: TCU at Texas Tech on Thursday, Nov. 26, 2026, at 7 p.m. CT, which is 8 p.m. ET, at Jones AT&T Stadium in Lubbock, Texas, on ESPN. Texas Tech Athletics said in May 2026 that “the Thanksgiving kickoff between the Red Raiders and TCU is slated for 7 p.m. CT on ESPN.” FOX34 Lubbock reported on May 12, 2026 that it is the first time since 2015 that the Red Raiders will play on Thanksgiving.

Black Friday college games, Nov. 27

Black Friday has grown into a day of college rivalries.

• Egg Bowl: Mississippi State at Ole Miss, 11 a.m. CT / noon ET, ABC. The 123rd meeting runs at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi, per Mississippi State Athletics. It is the second straight year the Egg Bowl has opened Black Friday at 11 a.m. and the seventh Friday meeting in the series.
• Lone Star Showdown: Texas at Texas A&M, 6:30 p.m. CT / 7:30 p.m. ET, ABC. Texas A&M Athletics listed the kickoff in its television windows release. The game is at Kyle Field in College Station.
• Nebraska at Iowa, 11 a.m. CT / noon ET, CBS. Iowa’s regular-season finale is at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City. Iowa Athletics announced the 11 a.m. Central kickoff and the CBS broadcast on May 27, 2026.

Saturday rivalry weekend, Nov. 28

The last Saturday of November carries the sport’s oldest rivalries.

• The Game: Michigan at Ohio State, noon ET, FOX. Ohio Stadium in Columbus hosts the Big Ten rivalry, with the noon kickoff on FOX reported by FOX Sports.
• Iron Bowl: Auburn at Alabama, time and television to be announced. The Southeastern Conference (SEC) placed the game at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa in its multi-year schedule release, reported by CBS Sports, but left it in a flexible window.
• Georgia Tech at Georgia, time and television to be announced. The in-state rivalry between an Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) team and an SEC team, known as Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate, is set for Sanford Stadium in Athens, per Georgia’s released schedule.

Networks set the remaining rivalry-weekend kickoff times closer to the game. When they are announced, this story will carry them.

Not on this weekend

Two matchups that searchers often look for are elsewhere in 2026. The Apple Cup between Washington and Washington State moved to the season opener in September, so it is not part of rivalry weekend, according to the schools. Arkansas against Missouri is not on the rivalry-week slate this season.

What comes next: the College Football Playoff

Rivalry weekend sets the field for the 12-team College Football Playoff (CFP). Based on reporting of the CFP’s schedule release, Selection Day is Sunday, Dec. 6, 2026. The first round runs Friday, Dec. 18 and Saturday, Dec. 19 at campus sites, with kickoffs from midday to night. The quarterfinals are the Fiesta Bowl on Wednesday, Dec. 30, then the Peach, Cotton and Rose Bowls on Friday, Jan. 1, 2027. The semifinals are the Orange Bowl on Thursday, Jan. 14 and the Sugar Bowl on Friday, Jan. 15. The national championship is Monday, Jan. 25, 2027, at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, at 7:30 p.m. ET.

Plan your weekend

Print the one-page schedule below and keep it by the television, or mark the games on our November 2026 calendar. For the date itself, see when Thanksgiving falls and when Black Friday falls; our explainer on why Thanksgiving 2026 is Nov. 26 covers the fourth-Thursday rule.