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'''''College Football on CBS Sports''''' is the blanket title used for broadcasts of [[college football]] games that are produced by [[CBS Sports]], for [[CBS]] and [[CBS Sports Network]].

CBS first televised regular season college football games in 1950, airing them on a weekly basis during periods in the 1950s and 1960s. After [[ESPN College Football on ABC|ABC]] won an exclusive contract with the NCAA in 1966, CBS then retained the rights to air a few [[bowl games]] before returning to broadcast regular season games from the major conferences and [[NCAA Division I FBS independent schools|major independents]] in 1982.

After being outbid by ABC, CBS's college football coverage between 1991 and 1995 was again reduced to only a handful of bowl games. In 1996, CBS signed a deal with the [[Southeastern Conference]] (SEC) to carry a weekly slate of regular season games (billed as the '''''SEC on CBS'''''), as well as becoming the television partner for the annual [[Army-Navy Game]]. In 2019, CBS declined to renew its rights to SEC football, with the package ultimately going to [[ESPN on ABC|ABC]] beginning in 2024. CBS subsequently reached a deal to televise [[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]] football beginning in 2023, which replaced CBS's SEC package in its traditional 3:30&nbsp;p.m. ET timeslot beginning in the 2024 season. As part of a title sponsorship by [[The Home Depot]], college football games on the main CBS network are currently billed as '''''The Home Depot Big Ten on CBS'''''  (or '''''The Home Depot College Football on CBS''''' for non-Big Ten games).

CBS acquired the now-[[CBS Sports Network]] in 2006, which has since televised college football from the [[Mid American Conference]], [[Conference USA]], [[Mountain West Conference]] and [[Northeast Conference]], as well as home football games from [[Army Black Knights football|Army]], [[Navy Midshipmen football|Navy]], and [[UConn Huskies football|UConn]].

==History==

From 1946 through 1949, [[WCBS-TV]] aired [[Columbia Lions football]] home games locally. CBS began broadcasting games nationally in 1950, with [[Red Barber]] as the play-by-play commentator.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1950 College Football Season |url=https://archive.506sports.com/wiki/1950_College_Football_Season |access-date=October 12, 2023 |archive-date=November 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231101235731/https://archive.506sports.com/wiki/1950_College_Football_Season |url-status=live }}</ref>

===1950s===
CBS aired a weekly game during the [[1950 college football season]], culminating in a broadcast of the [[Army-Navy Game]] with [[Connie Desmond]] doing the play-by-play. Desmond served as play-by-play commentator for CBS's 4 broadcasts in 1951, including the first ever color telecast when #5 California played #19 Penn. However the [[National Collegiate Athletics Association|NCAA]] began strictly limiting broadcasts that season and CBS would not show regular season games again until 1955.

In 1953, CBS began covering the [[1953 Orange Bowl|Orange Bowl]] annually, broadcasting the bowl annually until losing rights to ABC in 1962. CBS would add annual coverage of the [[Gator Bowl]] in 1954, broadcasting the bowl through 1963.

In 1955, CBS regular season coverage returned. CBS used [[Joseph W. Hasel|Joe Hasel]], [[Bob Neal (Cleveland sportscaster)|Bob Neal]], [[Mal Stevens]], [[Jack Drees]], Francis Wallace, [[Tom Harmon]], and [[Gil Stratton]] as commentators. Drees was usually paired on commentary with Wallace on [[Midwestern United States|Midwest]] games, while Hasel and subsequently, Neal was paired with Stevens on [[East Coast of the United States|Eastern]] regional games, and Harmon was paired with Stratton in games taking place on the [[West Coast of the United States|West Coast]]. CBS would lose regular season rights to NBC the next year.

In 1958, CBS began annual coverage of the [[Cotton Bowl Classic]], a tradition that would continue through 1992.

===1960s===
By 1960, CBS showed four bowl games annually with the addition of the [[Bluebonnet Bowl]], which would air on CBS through 1963.

In 1962 and 1963, regular season coverage returned to CBS. [[Lindsey Nelson]], [[Jim Simpson (sportscaster)|Jim Simpson]] and former Notre Dame head coach [[Terry Brennan]] were the lead broadcasters.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1962 College Football Season |url=https://archive.506sports.com/wiki/1962_College_Football_Season |access-date=October 12, 2023 |archive-date=November 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231101235731/https://archive.506sports.com/wiki/1962_College_Football_Season |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1966, [[ESPN on ABC|ABC Sports]] gained exclusive rights to all regular season games and CBS was reduced to coverage of bowl games. The ABC exclusive contract would run through 1981.

CBS added the [[Sun Bowl]] in 1968, which continues to air on CBS as of 2024 in the longest-running contract with a single bowl and network.

===1970s===

From 1974 to 1977, CBS also aired the [[Fiesta Bowl]], and from 1978 to 1986 it carried the [[Peach Bowl]].

===1980s===
For the [[1982 NCAA Division I-A football season|1982 season]], CBS was made an additional partner in the NCAA contract, and regular season coverage returned to the network. CBS and [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] would alternate the 12:00 and 3:30&nbsp;p.m. slots from week to week during the seasons, carrying either a national game or several regional games in those frames, and also occasionally aired games in prime time, and on [[Black Friday (shopping)|Black Friday]]. CBS broadcast games from every major conference, as well as the games of the then major [[NCAA Division I FBS independent schools|independents]] such as [[Penn State Nittany Lions football|Penn State]] (now a [[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]] member), [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football|Notre Dame]] (a temporary [[Atlantic Coast Conference]] (ACC) member in 2020 only) and [[Miami Hurricanes football|Miami]] (now in the ACC).

Per the September 1, 1982, edition of the ''Elyria (OH) Chronicle Telegram'' and the September 1, 1982, edition of ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'', ABC and CBS officials met with NCAA representatives and flipped a coin to determine "control dates". This allowed the network with priority on a particular date to have first choice when selecting the game it wished to air and whether it wanted the 12:00 ET or 3:30 [[Eastern Time Zone|ET]] timeslot. CBS won the first toss and thus earned first choice on seven dates: September 18, September 25, October 2, October 9, October 16, November 6, and November 20. ABC then got first pick on six dates, September 11, October 23, October 30, November 13, November 27, and December 4. ABC and CBS also had the right to take away a game from [[College Football on TBS|WTBS]] as long as it did so no later than the Monday before the game. WTBS was only able to show teams that had not been on national TV in 1981 and a maximum of four teams that had been on regional TV on two occasions.

As required by the NCAA, the network also televised Division I-AA, II and III games to very small audiences, giving teams such as [[The Citadel Bulldogs football|The Citadel]] and [[Clarion Golden Eagles football|Clarion State]] some television exposure (during the 1982 season, because of a player strike in the [[National Football League]], these Division III contests aired nationwide). The pregame show was titled ''The NCAA Today'' in the vein of its pro football counterpart ''[[The NFL Today]]''. Both shows were hosted by [[Brent Musburger]]. However, for the NCAA pregame show, [[Pat O'Brien (radio and television personality)|Pat O'Brien]] and [[Ara Parseghian]] were the analysts/feature reporters, although [[Lesley Visser]] made occasional appearances on the show. [[Gary Bender]] was the lead play-by-play announcer for game coverage, working with analysts such as [[Pat Haden]] and [[Steve Davis (quarterback)|Steve Davis]]. Other CBS game commentators were [[Verne Lundquist]], [[Lindsey Nelson]], [[Frank Herzog]], [[Jack Snow (American football)|Jack Snow]] and [[Dennis Franklin]]. This arrangement was in place during the 1982 and 1983 seasons.

Also during the [[National Football League Players Association#1982 strike|1982 NFL strike]], CBS' NCAA football contract required the network to show four [[NCAA Division III|Division III]] games; the network initially intended to show those games on Saturday afternoons, with the broadcasts being received only in markets that were interested in carrying them. However, with no NFL games to show on October 3, 1982 (on what would have been Week 5 of the NFL season) due to the strike, CBS decided to show all of its NCAA Division III games on a single Sunday afternoon in front of a mass audience. CBS also used their regular NFL crews ([[Pat Summerall]] and [[John Madden]] at [[Wittenberg University#Athletics|Wittenberg]]–[[Baldwin Wallace Yellow Jackets|Baldwin–Wallace]],<!--BW no longer renders its name with a dash.--> [[Tom Brookshier]] and [[Wayne Walker (linebacker)|Wayne Walker]] at [[West Georgia Wolves|West Georgia]]–[[Millsaps Majors|Millsaps]], [[Tim Ryan (sportscaster)|Tim Ryan]] and [[Johnny Morris (American football)|Johnny Morris]] at [[University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh#Sports|Wisconsin–Oshkosh]] – [[University of Wisconsin–Stout#Sports|Wisconsin–Stout]], and [[Dick Stockton]] and [[Roger Staubach]] at [[San Diego Toreros football|San Diego]]–[[Occidental College#Athletics|Occidental]]) and aired ''[[The NFL Today]]'' instead of using their regular college football broadcasters.

CBS originally wanted to air some [[NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision|Division I-A]] [[1982 NCAA Division I-A football season|games]] on Sunday. However, according to ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'', fellow [[College football on television|NCAA football rights]] holders [[ESPN College Football on ABC|ABC]] and [[College Football on TBS|WTBS]] refused to sign off on the idea. Both networks demanded that CBS pay more in rights fees if it showed additional games. WTBS also objected to CBS moving games from Saturday to Sunday due to fears that such games would steal viewers from the NFLPA All-Star Games that WTBS planned to air. When the red tape made showing big time college football too difficult to pull off, CBS got the idea to run Division III games on that Sunday. It doesn't appear that CBS had plans to air any more games, however, since, Division III or not, it would have likely meant having to kick more money to the NCAA per ABC's and WTBS' demands.

In 1984, on Thanksgiving weekend, CBS broadcast the famous [[Hail Flutie]] game.

In 1984, after the [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] invalidated the NCAA contract in ''[[NCAA v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma|NCAA v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma, and the University of Georgia]]'', the [[College Football Association]] was formed to handle affairs between television networks and college football programs, the result was an exclusive contract with ABC that granted the network rights to all CFA partner conference games and the games of most major independents. However, the [[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]] and [[Pac-12 Conference|Pac-10]] conferences were not included in this package, and signed their own agreement with CBS. [[Miami Hurricanes football|Miami]] also reached an agreement for CBS to televise its most important home games, and in 1985, the Atlantic Coast Conference was added to CBS' list of college football properties. In 1985, Musburger took over the role of lead play-by-play voice, with Parseghian moving to the booth with him. [[Jim Nantz]] succeeded Musburger as studio host.

In 1987, CBS took over the CFA contract, which it would hold until 1990. CBS' tendency during this period was to air one marquee game each week, such as the legendary 1988 "Catholics vs Convicts" matchup between Notre Dame and Miami, though regional telecasts would occasionally be aired. For 1987 and 1988, Pat Haden joined Musburger in the booth, with [[John Dockery]] manning the sidelines. Nantz hosted what was now known as the "[[Prudential Financial|Prudential]] College Football Report", which was mostly a roundup of the day's scores and top headlines (including those in other sports), though sometimes key figures in the sport would be interviewed. Verne Lundquist, [[Tim Brant]], [[Dick Stockton]], [[Steve Zabriskie]] and [[Brad Nessler]] also called games for CBS during the CFA period. In 1989, Nantz became lead play-by-play announcer, but Haden remained the lead analyst for that year, being replaced by Brant in 1990.

===1990s===
After 1990, ABC obtained exclusive network coverage of regular season college football, as it won back the CFA and retained the Pac-10/Big Ten rights.

As the 1990s began, CBS' Division I-A college football coverage was reduced to its bowl game contracts, which it had with the then-John Hancock (reverted to Sun Bowl in 1994), Cotton and the then-[[Champs Sports Bowl|Blockbuster]] bowls. However, it lost the rights to the Cotton Bowl to [[NBC Sports|NBC]] after the 1992 game, leaving the network with just two bowl games to round out its college football coverage. CBS televised [[Major League Baseball on CBS|Major League Baseball]] from 1990 to 1993, so as a result the network was not without major sports coverage on Saturdays during the fall after the loss of college football. In 1994 and 1995, after losing the MLB contract and its [[NFL on CBS|NFL contract]], trying [[NHL on Fox|but failing]] to [[NHL on CBS|buy NHL rights]], and still unable to secure a college football contract, CBS did not have any major sports coverage in the fall. (In desperation, the network began talks with the [[Canadian Football League]], but nothing came of them.)

For 1995, CBS re-acquired the rights to the Cotton Bowl Classic and also gained rights to the [[Fiesta Bowl]] and the [[Orange Bowl]] from NBC. This was an important move for CBS as those two bowls would become part of the [[Bowl Alliance]] with the [[Sugar Bowl]] beginning that season; the goal was to try to guarantee an undisputed national champion in college football, something its predecessor the [[Bowl Coalition]] had also tried but did not fully succeed in doing.

Under the terms of the contract, which ran from [[1995 NCAA Division I-A football season|1995]] through [[1997 NCAA Division I-A football season|1997]], the Bowl Alliance games would be scheduled for New Year's Eve, New Year's Night, and January 2 with the last of the three serving as the national championship game. CBS would thus be guaranteed two national championship game matchups, with the Sugar Bowl airing on ABC.

CBS was the first network to air a Bowl Alliance national championship game, as [[1995 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team|Nebraska]] defeated [[1995 Florida Gators football team|Florida]] in the [[1996 Fiesta Bowl]] (on the same token, CBS also aired the last Bowl Alliance national championship game, where Nebraska defeated [[1997 Tennessee Volunteers football team|Tennessee]] in the [[1998 Orange Bowl]] to split that year's national championship vote as [[1997 Michigan Wolverines football team|Michigan]], which was No. 1 in both the [[AP Poll|AP]] and [[Coaches Poll]]s going into the bowls, was obligated to play in that year's [[1998 Rose Bowl|Rose Bowl]]). CBS also continued to air the Sun Bowl, but lost the rights to the [[Russell Athletic Bowl|Carquest Bowl]] after the game was moved from New Year's Day following the Orange Bowl's move to the home of the Carquest Bowl, [[Joe Robbie Stadium]].

CBS resumed full-time college football coverage in 1996, as the network signed television contracts with the [[Big East Conference (1979–2013)|Big East Conference]] and [[Southeastern Conference]] (SEC) to be the exclusive national television home of their in-conference schedules. The coverage was originally branded "College Football on CBS", sponsored initially by [[NASDAQ]], a tag it retains for non-SEC games broadcast on the network.

CBS also televised games featuring non-Big East or SEC teams during this time. As part of the contract signed in 1996, CBS succeeded [[ABC Sports]] as the television home of the [[Army-Navy Game]].

On September 26, 1998, CBS planned to show [[1998 UCLA Bruins football team|UCLA]] @ [[1998 Miami Hurricanes football team|Miami]] at noon, but [[1998 UCLA vs. Miami football game|this game]] was postponed due to [[Hurricane Georges]]. [[Sean McDonough]] and [[Terry Donahue]] were the scheduled announcer; the game was rescheduled to the end of the regular season. 

[[File:College Football on CBS Sports (SEC on CBS) logo.jpg|thumb|right|SEC on CBS logo used from 2016 to 2020.]]
CBS lost the rights to three of its bowl games following the 1997 season, as ABC gained the rights to the Orange and Fiesta Bowls as the exclusive television home of the newly formed Bowl Championship Series and [[Fox College Football|Fox]] acquired the rights to the Cotton Bowl Classic.

===2000s===
Beginning in 2001, CBS became the home of the [[SEC Championship Game]], the rights to which had been retained by ABC following the SEC's move. Following the 2000 season, the Big East decided not to renew its contract with CBS and instead signed with ABC, leading to the telecasts taking on the ''SEC on CBS'' branding.

Until 2023, CBS aired the top SEC weekly in-conference games as well as rivalry games with various other conferences when the SEC team is the home team. The network shared the rights to SEC conference games with the ESPN family of networks, which also airs the interconference rivalry games when the SEC team is not the home team (with the exception of Notre Dame), as well as all Pac-12/SEC regular season games.

In 2000, CBS installed [[Verne Lundquist]] on its No. 1 team following Sean McDonough's departure from CBS Sports.

The [[September 11 attacks|events]] of September 11, 2001, resulted in postponements for games scheduled the weekend of September 15. The [[2001 Tennessee Volunteers football team|Tennessee]]-[[2001 Florida Gators football team|Florida]] game was rescheduled to December 1, which pushed the [[2001 SEC Championship Game|SEC title game]] one week later to December 8.

In 2005, [[CBS Sports Network]], then operating as College Sports Television, signed a multi-year agreement to air select [[Conference USA]] football games.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://conferenceusa.com/documents/2019/7/26//Conference_USA_Football_2005.pdf?id=13540|title=2005 FB Media Guide (PDF) - Conference USA|access-date=May 3, 2021|archive-date=May 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502193440/https://conferenceusa.com/documents/2019/7/26//Conference_USA_Football_2005.pdf?id=13540|url-status=live}}</ref> CBS Sports Network has aired the [[Conference USA Football Championship Game]] since 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://conferenceusa.com/news/2018/3/14/Multimedia_Rights_Annoucement_2018.aspx|title=C-USA Announces Multimedia Rights Partnerships|date=March 14, 2018|access-date=May 3, 2021|archive-date=May 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502063456/https://conferenceusa.com/news/2018/3/14/Multimedia_Rights_Annoucement_2018.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref>

CBS aired the [[Gator Bowl]] from 2007 to 2010, its biggest bowl acquisition since the Orange and Fiesta Bowls.

===2010s===
Until 2014, CBS maintained SEC exclusivity during its 3:30&nbsp;p.m. Eastern Time window. As part of an extension to CBS's contract with the SEC through the 2023–24 season, CBS no longer has exclusivity during its afternoon window, but still has the first choice of games.<ref>{{cite web|title=SEC, CBS rework long-term contract|url=http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/writer/jeremy-fowler/22244033/sec-cbs-rework-long-term-contract|author=Jeremy Fowler|website=CBSsports.com|publisher=CBS Interactive|date=May 14, 2013|access-date=June 10, 2014|archive-date=October 10, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131010104126/http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/writer/jeremy-fowler/22244033/sec-cbs-rework-long-term-contract|url-status=live}}</ref> CBS was limited to airing five games featuring a particular team per season, and was allowed to air one game in primetime per season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://awfulannouncing.com/cbs/sec-on-cbs-package-memo-negotiations.html|title=SEC memo says they "do not believe that CBS has any first refusal rights"|date=November 21, 2019|website=Awful Announcing|language=en-US|access-date=December 21, 2019|archive-date=December 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191221171505/https://awfulannouncing.com/cbs/sec-on-cbs-package-memo-negotiations.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2014, the [[Iron Bowl]] was given to ESPN in favor of the [[Egg Bowl]], due to its potential effects on [[2014 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team|Mississippi State]]'s participation in the [[College Football Playoff]]).<ref name=si-ironbowlespn>{{cite magazine|title=How ESPN landed the Iron Bowl, plus more Media Circus|url=https://www.si.com/college-football/2014/11/24/espn-alabama-auburn-cbs-sec-ole-miss-mississippi-state|magazine=Sports Illustrated|date=November 24, 2014|access-date=November 27, 2014|archive-date=December 4, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141204205316/http://www.si.com/college-football/2014/11/24/espn-alabama-auburn-cbs-sec-ole-miss-mississippi-state|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=al-finebaumtrainwreck>{{cite web|title=Paul Finebaum hears 'train wreck' predictions for live Iron Bowl show, phones ready this time|url=http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2014/11/paul_finebaum_iron_bowl_2014_live.html|website=AL.com|date=November 26, 2014|access-date=November 30, 2014|archive-date=November 27, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141127171214/http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2014/11/paul_finebaum_iron_bowl_2014_live.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Before 2019, CBS had rights to three non-SEC regular season matchups, including the Army-Navy Game. CBS and [[NBC Sports]] split coverage of the annual matchup between [[Navy–Notre Dame football rivalry|Notre Dame and Navy]], with CBS televising the game in years where Navy served as the host team. CBS also added the [[Mountain West Conference Football Championship Game|Mountain West championship game]] to its coverage per a pre-existing contract that the network has with the conference (although most of the games air on [[CBS Sports Network]]); the game began in the last hour of primetime for the Eastern and Central time zones, meaning stations in those zones in most cases would not carry a late local newscast that evening. The Mountain West Championship Game was moved to [[ESPN]] networks beginning in 2015.

In 2011, in addition to Army–Navy, CBS also broadcast the other two service academy games: Navy–Air Force on October 1 and Army–Air Force on November 5, 2011 (a game which opened up as a result of CBS using its 8:00&nbsp;p.m. game assignment for LSU-Alabama). Air Force's annual games vs. Army and Navy continue to air on CBS or [[CBS Sports Network]].

In 2015, CBS Sports acquired the rights to 12 [[Mid-American Conference|MAC]] football games through a sublicensing agreement with [[ESPN]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://getsomemaction.com/news/2015/6/2/FB_0602151727.aspx|title=CBS Sports Network Reaches Four-Year Deal with MAC|access-date=May 3, 2021|archive-date=May 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502063454/https://getsomemaction.com/news/2015/6/2/FB_0602151727.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2019, CBS Sports extended its contract with the MAC for four more years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://getsomemaction.com/news/2019/7/22/football-mac-cbs-sports-network-announce-four-year-contract-extension.aspx|title=MAC & CBS Sports Network Announce Four Year Contract Extension|access-date=May 3, 2021|archive-date=May 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502063452/https://getsomemaction.com/news/2019/7/22/football-mac-cbs-sports-network-announce-four-year-contract-extension.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref>

Verne Lundquist retired from his role as lead play-by-play commentator for CBS after the [[2016 Army-Navy Game]]. [[Brad Nessler]], formerly of ESPN, joined CBS as a secondary play-by-play announcer during the 2016 season, and officially replaced Lundquist on December 30, 2016, for CBS's coverage of the [[2016 Sun Bowl]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2017/08/28/brad-nessler-cbs-announcer-sec-verne-lundquist-college-football/607473001/|title=Brad Nessler, the new voice of SEC on CBS, hopes to 'match' Verne Lundquist's success|work=USA Today|access-date=September 9, 2017|language=en|archive-date=June 21, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240621204605/https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2017/08/28/brad-nessler-cbs-announcer-sec-verne-lundquist-college-football/607473001/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===2020s===
On December 20, 2019, it was reported by ''[[Sports Business Journal]]'' that after having offered $300&nbsp;million per-season, CBS had exited negotiations to renew its SEC package beyond the 2023 season. CBS cited a need to "aggressively focus on other important strategic priorities moving forward".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/SB-Blogs/Breaking-News/2019/12/SEC.aspx|title=SEC Football Leaving CBS After 2023, Likely For ESPN/ABC|website=Sports Business Daily|access-date=December 21, 2019|archive-date=December 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191221033459/https://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/SB-Blogs/Breaking-News/2019/12/SEC.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sportspromedia.com/news/sec-football-tv-rights-fox-fs1-espn-abc-cbs|title=Report: SEC closing in on 'US$300m-a-year' ESPN broadcast deal|website=SportsPro Media|access-date=January 9, 2020}}</ref> On December 10, 2020, ESPN announced that it had acquired the top SEC rights under a 10-year deal beginning in 2024, valued at $3&nbsp;billion over the length of the contract. The games are slated to air on ABC, thus centralizing the entirety of the SEC's media rights with The Walt Disney Company.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Draper|first1=Kevin|last2=Blinder|first2=Alan|date=December 10, 2020|title=SEC Reaches $3 Billion Deal With Disney, Drawing CBS Ties Toward an End|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/10/sports/ncaafootball/sec-disney-deal.html|access-date=December 11, 2020|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=December 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201210225200/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/10/sports/ncaafootball/sec-disney-deal.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

On May 11, 2020, CBS Sports agreed to a multi-year deal through the 2023 season to become the home of [[UConn Huskies football|UConn Huskies]] home games, which will mostly air on CBS Sports Network.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://uconnhuskies.com/news/2020/5/11/uconn-and-cbs-sports-agree-to-multi-year-television-deal-for-home-football-games.aspx|title=UConn and CBS Sports Agree to Multi-Year Television Deal for Home Football Games|date=May 11, 2020|access-date=May 3, 2021|archive-date=May 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502063452/https://uconnhuskies.com/news/2020/5/11/uconn-and-cbs-sports-agree-to-multi-year-television-deal-for-home-football-games.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> 

After the 2020 season, CBS lost its alternating rights to the Navy–Notre Dame game to [[ESPN]]. The rights were bought as part of a new media rights contract signed between the network and the [[American Athletic Conference]] (AAC), which Navy has affiliated with for football since 2015.

On August 18, 2022, CBS reached a seven-year deal to broadcast Big Ten football and basketball beginning in the 2023 season. CBS will air up to 15 Big Ten football games per-season, including a Friday afternoon game on [[Thanksgiving (United States)|Thanksgiving]] weekend, and the [[Big Ten Football Championship Game]] in 2024 and 2028. Big Ten games replaced the SEC in CBS's traditional 3:30&nbsp;p.m. ET window beginning in the 2024 season; in a transitional arrangement, CBS carried seven Big Ten games in 2023 around its final season of SEC coverage, which were mostly part of doubleheaders and tripleheaders with SEC and/or Mountain West games.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lucia |first=Joe |date=2023-06-01 |title=Early season schedule emphasizes change in Big Ten media deals |url=https://awfulannouncing.com/college-football/early-season-college-football-schedules-changes-big-ten.html |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=Awful Announcing |language=en-US |archive-date=June 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601070357/https://awfulannouncing.com/college-football/early-season-college-football-schedules-changes-big-ten.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine |last=Dellenger |first=Ross |title=How the ESPN-Big Ten Split Impacts Everyone in College Sports |url=https://www.si.com/college/2022/08/11/why-the-espn-big-ten-split-shocked-college-sports-and-how-it-impacts-everyone |access-date=2022-08-12 |magazine=Sports Illustrated |date=August 11, 2022 |language=en-us |archive-date=August 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812231726/https://www.si.com/college/2022/08/11/why-the-espn-big-ten-split-shocked-college-sports-and-how-it-impacts-everyone |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite news |last=Smith |first=Gerry |date=August 9, 2022 |title=CBS Is Nearing a Deal for Big Ten TV Rights After ESPN Bows Out |work=[[Bloomberg News|Bloomberg]] |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-09/espn-is-said-to-walk-away-from-bidding-on-big-ten-media-rights |access-date=August 9, 2022 |archive-date=November 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128124718/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-09/espn-is-said-to-walk-away-from-bidding-on-big-ten-media-rights |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Bucholtz |first=Andrew |date=2022-08-18 |title=Big Ten announces deals with Fox, CBS, NBC, including championship game splits |url=https://awfulannouncing.com/ncaa/big-ten-announces-deals-with-fox-cbs-nbc-through-2029-30.html |access-date=2022-08-18 |website=Awful Announcing |language=en-US |archive-date=August 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818142612/https://awfulannouncing.com/ncaa/big-ten-announces-deals-with-fox-cbs-nbc-through-2029-30.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Big Ten formally announces six-year media rights deal with ESPN, FOX and CBS |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/terrapins-insider/wp/2017/07/24/big-ten-formally-announces-six-year-media-rights-deal-with-espn-fox-and-cbs/ |access-date=2017-07-31 |archive-date=January 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121032029/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/terrapins-insider/wp/2017/07/24/big-ten-formally-announces-six-year-media-rights-deal-with-espn-fox-and-cbs/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2023, CBS Sports Network began airing football games from the [[NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision|FCS level]] [[Northeast Conference]].<ref>{{Cite press release |date=2023-08-09 |title=Ready for Prime Time: NEC Unveils Football TV Package, Secures First-Ever National TV Linear Broadcasts |url=https://northeastconference.org/news/2023/8/8/FB_TV_Release_23.aspx |access-date=2023-09-19 |website=northeastconference.org |language=en-US |archive-date=October 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231008225240/https://northeastconference.org/news/2023/8/8/FB_TV_Release_23.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2024, CBS renewed its rights to the Sun Bowl through 2030.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 19, 2024 |title=CBS and the Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl Renew Partnership |url=https://www.sunbowl.org/news/411-cbs-and-the-tony-the-tiger-sun-bowl-renew-partnership |access-date=August 19, 2024 |website=Sun Bowl |language=en-US }}</ref>

In April 2025, the [[Pac-12 Conference]]—whose membership had been reduced to [[Oregon State Beavers football|Oregon State]] and [[Washington State Cougars football|Washington State]] after the rest of its teams departed to the Big Ten, Big 12, and ACC in 2024—announced an agreement to air two prime time games on CBS in the 2025 season (with the remainder airing on [[CW Football Saturday|The CW]], and two on ESPN); this will include the [[Apple Cup]] game between Washington State and its Big Ten rival [[Washington Huskies football|Washington]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Clinkscales |first=Jason |date=2025-04-29 |title=Pac-12 Inks Media Deal With the CW, CBS, ESPN for 2025 Football Season |url=https://www.sportico.com/leagues/college-sports/2025/pac-12-media-rights-cw-cbs-espn-1234850421/ |access-date=2025-05-04 |website=Sportico.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-04-29 |title=Washington vs. Washington State in Apple Cup among two Pac-12 games airing in primetime on CBS in 2025 season |url=https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/washington-vs-washington-state-in-apple-cup-among-two-pac-12-games-airing-in-primetime-on-cbs-in-2025-season/ |access-date=2025-05-04 |website=CBSSports.com |language=en}}</ref> In June 2025, ahead of the conference's reconstruction to include at least six additional teams in the 2026 season (most of which coming from the Mountain West), the Pac-12 announced an extension of the contract through the 2030 season. CBS will air at least three regular season games per-season and the [[Pac-12 Football Championship Game]], while CBS Sports Network will also air a package of games.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 23, 2025 |title=CBS Sports and Pac-12 extend partnership through the 2030-31 season |url=https://pac-12.com/news/2025/6/22/general-cbs-sports-and-pac-12-extend-partnership-through-the-2030-31-season.aspx |access-date=June 23, 2025 |website=Pac-12 Conference |language=en}}</ref>

==Theme music==
The instrumental theme music for CBS's college football broadcasts was written by New York composer [[Lloyd Landesman]], and has been used since the [[1987 NCAA Division I-A football season|1987 season]]. The theme music was originally used for CBS's broadcast of [[Super Bowl XXI]] on January 25, 1987, but it was later decided that the piece was better suited for college football than the [[National Football League]] (NFL).<ref name="Wolken">{{cite news|last=Wolken|first=Dan|title=Lloyd Landesman and the sound that makes the SEC on CBS|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/sec/2013/12/06/championship-cbs-college-football-jingle-lloyd-landesman/3875055/|work=USA Today|date=December 6, 2013|access-date=August 23, 2022|archive-date=August 30, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830133906/https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/sec/2013/12/06/championship-cbs-college-football-jingle-lloyd-landesman/3875055/|url-status=live}}</ref> After CBS acquired the rights to air SEC games in 1996, the theme music became synonymous with that conference.<ref name="Wolken"/><ref name="Traina">{{cite magazine|last1=Traina|first1=Jimmy|title=CBS Is Using Its SEC Theme Song for Big Ten Games, and College Football Fans Are Losing It|url=https://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2022/08/19/cbs-big-ten-sec-theme-song|magazine=Sports Illustrated|date=August 18, 2022|access-date=August 23, 2022|archive-date=August 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220822224924/https://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2022/08/19/cbs-big-ten-sec-theme-song|url-status=live}}</ref> In August 2022, news of CBS's intention to continue using the theme music for its Big Ten games spawned outbursts from upset SEC fans on [[Twitter]].<ref name="Traina"/><ref>{{cite news|last=D'Andrea|first=Christian|title=The Big Ten took over the SEC's old CBS theme music and fans were not pleased|url=https://ftw.usatoday.com/lists/big-ten-cbs-theme-sec-football-fan-reaction|work=USA Today|date=August 18, 2022|access-date=August 23, 2022|archive-date=August 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818141541/https://ftw.usatoday.com/lists/big-ten-cbs-theme-sec-football-fan-reaction|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Gay|first=Collin|title='This feels so wrong:' Fans react to Big Ten using CBS Sports college football theme song|url=https://www.dispatch.com/story/sports/college/big-10/2022/08/18/big-ten-using-cbs-sports-college-football-theme-reactions/65409382007/|work=The Columbus Dispatch|date=August 18, 2022|access-date=August 23, 2022|archive-date=August 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819004034/https://www.dispatch.com/story/sports/college/big-10/2022/08/18/big-ten-using-cbs-sports-college-football-theme-reactions/65409382007/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Typical games==
Typically only ''Big Ten on CBS'' games, select Mountain West games, games involving the [[Commander-in-Chief's Trophy]] ([[Army–Navy Game|Army-Navy]], Army-Air Force, and Air Force-Navy) and the [[Sun Bowl]] air on [[CBS]], with all other games airing on [[CBS Sports Network]]. Under the Big Ten contract, CBS holds rights to 15 games per-season, with 14 on Saturdays (usually in a 3:30&nbsp;p.m. ET window) and one on the Friday after Thanksgiving. The first pick of games between its three broadcast rightsholders (Fox, CBS, and NBC) is determined via draft selections of specific dates and other factors.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-22 |title=Here's how the Big Ten's in-season TV football selection process works |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/uw-husky-football/heres-how-the-big-tens-in-season-tv-football-selection-process-works/ |access-date=2024-09-01 |website=The Seattle Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title='The power of broadcast TV cannot be underestimated': Big Ten readies for new media deal with NBC, CBS, Fox |url=https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/college/2023/07/26/big-ten-football-readies-for-tv-deal-with-nbc-cbs-fox/70471706007/ |access-date=2023-07-27 |website=The Indianapolis Star |language=en-US}}</ref> CBS will air the [[Big Ten Football Championship Game|Big Ten Championship Game]] in 2024 and 2028.<ref name=":2" />

[[CBS Sports Network]] airs weekly games from the [[Mid-American Conference]], [[C-USA]] and [[Mountain West]], as well as all [[UConn Huskies football|UConn]] home games and select [[Army Black Knights football|Army]] and [[Navy Midshipmen football|Navy]] home games. CBSSN also airs the [[Conference USA Football Championship Game]] and the [[Hula Bowl]] yearly.

=== Former SEC coverage ===
The games aired as part of the SEC package were the premiere SEC matchups of the week. From 1996 to 2023, Alabama had the most appearances with 128 of their games broadcast by CBS, followed by Florida with 110, Georgia with 95, LSU with 82, and Tennessee with 77. The [[ESPN#Related services|ESPN family of networks]] had the subsequent picks of games among the SEC's national television partners. From [[2001 SEC Championship Game|2001]] to [[2023 SEC Championship Game|2023]], the [[SEC Championship Game]] was televised by CBS. The [[Vanderbilt Commodores football|Vanderbilt Commodores]] appeared on the CBS package only seven times, with a 2013 game against Georgia (a 31–27 victory) marking their first appearance since 2001, and the first Vanderbilt home game televised by the network since 1982. Before their remarkable 2014 season, when they appeared four times (including the first [[Egg Bowl]] ever broadcast by CBS), [[Mississippi State Bulldogs football|Mississippi State]] had only seven CBS games as part of the package.

Traditional rivalries that were often aired by CBS included [[Florida–Tennessee football rivalry|Florida–Tennessee]] (1996–2011, 2013, 2015–2017, 2020, and 2022), [[Florida–Georgia football rivalry|Florida–Georgia]] (all but 2002), Auburn–Alabama (the [[Iron Bowl]]) (since 2000, except for 2003, 2007 and 2014), [[Alabama–LSU football rivalry|LSU–Alabama]] (except for 2021 and 2022), [[Florida–LSU football rivalry|Florida–LSU]] (1999, 2001, 2003, 2005–2009, 2011–2013, and 2017–2018), [[Magnolia Bowl|LSU–Ole Miss]] (2003, 2007–2010, 2012, 2015, and 2021) and [[Battle for the Golden Boot|LSU–Arkansas]] (1996–2013, except 2009), which was traditionally aired the day after [[Thanksgiving (United States)|Thanksgiving]].

==Team records==
''1996 through November 30, 2024 – does not include bowl games''
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
!Team
!Appearances
!Wins
!Losses
!Win Pct.
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Alabama Crimson Tide football|Alabama]]|| 128 || 90 || 38 || {{Winpct|90|38}}
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Florida Gators football|Florida]]|| 110 || 72 || 38 || {{Winpct|72|38}}
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Georgia Bulldogs football|Georgia]]|| 95 || 59 || 36 || {{Winpct|59|36}}
|-align=center
|align=left|[[LSU Tigers football|LSU]]|| 82 || 45 || 37 || {{Winpct|45|37}}
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Tennessee Volunteers football|Tennessee]]|| 77 || 32 || 45 || {{Winpct|32|45}}
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Auburn Tigers football|Auburn]]|| 61 || 26 || 35 || {{Winpct|26|35}}
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Arkansas Razorbacks football|Arkansas]]|| 47 || 14 || 33 || {{Winpct|14|33}}
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Navy Midshipmen football|Navy]]||| 41 || 20 || 21 || {{Winpct|20|21}}
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Army Black Knights football|Army]]|| 28 || 10 || 18 || {{Winpct|10|18}}
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Ole Miss Rebels football|Ole Miss]]|| 27 || 8 || 19 || {{Winpct|8|19}}
|-align=center
|align=left|[[South Carolina Gamecocks football|South Carolina]]|| 24 || 5 || 19 || {{Winpct|5|19}}
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Texas A&M Aggies football|Texas A&M]]|| 24 || 9 || 15 || {{Winpct|9|15}}
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Miami Hurricanes football|Miami (FL)]]|| 21 || 13 || 8 || {{Winpct|13|8}}
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football|Notre Dame]]|| 21 || 18 || 3 || {{Winpct|18|3}}
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Kentucky Wildcats football|Kentucky]]|| 17 || 1 || 16 || {{Winpct|1|16}}
|-align=center
|align=left|[[West Virginia Mountaineers football|West Virginia]]|| 15 || 5 || 10 || {{Winpct|5|10}}
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Mississippi State Bulldogs football|Mississippi State]]|| 14 || 5 || 9 || {{Winpct|5|9}}
|-align=center
|align=left | [[Missouri Tigers football|Missouri]] || 14 || 7 || 7 || {{Winpct|7|7}}
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Boston College Eagles football|Boston College]]|| 13 || 0 || 13 || {{Winpct|0|13}}
|-align=center
|align=left | [[Air Force Falcons football|Air Force]] || 12 || 7 || 5 || {{Winpct|7|5}}
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Syracuse Orange football|Syracuse]]|| 11 || 8 || 3 || {{Winpct|8|3}}
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Florida State Seminoles football|Florida State]]|| 11 || 5 || 6 || {{Winpct|5|6}}
|-align=center 
|align=left|[[Penn State Nittany Lions football|Penn State]]|| 9 || 8 || 1 || {{Winpct|8|1}}
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Virginia Tech Hokies football|Virginia Tech]]|| 9 || 6 || 3 || {{Winpct|6|3}}
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football|Georgia Tech]]|| 8 || 4 || 4 || {{Winpct|4|4}}
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Pittsburgh Panthers football|Pittsburgh]]|| 8 || 4 || 3 <sup>1</sup> || {{Winpct|4|3}}
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Vanderbilt Commodores football|Vanderbilt]]|| 7 || 1 || 6 || {{Winpct|1|6}}
|-align=center
|align=left | [[Michigan Wolverines football|Michigan]] || 6 || 3 || 3 || {{Winpct|3|3}}
|-align=center
|align=left | [[Ohio State Buckeyes football|Ohio State]] || 5 || 5 || 0 || {{Winpct|5|0}}
|-align=center
|align=left | [[USC Trojans football|USC]]|| 5 || 2 || 3 || {{Winpct|2|3}}
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Boise State Broncos football|Boise State]]|| 4 || 3 || 1 || {{Winpct|3|1}}
|-align=center 
|align=left|[[San Diego State Aztecs football|San Diego State]]|| 4 || 1 || 3 || {{Winpct|1|3}}
|-align=center
|align=left | [[UCLA Bruins football|UCLA]] || 4 || 3 || 1 || {{Winpct|3|1}}
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Iowa Hawkeyes football|Iowa]]|| 4 || 1 || 3 || {{Winpct|1|3}}
|-align=center
|align=left | [[Utah State Aggies football|Utah State]] || 3 || 0 || 3 || {{Winpct|0|3}}
|-align=center
|align=left | [[Rutgers Scarlet Knights football|Rutgers]] || 3 || 1 || 2 || {{Winpct|1|2}}
|-align=center
|align=left | [[Illinois Fighting Illini football|Illinois]] || 3 || 1 || 2 || {{Winpct|1|2}}
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Indiana Hoosiers football|Indiana]]|| 3 || 1 || 2 || {{Winpct|1|2}}
|-align=center
|align=left | [[Louisville Cardinals football|Louisville]] || 2 || 1 || 1 || {{Winpct|1|1}}
|-align=center
|align=left| [[Fresno State Bulldogs football|Fresno State]] || 2 || 1 || 1 || {{Winpct|1|1}}
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Colorado Buffaloes football|Colorado]]|| 2 || 1 || 1 || {{Winpct|1|1}}
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Oregon Ducks football|Oregon]]|| 2 || 2 || 0 || {{Winpct|2|0}}
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Purdue Boilermakers football|Purdue]]|| 2 || 0 || 2 || {{Winpct|0|2}}
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Wisconsin Badgers football|Wisconsin]]|| 2 || 0 || 2 || {{Winpct|0|2}}
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Minnesota Golden Gophers football|Minnesota]]|| 2 || 1 || 1 || {{Winpct|1|1}}
|-align=center
|align=left|[[San Jose State Spartans football|San Jose State]]|| 2 || 1 || 1 || {{Winpct|1|1}}
|-align=center
|align=left | [[Arizona State Sun Devils football|Arizona State]] || 1 || 1 || 0 || {{Winpct|1|0}}
|-align=center
|align=left | [[Memphis Tigers football|Memphis]] || 1 || 1 || 0 || {{Winpct|1|0}}
|-align=center
|align=left | [[TCU Horned Frogs football|TCU]] || 1 || 1 || 0 || {{Winpct|1|0}}
|-align=center
|align=left | [[Virginia Cavaliers football|Virginia]] || 1 || 0 || 1 || {{Winpct|0|1}}
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Appalachian State Mountaineers football|Appalachian State]]|| 1 || 0 || 1 || {{Winpct|0|1}} 
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Marshall Thundering Herd football|Marshall]]|| 1 || 1 || 0 || {{Winpct|1|0}}
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Nevada Wolf Pack football|Nevada]]|| 1 || 1 || 0 || {{Winpct|1|0}}
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Arizona Wildcats football|Arizona]]|| 1 || 1 || 0 || {{Winpct|1|0}}
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Texas Tech Red Raiders football|Texas Tech]]|| 1 || 0 || 1 || {{Winpct|0|1}}
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Wyoming Cowboys football|Wyoming]]|| 1 || 1 || 0 || {{Winpct|1|0}}
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Northwestern Wildcats football|Northwestern]]|| 1 || 0 || 1 || {{Winpct|0|1}}
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Oregon State Beavers football|Oregon State]]|| 1 || 1 || 0 || {{Winpct|1|0}}
|-align=center
|align=left|[[UNLV Rebels football|UNLV]]|| 1 || 0 || 1 || {{Winpct|0|1}}
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Nebraska Cornhuskers football|Nebraska]]|| 1 || 0 || 1 || {{Winpct|0|1}}
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Akron Zips football|Akron]]|| 1 || 0 || 1 || {{Winpct|0|1}}
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football|Hawaii]]|| 1 || 0 || 1 || {{Winpct|0|1}}
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Iowa State Cyclones football|Iowa State]]|| 1 || 1 || 0 || {{Winpct|1|0}}
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Colorado State Rams football|Colorado State]]|| 1 || 0 || 1 || {{Winpct|0|1}}
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Stanford Cardinal football|Stanford]]|| 1 || 0 || 1 || {{Winpct|0|1}}
|}

==Notable personalities==

===Current===

====Play-by-play====
* [[Brad Nessler]]: lead play-by-play (2017–present), #2 play-by-play (2016)
* [[Rich Waltz]]: #2 play-by-play (2024–present); lead Mountain West Conference play-by-play
* [[Tom McCarthy (sportscaster)|Tom McCarthy]]: play-by-play (2022–present); #2 play-by-play (2022-2023)
* Chris Lewis: play-by-play (2021–present); #4 play-by-play (2023)
* [[Jason Knapp (sportscaster)|Jason Knapp]]: play-by-play (2019–present), No. 2 Mountain West Conference play-by-play (2019–2021)
* [[John Sadak]]: lead Navy play-by-play
* [[Dave Ryan (sportscaster)|Dave Ryan]]: play-by-play (2012–present)
* Alex Del Barrio: play-by-play (2020–present)
* [[Carter Blackburn]]: fill-in play-by-play (2022–present), 2nd Navy play by play announcer (2024–present), lead Mountain West Conference play-by-play (2014–2020), No. 2 play-by-play (2014–2015; 2017–2020)
* [[Jordan Kent]]: Lead UConn play by play (2024–present)

====Color analysts====
* [[Gary Danielson]]: lead color analyst (1983; 2006–present)
* [[Ross Tucker]]: color analyst (2015–present); lead Army color analyst
* [[Jay Feely]]: color analyst (2017, 2024–present)
* [[Randy Cross]]: lead Navy color analyst (2009–present)
* [[Robert Turbin]]: color analyst (2022–present)
* [[Donte Whitner]]: color analyst (2021–present)
* [[Brock Vereen]]: color analyst (2023–present)
* [[Taylor McHargue]]: color analyst (2023–present)
* [[Adam Breneman]]: color analyst (2023–present)
* [[Luke Kuechly]]: color analyst (2024–present) 
* [[Logan Ryan]]: Lead UConn color analyst (2024–present)

====Sideline reporters====
* [[Jenny Dell]]: (2015–present, No. 1 since 2022, No. 2 2015-2016)
* Sheehan Stanwick Burch: Navy sideline reporter
* [[Tina Cervasio]]: Army sideline reporter (2016–present)
* Amanda Guerra: (2019–present)
* Brandon Baylor: (2021–present)
* Justin Walters: (2019–2023)
* [[Tiffany Blackmon]]: (2023–present) 
* Emily Proud: (2023–present)
* Keiana Martin: (2023–present), UConn  No. 1 sideline reporter (2024–present)

====Studio====
* [[Adam Zucker]]: CBS host (2014–present), CBS fill-in host (2011–2013)
* [[Brian Jones (American football linebacker)|Brian Jones]]: CBS analyst (2013–present)
* [[Rick Neuheisel]]: CBS analyst (2015–present)
* [[Aaron Taylor (American football, born 1972)|Aaron Taylor]]: CBS analyst (2024–present); lead Mountain West Conference color analyst (2013–2023); No. 2 color analyst (2013-2017)
* [[Brent Stover]]: CBSSN host (2011–present)
* [[Kevin Carter (American football)|Kevin Carter]]: CBSSN analyst (2018–present)
* [[Danny Kanell]]: CBSSN analyst (2018–2023)
* [[Cardale Jones]]: CBSSN analyst (2024–present)
* [[Beanie Wells]]: CBSSN analyst (2024–present)
* [[Gene Steratore]]: rules analyst (2019–present)

===Former===
====Play-by-play====
* [[Gary Bender]] (1982–1983; 1984–1986)
* [[Craig Bolerjack]] (1999–2010)
* [[Tim Brando]] (1997; 2011–2013)
* [[Don Criqui]] (2008)
* [[Dick Enberg]] (2001)
* [[Frank Herzog]] (1982–83)
* [[Gus Johnson (sportscaster)|Gus Johnson]] (1996–1997)
* [[Verne Lundquist]] (1982–1988); lead play-by-play (2000–2016)
* [[Sean McDonough]] lead play-by-play (1990–1999)
* [[Brent Musburger]] (1984–1988)
* [[Jim Nantz]] (1989–1990; 1996)
* [[Lindsey Nelson]] (1962–63; 1982–83)
* [[Tim Ryan (sportscaster)|Tim Ryan]] (1996)
* [[Noah Eagle]]: No. 2 play-by-play (2021)
* Jason Horowitz: lead Army play-by-play
* Chris Hassel: fill-in play-by-play (2017–2022)
* [[Meghan McPeak]]: lead UConn play-by-play (2022)
* Chick Hernandez: play-by-play (2021–2023)
* [[Ed Cohen]]: fill-in play-by-play (2013–2023)

====Color commentary====
* [[Trev Alberts]] (2008)
* [[Todd Blackledge]]: lead color analyst (1999–2005)
* [[Dean Blevins]] (2000–2001)
* [[Tim Brant]]
* [[Terry Brennan]] (1962–63)
* [[Steve Beuerlein]] (2006–2010; 2012)
* [[Ed Cunningham]] (1997–1999)
* [[Steve Davis (quarterback)|Steve Davis]] (1982–1985; 1996 Cotton Bowl)
* [[Terry Donahue]] (1996–1998)
* [[Dan Fouts]] (2008)
* [[Dennis Franklin]] (1982–83)
* [[Pat Haden]] (1982–83; 1987–90)
* [[Craig James (running back)|Craig James]] (2002)
* [[Dan Jiggetts]]
* [[Mike Mayock]] (1996–1999)
* [[Jack Snow (American football)|Jack Snow]] (1982–1983)
* [[Scott Hunter (American football)|Scott Hunter]] (1983)
* [[Dan Dierdorf]] (2001 Army-Navy Game)
* [[Boomer Esiason]] (multiple Army-Navy Games)
* [[Aaron Murray]]: co-No. 2 color analyst (2019–2021); No.2 Mountain West Conference color analyst (2021)
* [[Tom Herman]]: color analyst (2022)
* [[Rick Neuheisel]]: No. 2 color analyst (2017–2022)

====Sideline reporters====
* [[Jill Arrington]] (lead, 2000–2003)
* [[John Dockery]]
* [[Mike Joy]] (1990 & 1991 Sun Bowl)
* [[Sam Ryan]]
* [[Lewis Johnson (commentator)|Lewis Johnson]] (2011)
* [[Allie LaForce]] (lead, 2014–2017)
* [[Otis Livingston]] (2011)
* [[Tracy Wolfson]] (lead, 2004–2013)
* [[John Schriffen]]: (2017–2019)
* [[Jamie Erdahl]]: (2018–2021)
* [[Lindsay Rhodes]]: (2021)
* Sherree Burress: (2021–2022, Southeastern Conference games only)

====Studio hosts====
* [[Tim Brando]] (1998–2013)
* [[Greg Gumbel]] (1989)
* [[Andrea Joyce]] (1990)
* [[Brent Musburger]] (1982–1983)
* [[Jim Nantz]] (1985–1988; 1997)
* [[Pat O'Brien (radio and television personality)|Pat O'Brien]] (1984; 1995–1996)

====Studio analysts====
* [[Spencer Tillman]] (1999–2014)
* [[Ara Parseghian]] (1982–1989)
* [[Mike Francesa]] (1990)
* [[Boomer Esiason]] (1995)
* [[Butch Davis]] (1995)
* [[Craig James (running back)|Craig James]] (1996–1998)
* [[Lou Holtz]] (1997–1998)
* [[Archie Manning]] (2005–2013)
* [[Houston Nutt]] (2017–2022)

==Features==
* College Football Kickoff presented by [[Mercedes-Benz]] (pregame show aired at 2:30&nbsp;pm. Eastern Time)
* [[State Farm]] College Football Today (main [[pre-game show]] aired at 3:00&nbsp;pm. Eastern Time and simulcast on CBS Sports Network prior to their 3:30&nbsp;p.m. college game)
* Starting Lineups presented by [[Chick-fil-A]]
* [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] Update (throughout the game)
* [[Nissan]] Heisman Watch (throughout the game)
* [[Geico]] Halftime Report (formerly sponsored by [[EarthLink]] until 2004)
* Preview of Sunday's [[NFL on CBS]] matchups
* First Half Trends Presented by [[Enterprise Rent-a-Car]] (at the start of second half)
* [[Aflac]] Trivia Question
* [[The Home Depot]] Tools for Success
* [[Geico]] Game Recap (formerly showed only scoring plays until 2008 as the "Scoring Recap")
* [[Quicken Loans]] Scholar Athlete (formerly sponsored by [[Red Lobster]] until 2016)
* [[NAPA Auto Parts]] Play of the Game (formerly named the "Wrangler 5-Star Play of the Game")
* [[U.S. Army]] Post-game Show (formerly sponsored by [[Jeep]] until 2016, [[Dodge]] until 2018, and by [[Rocket Mortgage]] until 2022)

==Nielsen ratings==
===Regular season===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Rank
!Date
! colspan="4" |Matchup
!Network
!Viewers (millions)
!TV ratings
!Significance
|-
|1
|November 9, 2019, 3:30 ET
|[[2019 LSU Tigers football team|'''#2 LSU''']]
|'''46'''
|[[2019 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|#3 Alabama]]
|41
| rowspan="10" |[[CBS]]
|16.64
|9.7
|[[Alabama-LSU football rivalry]]
|-
|2
|November 25, 2017, 3:30 ET
|[[2017 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|#1 Alabama]]
|14
|[[2017 Auburn Tigers football team|'''#6 Auburn''']]
|'''26'''
|13.66
|7.6
|[[Iron Bowl]]
|-
|3
|November 5, 2022, 3:30 ET
|[[2022 Tennessee Volunteers football team|#1 Tennessee]]
|13
|'''[[2022 Georgia Bulldogs football team|#3 Georgia]]'''
|'''27'''
|13.06
|6.7
|''[[College GameDay (football TV program)|College GameDay]]'', [[Georgia–Tennessee football rivalry|Rivalry]]
|-
|4
|October 15, 2022, 3:30 ET
|[[2022 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|#3 Alabama]]
|49
|'''[[2022 Tennessee Volunteers football team|#6 Tennessee]]'''
|'''52'''
|11.56
|6.1
|[[Third Saturday in October]]
|-
|5
|November 3, 2018, 8:00 ET
|[[2018 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|'''#1 Alabama''']]
|'''29'''
|[[2018 LSU Tigers football team|#3 LSU]]
|0
|11.54
|6.6
|[[Alabama-LSU football rivalry]]
|-
|6
|November 30, 2019, 3:30 ET
|[[2018 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|#5 Alabama]]
|45
|[[2018 Auburn Tigers football team|'''#15 Auburn''']]
|'''48'''
|11.43
|6.3
|[[Iron Bowl]]
|-
|7
|November 7, 2015, 8:00 ET
|[[2015 LSU Tigers football team|#2 LSU]]
|16
|[[2015 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|'''#4 Alabama''']]
|'''30'''
|11.06
|6.4
| rowspan="2" |[[Alabama-LSU football rivalry]]
|-
|8
|November 5, 2016, 8:00 ET
|[[2016 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|'''#1 Alabama''']]
|'''10'''
|[[2016 LSU Tigers football team|#13 LSU]]
|0
|10.38
|5.8
|-
|9
|November 27, 2021, 3:30 ET
|[[2021 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|'''#3 Alabama''']]
|'''24'''
|[[2021 Auburn Tigers football team|Auburn]]
|22
|10.37
|5.3
|[[Iron Bowl]]
|-
|10
|October 17, 2020, 8:00 ET
|[[2020 Georgia Bulldogs football team|#3 Georgia]]
|24
|[[2020 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|'''#2 Alabama''']]
|'''41'''
|9.61
|5.3
|[[Alabama-Georgia football rivalry]]
|-
|}

===Conference championships===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Year
!Conference
! colspan="4" |Matchup
!Network
!Viewers (millions)
!TV ratings
|-
|[[2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2015]]
|[[2015 SEC Championship Game|SEC]]
|[[2015 Florida Gators football team|#18 Florida]]
|15
|[[2015 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|'''#2 Alabama''']]
|'''29'''
| rowspan="4" |[[CBS]]
|12.8
|7.8
|-
|[[2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2016]]
|[[2016 SEC Championship Game|SEC]]
|[[2016 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|'''#1 Alabama''']]
|'''54'''
|[[2016 Florida Gators football team|#18 Florida]]
|16
|11.09
|6.6
|-
|[[2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2017]]
|[[2017 SEC Championship Game|SEC]]
|[[2017 Georgia Bulldogs football team|'''#6 Georgia''']]
|'''28'''
|[[2017 Auburn Tigers football team|#2 Auburn]]
|7
|13.47
|8.0
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2018]]
|[[2018 SEC Championship Game|SEC]]
|[[2018 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|'''#1 Alabama''']]
|'''35'''
|[[2018 Georgia Bulldogs football team|#4 Georgia]]
|28
|17.5
|10.1
|-
|[[2018 Conference USA Football Championship Game|C-USA]]
|[[2018 UAB Blazers football team|'''UAB''']]
|'''27'''
|[[2018 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team|Middle Tennessee]]
|25
|[[CBSSN]]
|n.a
|n.a
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2019]]
|[[2019 SEC Championship Game|SEC]]
|[[2019 Georgia Bulldogs football team|#4 Georgia]]
|10
|[[2019 LSU Tigers football team|'''#2 LSU''']]
|'''37'''
|[[CBS]]
|13.70
|7.9
|-
|[[2019 Conference USA Football Championship Game|C-USA]]
|[[2019 UAB Blazers football team|UAB]]
|6
|[[2019 Florida Atlantic Owls football team|'''Florida Atlantic''']]
|'''49'''
|[[CBSSN]]
|n.a
|n.a
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2020]]
|[[2020 SEC Championship Game|SEC]]
|[[2020 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|'''#1 Alabama''']]
|'''52'''
|[[2020 Florida Gators football team|#7 Florida]]
|46
|[[CBS]]
|8.92
|4.9
|-
|[[2020 Conference USA Football Championship Game|C-USA]]
|[[2020 UAB Blazers football team|'''UAB''']]
|'''22'''
|[[2020 Marshall Thundering Herd football team|Marshall]]
|13
|rowspan=2|[[CBSSN]]
|n.a
|n.a
|-
|[[2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season|2021 (Spring)]]
|[[2020 Patriot League Football Championship Game|Patriot League]]
|[[2020 Holy Cross Crusaders football team|'''Holy Cross''']]
|'''33'''
|[[2020 Bucknell Bison football team|Bucknell]]
|10
|n.a
|n.a
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2021]]
|[[2021 SEC Championship Game|SEC]]
|[[2021 Georgia Bulldogs football team|#1 Georgia]]
|24
|[[2021 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|'''#3 Alabama''']]
|'''41'''
|[[CBS]]
|15.27
|8.2
|-
|[[2021 Conference USA Football Championship Game|C-USA]]
|[[2021 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team|WKU]]
|41
|[[2021 UTSA Roadrunners football team|'''UTSA''']]
|'''49'''
|[[CBSSN]]
|n.a
|n.a
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2022]]
|[[2022 SEC Championship Game|SEC]]
|[[2022 LSU Tigers football team|#14 LSU]]
|30
|[[2022 Georgia Bulldogs football team|'''#1 Georgia''']]
|'''50'''
|[[CBS]]
|10.89
|5.6
|-
|[[2022 Conference USA Football Championship Game|C-USA]]
|[[2022 North Texas Mean Green football team|North Texas]]
|27
|[[2022 UTSA Roadrunners football team|'''UTSA''']]
|'''48'''
|[[CBSSN]]
|n.a
|n.a
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2023]]
|[[2023 SEC Championship Game|SEC]]
|[[2023 Georgia Bulldogs football team|#1 Georgia]]
|24
|[[2023 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|'''#8 Alabama''']]
|'''27'''
|[[CBS]]
|17.52
|8.9
|-
|[[2023 Conference USA Football Championship Game|C-USA]]
|[[2023 New Mexico State Aggies football team|New Mexico State]]
|35
|[[2023 Liberty Flames football team|'''#24 Liberty''']]
|'''49'''
|[[CBSSN]]
|n.a
|n.a
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2024]]
|[[2024 Big Ten Football Championship Game|Big Ten]]
|[[2024 Oregon Ducks football team|'''#1 Oregon''']]
|'''45'''
|[[2024 Penn State Nittany Lions football team|#3 Penn State]]
|37
|[[CBS]]
|10.5
|5.2
|-
|[[2024 Conference USA Football Championship Game|C-USA]]
|[[2024 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team|Western Kentucky]]
|12
|[[2024 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team|'''Jacksonville State''']]
|'''52'''
|[[CBSSN]]
|n.a
|n.a
|}

===Bowl games===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Year
!Bowl game
! colspan="4" |Matchup
!Network
!Viewers (millions)
!TV ratings
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2015]]
|[[2015 Sun Bowl|Sun Bowl]]
|[[2015 Miami Hurricanes football team|Miami]]
|14
|[[2015 Washington State Cougars football team|'''Washington State''']]
|'''20'''
|[[CBS]]
|4.7
|2.9
|-
|[[2015 Cure Bowl|Cure Bowl]]
|[[2015 San Jose State Spartans football team|'''San Jose State''']]
|'''27'''
|[[2015 Georgia State Panthers football team|Georgia State]]
|16
|[[CBSSN]]
|n.a
|n.a
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2016]]
|[[2016 Sun Bowl|Sun Bowl]]
|[[2016 Stanford Cardinal football team|'''#18 Stanford''']]
|'''25'''
|[[2016 North Carolina Tar Heels football team|North Carolina]]
|23
|[[CBS]]
|3.0
|1.7
|-
|[[2016 Cure Bowl|Cure Bowl]]
|[[2016 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team|'''Arkansas State''']]
|'''31'''
|[[2016 UCF Knights football team|UCF Knights]]
|13
|[[CBSSN]]
|n.a
|n.a
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2017]]
|[[2017 Sun Bowl|Sun Bowl]]
|[[2017 NC State Wolfpack football team|'''#24 NC State''']]
|'''52'''
|[[2017 Arizona State Sun Devils football team|Arizona State]]
|31
|[[CBS]]
|2.2
|1.5
|-
|[[2017 Cure Bowl|Cure Bowl]]
|[[2017 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team|Western Kentucky]]
|17
|[[2017 Georgia State Panthers football team|'''Georgia State''']]
|'''27'''
|[[CBSSN]]
|n.a
|n.a
|-
|[[2017 Arizona Bowl|Arizona Bowl]]
|[[2017 New Mexico State Aggies football team|'''New Mexico State''']]
|'''26'''
|[[2017 Utah State Aggies football team|Utah State]]
|20
|[[CBSSN]]
|n.a
|n.a
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2018]]
|[[2018 Sun Bowl|Sun Bowl]]
|[[2018 Stanford Cardinal football team|'''Stanford''']]
|'''14'''
|[[2018 Pittsburgh Panthers football team|Pitt]]
|13
|[[CBS]]
|2.6
|1.8
|-
|[[2018 Cure Bowl|Cure Bowl]]
|[[2018 Tulane Green Wave football team|'''Tulane''']]
|'''41'''
|[[2018 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football team|Louisiana]]
|24
|[[CBSSN]]
|n.a
|n.a
|-
|[[2018 Arizona Bowl|Arizona Bowl]]
|[[2018 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team|Arkansas State]]
|13
|[[2018 Nevada Wolf Pack football team|'''Nevada''']]
|'''16'''
|[[CBSSN]]
|n.a
|n.a
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2019]]
|[[2019 Sun Bowl|Sun Bowl]]
|[[2019 Florida State Seminoles football team|Florida State]]
|14
|[[2019 Arizona State Sun Devils football team|'''Arizona State''']]
|'''20'''
|[[CBS]]
|3.2
|2.1
|-
|[[2019 Cure Bowl|Cure Bowl]]
|[[2019 Liberty Flames football team|'''Liberty''']]
|'''23'''
|[[2019 Georgia Southern Eagles football team|Georgia Southern]]
|16
|[[CBSSN]]
|n.a
|n.a
|-
|[[2019 Arizona Bowl|Arizona Bowl]]
|[[2019 Wyoming Cowboys football team|'''Wyoming''']]
|'''38'''
|[[2019 Georgia State Panthers football team|Georgia State]]
|17
|[[CBSSN]]
|n.a
|n.a
|-
|rowspan="2" |[[2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2020]]
|[[2020 Arizona Bowl|Arizona Bowl]]
|[[2020 Ball State Cardinals football team|'''Ball State''']]
|'''34'''
|[[2020 San Jose State Spartans football team|#22 San Jose State]]
|13
|[[CBS]]
|1.8
|1.1
|-
|[[2020 Sun Bowl|Sun Bowl]]
| colspan="7" |Game canceled due to [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States|COVID-19 pandemic]]
|-
|[[2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2021]]
|[[2021 Sun Bowl|Sun Bowl]]
|[[2021 Washington State Cougars football team|Washington State]]
|21
|[[2021 Central Michigan Chippewas football team|'''Central Michigan''']]
|'''24'''
|rowspan=4|[[CBS]]
|2.9
|1.8
|-
|[[2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2022]]
|[[2022 Sun Bowl|Sun Bowl]]
|[[2022 Pittsburgh Panthers football team|'''Pitt''']]
|'''37'''
|[[2022 UCLA Bruins football team|#18 UCLA]]
|35
|2.8
|1.5
|-
|[[2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2023]]
|[[2023 Sun Bowl|Sun Bowl]]
|[[2023 Oregon State Beavers football team|#19 Oregon State]]
|8
|[[2023 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team|'''#16 Notre Dame''']]
|'''40'''
|3.2
|1.8
|-
|[[2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2024]]
|[[2024 Sun Bowl|Sun Bowl]]
|[[2024 Louisville Cardinals football team|'''Louisville''']]
|'''35'''
|[[2024 Washington Huskies football team|Washington]]
|34
|n.a
|n.a
|}

==References==
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