2026 Week 6 FCS Football Schedule: Kickoff Times and How to Watch

Week 6 of the FCS season puts most of our Week 5 Top 25 back on the field after a shakeup that put South Dakota State alone at No. 1.

The headline games are both ranked-on-ranked. No. 2 Montana visits No. 12 Northern Arizona in Flagstaff, and No. 3 Tarleton State goes on the road to No. 9 Austin Peay in a UAC showdown between 5-0 and 5-1 teams.

Here's the full Week 6 rundown from ESPN, including every matchup involving a team from our Week 5 Top 25. Times are Eastern.

Friday, October 9

• Florida A&M at Alabama State (Noon ET)
• Columbia at Marist (7 pm ET, ESPN+)

Saturday, October 10

• New Hampshire at North Carolina A&T (Noon ET, FloSports)
• Stonehill at Sacred Heart (Noon ET, FloSports)
• Bryant at Brown (Noon ET, ESPN+ / NESN+)
• Dartmouth at Yale (Noon ET, ESPNU)
• Robert Morris at Morgan State (Noon ET, ESPN+)
• Princeton at Wagner (Noon ET)
• No. 23 South Carolina State at Charleston Southern (Noon ET, ESPN+)
• Morehead State at Dayton (Noon ET, YouTube)
• Bucknell at Georgetown (12:30 pm ET, ESPN+)
• No. 17 Harvard at Cornell (1 pm ET, ESPN+)
• No. 5 Youngstown State at Indiana State (1 pm ET, ESPN+)
• American International at Central Connecticut State (1 pm ET)
• Long Island at Duquesne (1 pm ET, NEC Front Row / SportsNet PIT)
• Franklin Pierce at Delaware State (1 pm ET)
• Howard at Pennsylvania (1 pm ET, ESPN+)
• William & Mary at North Carolina Central (1 pm ET, ESPN+)
• San Diego at Butler (1 pm ET, ESPN+)
• Samford at Chattanooga (1 pm ET, ESPN+)
• Wofford at Elon (2 pm ET, FloSports)
• Southern Illinois at No. 10 South Dakota (2 pm ET, ESPN+ / Midco Sports Net)
• Virginia University of Lynchburg at Norfolk State (2 pm ET)
• Drake at Valparaiso (2 pm ET, ESPN+)
• Stetson at St. Thomas (MN) (2 pm ET, Midco Sports Plus)
• No. 21 East Tennessee State at The Citadel (2 pm ET, ESPN+)
• Southeast Missouri State at Lindenwood (2 pm ET, ESPN+)
• Idaho at Weber State (3 pm ET, ESPN+)
• Arkansas Baptist at Alcorn State (3 pm ET)
• Western Carolina at Mercer (3 pm ET, ESPN+)
• Mississippi Valley State at Texas Southern (3 pm ET)
• Southern at Prairie View A&M (3 pm ET)
• No. 19 Richmond at Fordham (3:30 pm ET, ESPN+)
• Eastern Illinois at Gardner-Webb (3:30 pm ET, ESPN+)
• UT Martin at Tennessee State (3:30 pm ET, ESPN+)
• Furman at No. 18 Tennessee Tech (3:30 pm ET, ESPN+)
• No. 22 Stony Brook at Towson (4 pm ET, MNMT / FloSports)
• Utah Tech at Portland State (4 pm ET, ESPN+ / Rose City Sports Net)
• Incarnate Word at No. 11 Lamar (4 pm ET, ESPN+)
• No. 6 North Dakota at Northern Iowa (5 pm ET, ESPN+)
• No. 2 Montana at No. 12 Northern Arizona (5 pm ET, ESPN+ / Scripps Sports)
• No. 24 Jackson State at Grambling State (5 pm ET)
• Davidson at Presbyterian (5:30 pm ET, ESPN+)
• Cal Poly at No. 13 Idaho State (6 pm ET, ESPN+)
• West Georgia at Eastern Kentucky (6 pm ET, ESPN+)
• No. 3 Tarleton State at No. 9 Austin Peay (7 pm ET, ESPN+)
• Northern Colorado at Eastern Washington (7 pm ET, ESPN+)
• Bethune-Cookman at Alabama A&M (7 pm ET)
• Central Arkansas at Abilene Christian (8 pm ET, ESPN+)
• Southeastern Louisiana at UTRGV (8 pm ET, ESPN+)

Bye week

No. 1 South Dakota State, No. 4 Stephen F. Austin, No. 7 Montana State, No. 8 Lehigh, No. 14 UC Davis, No. 15 Campbell, No. 16 Illinois State, No. 20 Colgate, and No. 24 Monmouth.

Rankings reflect our Week 5 FCS Top 25. Kickoff times and TV listings are from ESPN's FCS scoreboard as of Oct. 8.