OSU Football Game Times: Nick Martin and Cowboys Best Get Used to Rising Early
STILLWATER – Oklahoma State and all of the Big 12 schools and Division I college football learned of at least some of their early season and national televised games kickoff times for 2024. Oklahoma State seems to inherited the networks favoritism for the early Noon (eastern) kickoff times. The Cowboys have three 11 a.m. kickoffs out of the five games that are known.
The common theory at Oklahoma State has been night kickoffs for early in the season at home. Television can obviously change that. The hope on the road is to always kickoff as early as possible. The best announcement of the day for Oklahoma State football was that 11 a.m. (central) and 10 a.m. (mountain) kickoff on Black Friday at Colorado. It’s cold that time of year in Boulder and you definitely want to play during the day and not at night.
The Cowboys got their late night kick of the season with the Friday, Oct. 18 game at BYU and a 9:15 p.m.
I think Mike Gundy is likely very happy with these game times.
| Oklahoma State Football 2024 Game times and Television Assignments Announced May 30, 2024 |
| Date | Game |
Kickoff Time/Television Assignment - all times Central |
| Sat. Aug. 31 | South Dakota State at Oklahoma State | Likely 6 p.m./Big 12 Now on ESPN+ |
| Sat. Sept. 7 | Arkansas at Oklahoma State | 11 a.m. (CT)/ABC |
| Sat. Sept. 14 | Oklahoma State at Tulsa | 11 a.m. (CT)/ESPN2 |
| Fri. Oct. 18 | Oklahoma State at BYU | 9:15 (CT)/ESPN |
| Fri. Nov. 29 | Oklahoma State at Colorado | 11 a.m. (CT)/ABC |
There are a lot of other attractive Big 12 games that were given kickoff times and television assignments as well.
Here is a selection of those:
| Date | Game | Kickoff Time/Television Assignment - all times Central |
| Thurs. Aug. 29 | North Dakota State at Colorado | 6 p.m./ESPN |
| Fri. Aug. 29 | TCU at Stanford | 9:30 p.m. |
| Sat. Aug. 31 | Penn State at West Virginia | 11 a.m./FOX |
| Sat. Aug. 31 | North Dakota at Iowa State | 2:30 p.m./FS1 |
| Sat. Aug. 31 | UNLV at Houston | 6 p.m./FS1 |
| Sat. Aug. 31 | New Mexico at Arizona | 8:30 p.m./ESPN |
| Sat. Aug. 31 | Wyoming at Arizona State | 8:30 p.m./FS1 |
| Fri. Sept. 6 | BYU at SMU | 5 p.m./ESPN2 |
| Sat. Sept. 7 | Pittsburgh at Cincinnnati | 11 a.m./ESPN or ESPN2 |
| Sat. Sept. 7 | Kansas State at Tulane | 11 a.m./ESPN or ESPN2 |
| Sat. Sept. 7 | Baylor at Utah (non conf.) | 2:30 p.m./FOX |
| Sat. Sept. 7 | Iowa State at Iowa | 2:30 p.m./CBS |
| Sat. Sept. 7 | Kansas at Illinois | 6 p.m./FS1 |
| Sat. Sept. 7 | Colorado at Nebraska | 6:30 p.m./NBC |
| Sat. Sept. 7 | Houston at Oklahoma | 6:45 p.m./SECN |
| Sat. Sept. 7 | Texas Tech at Wash.State | 9 p.m./FOX |
| Sat. Sept. 7 | Miss.State at Arizona State | 8:30 p.m./ESPN |
| Fri. Sept. 13 | UNLV at Kansas | 6 p.m./ESPN |
| Fri. Sept. 13 | Arizona at Kansas State (non conf.) | 7 p.m./FOX |
| Sat. Sept. 14 | North Texas at Texas Tech | 11 a.m./FS1 |
| Sat. Sept. 14 | West Virginia at Pittsburgh | 2:30 p.m./ESPN or ESPN2 |
| Sat. Sept. 14 | Utah at Utah State | 3:30 p.m./CBSSN |
| Sat. Sept. 14 | UCF at TCU | 6:30 p.m./FOX |
| Sat. Sept. 14 | Air Force at Baylor | 6:30 p.m./FS1 |
| Sat. Sept. 14 | Colorado at Colorado State | 6:30 p.m./CBS |
| Sat. Sept. 14 | BYU at Wyoming | 8 p.m./CBSSN |
| Fri. Oct 4 | Houston at TCU | 6:30 p.m./ESPN |
| Fri. Oct. 11 | Utah at Arizona State | 8:30 p.m./ESPN |
| Fri. Nov. 15 | Houston at Arizona | 9:15 p.m./FS1 |
| Fri. Nov. 29 | Utah at UCF | 7 p.m./FOX |
