The Big 12 Makes Its Debut on Fox on September 22

After a steady diet of Pac-12 games in primetime in the first three weeks of the college football season, Fox will finally be able to show a Big 12 game on September 22 as its new contract with the conference kicks in.

Fox Sports announced today that it will air Kansas State at Oklahoma at 7:50 p.m. on September 22. This Saturday, Fox will be in the Pac-12 showing the traditional USC at Stanford rivalry game.

Also this Saturday, FX has a Big 12/Pac-12 doubleheader with TCU-Kansas at noon ET followed by Portland State-Washington at 4.

Here are the other games that will be covered by the Fox Sports Media Group over the next two weeks.

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Maryland at West Virginia – Colorado at Washington State Doubleheader on FX

New York, NY – FOX Sports Media Group today unveiled the matchups slated for FOX and FX on Saturday, Sept. 22.

FOX Sports presents the University of Oklahoma/Kansas State game in primetime, the first ever Big 12 regular season game on the broadcast network. The FOX COLLEGE SATURDAY pregame show, hosted by Erin Andrews with analysts Eddie George and Joey Harrington, begins coverage at 7:00 PM ET with kickoff from Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium slated for 7:50 PM ET. Oklahoma is currently tied at No. 5 in the latest AP poll. Kansas State is ranked No. 15 and faces North Texas on Saturday, Sept. 15 before heading to Norman.

On FX, doubleheader coverage includes West Virginia welcoming the Maryland Terrapins to Morgantown at 12:00 PM ET and at 4:00 PM, Colorado visits Mike Leach’s Washington State team in a Pac-12 matchup.

Below is the schedule for the next two weekends on the FSMG networks. The remainder of the schedule will be announced as the season progresses.

ALL TIMES EASTERN

Saturday, September 15
12:00 PM — TCU at Kansas, Big 12/FX
12:00 PM — Louisiana-Lafayette at Oklahoma St, Big 12/FSN
3:30 PM — Texas A&M at SMU, C-USA/FSN
4:00 PM — Portland St. at Washington, Pac-12/FX
7:00 PM — North Texas at Kansas State, Big 12/FSN
7:00 PM — New Mexico at Texas Tech, Big 12/FCS
7:00 PM — Sam Houston St. at Baylor, Big 12/FCS
7:30 PM — USC at Stanford, Pac-12/FOX / FOX Deportes 

Saturday, September 22
12:00 PM — Maryland at West Virginia, Big 12/FX
12:00 PM — Ole Miss at Tulane, C-USA/FSN
4:00 PM — Colorado at Washington St, Pac-12/FX
7:30 PM — Kansas State at Oklahoma, Big 12/FOX / FOX Deportes

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