Rice Owls — American Conference. Tonight's channel below, plus the full 2026-27 schedule with the network for every game that has one.
Of Rice's 32 scheduled 2026-27 games, 9 have a channel so far: 9 stream only, never appearing in a channel guide at all. The other 23 games have no channel yet — college basketball windows are assigned by the conferences and networks through the season, and this page updates daily as they land.
The part that catches people out: 9 games on ESPN+ / ACCNX are not on television. No cable package and no channel number will find them — they are streamed only.
All 32 games ESPN has scheduled so far — 16 home, 13 away, 3 at neutral sites. Channels are shown where a broadcast has been assigned as of 2026-11-12; the rest fill in through the season, and this table is rebuilt daily.
Most Rice games will land on the ESPN channels, a conference network or a conference streaming tier once the windows are set. Fubo carries ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNews, CBS Sports Network, ACC Network, SEC Network, Big Ten Network, FS1, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, and its plans include ESPN Unlimited, which covers the ESPN direct-to-consumer games a lot of college basketball ends up on. What it does not carry is TNT, TBS or truTV, which have some regular-season games and half of March Madness. YouTube TV carries all three.
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Of Rice's 32 scheduled 2026-27 games, 9 have a channel so far: 9 stream only, never appearing in a channel guide at all. The other 23 games have no channel yet — college basketball windows are assigned by the conferences and networks through the season, and this page updates daily as they land.
Most Rice games will land on the ESPN channels, a conference network or a conference streaming tier once the windows are set. Fubo carries ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNews, CBS Sports Network, ACC Network, SEC Network, Big Ten Network, FS1, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, and its plans include ESPN Unlimited, which covers the ESPN direct-to-consumer games a lot of college basketball ends up on. What it does not carry is TNT, TBS or truTV, which have some regular-season games and half of March Madness. YouTube TV carries all three.
ESPN currently lists 32 2026-27 games for Rice Owls, opening at home against Dallas Christian Crusaders on Nov 2. 16 are at home, 13 on the road and 3 at neutral sites. The full schedule is on this page and is rebuilt daily as games are added.
Not so far. TNT Sports carries some regular-season college basketball and its share of March Madness alongside CBS, but none of Rice's games with a channel assigned is on TNT, TBS or truTV yet. Fubo carries CBS and none of the three Turner channels, so a Fubo plan reaches about half the bracket; YouTube TV carries all three. This page names the channel for every game as soon as it is assigned.