Boise State football gets big afternoon TV slot, network for Notre Dame game

BOISE (Idaho Statesman) — Two of last season’s best college football teams will face off in a Saturday afternoon game this fall that has been set for a prime time slot.

Boise State and Notre Dame’s game on Oct. 4 has been scheduled to air on NBC and will start at 1:30 p.m. Mountain time in South Bend, Indiana. The matchup was originally behind a paywall on the streaming network Peacock, which would require a subscription to watch.

Notre Dame has a media rights deal with NBC that features at least one of the Fighting Irish’s home games exclusively on Peacock each year. But the country won’t need it to see a week six showdown that is one of Boise State’s biggest nonconference games in program history.

Both teams are fresh off an appearance in the College Football Playoff. The Broncos got a bye into the quarterfinal round before falling in the Fiesta Bowl to Penn State, while Notre Dame made it all the way to the national championship game before losing 34-23 to Ohio State.

The two teams are among the winningest programs in college football history. Boise State ranks first, winning 76.8% of its games, while Notre Dame is fifth, at 72.5%. This fall will mark the first time the Broncos and Fighting Irish have faced off.

Boise State football schedule

The Notre Dame game is now the only one on the Broncos’ 2025 schedule that has a kickoff time. The Mountain West released team schedules in February but has not announced times. Here’s Boise State’s schedule for 2025 (asterisk denotes conference game):

Aug. 30 – at USF (Tampa, Florida)
Sept. 6 – Eastern Washington
Sept. 13 – BYE
Sept. 20 – at Air Force* (Colorado Springs)
Sept. 27 – App State
Oct. 4 – at Notre Dame (South Bend, Indiana) – 1:30 p.m. Mountain time
Oct. 11 – New Mexico* Oct. 18 – UNLV*
Oct. 25 – at Nevada* (Reno) Nov. 1 – Fresno State*
Nov. 8 – BYE
Nov. 15 – at San Diego State*
Nov. 22 – Colorado State*
Nov. 29 – at Utah State* (Logan, Utah)
Dec. 5 – Mountain West championship game