Stream Football Without Cable: Every Top Way to Watch Live Football

Are you wondering if you can watch football online if you ditch cable? This page will tell you how to watch college football games as well as pro football games from the NFL and UFL. I have all the details!

In a hurry? The Big Four networks and ESPN are critical for football fans — regardless of whether you prefer pro or college. These services will provide you with more football than you probably have time to watch:

• Fubo: This is a great streaming service for football with 50+ sports-focused channels. Fubo allows you to try out its service with a free trial.
• DIRECTV STREAM: Get what you expect from cable with but without the contract. A 5-day free trial is now available for DIRECTV STREAM.
• Sling TV: Watch football with this low-cost and highly customizable streaming service. Save 50% on Sling TV now!

Football fans don’t need to worry about cutting the cord. Everything you can get with a regular cable subscription you can get with a live TV streaming service. And you can generally get it for less money. Even better? You can probably get more with a streaming service.

Below I provide information on the best streaming services for football fans. Further down, I provide details about all the different leagues and how to watch specific games.

Saturday’s Football Games

Here are all the games (if any) taking place today:

NFL

None

NCAA Football

None

UFL

None

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Top Football Stream Services

All of the major streaming services provide at least some access to football. Here are your best options:

• Fubo ($79.99/month): Although it really shines in the context of the full range of sports worldwide, Fubo offers local affiliates, ESPN, NFL Network, and almost all regional sports networks (RSNs). (Fubo review)
• Sling TV ($40.00/month): This low-cost streaming service is great for everything but it doesn’t include CBS. You might want to supplement it with Paramount+ ($7.99/month). (Sling TV review)
• DIRECTV STREAM ($86.99/month): Full cable replacement service with all the channels you’d expect. (DIRECTV STREAM review)
• Hulu + Live TV ($82.99/month): Get 85+ live TV channels along with Disney+ and ESPN+. (Hulu Live review)
• YouTube TV ($82.99/month): Get 100+ channels.

Here is a comparison of the major football channels offered by these services:

Channel
ABC	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
ACC Network	💲	💲	💲	✔️
Big Ten Network	✔️	💲	💲	✔️
CBS	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️
CBS Sports Network	✔️	💲	❌	✔️
ESPN	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
ESPN2	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
ESPNU	💲	💲	💲	✔️
ESPN+	❌	❌	❌	✔️
Fox	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
FS1	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
FX	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
NBC	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
NFL Network	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
SEC Network	💲	💲	💲	✔️
USA Network	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️

All of these streaming services support the most popular streaming devices: Amazon Fire TV, Android Mobile, Android TV, Apple TV, Chromecast, iOS, Roku, and web browsers. And they all provide at least some DVR storage.

How to Stream Your Favorite Football Leagues

If you are looking for information to stream a particular event or team, you’ve come to the right place.

There is a lot of football to watch throughout the year as you can see here.

How to Watch NFL Online Without Cable

See our in-depth guide about watching NFL games. It provides all the details to get set-up and watching. But if you want to dig down deep, we have guides for everything NFL-streaming related including ones for every team. You can find links in that page.

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How to Watch UFL Online Without Cable

You can also watch UFL online without cable, or if you want to watch your favorite team play, see our team guides, which can be found in our base UFL streaming guide.

How to Watch NCAA Football Online Without Cable

Looking for a way to watch NCAA online? We have two guides. The first is the general guide for watching college football through the regular season. It also has links to our pages about specific NCAA teams.

We also have a general guide for watching bowl games. It includes links to pages on every specific bowl game.

Our Choice

You have a lot of options to stream football throughout the year. All the services I’ve highlighted above are excellent. Which one is right for you will depend on your specific interests.

Fubo is my top choice for streaming football — and most other sports too. Fubo allows you to try out its service with a free trial.

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FAQs

Can I watch NFL on Amazon Prime?

Starting in 2023, Amazon Prime Video is the exclusive home to Thursday Night Football (although not all Thursday night games — like the first game of the regular season). This is part of the standard Prime package. The only other way to watch these games is with NFL+. And with it, you will need to watch on a mobile device.

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I am a Senior Content Editor at Hotdog.com, specializing in sports streaming and regional programming issues. With a PhD in Atmospheric Physics from the Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and extensive experience in remote sensing technology, including early video streaming, I bring a unique technical perspective to the streaming industry.

My expertise in sports coverage, particularly for out-of-market games and regional sports networks, stems from years of hands-on experience as an early adopter of streaming services and my work addressing fans' viewing challenges. As a longtime cord-cutter and subscriber to multiple streaming platforms, I combine my technical knowledge with practical user experience, making me a leading expert in the field of sports streaming and entertainment technology.

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