NFL and college football’s 5-day playoff stretch starts now. Here’s how you can watch each game

Every game time, and more importantly all the streaming services you’ll need.

The schedules in College Football and the NFL are coalescing for five straight days of binge-watching unlike anything we’ve seen in years. This football-shaped eclipse is worth preparing for, and to be clear, you will need to do a little prep work ahead of time.

Between the CFB Playoff and NFL Wild Card round, there are FIVE different services you need to be subscribed to in order to watch everything on offer. While it’s likely you probably already have some of these services, it’s best to know ahead of time than get caught out right before you’re trying to watch a game.

Everything is so much simpler than when we had cable, right?

Thursday, January 9

Orange Bowl
Notre Dame (7) vs. Penn State (6)
Airs on ESPN at 7:30 p.m. ET

Friday, January 10

Cotton Bowl
Ohio State (8) vs. Texas (12)
Airs on ESPN at 7:30 p.m. ET

Saturday, January 11

AFC Wild Card Playoffs
Los Angeles Chargers vs. Houston Texans
Airs on CBS and Paramount+ at 4:30 p.m. ET

AFC Wild Card Playoffs
Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Baltimore Ravens
Airs on Prime Video at 8:00 p.m. ET

Sunday, January 12

AFC Wild Card Playoffs
Denver Broncos vs. Buffalo Bills
Airs on CBS and Paramount+ at 1:00 p.m. ET

NFC Wild Card Playoffs
Green Bay Packers vs. Philadelphia Eagles
Airs on FOX at 4:30 p.m. ET

NFC Wild Card Playoffs
Washington Commanders vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Airs on NBC and Peacock at 8:00 p.m. ET

Monday, January 13

NFC Wild Card Playoffs
Minnesota Vikings vs. Los Angeles Rams
Airs on ESPN, ABC and ESPN+ at 8:00 p.m. ET