CUSA Announces National TV Games and Football Start Times
May 29, 2025 | Football
DALLAS -- Conference USA officially announced its 2025 football broadcast schedule and start times on Thursday (May 29) with Missouri State featured on five national TV broadcasts in its inaugural season in CUSA and FBS competition.
The Bears will open the campaign on Saturday, Aug. 30 at USC in a game that will air nationally on B1G Network with at 6:30 p.m. (Central) start time from the historic Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.Â
Missouri State's home opener against nationally-ranked SMU at Robert W. Plaster Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 13 is set for a 2:30 p.m. kickoff on CBS Sports Network. The Bears will also be featured on CBS Sports Network for their home conference game against FIU on Wednesday, Oct. 29 at 7:00 p.m.
MoState's other two nationally-televised contests will be road games in CUSA action on Wednesday, Oct. 8 at Middle Tennessee on ESPN2 (6:30 p.m.) and two weeks later at New Mexico State on CBS Sports Network at 8 p.m. (Central).
Missouri State's remaining seven games are included on ESPN Platforms, including ESPN+. All ESPN Platform games are subject to the 12-day selection window with kick times subject to change based upon television placement.
Missouri State's remaining home game times are as follows:
Remaining road game start times are:
Single-game tickets for all six MSU home games will go on sale at 10 a.m. on Monday, June 2 at the Great Southern Bank Arena Box Office, (417) 836-7678 and online at MissouriStateBears.com/Tickets.Â
Season Tickets remain available for purchase in most seating sections and may be PURCHASED ONLINE or at the Missouri State Box Office. Missouri State students are admitted free to all home games by presenting a valid BearPass on game days. Discounted season tickets are also available for all Missouri State faculty and staff.
CUSA TV partners CBS Sports Network and ESPN will feature a majority of the league's national exposures this season. The upcoming season also includes a return to the successful "Weekday CUSA" model, during the month of October, with CBS Sports Network carrying 10 conference games and ESPN carrying eight CUSA matchups during that timeframe on ESPN2 and ESPNU.
The 2025 CUSA Championship game on Friday, Dec. 5, will air on CBS Sports Network and kick off at 6 p.m. (Central).
Coach Ryan Beard begins his third season at Missouri State after finishing the 2024 season with an 8-4 overall record and a 6-2 ledger in Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) play to finish one game behind the league's tri-champions. Last season, the Bears landed 12 all-conference players and won eight straight games from Sept. 14 to Nov. 9 while eclipsing 5,000 total yards, 400 points and 3,600 passing yards in their final season in the FCS ranks.Â
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ABOUT CONFERENCE USA
Conference USA is an NCAA Division I conference championing success in college athletics through dedicated leadership, dynamic partnership, and diverse membership. Founded in 1995 and based in Dallas, CUSA is home to 12 schools this upcoming season: FIU, Jacksonville State, Liberty, Louisiana Tech, Middle Tennessee, New Mexico State, Sam Houston, UTEP, WKU and Kennesaw State with Missouri State and Delaware officially joining on July 1.
ABOUT CBS SPORTS NETWORK
CBS Sports Network, the 24-hour home of CBS Sports, is widely available through all major cable, satellite and telco distributors as well as via OTT streaming service providers YouTube TV, fuboTV, DirecTV and Hulu. Additionally, a live CBS Sports Network stream is available through CBSSports.com and the CBS Sports App by authenticating with select providers. For more information, including a full programming schedule, go to www.cbssportsnetwork.com.
ABOUT ESPNÂ
ESPN, the world's leading multiplatform sports entertainment brand, features eight U.S. television networks, the leading sports app, direct-to-consumer ESPN+, leading social and digital platforms, ESPN.com, ESPN Audio, endeavors on every continent around the world, and more. ESPN is 80 percent owned by ABC, Inc. (an indirect subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company) and 20 percent by Hearst.
ABOUT ESPN+Â
ESPN+ is the No. 1 sports streaming platform, serving fans in the U.S. with exclusive access to more than 32,000 live sports events each year, an unmatched library of on-demand replays and acclaimed original content, and premium written articles by the top reporters and analysts from ESPN.com. Fans sign up to ESPN+ for just $10.99 a month (or $109.99 per year) at ESPN.com, ESPNplus.com or in the ESPN App on mobile and connected devices.Â
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The Bears will open the campaign on Saturday, Aug. 30 at USC in a game that will air nationally on B1G Network with at 6:30 p.m. (Central) start time from the historic Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.Â
Missouri State's home opener against nationally-ranked SMU at Robert W. Plaster Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 13 is set for a 2:30 p.m. kickoff on CBS Sports Network. The Bears will also be featured on CBS Sports Network for their home conference game against FIU on Wednesday, Oct. 29 at 7:00 p.m.
MoState's other two nationally-televised contests will be road games in CUSA action on Wednesday, Oct. 8 at Middle Tennessee on ESPN2 (6:30 p.m.) and two weeks later at New Mexico State on CBS Sports Network at 8 p.m. (Central).
Missouri State's remaining seven games are included on ESPN Platforms, including ESPN+. All ESPN Platform games are subject to the 12-day selection window with kick times subject to change based upon television placement.
Missouri State's remaining home game times are as follows:
- Â Sat., Sept. 20 vs. UT Martin (ESPN Platforms) 6:00 p.m.
- Â Sat., Sept. 27 vs. Western Kentucky (ESPN Platforms) 6:00 p.m.
- Â Sat., Nov. 15 vs. UTEP (Homecoming / ESPN Platforms) 2:00 p.m.Â
- Â Sat., Nov. 29 vs. LA Tech (ESPN Platforms) 1:00 p.m.
Remaining road game start times are:
- Â Sat., Sept. 6 at Marshall (ESPN Platforms) 5:00 p.m. Central
- Â Sat., Nov. 8 at Liberty (ESPN Platforms) 12:00 p.m. Central
- Â Sat., Nov. 22 at Kennesaw State (ESPN Platforms) 1:00 p.m. Central
Single-game tickets for all six MSU home games will go on sale at 10 a.m. on Monday, June 2 at the Great Southern Bank Arena Box Office, (417) 836-7678 and online at MissouriStateBears.com/Tickets.Â
Season Tickets remain available for purchase in most seating sections and may be PURCHASED ONLINE or at the Missouri State Box Office. Missouri State students are admitted free to all home games by presenting a valid BearPass on game days. Discounted season tickets are also available for all Missouri State faculty and staff.
CUSA TV partners CBS Sports Network and ESPN will feature a majority of the league's national exposures this season. The upcoming season also includes a return to the successful "Weekday CUSA" model, during the month of October, with CBS Sports Network carrying 10 conference games and ESPN carrying eight CUSA matchups during that timeframe on ESPN2 and ESPNU.
The 2025 CUSA Championship game on Friday, Dec. 5, will air on CBS Sports Network and kick off at 6 p.m. (Central).
Coach Ryan Beard begins his third season at Missouri State after finishing the 2024 season with an 8-4 overall record and a 6-2 ledger in Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) play to finish one game behind the league's tri-champions. Last season, the Bears landed 12 all-conference players and won eight straight games from Sept. 14 to Nov. 9 while eclipsing 5,000 total yards, 400 points and 3,600 passing yards in their final season in the FCS ranks.Â
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 ABOUT CONFERENCE USA
Conference USA is an NCAA Division I conference championing success in college athletics through dedicated leadership, dynamic partnership, and diverse membership. Founded in 1995 and based in Dallas, CUSA is home to 12 schools this upcoming season: FIU, Jacksonville State, Liberty, Louisiana Tech, Middle Tennessee, New Mexico State, Sam Houston, UTEP, WKU and Kennesaw State with Missouri State and Delaware officially joining on July 1.
ABOUT CBS SPORTS NETWORK
CBS Sports Network, the 24-hour home of CBS Sports, is widely available through all major cable, satellite and telco distributors as well as via OTT streaming service providers YouTube TV, fuboTV, DirecTV and Hulu. Additionally, a live CBS Sports Network stream is available through CBSSports.com and the CBS Sports App by authenticating with select providers. For more information, including a full programming schedule, go to www.cbssportsnetwork.com.
ABOUT ESPNÂ
ESPN, the world's leading multiplatform sports entertainment brand, features eight U.S. television networks, the leading sports app, direct-to-consumer ESPN+, leading social and digital platforms, ESPN.com, ESPN Audio, endeavors on every continent around the world, and more. ESPN is 80 percent owned by ABC, Inc. (an indirect subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company) and 20 percent by Hearst.
ABOUT ESPN+Â
ESPN+ is the No. 1 sports streaming platform, serving fans in the U.S. with exclusive access to more than 32,000 live sports events each year, an unmatched library of on-demand replays and acclaimed original content, and premium written articles by the top reporters and analysts from ESPN.com. Fans sign up to ESPN+ for just $10.99 a month (or $109.99 per year) at ESPN.com, ESPNplus.com or in the ESPN App on mobile and connected devices.Â
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