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By Anne Erickson
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For those who love watching football, it's a bittersweet time, because the season is winding down. So, are there NFL or college football games on TV today, Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026?
Well, the college football season is over and ended on Monday, Jan. 19, with the Indiana Hoosiers beating the Miami Hurricanes, 27-21. So, there are no college football games on the slate for the 2025-26 season anymore.
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But, the good news is that there's still NFL football to be played. The NFL's AFC Championship and NFC Championship games are set for Sunday, January 25, with a double-header.
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For the AFC Championship game, the Denver Broncos will host the New England Patriots at 3 p.m. ET on CBS. Then, the NFC Championship will bring a NFC West rivalry with the Los Angeles Rams going up against the Seattle Seahawks at 6:30 p.m. ET on Fox.
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Then, there's still the Super Bowl up ahead. That event is set for San Francisco on Sunday, Feb. 8, at 6:30 p.m. on NBC.
So, even though there are no football games on TV on Saturday, Jan. 24, at least there's still football ahead.
Spring Football on the Horizon
Even after the big game, there's spring football on tap. Sure, it doesn't get nearly the recognition of NFL football, but the United Football League (UFL) offers a football fix when the NFL is quiet.
On Thursday, Jan. 22, the UFL announced its full 2026 schedule, and it will feature 43 games broadcast on FOX, ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, FS1 and the ESPN App. Select games in Spanish will also air across FOX Deportes and ESPN Deportes.
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"The new season will feature new teams competing with new head coaches in new markets and in new venues," the UFL notes in a statement.
The 2026 season will officially start on Friday, March 27, at 8 p.m. Eastern time on Fox Sports, bringing a game of "old school meeting new school when the three-time spring football league champion Birmingham Stallions under new Head Coach AJ McCarron travel to Louisville to take on UFL newcomer, the Louisville Kings, under the direction of Head Coach and Louisville Cardinals great Chris Redman at Lynn Family Stadium."
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The UFL is aiming to bring up its viewership in 2026. According to research from Sports Pro, the "UFL witnessed a decline in both TV viewership and attendances during its 2025 regular season." It "averaged 645,000 viewers in sophomore season, down 20 per cent on 2024." But, on the upside, five of the spring football league's games had more than 900,000 viewers.
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