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Streaming services, channels you'll need to watch Oregon football play in Big Ten

This story has been updated to reflect that Comcast/Xfinity is not carrying Oregon, Washington, USC or UCLA events this season in West Coast markets.

With the Oregon football team’s move to the Big Ten Conference this fall, the Ducks’ TV schedule already looks a bit different from years past.

No longer will fans have to worry about tracking down Pac-12 Network if it doesn’t come with your cable service, but new stations and services like Big Ten Network and Peacock will be needed to watch games.

Here are the channels you’ll need to watch Oregon football this season, and where you might be able to find them on cable and streaming services.

Big Ten Network

Fans hoping to watch Oregon football from home will need access to Big Ten Network. To date, the Ducks’ season opener at home against Idaho on Aug. 31 will air on BTN, with more games likely to be shown throughout the season that have not yet been announced.

The channel is simple enough to find on every major cable service, except for Comcast Xfinity. See the list below for which channel BTN is on for each service in Eugene. You can also find it yourself through the network’s website.

In the week leading up to Oregon's season opener, fans discovered that Comcast Xfinity was blacking out games on Big Ten Network showing West Coast schools in West Coast markets. Washington soccer fans were unable to watch a game Monday night against Oregon State on the network on Comcast Xfinity and were greeted with the message below.

At the website, allbtngames.com, the network explains: "Comcast Xfinity is the only pay TV provider that declined to accept the Big Ten Network territory expansion offer, therefore Comcast Xfinity viewers in many areas will not have access to live broadcasts of the highly anticipated inaugural B1G season games for Oregon, UCLA, USC and Washington on Big Ten Network."

Comcast Xfinity: 403 (SD), 726, 1313 (HD)

DIRECTV: 610

DISH: 410

Spectrum: 400 (SD), 822 (HD)

If fans don’t have cable or have Comcast Xfinity and are blacked out, there are plenty of streaming options to watch the network.

How to stream the Big Ten Network

The most affordable is Sling TV, which ranges from $40 to $55 per month. To watch BTN, fans will need to add the Sports Extra package to the Sling Blue plan or the combined Sling Orange and Blue plan. BTN is not included in the Sports Extra package in the Sling Orange plan.

DIRECTV STREAM also offers Big Ten Network at a higher cost but with more channels and features, like unlimited DVR from $80 to $165 per month.

Hulu with live TV also offers BTN, along with Disney Plus and ESPN+ for $76.99 or $89.99 per month with no ads.

YouTubeTV also carries the network for $72.99 a month, and has a special offer going as of Aug. 27 that discounts the first four months of the service to $52.99 per month.

Finally, Fubo offers Big Ten Network on its Pro, Elite, and Premier plans ranging from $80 to $100 per month.

Peacock

Another new service Duck fans will have to get used to is Peacock, a streaming service that is partnered with the Big Ten and will air exclusive football games and other sporting events.

Oregon’s second game, Sept. 7 at home against Boise State, is set to air on Peacock.

Peacock is a streaming-only service, meaning you can’t find it on cable, though some cable services offer Peacock for free with certain plans.

Currently Peacock is $7.99 per month with ads, or $13.99 per month without ads.

Sign up for Peacock to watch Oregon vs. Boise State on Sept. 7

FOX, CBS, NBC

This one shouldn’t be new for Duck fans, as Oregon games have been broadcast on each of these stations before. The Big Ten has a major media rights deal in place with Fox, CBS and NBC. Each station is available with an antenna and comes with every major cable service.

Oregon games may also occasionally air on FS1, part of Fox’s family of networks. Hulu with live TV includes FS1.

Oregon’s matchup against Oregon State in Corvallis on Sept. 14 is set to air on Fox.

ESPN/ABC

Another channel that fans should already be familiar with, ESPN and its other stations like ESPN2 and ESPNU are included in most cable packages and most streaming service plans with a focus on sports, as well as ABC, which can be accessed through antenna and all cable packages.

Alec Dietz covers University of Oregon football, volleyball, women’s basketball and baseball for The Register-Guard. You may reach him at adietz@registerguard.com and you can follow him on X @AlecDietz.

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This article originally appeared on Register-Guard: How to stream Oregon football: Peacock, Big Ten Network