Sports on TV for Oct. 17 - 18

Sports programming for Oct. 17-18 spans football, auto racing, golf, horse racing, baseball, hockey, soccer, rodeo and more, with times varying by network and some events subject to change or blackouts. Saturday highlights include Women’s Australian Rules Football on FS2 at 4 a.m. and multiple AFL games on FS2 through midnight. College football runs from noon through late evening on channels including ABC, CBS, ESPN, FOX, FS1, NBCSN, SECN and PEACOCK, featuring matchups such as Florida at Texas, Alabama at Tennessee and Notre Dame at BYU. NASCAR Cup Series practice and qualifying air on TRUTV, while NHLN and MLB postseason coverage appear later.