When to watch Miami vs. Ole Miss
- The game is Thursday, Jan. 8, at 7:30 p.m. ET (4:30 p.m. PT).
Where to watch Miami vs. Ole Miss
- The Fiesta Bowl will be broadcast nationally on ESPN.
Miami and Ole Miss both upset higher seeds to reach the semifinals of the College Football Playoff. No. 10 Miami knocked off the defending champs in No. 1 Ohio State, and their win was no fluke — I say that as a lifelong Buckeyes fan. Miami dominated both sides of the line, pushing Ohio State around to run the ball with great effectiveness on offensive and disrupt the Buckeye passing attack on defense. Edge rushers Rueben Bain Jr. and Akheem Mesidor, in particular, were terrors.
No. 6 Ole Miss didn’t let the absence (betrayal?) of its head coach jetting off to LSU for a bigger payday right before the tournament began stop them from taking out No. 3 Georgia in the last round. They find themselves the underdogs again tonight. Despite being the lower seed, Miami is a 3-point favorite heading into the game tonight.
The Fiesta Bowl will host this CFP semifinal matchup between Miami and Ole Miss at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, home of the NFL’s Arizona Cardinals. The winner will advance to face either Indiana or Oregon in the College Football Playoff national championship on Jan. 19.
Miami and Ole Miss kick off tonight at 7:30 p.m. ET (4:30 p.m. PT) on ESPN. Keep reading to see the best options for watching or streaming the game.
Rueben Bain Jr. will lead No. 10 Miami’s defense against No. 6 Ole Miss in the Fiesta Bowl tonight.
How to watch Miami vs. Ole Miss
If you are not a cable or satellite TV subscriber, you can watch the game today on ESPN with a live TV streaming service or with the new direct-to-consumer streaming service from ESPN. Read on for more information about which services also offer TNT because the other two first-round games today will be shown on that channel.
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The ESPN direct-to-consumer streaming service comes in two flavors. The ESPN Unlimited plan costs $30 a month (or $300 a year) and lets you stream all ESPN linear networks: ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNews, ESPN Deportes, SEC Network and ACC Network. You also get access to programming on ESPN on ABC, ESPN Plus, ESPN3, SECN Plus and ACCNX. With ESPN Unlimited, you can watch every remaining game of the College Football Playoff.
(A $12 a month ESPN Select plan is also available, and it’s like a rebranding of ESPN Plus. It offers you access to thousands of live games — including small college conferences, whose games are not shown anywhere else — but not the College Football Playoff.)
Fubo recently introduced a $56 per month skinny bundle for sports fans that includes ESPN. Fubo offers a free trial for the Fubo Sports plan that usually ranges between one and seven days, so you can watch tonight’s game for free; you can also take advantage of a $10 discount for the first month. Click here to see which local channels you get. Read our Fubo review.
DirecTV offers a sports-focused skinny bundle. The DirecTV MySports plan costs $70 per month and includes ESPN. With a five-day trial, you can watch today’s games for free, or you can get the first two months are $10 off. Read our DirecTV review.
YouTube TV costs $83 a month and includes ESPN for the College Football Playoff. There is a 21-day trial, and the first two months are discounted to $60 a month for new subscribers.
Hulu Plus Live TV costs $83 a month and includes ESPN. Hulu Plus Live TV also offers a three-day trial so you can watch the game tonight for free. Read our Hulu Plus Live TV review.
All the live TV streaming services above allow you to cancel anytime and require a solid internet connection. Looking for more information? Check out our live TV streaming services guide and our picks for the best sports streaming services.