Channel guide
Every network the schedule puts a game on, and where to find it.
On TV
DirecTV and DISH use the same numbers everywhere in the country, so these are the numbers on your box.
| Network | DirecTV | DISH | YouTube TV |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACC Network | 612 | 402 | Carried |
| Big Ten Network | 610 | 405 | Carried |
| CBS Sports Network | 221 | 158 | Carried |
| ESPN | 206 | 140 | Carried |
| ESPN2 | 209 | 143 | Carried |
| ESPNU | 208 | 141 | Carried |
| FOX Sports 1 | 219 | 150 | Carried |
| SEC Network | 611 | 404 | Carried |
| TNT | 245 | 138 | Carried |
| truTV | 246 | 242 | Carried |
| USA Network | 242 | 105 | Carried |
| Local stations — the number is your market’s | |||
| ABC | Varies by market | Carried | |
| CBS | Varies by market | Carried | |
| The CW | Varies by market | Carried | |
| More market-dependent than the other four: some markets have no CW station at all and get the network through The CW Plus instead, and YouTube TV carriage is per-station by ZIP. Check your local listings. | |||
| FOX | Varies by market | Carried | |
| NBC | Varies by market | Carried | |
In an app
No channel number exists for these — they are streams, not channels. Most want either a TV-provider login or a subscription of their own.
| Network | Where to watch it |
|---|---|
| ACC Network Extra | ESPN app |
| ESPN+ | ESPN app, with an ESPN+ subscription |
| HBO Max | The HBO Max app — a YouTube TV add-on, not base-plan carriage |
| MW+ | The Mountain West's own app — no TV provider carries it |
| Paramount+ | The Paramount+ app — a YouTube TV add-on, not base-plan carriage |
| Peacock | The Peacock app |
| SEC Network+ | ESPN app |
| ESPN Unlimited | ESPN app, on its Unlimited tier — not a network but ESPN's top subscription |
| YouTube TV carries a selection of ESPN Unlimited programming under its November 2025 Disney deal, but not the tier itself. Whether a given game is there is genuinely unsettled. | |
Where these came from
The DirecTV and DISH numbers were read from each provider’s own published lineup on , and every one was confirmed in a second edition of that provider’s own document. Numbers move — if one is wrong on your box, the provider’s lineup is the authority, not this page. DirecTV channel lineup, effective · DirecTV satellite lineup, effective · DISH America's Top 200 card, effective · DISH full channel guide, effective
The YouTube TV column is weaker, and worth treating that way: it does not come from YouTube TV. The service publishes no national channel list at all — its own help pages say “100+ channels” and send you to a ZIP lookup — so carriage here is read from two independent third-party lineups instead. cabletv.com's base plan lineup, updated · TV Guide's YouTube TV channel list, updated
Carriage also moves. ESPN, ABC, SEC Network and ACC Network went dark on YouTube TV on and were restored on (ESPN on the Disney–YouTube TV deal that ended it). Worth knowing before you lean on the dates above: TV Guide's YouTube TV channel list falls inside that window.
The two listings were compared row by row and agree on all 16 channels in the table above, the four that went dark included — and a listing written from inside the blackout would show those four missing and disagree. So the overlap is worth knowing about, and it does not appear to have reached these numbers.