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How to watch Texas vs. Iowa State: Game time, TV, live streaming, and more

For the first time, a game on the Longhorn Network has Big 12 title implications. Here’s how to find it.

By Wescott Eberts Updated

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Since the launch of the Longhorn Network in 2011, the channel has carried a Big 12 game each season, but it has never carried a game of the magnitude of Saturday’s showdown between the No. 16-ranked Iowa State Cyclones and the No. 15-ranked Texas Longhorns at 7 p.m. Central.

So there will be increased interest in a game that may be hard to find for viewers around the country. Here’s how to watch it.

Streaming providers

Sony Playstation Vue:

  • TX/OK: Second Package
  • AR, LA, NM: Third Package
  • National: Sports Package

DirecTV Now:

  • TX: Second Package

Satellite packages

Dish Network (Channel 407)

  • America’s Everything
  • America’s Top 120 Plus
  • America’s Top 200
  • America’s Top 250

DIRECTV (Channel 677)

  • Direct TV Sports Pack

Other carriers of the Longhorn Network include:

  • AT&T U-Verse
  • Charter Spectrum
  • Cox
  • Frontier Communications
  • Google Fiber
  • Suddenlink
  • Verizon Fios
  • Full list available here

Authenticated subscribers can stream the Longhorn Network via the ESPN App. Wide Right & Natty Lite also put together a national list. In general, most Buffalo Wild Wings will have it and many other sports bars also have the Direct TV sports pack.

In the meantime, enjoy some pregame preview reading:

Injury Report

  • Freshman WR Joshua Moore (shoulder) — out
  • Sophomore OL Patrick Hudson (illness) — out
  • Freshman TE Rob Cummins (knee) — out
  • Sophomore LB/DE Marquez Bimage (shoulder) — out
  • Sophomore CB Josh Thompson — out
  • Junior WR Collin Johnson (knee) — questionable
  • Junior S Brandon Jones (ankle) — questionable
  • Senior DE Breckyn Hager (elbow) — available
  • Senior CB Davante Davis (knee) — available
  • Senior DB PJ Locke III (toe) — available

How to Watch:

TV: Longhorn Network

Time: 7:00 p.m. Central

Radio: Texassports.com. Broadcasts are also available on Sirius 132, XM 199, and App Ch. 953

Online Streaming: ESPN App

Odds: Texas -3

Weather: 65 degrees and mostly cloudy, with a 15-percent chance of precipitation

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