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How to Watch Indiana Hoosiers Football Live Without Cable

Written by Derek Fleming

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Watch today’s Indiana football game live without cable on the device of your choice, including iPhone, Apple TV, Roku, Samsung Smart TVs, and more.

Table of Contents
  1. Important channels
  2. Our picks
  3. How to watch Indiana football on YouTube TV
  4. More Big Ten Teams
How to watch Indiana football live
IU football viewing guide.

College football fans in Bloomington can watch Indiana Hoosiers football live without cable with fuboTV, DIRECTV STREAM “Choice,” YouTube TV, or Hulu + Live TV. My top two picks for watching Indiana Football are DIRECTV STREAM’s “Choice” package and fuboTV because both platforms carry all the channels you need to watch Indiana Hoosiers football, including Big Ten Network, plus Bally Sports Indiana for Pacers games, and WTTV CBS 4 Indianapolis for watching Colts games.

DIRECTV STREAM – Choice

ABC, ESPN, WTTV CBS 4 Indianapolis, FOX, FS1, Big Ten Network, Bally Sports Indiana, and more.

$99.99 / month

5 Day Free Trial

Fubo

Another excellent choice for Hoosiers fans.

$74.99 / month

7 Day Free Trial

Important channels

The Big Ten’s TV rights are held by CBS, NBC, and FOX. FS1 and Big Ten Network, as properties owned by FOX and the Big Ten respectively, will feature less sought-after Big Ten matchups while FOX’s Big Noon Kickoff airs the week’s premier Big Ten game.

FuboDIRECTV STREAM – ChoiceFuboTV Sports LiteHulu + Live TVSling TV Orange + Sports ExtraYouTube TV
ABC ABC
Big 10 Network Big 10 Network
ESPN ESPN
ESPN2 ESPN2
FOX FOX
FS1 FS1
I tuned in to the MSU vs. Indiana game live on Big Ten Network with YouTube TV. We streamed this game on an LG Smart TV.

Note: Sling TV carries FOX, but only in select markets.


Our picks

Our regular readers won’t be surprised to see fuboTV leading the pack as our top choice for live streaming Indiana football games. Out of the gate, fuboTV comes with 1,000 hours of DVR storage and with ABC, CBS, NBC, ESPN, FOX, FS1, and Big Ten Network all in the base package, has all the channels you need to watch Big Ten Football.

fuboTV also carries WTTV CBS 4 Indy for live streaming Indianapolis Colts football.


Hulu + Live TV carries all the channels you need to watch Big Ten Football, and checks a big box for us by carrying the Big Ten Network in their base package. The ESPN+ bundle gets NCAAF fans even more college football from conferences outside the Power 5, plus smaller Big 12 and SEC matchups.


Unfortunately, DirecTV Stream doesn’t carry Big Ten Network in its base package and requires fans to subscribe to its premium “Choice” package to get the channel. This is an issue for Hoosiers fans because IU will be featured on the Big Ten Network quite a bit during the college football season. The real value here is for local IU fans who are also Pacers fans as DirecTV Stream “Choice” carries Bally Sports Indiana, the regional sports network that carries most of the Pacers regular season.


How to watch Indiana football on YouTube TV

YouTube TV is another great option for watching Big Ten Football. The platform features an extensive lineup of 4K sports programming and has all the channels you need to live stream the Hoosiers.


Unfortunately, Indianapolis and Bloomington aren’t markets that get FOX or NBC on Sling TV, so there are major gaps in coverage for watching the Hoosiers.

Sling TV Blue + Sports Extra offers Big Ten Network, but not much else for Indiana football fans. Hoosier fans in Indiana are better off with fuboTV or DIRECTV STREAM “Choice.”

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