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Weekend Sports: NASCAR Championship Races; Penn State Visits Washington

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Thursday, Nov. 5, 2026 | Weekend events: Friday, Nov. 6–Sunday, Nov. 8 | Times Eastern

NASCAR’s three national-series championship races share the weekend with a Formula 1 Grand Prix, NFL and college football, playoff soccer, and several Penn State and Gettysburg College events. Here are the weekend’s main matchups and where to follow them.

College football

Penn State at Washington headlines Saturday at 3:30 p.m. in Seattle, with the game on FS1. Other notable Saturday matchups include BYU at Utah at noon on ABC, Alabama at LSU at 3:30 p.m. on ABC, and Georgia at Ole Miss at 7:30 p.m. on ABC. See the Penn State schedule and NCAA scoreboard.

Penn State and Gettysburg College

Penn State has several other weekend events: women’s basketball at Cincinnati Saturday at 2 p.m. on ESPN+; men’s ice hockey against Notre Dame Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m.; women’s volleyball at Minnesota Friday at 7 p.m. and Wisconsin Sunday at 4 p.m. on FS1; and men’s basketball against Pittsburgh Sunday at 8 p.m. at Philadelphia’s Palestra on ESPN2. The hockey and volleyball games have streaming links on the Penn State all-sports schedule.

Gettysburg College’s live schedule includes football at Muhlenberg Saturday at 1 p.m., women’s basketball against Messiah at home in Bream Gym Saturday at 2 p.m., and women’s volleyball at Bryn Mawr Saturday at 1 p.m. Check the teams’ football, women’s basketball and volleyball schedules for live video or stats links.

NFL

Sunday’s international game sends the Bengals to Madrid to face the Falcons at 9:30 a.m. on NFL Network. At 1 p.m., the Giants visit the Eagles on FOX, with Broncos-Panthers, Cowboys-Colts, Jets-Chiefs, Lions-Dolphins, Browns-Saints and Rams-Commanders also scheduled. The late window includes Texans-Chargers at 4:05 p.m. and Raiders-49ers, Packers-Patriots and Cardinals-Seahawks at 4:25 p.m.; Tampa Bay visits Chicago on Sunday Night Football at 8:20 p.m. See the complete NFL Week 9 schedule.

NBA

The 76ers play twice on the road: at Cleveland Friday at 7:30 p.m. on Prime Video, then at Chicago Sunday at 3:30 p.m. Saturday’s NBA Mexico City Game features Denver against Indiana at 5 p.m. Eastern. The full weekend slate is on the NBA schedule and the 76ers schedule.

Golf

The PGA Tour’s World Wide Technology Championship runs Thursday through Sunday at El Cardonal at Diamante in Los Cabos, Mexico. The LPGA’s TOTO Japan Classic is also scheduled for Nov. 5–8 in Ibaraki, Japan. Check the PGA Tour schedule and LPGA tournament schedule.

NASCAR

Homestead-Miami Speedway hosts all three national-series championship races: the Craftsman Truck Series championship race Friday at 7:30 p.m. ET on FS1, the O’Reilly Auto Parts Series final Saturday at 5 p.m., and the Cup Series championship Sunday at 3 p.m. The NASCAR weekend schedule lists the full program.

Formula 1

The São Paulo Grand Prix weekend reaches its main event Sunday, when the race starts at noon Eastern. Saturday qualifying is scheduled for 1 p.m. Eastern. The official Formula 1 calendar has the event schedule.

NHL

Regional matchups include the Capitals hosting Florida Saturday at 12:30 p.m., the Penguins visiting the Los Angeles Kings Saturday at 9 p.m., and the Flyers visiting Calgary Sunday at 7 p.m. The league’s weekend schedule lists the rest of the games.

Soccer

MLS Decision Day is Saturday, with every club playing and the final playoff places at stake. Eastern Conference matches begin at 4 p.m.; Western Conference games start at 7 p.m. The NWSL playoffs also open their quarterfinal round: San Diego hosts Utah Friday at 8 p.m.; Kansas City meets Angel City Saturday at noon; Gotham hosts Seattle Sunday at 12:30 p.m.; and Washington Spirit welcomes Portland Sunday at 3 p.m. The Saturday and Sunday NWSL games air on CBS or ABC. See the MLS playoff schedule and NWSL quarterfinal details.

Tennis

The ATP Rolex Paris Masters concludes Sunday with the doubles final followed by the singles final. The WTA Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open also runs through Sunday. See the official ATP Paris Masters page and WTA Hong Kong Open page for draws and match times.

UFC

UFC Fight Night: Gabriel Bonfim vs. Sean Brady is scheduled for Saturday at Meta APEX in Las Vegas. UFC lists preliminary bouts beginning at 5 p.m. Eastern; the event announcement has the card and viewing information.

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