Facebook to stream US college American football games

Social media platform Facebook has agreed a deal to stream live coverage of 15 US college American football games during the 2017-18 academic year.

Facebook will stream the games on an exclusive basis, with Facebook users able to access coverage free-of-charge via its video tab.

The agreement will cover nine Conference USA games and six Mountain West matches. Teams from Idaho State, Utah State and North Texas will all feature.

Games featured on Facebook will not air on television or be streamed anywhere else online.