Conference USA announced Thursday that two Western Kentucky football games will move to Friday to accommodate broadcasts on CBS Sports Network – at Old Dominion (Oct. 20) and the home finale against rival Middle Tennessee (Nov. 17).

The reigning back-to-back conference champions will host the Blue Raiders at 7 p.m. under the lights of Houchens-Smith Stadium, while the kickoff time at Old Dominion is still to be determined.

Additional Conference USA football television games will be released as soon as they are finalized. Kickoff times for additional home and away games will also be announced as soon as possible.

WKU played three times on CBS Sports Network last season, beating Rice on Sept. 1 and losing to Vanderbilt on Sept. 24 and at Louisiana Tech on Oct. 6. The Toppers didn’t play any Friday games in 2016.

WKU is in the midst of spring practices under first-year coach Mike Sanford and return the league’s top passer in quarterback Mike White as well as six starters from C-USA’s top scoring defense a year ago.

WKU wraps up the spring season on April 22 with the annual Red vs. White Spring Game, set for 3 p.m., and opens the 2017 season on Sept. 2 at home against Eastern Kentucky.

2017 Conference USA CBS Sports Network/ESPN networks TV schedule (All times Central)

CBS Sports Network

• Saturday, Sept. 2 Kentucky at Southern Miss, 3 p.m.

• Saturday, Sept. 2 Vanderbilt at Middle Tennessee, 7 p.m.

• Saturday, Sept. 9 Mississippi State at Louisiana Tech, 6:30 p.m.

• Friday, Oct. 20 WKU at Old Dominion, TBA

• Friday, Nov. 3 Marshall at Florida Atlantic, 5 p.m.

• Friday, Nov. 17 Middle Tennessee at WKU, 7 p.m.

ESPN

• Friday, Sept. 15 Arizona at UTEP, 9:15 p.m.

ESPN2

• Friday, Oct. 20 Marshall at Middle Tennessee, 6 p.m.

ESPN or ESPN2

• Saturday, Aug. 26 Stanford vs. Rice (in Sydney, Australia), 9 p.m.

• Saturday, December 2 C-USA Championship Game, TBA

ESPNU

• Friday, Sept. 1 Navy at Florida Atlantic, 7 p.m.

ESPN NETWORK TBA

• Saturday, Nov. 25 UTSA at Louisiana Tech, TBA (12-day selection)