Big Ten Conference announces football TV schedule for early season games

The Big Ten has arguably been the top conference in college football over the past two or three seasons. Now, with less than three months until the kickoff of the next one, the league has shared what their schedule will look like to start with over the first three weeks of this fall.

The schedule for the upcoming season in college football began to take shape on Thursday with several games announced, with times and television designations, all across the country. That included 51 games set from August 28th through September 13th, both in the non-conference and some in conference play, around the Big Ten.

Thursday, August 28, 2025

Ohio at Rutgers | BTN | 6 p.m. ET
Buffalo at Minnesota | FS1 | 8 p.m. ET
Nebraska vs. Cincinnati | ESPN | 9 p.m. ET*
Miami (OH) at Wisconsin | BTN | 9 p.m. ET

Friday, August 29, 2025

Western Michigan at Michigan State | FS1 | 7 p.m. ET
Western Illinois at Illinois | Peacock | 7:30 p.m. ET

Saturday, August 30, 2025
Texas at Ohio State | FOX | Noon ET
Ball State at Purdue | BTN | Noon ET
FAU at Maryland | BTN | Noon ET
Northwestern at Tulane | ESPNU | Noon ET
Old Dominion at Indiana | FS1 | 2:30 p.m. ET
Nevada at Penn State | CBS | 3:30 p.m. ET
Montana State at Oregon | BTN | 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT
Albany at Iowa | FS1 | 6 p.m. ET
New Mexico at Michigan | NBC | 7:30 p.m. ET
Missouri State at USC | BTN | 7:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m. PT
Colorado State at Washington | BTN | 11p.m. ET/8 p.m. PT
Utah at UCLA | FOX | 11p.m. ET/8 p.m. PT

Friday, September 5, 2025

NIU at Maryland | BTN | 7:30 p.m. ET
Western Illinois at Northwestern | BTN | 7:30 p.m. ET

Saturday, September 6, 2025

Kennesaw State at Indiana | FS1 | Noon ET
FIU at Penn State | BTN | Noon ET
Northwestern State at Minnesota | BTN | Noon ET=
Iowa at Iowa State | FOX | Noon ET
Illinois at Duke | ABC or ESPN | Noon ET
Oklahoma State at Oregon | CBS | 3:30 p.m. ET/12:30 p.m. PT
Grambling State at Ohio State | BTN | 3:30 p.m. ET
Miami (OH) at Rutgers | Peacock | 3:30 p.m. ET
MTSU at Wisconsin | FS1 | 4 p.m. ET
SIU at Purdue | BTN | 7:30 p.m. ET
Boston College at Michigan State | NBC | 7:30 p.m. ET
Akron at Nebraska | BTN | 7:30 p.m. ET
Michigan at Oklahoma | ABC | 7:30 p.m. ET
Georgia Southern at USC | FS1 | 7:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m. PT
UCLA at UNLV | CBS Sports Network | 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT
UC Davis at Washington | BTN | 11 p.m. ET/8 p.m. PT

Friday, September 12, 2025

Indiana State at Indiana | BTN | 6:30 p.m. or 7 p.m. ET
New Mexico at UCLA | TBD | TBD

Saturday, September 13, 2025

Oregon at Northwestern | FOX | Noon ET
Wisconsin at Alabama | ABC or ESPN | Noon ET
Houston Christian at Nebraska | FS1 | Noon ET
CMU at Michigan | BTN | Noon ET
Towson at Maryland | Peacock | Noon ET
Villanova at Penn State | FS1 | 3:30 p.m. ET
Norfolk State at Rutgers | BTN | 3:30 p.m. ET
Youngstown State at Michigan State | BTN | 3:30 p.m. ET
USC at Purdue | CBS | 3:30 p.m. ET
Ohio at Ohio State | Peacock | 7 p.m. ET
Western Michigan at Illinois | FS1 | 7 p.m. ET
UMass at Iowa | BTN | 7:30 p.m. ET
Minnesota at Cal | ESPN | 10:30 p.m. ET

“Kickoff times and television designations not announced today will be determined and distributed according to the 12-/6-day in-season selection process,” the league noted in the release.

With this season, the Big Ten will again look to have multiple teams competing for titles, starting off with these games. That’s after last season where, following the expansion of the league as well as the playoff, the conference saw four teams make the College Football Playoff, including the No. 1 overall seed in Oregon as well as the eventual champion in Ohio State as the Big Ten has had consecutive national championship winners with Michigan as well.

There’s much anticipation again for this next football season in the Big Ten. We now, with 13 weeks until kickoff, know how it’ll start off in the league with the announced schedule here from the conference this morning.

FOX Sports’ first three Big Noon Saturday games for 2025 season revealed

On Thursday, On3’s Pete Nakos revealed which games FOX’s Big Noon Kickoff will be covering through the first three weeks of the college football season.

Big Noon Kickoff will, as announced, kick off the season in Columbus for Ohio State vs. Texas in Week 1 on August 30th. From there, Big Noon will travel to the Week 2 rivalry matchup in the Cy-Hawk between Iowa and Iowa State in Ames on September 6th before covering Oregon vs. Northwestern on September 13th in Evanston.