{"id":669849,"date":"2026-05-28T09:44:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T09:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/669849\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T09:44:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T09:44:09","slug":"big-ten-releases-tv-schedule-kickoff-times-for-2026-football-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/669849\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Ten releases TV schedule, kickoff times for 2026 football season"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Big Ten<\/a> released its 2026 football schedule<\/a> with kickoff times and TV designations for their early season slate. The schedule also features the matchups in the latter half of the season.<\/p>\n

\u201cKickoff times and television designations not announced today will be determined and distributed according to the 12-\/6-day in-season selection process,\u201d the Big Ten release read. \u201cExact Homecoming start times will be confirmed no later than 12 days in advance of kickoff.\u201d<\/p>\n

For the full schedule, scroll below to find your team\u2019s kickoff times and TV designation. This Big Ten slate is based on what\u2019s available at this time.<\/p>\n

Saturday, August 29, 2026
San Jose State at USC | NBC | 3 p.m. ET\/12 p.m. PT<\/p>\n

Thursday, September 3, 2026
UMass at Rutgers | BTN | 6 p.m. ET
Eastern Illinois at Minnesota | Peacock | 8 p.m. ET\/7 p.m. CT
UAB at Illinois | BTN | 9 p.m. ET\/8 p.m. CT<\/p>\n

Friday, September 4, 2026
Indiana State at Purdue | BTN | 7 p.m. ET
Toledo at Michigan State | FS1 | 8 p.m. ET
Fresno State at USC | FOX | 9 p.m. ET\/ 6 p.m. PT<\/p>\n

Saturday, September 5, 2026
North Texas at Indiana | FOX | 12 p.m. ET
Ohio at Nebraska | FS1 | 12 p.m. ET\/11 a.m. CT
Ball State at Ohio State | BTN | 12:30 p.m. ET
Boise State at Oregon | CBS | 3:30 p.m. ET\/12:30 p.m. PT
Marshall at Penn State | FS1 | 3:30 p.m. ET
NIU at Iowa | BTN | 4:15 p.m. ET\/3:15 p.m. CT
Western Michigan at Michigan | NBC | 7:30 p.m. ET
Hampton at Maryland | BTN | 8 p.m. ET
South Dakota State at Northwestern | BTN | 8 p.m. ET\/7 p.m. CT
UCLA at Cal | ESPN | 10:30 p.m. ET\/7:30 p.m. PT<\/p>\n

Sunday, September 6, 2026
Washington State at Washington | NBC | 4 p.m. ET\/1 p.m. PT
Wisconsin at Notre Dame | NBC | 7:30 p.m. ET\/6:30 p.m. CT<\/p>\n

Friday, September 11, 2026
Rutgers at Boston College | ESPN2 | 7:30 p.m. ET<\/p>\n

Saturday, September 12, 2026
Howard at Indiana | BTN | 12 p.m. ET
Oklahoma at Michigan | FOX | 12 p.m. ET
Oregon at Oklahoma State | ESPN | 12 p.m. ET\/11 a.m. CT\/9 a.m. PT
Penn State at Temple | ESPN2 | 12 p.m. ET
Wake Forest at Purdue | FS1 | 12 p.m. ET
Duke at Illinois | FS1 | 3:30 p.m. ET\/2:30 p.m. CT
Maryland at UConn | CBS Sports Network | 3:30 p.m. ET
Eastern Michigan at Michigan State | BTN | 3:30 p.m. ET
Mississippi State at Minnesota | CBS | 3:30 p.m. ET\/2:30 p.m. CT
Utah State at Washington | BTN | 3:30 p.m. ET\/12:30 p.m. PT
Bowling Green at Nebraska | FS1 | 7 p.m. ET\/6 p.m. CT
San Diego State at UCLA | BTN | 7:15 p.m. ET\/4:15 p.m. PT
Western Illinois at Wisconsin | BTN | 7:15 p.m. ET\/6:15 p.m. CT
Iowa State at Iowa | NBC | 7:30 p.m. ET\/6:30 p.m. CT
Ohio State at Texas | ABC | 7:30 p.m. ET\/6:30 p.m. CT
Louisiana at USC | BTN | 11 p.m. ET\/8 p.m. PT<\/p>\n

Friday, September 18, 2026
Portland State at Oregon | BTN | 10:30 p.m. ET\/7:30 p.m. PT<\/p>\n

Saturday, September 19, 2026
Akron at Minnesota | BTN | 12 p.m. ET\/11 a.m. CT
Kent State at Ohio State | FOX | 12 p.m. ET
Buffalo at Penn State | BTN | 12 p.m. ET
Eastern Michigan at Wisconsin | Peacock | 12:30 p.m. ET\/11:30 a.m. CT
SIU at Illinois | Peacock | 2 p.m. ET\/1 p.m. CT
UTEP at Michigan | BTN | 3:30 p.m. ET
USC at Rutgers | CBS | 3:30 p.m. ET\/12:30 p.m. PT
Western Kentucky at Indiana | Peacock | 4 p.m. ET\/3 p.m. CT
UNI at Iowa | FS1 | 4 p.m. ET\/3 p.m. CT
North Dakota at Nebraska | BTN | 7:15 p.m. ET\/6:15 p.m. CT
Eastern Washington at Washington | BTN | 7:15 p.m. ET\/4:15 p.m. PT
Virginia Tech at Maryland | FOX or FS1 | 7:30 p.m. ET
Michigan State at Notre Dame | NBC | 7:30 p.m. ET
Colorado at Northwestern | FOX or FS1 | 7:30 p.m. ET\/6:30 p.m. CT
Purdue at UCLA | BTN | 11 p.m. ET\/8 p.m. PT<\/p>\n

Friday, September 25, 2026
Howard at Rutgers | BTN | 7 p.m. ET
Northwestern at Indiana | FOX | 8 p.m. ET\/7 p.m. CT<\/p>\n

Saturday, September 26, 2026
Wisconsin at Penn State | TBD | TBD (HC)<\/p>\n

Friday, October 2, 2026
Penn State at Northwestern | FOX | 8 p.m. ET\/7 p.m. CT<\/p>\n

Saturday, October 3, 2026
Purdue at Illinois | TBD | TBD (HC)
Maryland at Nebraska | TBD | TBD (HC)
Michigan State at Wisconsin | TBD | TBD (HC)
Indiana at Rutgers | TBD | 8 p.m. ET (HC)
Washington at USC | TBD | TBD (HC)<\/p>\n

Friday, October 9, 2026
Iowa at Washington | FOX or FS1 | 9 p.m. ET\/6 p.m. PT<\/p>\n

Saturday, October 10, 2026
Illinois at Michigan State | TBD | TBD (HC)
Ball State at Northwestern | TBD | TBD (HC)
Maryland at Ohio State | TBD | TBD (HC)<\/p>\n

Friday, October 16, 2026
Washington at Purdue | FOX | 8 p.m. ET\/5 p.m. PT<\/p>\n

Saturday, October 17, 2026
Rutgers at Maryland | TBD | TBD (HC)
Penn State at Michigan | TBD | TBD (HC)<\/p>\n

Saturday, October 24, 2026
Iowa at Minnesota | TBD | TBD (HC)
Michigan State at UCLA | TBD | TBD (HC)<\/p>\n

Saturday, October 31, 2026
Wisconsin at Iowa | TBD | TBD (HC)
Northwestern at Oregon | TBD | TBD (HC)
Minnesota at Indiana | TBD | TBD (HC)<\/p>\n

Friday, November 6, 2026
Nebraska at Illinois | FOX | 8 p.m. ET\/7 p.m. CT<\/p>\n

Saturday, November 7, 2026
Maryland at Purdue | TBD | TBD (HC)
Penn State at Washington | TBD | TBD (HC)<\/p>\n

Friday, November 13, 2026
Illinois at UCLA | FOX | 9 p.m. ET\/6 p.m. PT<\/p>\n

Friday, November 20, 2026
Oregon at Michigan State | FOX | 8 p.m. ET\/5 p.m. PT<\/p>\n

Friday, November 27, 2026
Nebraska at Iowa | CBS | 12 p.m. ET\/11 a.m. CT
Minnesota at Wisconsin | NBC | 7:30 p.m. ET\/6:30 p.m. CT<\/p>\n

Saturday, November 28, 2026
Michigan at Ohio State | FOX | 12 p.m. ET<\/p>\n

Saturday, December 5, 2026
2026 Discover Big Ten Football Championship Game | FOX | 8 p.m. ET^<\/p>\n

\u00a0HC denotes Homecoming
^ Game played at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Ind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Big Ten released its 2026 football schedule with kickoff times and TV designations for their early season…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":669850,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[399,398,396,397,99],"class_list":["post-669849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ncaa-football","tag-football","tag-ncaa","tag-ncaa-football","tag-ncaafootball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=669849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669849\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/669850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=669849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=669849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=669849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}