ESPN announced Friday that an additional seven Big Ten games to be nationally broadcast, mainly coming from the early non-conference slate, including three Ohio State games and a marquee matchup between UCLA and Nebraska.
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Key non-conference games between UCLA and Nebraska, Syracuse and Penn State, and five of Ohio State’s games will be on the ESPN family of networks.
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Five of Ohio State’s 12 games are included among the 17 games the network has released thus far as they try to key in on coverage of a squad expected by many to be the nation’s best. Michigan is next up with three games, while several have two.
Notable games added to the schedule in this round include the UCLA-Nebraska game, the season opener between Syracuse and Penn State at the Meadowlands, and the annual Black Friday Iowa-Nebraska matchup.
Here’s a full look at the games ESPN plans to broadcast, the networks and the game times (all Eastern):
Date | Time (ET) | Game | Network |
Sat, Aug 31 | Noon | Buffalo at No. 1 Ohio State | ESPN2 |
3:30 p.m. | Syracuse vs. Penn State (East Rutherford, N.J.) | ABC and ESPN2 | |
Sat, Sep 7 | Noon | South Florida at Michigan State | ESPN2 or ESPNU |
| Noon | Cincinnati at Illinois | ESPN2 or ESPNU |
| 3:30 p.m. | San Diego State at No. 1 Ohio State | ABC and ESPN2 |
| 8 p.m. | No. 10 Notre Dame at No. 9 Michigan * | ABC, ESPN or ESPN2 |
Sat, Sep 14 | Noon | No. 19 UCLA at No. 22 Nebraska | ABC |
| Noon | Bowling Green at Indiana | ESPNU |
| 8 p.m. | No. 10 Notre Dame at Purdue * | ABC, ESPN or ESPN2 |
Sat, Sep 28 | 3:30 p.m. | Iowa at Minnesota * | ABC |
| 8 p.m. | No. 25 Wisconsin at No. 1 Ohio State * | ABC, ESPN or ESPN2 |
Sat, Oct 5 | 3:30 p.m. | Minnesota at No. 9 Michigan * | ABC, ESPN or ESPN2 |
| 8 p.m. | No. 1 Ohio State at No. 24 Northwestern * | ABC, ESPN or ESPN2 |
Sat, Oct 12 | 5 p.m. | No. 9 Michigan at Penn State * | ESPN or ESPN2 |
Sat, Oct 19 | 3:30 p.m. | Iowa at No. 1 Ohio State | ABC, ESPN or ESPN2 |
Sat, Oct 26 | 8 p.m. | Penn State at No. 1 Ohio State * | ABC, ESPN or ESPN2 |
Fri, Nov 29 | Noon | Iowa at No. 22 Nebraska | ABC |
* previously released
More games will be added to the schedule going forward.
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