Big Ten Football: 2012 Prime-Time Schedule Released

The Big Ten announced its prime-time television schedule for the 2012 football season on Tuesday. Nothing's better than football under the lights, and there are 14 such games on the docket for this year.

Here's the schedule, per ESPN.com (all times ET).

Aug. 31

Boise State at Michigan State, 8 p.m., ESPN 

Sept. 1

Indiana State at Indiana, 8 p.m., Big Ten Network 

Sept. 8

Vanderbilt at Northwestern, 8 p.m., BTN

Sept. 15

Notre Dame at Michigan State, 8 p.m., ABC
Utah State at Wisconsin, 8 p.m.
BTN Ball State at Indiana, 8 p.m., BTN

Sept. 22

Syracuse at Minnesota, 8 p.m., BTN
Louisiana Tech at Illinois, 8 p.m., BTN

Sept. 29

Wisconsin at Nebraska, 8 p.m., ABC, ESPN, or ESPN2

Oct. 6

Nebraska at Ohio State, 8 p.m., ABC, ESPN, or ESPN2

Oct. 13

Ohio State at Indiana, 8 p.m., BTN  

Oct. 20

Penn State at Iowa, 8 p.m., BTN  

Oct. 27

Ohio State at Penn State, 6 p.m., ESPN or ESPN2
Michigan at Nebraska, 8 p.m., ABC, ESPN, or ESPN2 

As per conference rules, there are no outdoor night games at Big Ten stadiums after the end of October.