Big Ten Announces 2026 CFB Schedule for Ohio State, Indiana, Michigan, All Teams

The Big Ten has announced its football schedule for the 2026 season.

Here's a quick look at some big matchups and their dates.

The Big Ten Championship Game rematch between the last two national champions, Ohio State and Indiana, will take place on Saturday, Oct. 17 in Bloomington.

The next addition of The Game between OSU and Michigan will occur in Columbus on Saturday, Nov. 28.

OSU will also host Oregon on Saturday, Nov. 7, one week after traveling to Los Angeles to visit USC on Halloween.

That matchup with the Ducks will mark the first time the teams have played since New Year's Day 2025, when the Buckeyes beat Oregon in the College Football Playoff quarterfinal.

Indiana, the defending champion, avoids Oregon during the regular season, but the Hoosiers still have some potentially tough matchups, including a road date at Michigan (Sat., Oct. 24) and a home game with USC, which has the top recruiting class of 2026, per 247Sports. That one will go down on Sat., Nov. 14, after the Hoosiers enjoy their bye week.

In its first year under head coach Matt Campbell, Penn State avoids both Indiana and Ohio State. However, the Nittany Lions do have back-to-back tough games vs. USC (Saturday, Oct. 10) and at Michigan (Saturday, Oct. 17).

Oregon, looking to respond from a tough CFP semifinal loss to Indiana, has a pair of tough road games at Ohio State (Sat., Nov. 7) and USC (Sat., Sept. 26). The Ducks don't have to travel for the better part of a month after the USC game, though, with their next road matchup not until Oct. 24 (at Illinois).

The Wolverines, who have one of the biggest non-conference games nationwide when they host Oklahoma on Sept. 12, probably have the toughest Big Ten slate out there among the conference powers. They'll host Penn State and Indiana in back-to-back weeks (Saturdays, Oct. 17 and 24) and visit Oregon two weeks (Sat., Nov. 14) before heading to Columbus.

USC, looking to build off a 7-2 conference record in its second Big Ten season, hosts Oregon (Sat., Sept. 26) and Ohio State (Sat. Oct. 31) but visits Indiana (Sat., Nov. 14) and Penn State (Sat., Oct. 10).

Iowa, which went 6-3 in conference last year, has a brutal opening start to the conference slate with at Michigan (Sat., Sept. 26) and vs. Ohio State (Sat., Oct. 3). Three of its next four games after that two-game stretch are on the road (at Washington, at Minnesota, vs. Wisconsin, at Northwestern).

The Big Ten season concludes with the conference championship game on Saturday, Dec. 5 in Indianapolis' Lucas Oil Stadium. The College Football Playoff begins on Friday, Dec. 18.