Big Ten kickoff times, TV designations set for Week 13

The Big Ten Conference has announced its finalized kickoff times and television designations for its Week 13 slate of games, which will take place Nov. 26 and Nov. 27 over the Thanksgiving holiday.

A matchup between Ohio State and Michigan in Ann Arbor highlights the Big Ten’s weekend, but Week 13 also features Penn State at Michigan State, Indiana at Purdue and Wisconsin at Minnesota, among other matchups.

Here’s a look at the Big Ten’s scheduled games for Week 13.

Week 13 scheduled games

Friday, Nov. 26

Iowa at Nebraksa, 1:30 p.m. ET, Big Ten Network

Saturday, Nov. 27

Maryland at Rutgers, noon ET, Big Ten Network

Ohio State at Michigan, noon ET, FOX

Northwestern at Illinois, 3:30 p.m. ET, Big Ten Network

Penn State at Michigan State, 3:30 p.m. ET, ABC

Indiana at Purdue, 3:30 p.m. ET, FS1

Wisconsin at Minnesota, 4 p.m. ET, FOX

Ryan Day: ‘Everything is riding’ on Ohio State’s trip to Michigan

Ryan Day and the Ohio State Buckeyes, now ranked No. 5 in the AP Poll and No. 4 in the College Football Playoff rankings, continue to control their own fate after a dominating display Saturday.

The Buckeyes played host to the No. 7 Michigan State Spartans in what was believed to be a battle of the Big Ten’s best; what transpired, though, was anything but a battle. Ohio State cruised to a blowout victory, defeating the Spartans 56-7 behind CJ Stroud’s 32-of-35, 432-yard, six-touchdown performance.

Ohio State had three receivers — Chris Olave, Garrett Wilson and Jaxon Smith-Njigba — with 100-plus yards, as Olave had 140 and two touchdowns on seven receptions, Wilson had 126 and two touchdowns on seven receptions and Smith-Njigba had 105 and a touchdown on ten receptions. The game, frankly, was never close, and was over before even the first quarter came to a close.

With that, the Buckeyes can clinch their postseason berth, provided that they win their regular-season finale and, presumably, the Big Ten championship. However, Day understands how difficult that task might be, especially since it means beating No. 6 Michigan on the road next weekend.

“I feel like there’s so much more here,” Day said, when asked if he was able to stop and take in Saturday’s victory. “We’re right in the middle of it right now, and to take a step back and start to do all that stuff, you’re going to start to lose focus of what’s going on right now. We’ve got a huge game, we’ve got everything riding on this one coming up around the corner [at Michigan]. I gotta tell you, the game wasn’t over yet and I was already thinking about it. There’s just so much going on here.”

On3’s Simon Gibbs contributed to this report.