Big Ten releases full 2026 football schedule

The Big Ten has released its full 2026 football schedule. Each team found out its slate of opponents, with dates and times to come at a later date.

The Big Ten is coming off its third straight College Football Playoff national championship after Indiana took down Miami last week. IU joins Ohio State and Michigan during the conference’s run of titles after completing a historic turnaround under head coach Curt Cignetti.

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Once again, the Big Ten Championship will take place at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis at season’s end on Dec. 5. Here is the Big Ten’s full 2026 schedule.

Illinois Fighting Illini

Week 1: vs. UAB
Week 2: vs. Duke
Week 3: vs. Southern Illinois
Week 4: at Ohio State
Week 5: vs. Purdue
Week 6: at Michigan State
Week 7: BYE
Week 8: vs. Oregon
Week 9: at Maryland
Week 10: vs. Nebraska
Week 11: at UCLA
Week 12: vs. Iowa
Week 13: at Northwestern

Indiana Hoosiers

Week 1: vs. North Texas
Week 2: vs. Howard
Week 3: vs. Western Kentucky
Week 4: vs. Northwestern
Week 5: at Rutgers
Week 6: at Nebraska
Week 7: vs. Ohio State
Week 8: at Michigan
Week 9: vs. Minnesota
Week 10: BYE
Week 11: vs. USC
Week 12: at Washington
Week 13: vs. Purdue

Iowa Hawkeyes

Week 1: vs. Northern Illinois
Week 2: vs. Iowa State
Week 3: vs. UNI
Week 4: at Michigan
Week 5: vs. Ohio State
Week 6: at Washington
Week 7: BYE
Week 8: at Minnesota
Week 9: vs. Wisconsin
Week 10: at Northwestern
Week 11: vs. Purdue
Week 12: at Illinois
Week 13: vs. Nebraska (Black Friday)

Maryland Terrapins

Week 1: vs. Howard
Week 2: at UConn
Week 3: vs. Virginia Tech
Week 4: vs. UCLA
Week 5: at Nebraska
Week 6: at Ohio State
Week 7: vs. Rutgers
Week 8: BYE
Week 9: vs. Illinois
Week 10: at Purdue
Week 11: vs. Wisconsin
Week 12: at USC
Week 13: vs. Penn State

Michigan Wolverines

Week 1: vs. Western Michigan
Week 2: vs. Oklahoma
Week 3: vs. UTEP
Week 4: vs. Iowa
Week 5: at Minnesota
Week 6: BYE
Week 7: vs. Penn State
Week 8: vs. Indiana
Week 9: at Rutgers
Week 10: vs. Michigan State
Wek 11: at Oregon
Week 12: vs. UCLA
Week 13: at Ohio State

Michigan State Spartans

Week 1: vs. Toledo
Week 2: vs. Eastern Michigan
Week 3: at Notre Dame
Week 4: vs. Nebraska
Week 5: at Wisconsin
Week 6: vs. Illinois
Week 7: vs. Northwestern
Week 8: at UCLA
Week 9: BYE
Week 10: at Michigan
Week 11: vs. Washington
Week 12: vs. Oregon
Week 13: at Rutgers

Minnesota Golden Gophers

Week 1: vs. Eastern Illinois (Thursday)
Week 2: vs. Mississippi State
Week 3: vs. Akron
Week 4: at Washington
Week 5: vs. Michigan
Week 6: vs. Purdue
Week 7: BYE
Week 8: vs. Iowa
Week 9: at Indiana
Week 10: vs. UCLA
Week 11: at Penn State
Week 12: vs. Northwestern
Week 13: at Wisconsin

Nebraska Cornhuskers

Week 1: vs. Ohio
Week 2: vs. Bowling Green
Week 3: vs. North Dakota
Week 4: at Michigan State
Week 5: vs. Maryland
Week 6: vs. Indiana
Week 7: at Oregon
Week 8: BYE
Week 9: vs. Washington
Week 10: at Illinois
Week 11: at Rutgers
Week 12: vs. Ohio State
Week 13: at Iowa (Black Friday)

Northwestern Wildcats

Week 1: vs. South Dakota State
Week 2: BYE
Week 3: vs. Colorado
Week 4: at Indiana
Week 5: vs. Penn State
Week 6: vs. Ball State
Week 7: at Michigan State
Week 8: vs. Rutgers
Week 9: at Oregon
Week 10: vs. Iowa
Week 11: at Ohio State
Week 12: at Minnesota
Week 13: vs. Illinois

Ohio State Buckeyes

Week 1: vs. Ball State
Week 2: at Texas
Week 3: vs. Kent State
Week 4: vs. Illinois
Week 5: at Iowa
Week 6: vs. Maryland
Week 7: at Indiana
Week 8: BYE
Week 9: at USC
Week 10: vs. Oregon
Week 11: vs. Northwestern
Week 12: at Nebraska
Week 13: vs. Michigan

Oregon Ducks

Week 1: vs. Boise State
Week 2: at Oklahoma State
Week 3: vs. Portland State
Week 4: at USC
Week 5: BYE
Week 6: vs. UCLA
Week 7: vs. Nebraska
Week 8: at Illinois
Week 9: vs. Northwestern
Week 10: at Ohio State
Week 11: vs. Michigan
Week 12: at Michigan State
Week 13: vs. Washington

Penn State Nittany Lions

Week 1: vs. Marshall
Week 2: at Temple
Week 3: vs. Buffalo
Week 4: vs. Wisconsin
Week 5: at Northwestern
Week 6: vs. USC
Week 7: at Michigan
Week 8: BYE
Week 9: vs. Purdue
Week 10: at Washington
Week 11: vs. Minnesota
Week 12: vs. Rutgers
Week 13: at Maryland

Purdue Boilermakers

Week 1: vs. Indiana State
Week 2: vs. Wake Forest
Week 3: at UCLA
Week 4: vs. Notre Dame
Week 5: at Illinois
Week 6: vs. Minnesota
Week 7: vs. Washington
Week 8: BYE
Week 9: at Penn State
Week 10: vs. Maryland
Week 11: at Iowa
Week 12: vs. Wisconsin
Week 13: at Indiana

Rutgers Scarlet Knights

Week 1: vs. UMass (Thursday)
Week 2: at Boston College (Friday)
Week 3: vs. USC
Week 4: vs. Howard
Week 5: vs. Indiana
Week 6: BYE
Week 7: at Maryland
Week 8: at Northwestern
Week 9: vs. Michigan
Week 10: at Wisconsin
Week 11: vs. Nebraska
Week 12: at Penn State
Week 13: vs. Michigan State

UCLA Bruins

Week 1: at Cal
Week 2: vs. San Diego State
Week 3: vs. Purdue
Week 4: at Maryland
Week 5: BYE
Week 6: at Oregon
Week 7: vs. Wisconsin
Week 8: vs. Michigan State
Week 9: vs. Nevada
Week 10: at Minnesota
Week 11: vs. Illinois
Week 12: at Michigan
Week 13: vs. USC

USC Trojans

Week 0: TBD
Week 1: vs. Fresno State
Week 2: vs. Louisiana
Week 3: at Rutgers
Week 4: vs. Oregon
Week 5: vs. Washington
Week 6: at Penn State
Week 7: BYE
Week 8: at Wisconsin
Week 9: vs. Ohio State
Week 10: BYE
Week 11: at Indiana
Week 12: vs. Maryland
Week 13: at UCLA

Washington Huskies

Week 1: vs. Washington State
Week 2: vs. Utah State
Week 3: vs. Eastern Washington
Week 4: vs. Minnesota
Week 5: at USC
Week 6: vs. Iowa
Week 7: at Purdue
Week 8: BYE
Week 9: at Nebraska
Week 10: vs. Penn State
Week 11: at Michigan State
Week 12: vs. Indiana
Week 13: at Oregon

Wisconsin Badgers

Week 1: vs. Notre Dame (at Lambeau Field)
Week 2: vs. Western Illinois
Week 3: vs. Eastern Michigan
Week 4: at Penn State
Week 5: vs. Michigan State
Week 6: BYE
Week 7: at UCLA
Week 8: vs. USC
Week 9: at Iowa
Week 10: vs. Rutgers
Week 11: at Maryland
Week 12: at Purdue
Week 13: vs. Minnesota

The Big Ten will unofficially kick off the 2026 season with media days in Chicago. From there, it will be on to the games, with USC first up in Week 0 against an opponent to be announced at a later date.

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