TV channel, kickoff time set for Buckeyes season-opening game at Indiana
COLUMBUS — Ohio State is spending all summer building toward the Big Ten matchup at Indiana.
That highly-anticipated season-opener in Bloomington now has a kickoff time and television channel set.
Ohio State and Indiana will open the regular season with the Big Ten’s newest broadcast partner. The Buckeyes and Hoosiers will play inside Memorial Stadium at 3:30 p.m. on CBS.
It will be the second time in the last three seasons that the Buckeyes have opened the year with a Big Ten road game, the first coming in 2021 at Minnesota. Ohio State escaped Minneapolis with a 45-31 win over the Gophers two years ago.
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The first of three regular-season trips to the Hoosier State (at Indiana, at Notre Dame, at Purdue) will be a huge test for Ohio State as the program breaks in a new full-time starting quarterback, a retooled offensive line and a defense that feels like it has something to prove.
The Buckeyes haven’t lost to Indiana since a tie in 1988. They tied the Hoosiers in 1990 but have since rattled off 27 consecutive wins in the series.
In addition to the game time and TV channel being announced for the season-opening game at Indiana, Ohio State also announced a preliminary time for its annual Homecoming matchup. Homecoming will take place Oct. 7 for the Buckeyes against Maryland. The TV channel is still to be determined for that matchup, but it will kick off at either Noon, 3:30 p.m. or 4 p.m.
TV channel, kickoff time announced for pair of nonconference games, as well
Following the road trip to Indiana to start the season, Ohio State will return home for a two-week home stand.
The Buckeyes Sept. 9 home opener against Youngstown State will kick off at Noon inside the Horseshoe and will be televised on Big Ten Network, the networks and athletic department announced Wednesday afternoon.
The next week, Ohio State will play its second straight home game when it takes on Western Kentucky inside Ohio Stadium. That game will be televised on FOX and will kick off at 4 p.m.
2023 Ohio State Schedule
Sept. 2 – at Indiana (3:30 p.m., CBS)
Sept. 9 – Youngstown State (12 p.m., Big Ten Network)
Sept. 16 – Western Kentucky (4 p.m., FOX)
Sept. 23 – at Notre Dame (7:30 p.m. on NBC)
Sept. 30 – Off
Oct. 7 – Maryland (12 p.m., 3:30 p.m. or 4 p.m., TV channel TBD)
Oct. 14 – at Purdue
Oct. 21 – Penn State
Oct. 28 – at Wisconsin
Nov. 4 – at Rutgers
Nov. 11 – Michigan State (7:30 p.m. on NBC)
Nov. 18 – Minnesota
Nov. 25 – at Michigan (12 p.m., FOX)
Dec. 2 – Big Ten Championship Game
This is a developing story. Stick to Lettermen Row for full coverage as time slots and channel announcements are released.
