A loaded Big Ten schedule kicks off with a bang in 2025, featuring a series of heavyweight bouts in the season's first month. Highlighting the early-season showdowns is a matchup

That constitutes a major change for the West Coast quartet, which carried a heavy burden within the Fox Friday package last season: They accounted for seven of the 18 broadcast slots, with UCLA, Washington and Oregon each appearing twice. In 2025, the Big Ten’s western members drew just three Friday night assignments.

The early weeks of the 2025 Big Ten football schedule on NBC and Peacock have been announced, including New Mexico vs. Michigan, defending national champion Ohio State in Week 3 and Penn State facing Oregon in Week 5.

Penn State’s annual White Out Game has been scheduled for prime time Sept. 27 against defending Big Ten champion Oregon, it was announced Thursday. The Nittany Lions will face the Ducks at 7:30 p.m. in a Big Ten opener that will be televised by NBC. Oregon defeated Penn State 45-37 for the conference title in December.

The CFP revenue distribution for 2024-25 falls under the terms of the current ESPN contract, with the Cougars and Beavers receiving the same amount (about $6 million) as the former Pac-12 schools; each member of the Group of Five collects about $1.5 million.

Oregon has now won Big Ten titles in football, baseball, softball, men’s indoor and outdoor track and field, women’s indoor track and field (NCAA champions), women’s cross-country, and women’s golf. The men ran away with it on Sunday, scoring 110 team points compared to just 81 apiece for tied-for-second Minnesota and Wisconsin.

To no surprise, Michigan State football has opened as a long shot to win the Big Ten in 2025. Odds for who will win the Big Ten Championship Game in 2025 have been released by FanDuel, and Michigan State is one of the bigger long shots. The Spartans are listed with +12000 odds to be holding up the Big Ten Championship trophy in early December.

The Oregon Ducks wrapped up their first athletic calendar year as a member of the Big Ten Conference. It was a year of transition as Oregon had previously been

Oregon football is in the final five for one of the nation's best safeties. But multiple SEC powers are also in pursuit.