The Big Ten has added eleven games to their early season 2013 football TV schedule. Each of the games will be broadcast on Big Ten Network.
Games added for Saturday, Aug. 31 include Southern Illinois at Illinois and UMass at Wisconsin at noon ET and Central Michigan at Michigan and NIU at Iowa at 3:30 p.m ET.
On Saturday, Sept. 7, four games will air on BTN at noon ET: Missouri State at Iowa, Eastern Michigan at Penn State, Indiana State at Purdue, and Tennessee Tech at Wisconsin.
Additions to the BTN slate for Saturday, Sept. 14 include Akron at Michigan and Western Illinois at Minnesota at noon ET and Youngstown State at Michigan State at 2 p.m. ET.
Per the Big Ten, start times for remaining games on the Big Ten Network for the first three weeks of the season could be released as early as next week.
Below are games involving Big Ten schools that have been selected for television as of June 12:
| Big Ten – 2013, Week 1 | |||
| Date | Game | Time (ET) | Network |
| Thu., Aug. 29 | UNLV at Minnesota | 7:00 p.m. | Big Ten Network |
| Fri., Aug. 30 | Western Michigan at Michigan State | 8:00 p.m. | Big Ten Network |
| Sat, Aug. 31 | Buffalo at Ohio State | Noon | ESPN2 |
| Sat, Aug. 31 | Southern Illinois at Illinois | Noon | Big Ten Network |
| Sat, Aug. 31 | UMass at Wisconsin | Noon | Big Ten Network |
| Sat, Aug. 31 | Central Michigan at Michigan | 3:30 p.m. | Big Ten Network |
| Sat, Aug. 31 | NIU at Iowa | 3:30 p.m. | Big Ten Network |
| Sat, Aug. 31 | Syracuse vs. Penn State (at NJ) | 3:30 p.m. | ABC and ESPN2 |
| Sat, Aug. 31 | Indiana State at Indiana | 7:00 p.m. | Big Ten Network (Regional) |
| Sat, Aug. 31 | Wyoming at Nebraska | 8:00 p.m. | Big Ten Network |
| Sat, Aug. 31 | Northwestern at California | 10:30 p.m. | ESPN2 |
| Big Ten – 2013, Week 2 | |||
| Sat, Sep. 7 | South Florida at Michigan State | Noon | ESPN2 or ESPNU |
| Sat, Sep. 7 | Cincinnati at Illinois | Noon | ESPN2 or ESPNU |
| Sat, Sep. 7 | Missouri State at Iowa | Noon | Big Ten Network |
| Sat, Sep. 7 | Eastern Michigan at Penn State | Noon | Big Ten Network |
| Sat, Sep. 7 | Indiana State at Purdue | Noon | Big Ten Network |
| Sat, Sep. 7 | Tennessee Tech at Wisconsin | Noon | Big Ten Network |
| Sat, Sep. 7 | San Diego State at Ohio State | 3:30 p.m. | ABC and ESPN2 |
| Sat, Sep. 7 | Navy at Indiana | 6:00 p.m. | Big Ten Network (Regional) |
| Sat, Sep. 7 | Southern Miss at Nebraska | 6:00 p.m. | Big Ten Network |
| Sat, Sep. 7 | Syracuse at Northwestern | 6:00 p.m. | Big Ten Network |
| Sat, Sep. 7 | Notre Dame at Michigan | 8:00 p.m. | ABC, ESPN or ESPN2 |
| Big Ten – 2013, Week 3 | |||
| Sat, Sep. 14 | UCLA at Nebraska | Noon | ABC |
| Sat, Sep. 14 | Bowling Green at Indiana | Noon | ESPNU |
| Sat, Sep. 14 | Akron at Michigan | Noon | Big Ten Network |
| Sat, Sep. 14 | Western Illinois at Minnesota | Noon | Big Ten Network |
| Sat, Sep. 14 | Youngstown State at Michigan State | 2:00 p.m. | Big Ten Network |
| Sat, Sep. 14 | Iowa at Iowa State | 6:00 p.m. | FOX Sports 1 |
| Sat, Sep. 14 | UCF at Penn State | 6:00 p.m. | Big Ten Network |
| Sat, Sep. 14 | Washington vs. Illinois (at Chicago, IL) | 6:00 p.m | Big Ten Network |
| Sat, Sep. 14 | Ohio State at California | 7:00 p.m. | FOX |
| Sat, Sep. 14 | No. 10 Notre Dame at Purdue | 8:00 p.m. | ABC, ESPN or ESPN2 |
| Sat, Sep. 14 | Wisconsin at Arizona State | 10:30 p.m. | ESPN or ESPN2 |
| Big Ten – 2013, Other Games | |||
| Sat., Sep. 21 | Missouri at Indiana | 8:00 p.m. | Big Ten Network |
| Sat, Sep. 28 | Iowa at Minnesota | 3:30 p.m. | ABC |
| Sat, Sep. 28 | Wisconsin at Ohio State | 8:00 p.m. | ABC, ESPN or ESPN2 |
| Sat, Oct. 5 | Minnesota at Michigan | 3:30 p.m. | ABC, ESPN or ESPN2 |
| Sat, Oct. 5 | Ohio State at Northwestern | 8:00 p.m. | ABC, ESPN or ESPN2 |
| Sat, Oct. 12 | Michigan at Penn State | 5:00 p.m. | ESPN or ESPN2 |
| Sat., Oct. 19 | Indiana at Michigan | 3:30 p.m. | Big Ten Network |
| Sat, Oct. 19 | Iowa at Ohio State | 3:30 p.m. | ABC, ESPN or ESPN2 |
| Sat, Oct. 19 | Wisconsin at Illinois | 8:00 p.m. | Big Ten Network |
| Sat, Oct. 26 | Penn State at Ohio State | 8:00 p.m. | ABC, ESPN or ESPN2 |
| Fri, Nov. 29 | Iowa at Nebraska | Noon | ABC |
How does the Big Ten Network show multiple games at the same time?
Not sure how it works in the rest of the country, but here in San Jose, CA on DirecTV I have alternates. So sometimes at 9am on a Saturday I can watch games on Big10, Big10alt1, Big10alt2, etc.
Big Ten Network has regional feeds and a national feed. The game shown nationall, including the main channel on DirecTV, DISH , & AT&T U-Verse is always the main feed game. However many of those stations are authorized to show the regional feeds are shown on alternate channels. The same thing applies for Pac-12 Networks games.
In Big Ten country, they break it down where you always get your regional feed, and if your team isn’t playing at that time, you get the national feed.
Here in San Diego on Time Warner there are 3 Big Ten Network channels..483-484-485 and they show exactly the same thing. Except if they have mutlitple games they split them between those channels.
I don’t understand why BTN aires so many games at the same time and then in Week 2 doesn’t have an afternoon game.
The Big Ten promises ESPN/ABC certain games of national interest on an exclusive basis. SDSU @ OSU is one of those games,.
What happened to the Nebraska vs. Penn State rivalry? I see that the two teams will not be playing after 2013.
Penn State doesn’t want any part of the Big Red
After1913 the 14 Big 10 teams split into geographical divisions, East and West. Each team must play all the other teams in their division. Nebraska and Penn State are obviously in different divisions and may play in the future.