FOX Sports has revealed two college football matchups in 2025, according to an announcement Monday.
During week one of the 2025 season, the defending national champion Ohio State Buckeyes will host the Texas Longhorns at Ohio Stadium in Columbus, Ohio, on Saturday, Aug. 30. The game is the first of a home-and-home series that concludes in Austin, Texas, in 2026.
FOX will also feature the Ohio State Buckeyes again during the final week of the regular-season when they travel to take on the Michigan Wolverines at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Mich. The Big Ten rivalry matchup will be played on Saturday, Nov. 29.
Kickoff times for both games were not announced, but it’s likely that each will be slotted for Big Noon Kickoff (noon ET).
We've got a CFP rematch coming your way in Week 1🔥@TexasFootball will take on the defending champs @OhioStateFB Week 1 on FOX 🤘🌰 pic.twitter.com/vcMdK502gT
— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) May 12, 2025
The Game is back on FOX 😤🌰〽️
Who is coming out on top Thanksgiving weekend, @OhioStateFB or @UMichFootball? pic.twitter.com/l78ACsnodI
— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) May 12, 2025
The Michigan-Ohio State football series, referred to as “The Game” by some, is currently led by the Wolverines, 62-51-6. Michigan has won the last four contests in the series, 42-27 in Ann Arbor in 2021, 45-23 in Columbus in 2022, 30-24 in Ann Arbor in 2023, and 13-10 in Columbus last season.
A few more college football TV releases are expected this week, including from ESPN and possibly the Big Ten. The complete early season TV schedule (Week 0-3) will likely be released towards the end of May. Last season, that announcement was made on May 30.
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As a Michigan Wolverines Fan, I am blessed & happy they will continue its traditional Noon start with their longtime nemesis Ohio State & keep up the excellences FOX Big Noon Saturday.
CBS Will have couple excellent games on Thanksgiving weekend & My dream would be Northwestern-Illinois on Black Friday & Penn State-Rutgers 3:30PM Saturday.
I am fully confident that Michigan will have a few appearances on CBS at 3:30PM during 2025 season & hopefully Washington will be one of them Week 9.
I have an idea for a compromise.
CBS, Fox, and NBC should start taking turns having first pick all year rather than a week-by-week basis for the Big Ten.
This would mean UM-OSU alternates between the timeslots and networks every year.
Z-Man can you please, please show respect for your Ohio State Buckeyes & My Michigan Wolverines playing its traditional Noon Kickoff & for FOX Big Noon Saturday on Thanksgiving weekend.
Ohio State have plenty of opportunity to play two- or three-night games during 2025 just like me with Michigan having a few games on CBS at 3:30PM.
That’s not a compromise given that FOX paid for the right to have the first three picks every season.
FOX As a Michigan Wolverines Fan I fully support FOX showing Michigan-Ohio State keep up the excellences.
If I had one Big Ten game that would like to see on Big Noon Saturday it would be Penn State-Iowa Week 9 & still have a smile if it does not happen.
It’s certainly a better compromise than the one that has derailed the Cleveland Browns for a quarter century while the Baltimore Ravens are consistent winners.
YOU HAVE VERY CRAPPY MANNERS Z-MAN.
Only compromise Z-Man needs is to start respecting CFB fans in south instead of being bigot towards them & STOP doing racist, decimating CFB playoffs Mason-Dixon format.
Z-Man has a point about the Browns. They were forced to build a new roster from scratch in 1999 while the Ravens were allowed to build their 1999 roster around their 1998 roster. The Browns have never really recovered from this. Meanwhile the only time the Ravens ever had consecutive losing seasons was the three-year period in which the Browns were inactive.
If the Ravens had been forced to transfer their 1998 roster to Cleveland in 1999 and made to take part in the expansion draft as the real expansion team out of the settlement, the Browns might have made the playoffs more often in the 21st century. Then there’s the 2004 draft where the Browns infamously passed on Ben Rothlisberger, allowing the rival Steelers to pick him.
I noticed FOX only named two games they were selecting for the season. They do have the first three picks for the Big Ten every year before the rotation with the other networks begins. So FOX is still due a third pick. It will come down to either Penn State-Ohio State on November 1st or Oregon-Penn State on September 27th. Sorry Dan but NBC will get one of those games and FOX will get the other. CBS will be left out of that equation.
Not concerned at all Hank greatly appreciate buddy.
Dan’s suggestion for CBS September 27th to show USC at Illinois & November 1st Indiana at Maryland.
Overall, I respect Big Ten & CBS having a two-week window & sometimes a week to have best Big Ten game at 3:30PM & I am fan of that decision.