The Big Ten Championship Game is set to be played on Dec. 5
In an surprising announcement, the Big Ten discharged its total 10-game, meeting just school football plan for the 2020 season on Wednesday. The calendar arrangement will be contained each group’s recently booked nine-game gathering record alongside one extra game against a cross-division rival.
The Big Ten will start messing around sooner than all other Power Five meetings, beginning in the customary Week 1. It has games on Thursday and Friday of that prior week starting association wide on Saturday, Sept. 5. The ACC is starting play the next week, the Big 12 presently can’t seem to choose, and the SEC and Pac-12 are commencing their seasons on Sept. 26.
The 10 Big Ten games will be played more than 12 weeks with each group having two off weeks. Week 13 on Nov. 28 is off alliance wide as an extra date to make up games if essential. This adaptability in the timetable takes into consideration games to be moved and the potential for pushing back the beginning of the period completely. While this declaration expressly states dates and games, nothing is unchangeable.
“One of the reasons we went to 10 games was to provide our schools with flexibility, to play 10 games over a 12-week period with a couple of open weeks that we can move games into,” Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren told The Athletic. “There has been a great deal of collaboration with this. To be able to work on the schedule with athletic directors, coaches and our conference staff — anytime you can work together in a collective manner, the better chance you have for success.”
The Big Ten Championship Game is right now planned on its unique date of Dec. 5 yet could be moved to Dec. 19. The Big 12 likewise plans to play its association title game on Dec. 5, while the SEC and Pac-12 have just pushed their games back to Dec. 19. The ACC still can’t seem to choose.
The marquee Ohio State-Michigan game, one of the most viewed in school football each season, will be played on Oct. 24 denoting the first run through the Buckeyes and Wolverines will get down to business before November since 1933.
With the college football scene moving in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, the Big Ten declared that it meeting individuals will lead two COVID-19 tests every week, twofold the base NCAA rule of one test taken as long as 72 hours before starting rivalry.
Check out the full Big Ten schedule below:
Week 1 (Sept. 5)
Ohio State at Illinois (Thursday, Sept. 3)
Indiana at Wisconsin (Friday, Sept. 4)
Maryland at Iowa
Minnesota at Michigan State
Nebraska at Rutgers
Northwestern at Penn State
Purdue at Michigan
Week 2 (Sept. 12)
Illinois at Nebraska
Iowa at Purdue
Michigan at Minnesota
Wisconsin at Northwestern
Penn State at Indiana
Michigan State at Maryland
Rutgers at Ohio State
Week 3 (Sept. 19)
Illinois at Indiana
Iowa at Minnesota
Wisconsin at Nebraska
Northwestern at Michigan State
Ohio State at Purdue
Rutgers at Maryland
Penn State at Michigan
Week 4 (Sept. 26)
Purdue at Illinois
Nebraska at Iowa
Minnesota at Wisconsin
Maryland at Northwestern
Indiana at Ohio State
Michigan at Rutgers
Michigan State at Penn State
Week 5 (Oct. 3)
Northwestern at Iowa
Minnesota at Nebraska
Wisconsin at Maryland
Michigan State at Michigan
Penn State at Rutgers
Byes: Illinois, Purdue, Indiana, Ohio State
Week 6 (Oct. 10)
Iowa at Illinois
Indiana at Minnesota
Nebraska at Ohio State
Purdue at Wisconsin
Byes: Northwestern, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Penn State, Rutgers
Week 7 (Oct. 17)
Illinois at Northwestern
Rutgers at Purdue
Michigan at Indiana
Maryland at Penn State
Ohio State at Michigan State
Byes: Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Wisconsin
Week 8 (Oct. 24)
Illinois at Wisconsin
Iowa at Penn State
Purdue at Minnesota
Nebraska at Northwestern
Maryland at Indiana
Michigan at Ohio State
Rutgers at Michigan State
Week 9 (Oct. 31)
Minnesota at Illinois
Michigan State at Iowa
Penn State ate Nebraska
Northwestern at Purdue
Wisconsin at Michigan
Indiana at Rutgers
Ohio State at Maryland
Week 10 (Nov. 7)
Illinois at Rutgers
Indiana at Michigan State
Maryland at Michigan
Ohio State at Penn State
Byes: Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, Purdue, Wisconsin
Week 11 (Nov. 14)
Wisconsin at Iowa
Northwestern at Minnesota
Nebraska at Purdue
Byes: Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Penn State, Rutgers
Week 12 (Nov. 21)
Penn State at Illinois
Iowa at Ohio State
Minnesota at Maryland
Michigan State at Nebraska
Michigan at Northwestern
Purdue at Indiana
Rutgers at Wisconsin
Week 13 (Nov. 28)
Byes: All
Week 14 (Dec. 5)
Big Ten Championship Game