Illinois Athletics
The Big Ten announced Monday that Illinois’ trip to Indiana on Saturday, Sept. 20, will kick off at 7:30 p.m. ET/6:30 p.m. CT on NBC as part of the network’s primetime “Big Ten Saturday Night” showcase.
Both teams enter the matchup undefeated and nationally ranked. No. 9 Illinois (2-0) will host Western Michigan this Saturday on FS1 before heading to Bloomington. Indiana (2-0), ranked No. 22 in this week’s AP Top 25, will get its shot under the lights against the Illini in what shapes up to be one of the conference’s marquee Week 4 games.
The full Big Ten slate for Sept. 19–20 is as follows:
Friday, Sept. 19
- 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT — Iowa at Rutgers (FOX, previously announced)
Saturday, Sept. 20
- 12 p.m. ET/11 a.m. CT — Maryland at Wisconsin (NBC)
- 3 p.m. ET/12 p.m. PT — Oregon State at Oregon (BTN)
- 3:30 p.m. ET/2:30 p.m. CT — Michigan at Nebraska (CBS, previously announced)
- 7:30 p.m. ET/6:30 p.m. CT — Illinois at Indiana (NBC)
- 11 p.m. ET/10 p.m. CT/8 p.m. PT — Michigan State at USC (FOX)
Non-Conference Road Games
- Purdue at Notre Dame — 3:30 p.m. ET (NBC, previously announced)
- Washington at Washington State — 7:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m. PT (CBS, previously announced)
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