Ohio State’s Nov. 7 home matchup with Oregon will kick at 3:30 p.m. and air on CBS, the Big Ten announced Monday.
The Buckeyes had been expected to land in that window, and the conference made it official. The game is also being billed by Ohio State as its “Scarlet the Shoe” game, with fans asked to wear scarlet. That likely points to the Scarlet Rush uniforms making their first appearance this season, though Ohio State has not yet formally revealed its uniform combo.
CBS ended up using Week 10 as its top selection in the Big Ten’s TV draft, with FOX having already locked in Ohio State/Michigan, Michigan/Oklahoma and Ohio State/Indiana as its first three choices. That left CBS to target a Nov. 7 slate built around Ohio State and Oregon, a game that looked like one of the conference’s biggest coming into the year.
The Ducks have slipped from that expectation after Saturday’s loss to Illinois dropped them to 4-3, but the matchup still carries major appeal on television. Ohio State continues to draw the biggest weekly audience in college football, and this remains one of the most prominent games left on the regular-season schedule.
It won’t be a full-on night game for the Buckeyes, but the atmosphere should still shift late. Sunset will arrive around halftime once Daylight Saving Time ends this weekend, so the second half will be played under the lights.
If Ohio State fans are hoping for a true home night game, the next real shot comes Nov. 14 against Northwestern. The Buckeyes are expected to wear their all-black Tunnel Vision uniforms for that one, and the kickoff time will be announced next Monday unless the networks use one of their six-day holds.
Ohio State has controlled the series with Oregon, holding a 10-2 all-time edge. The teams last met in the College Football Playoff quarterfinal at the 2025 Rose Bowl, where the Buckeyes rolled to a 41-21 win on their way to a national title. Oregon, though, did win the most recent meeting in Columbus, beating Ohio State 35-28 in 2021.
Before that November home date, the Buckeyes head to the West Coast to face USC on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. on NBC. Oregon, meanwhile, hosts Northwestern on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. on Peacock.
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