Ohio State and Indiana’s Big Ten Championship Game rematch is officially headed to FOX’s Big Noon Kickoff window.
The Big Ten announced Monday that next week’s showdown between the Buckeyes and Hoosiers will start at noon and air on FOX. It’s a fitting slot for a game that already had the feel of one of the league’s biggest appointments, with the last two national champions meeting again after Indiana beat Ohio State in last year’s conference title game.
Seven weeks into the season, both programs are already getting used to the noon spotlight. Ohio State’s games against Kent State and Illinois were each FOX noon kickoffs in September, while Indiana opened the year against North Texas in that same window and will also play at Nebraska this Saturday at noon on FOX.
FOX’s place in the Big Ten television draft made this outcome feel close to inevitable. The network had the first three selections, and with its national game airing at noon each week, Ohio State-Indiana was always the cleanest fit. The matchup is also being billed as the most anticipated home game in Indiana football history, which only added to the sense that it would land in one of the league’s premier broadcast slots.
FOX taking Ohio State at Indiana as one of its top-three picks, along with Ohio State-Michigan and Michigan’s non-conference game against Oklahoma, also points to Ohio State’s Nov. 7 home game against Oregon landing at 3:30 p.m. on CBS as the fourth selection in the draft.
NBC used its top pick on this week’s White Out game between Penn State and USC, and the network is already set to carry Notre Dame’s home game against Miami at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 7.
Before heading to Indiana for that matchup of the two highest-ranked teams in the Big Ten, Ohio State will host Maryland at Ohio Stadium this Saturday. That game is set for 4:15 p.m. on Big Ten Network.
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