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A huge part of the 2024 college football season is the full debut of the Big Ten on CBS as the conference moves into the iconic broadcast spot at 3:30 p.m. ET at a time when the league has, literally, never been bigger. In total, the CBS Sports college football schedule includes five different doubleheaders and three prime-time games, the last of which will be CBS's inaugural broadcast of the Big Ten Championship Game on Dec. 7 at 8 p.m from Indianapolis.

As October rolls along, CBS will be home to a pair of anticipated showdowns, both involving a surprising Illinois team. The Illini first host Michigan for a Week 8 clash on Oct. 19. That's followed by a key road trip to take on Oregon on Oct. 26. While the Illini may not be viewed as one of the Big Ten's title hopefuls, they can make a significant impression with a good showing against the conference's power programs in back-to-back weeks. 

Some of the mainstays from CBS's traditional schedule remain, including a spotlight on the service academies with Navy at Air Force (Oct. 5), Air Force at Army (Nov. 2) and the Army-Navy Game (Dec. 14). CBS will wrap up the college football season by airing the Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl on Dec. 30.       

Those selections, and the rest of the yet-to-be-determined matchups in the schedule below, will be announced six to 12 days in advance of the games

DateTime (ET)Game

Sat., Aug. 31

3:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.

Akron at Ohio State
UCLA at Hawaii

Sat., Sept. 7

3:30 p.m.

Iowa State at Iowa 

Sat., Sept. 14

3:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.

Notre Dame at Purdue
Colorado at Colorado State 

Sat., Sept. 21 

3:30 p.m.

USC at Michigan 

Sat., Sept. 28

3:30 p.m.

Wisconsin at USC

Sat., Oct. 5

12 p.m.
3:30 p.m.

Navy at Air Force
Iowa at Ohio State

Sat., Oct. 12

3:30 p.m.

Penn State at USC

Sat., Oct. 19

3:30 p.m.

Michigan at Illinois

Sat., Oct. 26

3:30 p.m.

Illinois at Oregon 

Sat., Nov. 2

12 p.m.
3:30 p.m.

Air Force at Army
Big Ten on CBS Game

Sat., Nov. 9

3:30 p.m. 

Big Ten on CBS Game

Sat., Nov. 16

3:30 p.m.

Big Ten on CBS Game

Sat., Nov. 23

3:30 p.m. 

Big Ten on CBS Game

Fri., Nov. 29

12 p.m.
4 p.m.

Minnesota at Wisconsin
Stanford at San Jose State

Sat., Nov. 30

3:30 p.m. 

Big Ten on CBS Game

Sat., Dec. 7

8 p.m.

Big Ten Championship

Sat., Dec. 14

12 p.m.

Army-Navy Game

Fri., Dec. 30

2 p.m.

Tony The Tiger Sun Bowl