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| A promotional graphic for NBC Sports’ college football coverage (2026 - present). (NBC Sports Press Box) |
| ⏵ Thursday, May 28, 2026
🟆 Highlights:
- 2025 National Champion Indiana Hoosiers, Michigan Wolverines, and Iowa State-Iowa rivalry highlight 2026 NBC Sports’ early season across NBC and Peacock.
- Michigan welcomes Western Michigan to “The Big House” in Ann Arbor in the season premiere of Big Ten Saturday Night on Saturday, September 5, at 7:30 PM ET.
- Reigning national champion Indiana hosts Western Kentucky on Saturday, September 19, at 4:00 PM ET on Peacock.
- Washington State vs. Washington (Sunday, September 6 at 4:00 PM ET), Iowa State vs. Iowa (Saturday, September 12 at 7:30 PM ET) & Southern Illinois vs. Illinois (Saturday, September 19 at 2:00 PM ET) are among the in-state rivalries that NBC Sports will air this September.
- Notre Dame begins their 36th season on NBC Sports’ platforms in primetime against Wisconsin from historic Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin, on Sunday, September 6 at 7:30 PM ET on NBC and Peacock.
NBC Sports is proud to announce select games from its 2026 college football lineup. These games include Big Ten football and Notre Dame home games in South Bend, as well as the Week 1 neutral-site game vs. Wisconsin in Green Bay.
NBC Sports’ early-season 2026 Big Ten football schedule. (NBC Sports Press Box)
NBC Sports launches its 2026 college football schedule on Saturday, August 29, at 3:00 PM ET on NBC and Peacock, as the USC Trojans open their season at home vs. San José State. The following week, the Week 1 schedule of games begins on Thursday, September 3, when Eastern Illinois faces off against Minnesota at 8:00 PM ET on Peacock.
On Saturday, September 5, NBC begins its fourth season of Big Ten Saturday Night broadcasts, with Western Michigan traveling to Michigan Stadium to play Michigan at 7:30 PM ET on NBC and Peacock. In 2025, Michigan finished the regular season with a 9-4 mark, getting a spot in the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl, before losing to Texas 41-27. Kyle Whittingham is the new man in charge at Michigan, after more than two decades as the head coach at the University of Utah. Whittingham’s Utah teams have won at least 10 games in four of the past six full-length seasons (2019, 2021-25) (excluding 2020).
The following day, Sunday, September 6, Week 1 CFB coverage continues with a rare Sunday doubleheader on NBC and Peacock. At 4:00 PM ET, Washington State battles Washington in the annual “Apple Cup”. Following that, at 7:30 PM ET, Notre Dame hosts Wisconsin from historic Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin, in the “Shamrock Series”. This is the first time Notre Dame will play at Lambeau Field, named after Curly Lambeau, one of 63 Notre Dame players who went on to play for the Packers.
On Saturday, September 12, Week 2 CFB action includes a matchup between the Iowa State Cyclones and the Iowa Hawkeyes as part of Big Ten Saturday Night — at 7:30 PM ET on NBC and Peacock. Iowa has won seven of the previous ten matchups overall, but Iowa State has won three of the last four contests.
Then, in Week 3 (Saturday, September 19), NBC Sports will air a quadrupleheader on NBC and Peacock. Eastern Michigan enters a duel vs. Wisconsin at 12:30 PM ET on Peacock, followed by Southern Illinois-Illinois at 2:00 PM ET on Peacock, plus Curt Cignetti and the defending national champion Indiana Hoosiers battling Western Kentucky at 4:00 PM ET on Peacock. Last year, Indiana captured the school’s first-ever football title after going 16-0 and defeating Miami 27-21 in the College Football Playoff National Championship Game.
Notre Dame matches up with Michigan State in the Week 3 primetime matchup on NBC and Peacock at 7:30 PM ET. This will be the 80th all-time meeting between these two programs, with Notre Dame leading the all-time series 49-29-1.
In a Black Friday primetime presentation, Minnesota travels to Madison, Wisconsin, to face Wisconsin as they continue the longest-running rivalry in Division 1 FBS on Friday, November 27, at 7:30 PM ET on Peacock. The Golden Gophers have claimed Paul Bunyan’s Axe in four of the last five seasons.
NBC Sports has officially announced its remarkable 36th consecutive season of broadcasting Notre Dame Football, featuring four primetime matchups. The Fighting Irish will face the Wisconsin Badgers at Lambeau Field on Sunday, September 6, and then play the Michigan State Spartans on Saturday, September 19. Additional highlight games include a showdown with the Miami Hurricanes on Saturday, November 7, and a clash with the SMU Mustangs on Saturday, November 21. All games will air on NBC and Peacock. The Fighting Irish are poised for a strong season, with standout quarterback and 2025 Manning Award finalist CJ Carr, along with 2025 unanimous All-American cornerback Leonard Moore and 2025 unanimous Freshman All-American safety Brauntae Johnson leading the charge.
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Listed below are NBC Sports’ confirmed 2026 Big Ten and Notre Dame Football games to date. More games will be added as the 2026 season progresses.
- College Football on NBC & Peacock » 2026 Regular Season Broadcast Schedule — All Times Eastern and Subject to Change
|| ● Week #0 — Saturday, August 29:
. San José State at USC - NBC/Peacock, 3:00 PM ET - Noah Eagle, Todd Blackledge, Kathryn Tappen
|| ● Week #1 — Thursday, September 3:
. Eastern Illinois at Minnesota - Peacock, 8:00 PM ET - Jason Benetti, Yogi Roth, Ashley ShahAhmadi
|| ● Week #1 — Saturday, September 5:
. Western Michigan at Michigan - NBC/Peacock, 7:30 PM ET - Noah Eagle, Todd Blackledge, Kathryn Tappen
|| ● Week #1 — Sunday, September 6:
. Washington State at Washington - NBC/Peacock, 4:00 PM ET - Paul Burmeister, Yogi Roth, Zora Stephenson
. Wisconsin vs. Notre Dame (Lambeau Field) - NBC/Peacock, 7:30 PM ET - Dan Hicks, Jason Garrett, Caroline Pineda
|| ● Week #2 — Saturday, September 12:
. Rice at Notre Dame - NBC/Peacock, 3:30 PM ET -
. Iowa State at Iowa - NBC/Peacock, 7:30 PM ET - TBD, Todd Blackledge, Kathryn Tappen
|| ● Week #3 — Saturday, September 19:
. Eastern Michigan at Wisconsin - Peacock, 12:30 PM ET -
. Southern Illinois at Illinois - Peacock, 2:00 PM ET -
. Western Kentucky at Indiana - Peacock, 4:00 PM ET -
. Michigan State at Notre Dame - NBC/Peacock, 7:30 PM ET -
|| ● Week #4 — Saturday, September 26:
TBD
|| ● Week #5 — Saturday, October 3:
TBD
|| ● Week #6 — Saturday, October 10:
. Stanford at Notre Dame - NBC/Peacock, 3:30 PM ET -
. USC at Penn State - NBC/Peacock, 7:30 PM ET -
|| ● Week #7 — Saturday, October 17:
TBD
|| ● Week #8 — Saturday, October 24:
TBD
|| ● Week #9 — Saturday, October 31:
TBD
|| ● Week #10 — Saturday, November 7:
. Miami at Notre Dame - NBC/Peacock, 7:30 PM ET -
|| ● Week #11 — Saturday, November 14:
. Boston College at Notre Dame - NBC/Peacock, 3:30 PM ET -
|| ● Week #12 — Saturday, November 21:
. SMU at Notre Dame - NBC/Peacock, 7:30 PM ET -
|| ● Week #13 — Friday, November 27 (Black Friday 🛒):
. Minnesota at Wisconsin - NBC/Peacock, 7:30 PM ET -
|| ● Week #13 — Saturday, November 28:
TBD
|| 🛈 Sources: NBC Sports Press Box ||
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Here are the NBC and Peacock schedule so far (all times ET):
ReplyDeleteWeek 0:
- San Jose State @ USC (August 29 at 3:00 PM on NBC and Peacock)
Week 1:
- Eastern Illinois @ Minnesota (September 3 at 8:00 PM on Peacock)
- Western Michigan @ Michigan (September 5 at 7:30 PM on NBC and Peacock)
- Washington State @ Washington (September 6 at 4:00 PM on NBC and Peacock)
- Wisconsin vs Notre Dame (in Green Bay) (September 6 at 7:30 PM on NBC and Peacock)
Week 2:
- Rice @ Notre Dame (September 12 at 3:30 PM on NBC and Peacock)
- Iowa State @ Iowa (September 12 at 7:30 PM on NBC and Peacock)
Week 3:
- Eastern Michigan @ Wisconsin (September 19 at 12:30 PM on Peacock)
- Southern Illinois @ Illinois (September 19 at 2:00 PM on Peacock)
- Western Kentucky @ Indiana (September 19 at 4:00 PM on Peacock)
- Michigan State @ Notre Dame (September 19 at 7:30 PM on NBC and Peacock)
Week 6:
- Stanford @ Notre Dame (October 10 at 3:30 PM on NBC and Peacock)
Week 10:
- Miami (FL) @ Notre Dame (November 7 at 7:30 PM on NBC and Peacock)
Week 11:
- Boston College @ Notre Dame (November 14 at 3:30 PM on NBC and Peacock)
Week 12:
- SMU @ Notre Dame (November 21 at 7:30 PM on NBC and Peacock)
Week 13:
- Minnesota @ Wisconsin (November 27 at 7:30 PM on NBC and Peacock)
@Duc Tong Thank you for helping me out!
Deletethe wisconsin notre dame game is a neutral site game at lambeau field. this is a return game of a shamrock series that began in 2021 when these two played in soldier field
DeletePaul Burmeister and Yogi Roth will be the announcers for the apple cup game between Washington State and Washington on September 6 as Burmeister announced on his instagram page. No clue who the reporter for that game will be as we await for the official announcement from NBC Sports.
ReplyDeletehttps://awfulannouncing.com/nbc/jason-benetti-dave-flemming-added-college-football-lineup.html (the big ten Saturday night crew of Noah Eagle, Todd Blackledge and Kathryn tappen will call San jose state-usc and WMU-Michigan, dan Hicks and Jason Garrett will call notre dame-wisconsin
ReplyDeleteAwful announcing has announced the following announcements for NBC's College Football coverage. Noah Eagle, Todd Blackledge and Kathryn Tappen will return for the 4th straight season of Big Ten Saturday Night. Their first Big Ten Saturday Night game is the week 1 game between Western Michigan and Michiagn on September 5. They'll also be on the mic for the game between San Jose State and USC. Dan Hicks and Jason Garrett will return for the third straight season of calling Notre Dame football games together. They begin their Notre Dame football package with the game between Wisconsin and Notre Dame on September 6. They'll be on the mic for every Notre Dame afternoon games this season, along with two primetime games (November 7 against Miami and November 21 against SMU). Caroline Pineda will replace Zora Stephenson as the sideline reporter for Notre Dame games this season. Jason Benetti and Dave Flemming will also call some Big Ten games for NBC and Peacock this season along with Paul Burmeiester. Yogi Roth will be an analyst and also join College Countdown as a field reporter in select games. Matt Cassel also joins for select games as analyst and Ashley ShahAhmadi will also make her NBC college football debut as reporter. Ahmed Fareed will return as he host of College Football countdown alongside Chris Simms, Joshua Perry, Nicole Auerbach and Joshua Perry. John Fanta though will fill in for Fareed as College Countdown host for the first four weeks when Fareed is still on assignment for Sunday Night Baseball on NBC.
ReplyDeleteActually, correction. Eagle, Blackledge and Tappen will announce all primetime games this season, which includes all 3 Notre Dame primetime Saturday games, and the week 0 game between San Jose State and USC. The only exception is in week 2 where someone else will fill in for Eagle when he has to be in Melbourne to call the week 1 game in the NFL between 49ers and Rams. While Hicks, Garrett and Pineda will announce the Notre Dame 3:30 PM ET games and the notre dame opener on September 6.
ReplyDeleteDave Flemming and Jason Benetti were both added to the lineup this year. For now I'll say Benetti doesn't call a game until after the Wild Card round for baseball ends although he could call a game like WMU at Michigan in Week 1 since the SNB game the next day is Twins White Sox. Benetti could also call the Iowa St at Iowa game in Week 2 if Dave Flemming (who calls on Giants stations already) does Padres at Giants the next night on Peacock.
ReplyDeleteHere are my predictions for the start of the year:
Week 0
San Jose St at USC: Noah Eagle, Todd Blackledge
Week 1
WMU at Michigan: Noah Eagle, Todd Blackledge
Wisconsin at ND: Dan Hicks, Jason Garrett
Week 2 (Noah Eagle in Australia doing Niners Rams)
Rice at ND: Dan Hicks, Jason Garrett
Iowa St at Iowa: Jason Benetti (Flemming on Padres at Giants), Matt Cassel
Week 3
EMU at Wisconsin: Michael Grady, Michael Robinson, Caroline Pineda
Southern Illinois at Illinois: Dave Flemming, Matt Cassel
WKU at IU: Paul Burmeister, Yogi Roth
Mich St at ND: Noah Eagle, Todd Blackledge (if they don't have Hicks calling all ND games on NBC)
I did see that most Notre Dame night games on NBC will be called by eagle/blackledge
ReplyDeleteYogi Roth has announced on Twitter that he’ll be the color commentator for the game between Eastern Illinois and Minnesota on September 3. However he didn’t specifically mentioned who he’ll be calling that game with. The only thing we know is he’ll be with Paul Burmeister for the Apple cup on September 6
ReplyDeleteOfficially official. The most anticipated home game each season for Penn State, their annual whiteout game is scheduled for week 6. They play usc on big ten Saturday night at 7:30 pm et on nbc and peacock. October 10 btw
ReplyDeleteIt seems like we got the word on the announcing teams involving Yogi Roth for the first two games that he’s doing this season. Jason Benetti will pair with him and reporter Ashley ShahAhmadi for the game between eastern Illinois and Minnesota. Though still no word on the reporter of the game between Washington state and Washington, game in which yogi Roth will pair with Paul burmeister
ReplyDeleteZora Stephenson will be the sideline reporter for the game between Washington State and Washington week 1
ReplyDeletetodd blackledge and kathryn tapped will be two of the three people in the crew for the game between iowa state and iowa. but as mentioned, due to noah eagle being in melbourne for the 49ers rams game, someone else will be pxp. that person is still tbd
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