Big Ten Announces 2026 Softball Television Schedule
Big Ten Network television coverage begins March 15
ROSEMONT, Ill. - The Big Ten Conference announced its 2026 television schedule for softball on Friday. Twenty-nine regular season games will be carried on Big Ten Network (BTN), and one game will be featured on FS1. BTN will also broadcast the entire 2026 Big Ten Softball Tournament presented by Allstate, which will be held at the University of Maryland on May 6-9.
Television coverage begins on Sunday, March 15 when Nebraska hosts Michigan at 12:30 p.m. ET. The broadcast schedule includes doubleheaders on BTN on March 27 and April 12, and a tripleheader on April 10. Following BTN’s doubleheader on March 27, FS1 will broadcast a meeting between UCLA and Nebraska at 9 p.m. ET.
Nine softball wildcards will be selected at a later date.
All seventeen Big Ten schools will be featured on the network this season, and all non-televised regular season home games will stream on B1G+, BTN’s subscription service for 2,700 more events, archives of classic games and original content.
2026 Big Ten Softball TV Schedule
|
Date |
Visiting Team |
Home Team |
TV |
Time (ET) |
|
March 15 |
Michigan |
Nebraska |
BTN |
12:30 p.m. |
|
March 22 |
Washington |
Michigan |
BTN |
Noon |
|
March 22 |
UCLA |
Rutgers |
BTN |
5 p.m. |
|
March 23 |
UCLA |
Rutgers |
BTN |
6 p.m. |
|
March 26 |
Oregon |
Northwestern |
BTN |
8 p.m. |
|
March 27 |
Maryland |
Wisconsin |
BTN |
5 p.m. |
|
March 27 |
Oregon |
Northwestern |
BTN |
7 p.m. |
|
March 27 |
UCLA |
Nebraska |
FS1 |
9 p.m. |
|
March 29 |
Michigan State |
Ohio State |
BTN |
4 p.m. |
|
April 2 |
Wisconsin |
Purdue |
BTN |
5 p.m. |
|
April 5 |
Michigan |
Northwestern |
BTN |
2:30 p.m. |
|
April 8 |
Iowa State |
Iowa |
BTN |
6 p.m. |
|
April 10 |
Oregon |
Maryland |
BTN |
6 p.m. |
|
April 10 |
Nebraska |
Wisconsin |
BTN |
8 p.m. |
|
April 10 |
Minnesota |
Washington |
BTN |
10 p.m. |
|
April 11 |
Ohio State |
Michigan |
BTN |
TBD |
|
April 12 |
Ohio State |
Michigan |
BTN |
3 p.m. |
|
April 12 |
Purdue |
Indiana |
BTN |
5 p.m. |
|
April 19 |
Washington |
Oregon |
BTN |
5 p.m. or 6 p.m. |
|
April 24 |
UCLA |
Washington |
BTN |
10 p.m. |
|
April 25 |
Penn State |
Illinois |
BTN |
TBD |
|
TBD |
Wildcard |
Wildcard |
BTN |
TBD |
|
TBD |
Wildcard |
Wildcard |
BTN |
TBD |
|
TBD |
Wildcard |
Wildcard |
BTN |
TBD |
|
TBD |
Wildcard |
Wildcard |
BTN |
TBD |
|
May 1 |
Wildcard |
Wildcard |
BTN |
TBD |
|
May 1 |
Wildcard |
Wildcard |
BTN |
TBD |
|
May 2 |
Wildcard |
Wildcard |
BTN |
TBD |
|
May 2 |
Wildcard |
Wildcard |
BTN |
TBD |
|
May 3 |
Wildcard |
Wildcard |
BTN |
TBD |
|
May 6 |
Game #1 |
Game #1 |
BTN |
11 a.m. |
|
May 6 |
Game #2 |
Game #2 |
BTN |
1:30 p.m. |
|
May 6 |
Game #3 |
Game #3 |
BTN |
4:30 p.m. |
|
May 6 |
Game #4 |
Game #4 |
BTN |
7 p.m. |
|
May 7 |
Quarterfinal #1 |
Quarterfinal #1 |
BTN |
11 a.m. |
|
May 7 |
Quarterfinal #2 |
Quarterfinal #2 |
BTN |
1:30 p.m. |
|
May 7 |
Quarterfinal #3 |
Quarterfinal #3 |
BTN |
4:30 p.m. |
|
May 7 |
Quarterfinal #4 |
Quarterfinal #4 |
BTN |
7 p.m. |
|
May 8 |
Semifinal #1 |
Semifinal #1 |
BTN |
5 p.m. |
|
May 8 |
Semifinal #2 |
Semifinal #2 |
BTN |
7:30 p.m. |
|
May 9 |
Championship |
Championship |
BTN |
4 p.m. |