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Big Ten Network Presents 2026 Big Ten Winter Championships Coverage

Coverage begins Feb. 18 across BTN, B1G+ and Big Ten social media accounts

The Big Ten Network today announced its 2026 Big Ten Winter Championships schedule, including men’s and women’s swimming and diving, men’s and women’s indoor track and field and men’s and women’s gymnastics. BTN will also broadcast the wrestling championships and men’s ice hockey tournament semifinals and championship in March, with full broadcast details announced at a later date.

Coverage kicks off Feb. 18-21, with the Big Ten Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships presented by Allstate. All four days of coverage from Minnesota will be streamed exclusively on B1G+ , beginning at 5 p.m. ET on Feb. 18. From Feb. 25-28, the Big Ten Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships from Wisconsin will also stream exclusively on B1G+ , with the opening night coverage beginning at 5 p.m. ET. Brendan Gulick and Margaux Farrell Hyde will be on the call across both championship events, while Manny Pollard will cover women’s diving and Brandis Heffner will anchor the men’s diving events.

Winter championship coverage continues Feb. 26-28, with the Big Ten Men’s and Women’s Indoor Track and Field Championships. Both the men’s and women’s events will take place at the Indiana Farm Bureau Fall Creek Pavilion in Indianapolis. Coverage of the three-day event will stream on B1G+ and RunnerSpace+ .

Beginning Friday, March 20, Big Ten Network will televise the first session of the Big Ten Women’s Gymnastics Championships presented by Allstate at 7 p.m. ET. The second session will be televised Saturday, March 21 at 1 p.m. ET, followed by the third and final session at 6 p.m. ET. Dean Linke and Olivia Karas will anchor all three sessions across the two-day championship event from Illinois.

The Big Ten Men’s Gymnastics Championships kicks off Friday, April 3, from Nebraska with live coverage on BTN at 8 p.m. ET, while session two will be televised Saturday, April 4, at 8 p.m. ET. Linke and Brandon Burns will provide on-air coverage of both sessions of the championships on BTN. Throughout the men’s and women’s championships, Big Ten gymnastics coverage can be found via the @B1GGymnastics accounts on X , Instagram and Bluesky .

Additional coverage of all the winter championships will be included throughout new episodes of B1G Today and The B1G Show on the Big Ten Network. All events on BTN can also be streamed live via the FOX Sports App. A full list of BTN’s programming can be found at bigten.org/btn/btn-tv-schedule , with the schedule subject to change.

Fans can subscribe to B1G+ with an annual pass for $89.99 per year or a monthly pass for $12.99 per month. For more information on how to watch events on B1G+, visit bigtenplus.com . Digital coverage will be available via the Big Ten Network’s X , Facebook , YouTube , Bluesky and Instagram platforms.

2026 Big Ten Winter Championships Schedule (All Times ET):

Event

Event Date

Platform

Big Ten Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships presented by Allstate

Feb. 18-21

B1G+

Big Ten Men’s Swimming & Diving Championships

Feb. 25-28

B1G+

Big Ten Men’s Indoor Track & Field Championships

Feb. 26-28

B1G+/RunnerSpace+

Big Ten Women’s Indoor Track & Field Championships presented by Allstate

Feb. 26-28

B1G+/RunnerSpace+

Big Ten Wrestling Championships

March 7-8

B1G+/BTN

Big Ten Men’s Ice Hockey Tournament

March 11-21

B1G+/BTN

Big Ten Women’s Gymnastics Championships presented by Allstate

March 20-21

BTN

Big Ten Men’s Gymnastics Championships

April 3-4

BTN


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