Big Ten Volleyball Sets Record with 83 Matches to be Televised in 2024

ROSEMONT, Ill. - The Big Ten Conference announced on Monday that a record-setting 83 Big Ten volleyball matches will be televised nationally on Big Ten Network, FOX, NBC, FS1 and Peacock for the 2024 season.

Big Ten Network will broadcast at least 68 matches, the most in network history, featuring all 18 conference schools on linear television. BTN’s coverage begins with Pittsburgh at Oregon on Friday, August 30 at 10:30 p.m. ET. Pittsburgh advanced to the Final Four of the 2023 NCAA Tournament, and Oregon appeared in its third Elite Eight in program history in 2023.

The College Volleyball Showcase at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wis., featuring Texas, Wisconsin, Stanford and Minnesota, will air nationally on FOX and FS1. Wisconsin will meet Texas on Sunday, September 1, at 12:30 p.m. ET, followed by Minnesota vs. Stanford at 3 p.m. ET. The two-day event will conclude on Monday, September 2, with Wisconsin vs. Stanford at 5 p.m. ET and Minnesota vs. Texas at 7:30 p.m. Five additional matchups throughout the season will be televised on FS1.

For the first time in collegiate volleyball history, NBC will carry three nationally televised matches, beginning with Nebraska at Ohio State on October 19 at 3:30 p.m. ET. Wisconsin will visit Purdue on October 26 for a match inside Mackey Arena, carried live on NBC at 3:30 p.m. ET. Rounding out NBC’s Big Ten Volleyball coverage is Penn State at Wisconsin on November 9 at 3:30 p.m. ET.

In addition, more than 200 matches will be streamed exclusively on B1G+, BTN's subscription service. All Big Ten Network matches can be seen through its digital extension, the FOX Sports app and FOXSports.com, delivering live events and on-demand programming to Big Ten Network customers via the web, smartphones and tablets.

Additionally, Volleyball World will again offer its subscribers access to select Big Ten volleyball matches on VolleyballWorld.tv.

On October 29, 2023, 1.66 million fans tuned in to watch Big Ten volleyball on FOX, the most-viewed regular season women’s college volleyball telecast ever. The 2023 national championship match between Texas and Nebraska set a viewership record for the sport, averaging 1.7 million viewers, up 115% from the 2022 championship match, with female viewership up 151% from 2022.

2024 BIG TEN VOLLEYBALL TELEVISION SCHEDULE

Date	Match	Site	TV	Time (ET)
Friday, August 30	Pittsburgh at Oregon	Eugene, OR	BTN	10:30 p.m.
Sunday, September 1	Wisconsin vs. Texas	Milwaukee, WI	FOX	12:30 p.m.
Sunday, September 1	Stanford vs. Minnesota	Milwaukee, WI	FS1	3 p.m.
Monday, September 2	Wisconsin vs. Stanford	Milwaukee, WI	FOX	5 p.m.
Monday, September 2	Texas vs. Minnesota	Milwaukee, WI	FS1	7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, September 3	Louisville at Penn State	University Park, PA	BTN	7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, September 10	Creighton at Nebraska	Lincoln, NE	BTN	8 p.m.
Wednesday, September 11	Pittsburgh at USC	Los Angeles, CA	BTN	9 p.m.
Friday, September 13	Arizona State at Nebraska	Lincoln, NE	BTN	8 p.m.
Friday, September 13	Duke at Penn State	University Park, PA	FS1	8:30 p.m.
Friday, September 13	Washington State at Washington	Seattle, WA	BTN	10 p.m.
Tuesday, September 17	Marquette at Wisconsin	Madison, WI	BTN	8 p.m.
Wednesday, September 18	Stanford at Nebraska	Lincoln, NE	BTN	8 p.m.
Saturday, September 21	Texas A&M at Wisconsin	Madison, WI	BTN	8 p.m.
Wednesday, September 25	Penn State at Purdue	West Lafayette, IN	BTN	7 p.m.
Wednesday, September 25	Wisconsin at Minnesota	Minneapolis, MN	BTN	9 p.m.
Thursday, September 26	Iowa at Rutgers	New Brunswick, NJ	BTN	6 p.m.
Friday, September 27	UCLA at Nebraska	Lincoln, NE	BTN	8 p.m.
Friday, September 27	Ohio State at USC	Los Angeles, CA	BTN	10 p.m.
Friday, September 27	Illinois at Oregon	Eugene, OR	FS1	10:30 p.m.
Saturday, September 28	Purdue at Minnesota	Minneapolis, MN	BTN	6:30 p.m.
Saturday, September 28	TBD vs. TBD	TBD	BTN	8:30 p.m.
Sunday, September 29	Rutgers at Michigan	Ann Arbor, MI	BTN	5 p.m.
Sunday, September 29	USC at Nebraska	Lincoln, NE	BTN	7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, October 2	Wisconsin at Rutgers	New Brunswick, NJ	BTN	7:30 p.m.
Thursday, October 3	Maryland at Penn State	University Park, PA	BTN	6 p.m.
Thursday, October 3	Nebraska at Illinois	Champaign, IL	FS1	7 p.m.
Thursday, October 3	Oregon at Ohio State	Columbus, OH	BTN	8 p.m.
Friday, October 4	Oregon at Penn State	University Park, PA	BTN	7 p.m.
Friday, October 4	Washington at Iowa	Iowa City, IA	BTN	9 p.m.
Saturday, October 5	Minnesota at USC	Los Angeles, CA	BTN	11 p.m.
Sunday, October 6	Michigan State at Purdue	West Lafayette, IN	BTN	7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, October 9	USC at Oregon	Eugene, OR	BTN	9 p.m.
Wednesday, October 9	UCLA at Washington	Seattle, WA	BTN	11 p.m..
Friday, October 11	Purdue at Nebraska	Lincoln, NE	BTN	8:30 p.m.
Saturday, October 12	Illinois at Michigan State	East Lansing, MI	BTN	TBD
Saturday, October 12	Maryland at Minnesota	Minneapolis, MN	BTN	TBD
Sunday, October 13	UCLA at USC	Los Angeles, CA	BTN	7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, October 16	Indiana at Illinois	Champaign, IL	BTN	7 p.m.
Wednesday, October 16	Iowa at Northwestern	Evanston, IL	BTN	9 p.m.
Friday, October 18	Nebraska at Michigan State	East Lansing, MI	BTN	6 p.m.
Friday, October 18	Penn State at Ohio State	Columbus, OH	BTN	8 p.m.
Saturday, October 19	Nebraska at Ohio State	Columbus OH	NBC	3:30 p.m.
Saturday, October 19	Indiana at Purdue	West Lafayette, IN	BTN	TBD
Sunday, October 20	Wisconsin at Michigan	Ann Arbor, MI	BTN	7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, October 23	Ohio State at Purdue	West Lafayette, IN	BTN	7 p.m.
Wednesday, October 23	Northwestern at Minnesota	Minneapolis, MN	BTN	9 p.m.
Thursday, October 24	Wisconsin at Indiana	Bloomington, IN	FS1	7 p.m.
Thursday, October 24	Penn State at UCLA	Los Angeles, CA	BTN	9 p.m.
Thursday, October 24	Michigan State at USC	Los Angeles, CA	BTN	11 p.m.
Saturday, October 26	Wisconsin at Purdue	West Lafayette, IN	NBC	3:30 p.m.
Saturday, October 26	Penn State at USC	Los Angeles, CA	BTN	11 p.m.
Sunday, October 27	Northwestern at Indiana	Bloomington, IN	BTN	7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, October 30	Michigan at Penn State	University Park, PA	BTN	7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, October 30	Oregon at Washington	Seattle, WA	BTN	9:30 p.m.
Thursday, October 31	Iowa at Ohio State	Columbus, OH	BTN	7:30 p.m.
Thursday, October 31	USC at UCLA	Los Angeles, CA	BTN	9:30 p.m.
Friday, November 1	Purdue at Maryland	College Park, MD	BTN	6:30 p.m.
Friday, November 1	Nebraska at Wisconsin	Madison, WI	BTN	9 p.m.
Saturday, November 2	UCLA at Oregon	Eugene, OR	BTN	11 p.m.
Thursday, November 7	Nebraska at Oregon	Eugene, OR	BTN	10 p.m.
Saturday, November 9	Nebraska at Washington	Seattle, WA	BTN	TBD
Saturday, November 9	Penn State at Wisconsin	Madison, WI	NBC	3:30 p.m.
Thursday, November 14	Minnesota at Nebraska	Lincoln, NE	BTN	8:30/9 p.m.
Thursday, November 14	Wisconsin at USC	Los Angeles, CA	BTN	10:30/11 p.m.
Saturday, November 16	Indiana at Nebraska	Lincoln, NE	BTN	8:30 p.m.
Saturday, November 16	Wisconsin at UCLA	Los Angeles, CA	BTN	10:30 p.m.
Sunday, November 17	Illinois at Purdue	West Lafayette, IN	BTN	5 p.m.
Wednesday, November 20	Minnesota at Wisconsin	Madison, WI	BTN	TBD
Thursday, November 21	Purdue at Penn State	University Park, PA	BTN	TBD
Saturday, November 23	Wisconsin at Nebraska	Lincoln, NE	BTN	9 p.m.
Sunday, November 24	Indiana at Ohio State	Columbus, OH	BTN	7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, November 27	Ohio State at Wisconsin	Madison, WI	BTN	8:30 p.m.
Wednesday, November 27	Purdue at Oregon	Eugene, OR	BTN	10:30 p.m.
Friday, November 29	Oregon at UCLA	Los Angeles, CA	Peacock	4:30 p.m.
Friday, November 29	Nebraska at Penn State	University Park, PA	BTN	5 p.m.
Friday, November 29	Ohio State at Minnesota	Minneapolis, MN	FS1	TBD
Friday, November 29	TBD vs. TBD	TBD	BTN	7:30 p.m.
Saturday, November 30	Nebraska at Maryland	College Park, MD	BTN	7 p.m.
Saturday, November 30	Michigan State at Wisconsin	Madison, Wi	BTN	9 p.m.