It looks like the Wolverines will be playing under the lights in 2016, even if it’s not at Michigan Stadium.
The Big Ten announced Monday the primetime slate of games for its platforms and television partners, with two of Michigan’s four road games being played during the evening.
Michigan will open Big Ten play on the road at Rutgers, making the team’s second-ever appearance at High Point Solutions Stadium in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The game – October 8 – is slated for either a 7 or 8 p.m. EDT start time.
The Wolverines will again appear in the primetime schedule November 12 when Michigan travels to Kinnick Stadium to take on the defending Big Ten Western Division champions, the Iowa Hawkeyes. The game is scheduled for an 8 p.m. EST start time and will be the second time the teams have met in primetime, the first being in 2009.
These two games have yet to find a TV home, as the Big Ten plans to announce which networks will carry the two games later in the year. The games could appear on ABC, ESPN or ESPN2.
The Wolverines have compiled a 29-20 all-time record in night games.
ESPN will host seven Big Ten match ups in 2016. Those games are:
Oct. 8 – Michigan at Rutgers, ABC/ESPN/ESPN2, 7 or 8 p.m. EDT
Oct. 15 – Ohio State at Wisconsin, ABC/ESPN/ESPN2, 8 p.m. EDT
Oct. 22 – Ohio State at Penn State, ABC/ESPN/ESPN2, 8 p.m. EDT
Oct. 29 – Nebraska at Wisconsin, ABC/ESPN/ESPN2, 7 or 8 or 9 p.m. EDT
Oct. 29 – Northwestern at Ohio State, ABC/ESPN/ESPN2, 5:30 p.m. EDT
Nov. 5 – Nebraska at Ohio State, ABC/ESPN/ESPN2, 8 p.m. EST
Nov. 12 – Michigan at Iowa, ABC/ESPN/ESPN2, 8 p.m. EST
