Large Ten on CBS 2025 schedule: Penn State, Michigan, Oregon amongst groups featured in early season motion

Each the defending Large Ten champions and final yr’s runner-up will step into the highlight with early showdowns as among the first groups picked for the Large Ten on CBS schedule for 2025.  

CBS Sports activities introduced its faculty soccer schedule for 2025 on Thursday, which included amongst different highlights the choices for the primary 4 weeks of the Large Ten on CBS. Each Penn State’s first sport of the season and Oregon’s hardest nonconference sport get issues began in Week 1 and Week 2, earlier than Large Ten convention play steps into the long-lasting 3:30 p.m. ET slot with USC at Purdue for Week 3 and Michigan at Nebraska for Week 4. 

Week 4 additionally options the primary doubleheader of the season for CBS Sports activities’ faculty soccer protection for 2025, because the Apple Cup rivalry between Washington and Washington State will get a prime-time kickoff at 7:30 p.m. ET. 

The school soccer schedule on CBS will get began in Week Zero with a prime-time showdown between Stanford at Hawaii in Honolulu and all through the season will function three legs within the Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy rivalry between Military, Navy and Air Power. Military-Navy, in fact, might be in its historic spot on the calendar, this yr going down on Dec. 13 in Baltimore. 

Take a look at the total schedule beneath, after which beneath the desk a better take a look at the matchups that might be featured as a part of the early Large Ten on CBS schedule. 

Fall 2025 CBS faculty soccer schedule

Now let’s spotlight the introduced video games for Large Ten on CBS in 2025. 

Nevada at Penn State (8/30)

Penn State hype practice makes its first cease

The 2025 season is arguably the most-anticipated season of Penn State soccer within the James Franklin period. 

Previous to final yr this was a program with zero School Soccer Playoff appearances and now it has two School Soccer Playoff wins, with the beginning quarterback and a handful of different key contributors returning for one more run on the title after falling a couple of performs in need of making the title sport. Penn State will begin as a high 4 crew within the nation and put that standing of title contender on the road each week, beginning with the Week 1 go to from Nevada. 

If Drew Allar and a Penn State offense that is been solidified within the switch portal can present out early on this nonconference spot, it is going to solely increase the joy for what might be a particular season in Pleased Valley. 

Oklahoma State at Oregon (9/6)

A time to shine for Oregon QB Dante Moore 

It is not going to be exhausting for Oregon to have a chip on its shoulder because it prepares for 12 months 2 within the Large Ten. The Geese rolled by way of the convention unbeaten within the common season and outlasted Penn State within the Large Ten title sport, however getting bounced by Ohio State within the School Soccer Playoff quarterfinals introduced an in any other case historic 2024 marketing campaign to an unsatisfactory conclusion. 

Oregon stated goodbye to a college report variety of NFL Draft picks from final yr’s squad and now our consideration turns to the following man up, significantly at quarterback the place former blue chip prospect Dante Moore steps in for Dillon Gabriel. Moore was initially dedicated to Oregon out of highschool earlier than signing with UCLA, however transferred in after his freshman season and spent final yr backing up Gabriel. 

Now after a few years it is time to see what so many Oregon followers have imagined with the Dante Moore period in Eugene. That period will formally begin towards FCS Montana State in Week 1, however Oregon’s Week 2 showdown towards Oklahoma State would be the first good check for Moore and a reloaded offense that carries the expectations of competing for championships once more in 2025.    

USC at Purdue (9/13)

A go to from USC for Barry Odom’s Large Ten debut   

USC and Purdue have performed simply 4 instances ever in soccer and never as soon as within the twenty first Century (final assembly in 1998), however in Week 3 the Trojans’ tour of the Large Ten continues with a go to to West Lafayette to play the Boilermakers. And whereas this sport, and the 2025 season generally, will present some key outcomes for setting expectations for Lincoln Riley’s program inside the Large Ten it additionally marks the start of a brand new period for Purdue soccer as Barry Odom’s Large Ten debut. 

The Boilermakers selected to maneuver on from Ryan Walters after a disappointing 1-11 exhibiting in 2024, and employed Odom, who returns to the ability convention degree after two profitable seasons main UNLV. Purdue opens the yr towards Ball State and FCS Southern Illinois, so it is doable this might be a sport between two undefeated groups to open their convention schedules. 

Michigan at Nebraska (9/20)

Two blue bloods hoping to be Large Ten darkish horses

The Large Ten opener for each Michigan and Nebraska might function a launching level for both program to leap into the Large Ten title race as a squad able to disrupted the perceived order of energy on the high. Each groups have early season energy convention exams that may set some expectations heading into convention play — Michigan towards Oklahoma in Week 2, Nebraska towards Cincinnati in Week 1 — and this sport, in Lincoln, will both affirm or reverse the notion that both crew can compete with among the greatest within the convention. 

The sport additionally might function two of essentially the most notable quarterbacks from latest recruiting cycles, as Nebraska’s Dylan Raiola appears to take a step ahead on this second season as a starter and Michigan’s Bryce Underwood is about to compete for QB1 duties in Ann Arbor. 

Washington at Washington State (9/20)

Apple Cup rivalry in hostile territory for the Huskies 

The Apple Cup rivalry has gotten much more heated since Washington and Washington State are not in the identical convention, and that makes this early season nonconference highway journey a bit trickier for the Huskies to navigate. Jedd Fisch did good work reloading Washington’s roster in 2024 and now after getting settled the expectation is for a powerful season in 2025 with quarterback Demond Williams taking up the full-time starter function. 

Whereas this sport is Week 4 will probably be simply the third sport of the season for the Huskies who’ve Week 3 off after beginning the season with dwelling video games towards Colorado State and FCS  UC Davis. And as if the highway rivalry angle wasn’t sufficient for Washington to weigh, this sport may even set the tone for a go to from Ohio State on Sept. 27. 

Iowa at Nebraska (11/27)

Anticipate a detailed one on Black Friday

Iowa and Nebraska have delivered thrills almost each Thanksgiving weekend for the final decade, and the small margins between the 2 packages has all the time packed depth into their respective common season finales. The attention-grabbing twist right here is that whereas 9 of the final 11 video games within the rivalry have been determined by seven factors or much less, 9 of the final 11 video games have additionally been received by Iowa. 

If Matt Rhule and the Cornhuskers are going to have a real breakthrough season in 2025 it would not want to incorporate a win over the Hawkeyes essentially, however it might undoubtedly assist the vibes to complete the common season by snapping this latest run of struggles.

CBS Sports activities will announce extra particulars on its 2025 roster of sport and studio announcers at a later date