FOOTBALL - Tuesday, 1/27/26 - The B1G 2026 Football Schedule Reveal - Big Ten Network (BTN) 5:30 Eastern, 2:30 Pacific

I love Oregon 123's post. What's your prediction for Ducks football in 2026?

We know that OBD will play Michigan, Nebraska, Northwestern, UCLA, and UW in Autzen Stadium. Oregon's 2026 Big Ten road games have Oregon playing at Ohio State, USC, Illinois, and Michigan State.

As it should be every season IMO, in 2026, OBD plays all three of its once-upon-a-time Pac-12 playmates.

Tomorrow, we'll learn the dates the games will be played. I've deferred answering Oregon 123's question until we know the date of the games and the week Oregon will be idle.

Only 13 weeks in the 2026 season, and only one off week. Fingers crossed for OBD's nap to come in Week Five, Six, or Seven.

BASKETBALL - Not the best of seasons for Oregon basketball, but many of the men's and women's CBB teams are ranked.

Four of the Men's teams are ranked in the AP top 10 - No. 3 Michigan, No. 5 Nebraska, 24 wins in a row, 20-0 this season, No. 7 Michigan State, and No. 9 Illinois.

1/27/26 - No. 5 Nebraska at No. 3 Michigan - One of the B1Ggest CBB games of the season to date, and B1G HQ has again set things up perfectly to keep the B1G Light under the Bushel.

7:00 PM Eastern, 4 PM Pacific - Only available on Peacock. 🤬

The media geniuses at B1G HQ definitely deserve The Bird.

I'd wager that the OBD at the Ohio State game will be kicking off at 9 AM Pacific, with a good chance of playing Michigan in the late game the week before

Warm up for the B1G Reveal with this Preseason Composite top 25 from On3-Rivals - 8 B1G teams are ranked, and Illinois should also be ranked.

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On Tuesday, the date of games will be revealed. It is unlikely there will be any kickoff times revealed this early.

Based on the opponent rotation created three years ago, USC plays each of the other West Coast schools in 2026. Same for Oregon. Washington and UCLA miss each other, but both play the Trojans and Ducks.

2 minutes ago, HDuck said:

On Tuesday, the date of games will be revealed. It is unlikely there will be any kickoff times revealed this early.

A couple will get slotted in pretty early. Most won't until a week or two before the game itself. Butt here are always a few marque games in the first half of the season that get some early scheduled time slots. I think Oregon v Penn State had a time slot pretty quickly.

Michigan and Ohio State will be at noon.

That sort of thing.

Wilner

Commissioner Tony Petitti and his lieutenants heard loudly and clearly the frustrations expressed over imbalances in preparation time — specifically, the frequency with which Washington, Oregon, UCLA and USC played opponents coming off byes.

For the West Coast quartet, byes were atop the list. Oregon coach Dan Lanning addressed the unequal preparation time on several occasions last season. Washington, which faced five opponents that had extra time, was known to be irked, as well.

The issue should be largely, if not entirely resolved with the 2026 conference schedule — not because the Big Ten overhauled its approach but because of the same issue that caused the problem in the first place: the competition calendar.

Because Week 1 is hooked to Labor Day weekend and the holiday comes late this year (Sept. 7), the regular season covers just 13 Saturdays, whereas the 2024 and 2025 seasons spanned 14.

That slight change makes all the difference when it comes to the number of times a given team will face opponents coming off byes.

In a 14-week season, there are two byes per team.

In a 13-week season, there is one.

There are 36 instances in which teams are coming off byes in a 14-week season and only 18 instances in a 13-week season.

The 50 percent reduction should limit the instances in which Washington, Oregon, USC and UCLA face far-flung, well-rested opponents.

2025 season competitor byes...it was really a UO/UW issue:

Byes before playing Oregon

Penn State

Indiana – Ducks also had a bye

Iowa – Ducks also had a bye

Minnesota

(and, Oklahoma State played Thursday prior week)

 Byes before playing the Huskies

Ohio State

Maryland

Rutgers

Illinois

Wisconsin – Huskies also had a bye

Byes before playing USC & UCLA?  One each.  Both were Northwestern.