Undefeated Iowa Visits Michigan in Big Ten Showdown Saturday on CBS
The short version
- No. 17 Iowa plays at No. 18 Michigan on Saturday, Sept. 26 at 3:30 p.m. ET in Ann Arbor.
- The game airs on CBS and streams on Paramount+ Premium, YouTube TV, Fubo and DirecTV.
- Both teams are undefeated this season.
- Michigan beat Iowa 26-0 in the 2023 Big Ten Championship Game, their most recent meeting.
- The game headlines a Week 4 slate featuring several ranked matchups, including Texas at Tennessee and Texas A&M at LSU.
The No. 17 Hawkeyes and No. 18 Wolverines, both unbeaten, meet in Ann Arbor on Saturday, Sept. 26 at 3:30 p.m. ET on CBS.
Two undefeated Big Ten programs collide on Saturday, Sept. 26, when No. 17 Iowa travels to Ann Arbor to face No. 18 Michigan. Kickoff is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. ET, and the game will be broadcast nationally on CBS.
Viewers with cable or an antenna can watch on CBS. Streaming options include Paramount+ Premium, which carries the live broadcast, and the game is also available through live TV platforms such as YouTube TV, Fubo and DirecTV.
The matchup renews a series that last produced a championship-game meeting. Michigan and Iowa squared off in the 2023 Big Ten Championship Game, a contest the Wolverines controlled from start to finish in a 26-0 victory. Three years later, the two programs will share a field again, this time as ranked opponents in the regular season.
Both teams arrive without a loss this season, adding stakes to an already significant conference clash. The game is part of the Week 4 college football slate, which stretches across Thursday, Friday and Saturday and features several ranked-versus-ranked showdowns beyond Ann Arbor.
The Saturday window surrounding Iowa-Michigan is loaded. At 3:30 p.m. ET, No. 4 Ole Miss plays at No. 21 Florida on ABC, No. 15 Utah visits Iowa State on FOX, and Oklahoma travels to No. 2 Georgia on ESPN. Earlier in the day, No. 1 Texas plays at No. 14 Tennessee at noon on ABC, with Illinois at No. 7 Ohio State on FOX at the same hour.
The evening card is just as demanding. No. 23 Texas A&M plays at No. 10 LSU on ABC at 7:30 p.m. ET, No. 20 Oregon visits No. 12 USC on NBC in the same slot, and No. 19 Missouri travels to No. 24 Mississippi State. South Carolina plays at No. 8 Alabama at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN, and Central Michigan visits No. 6 Miami (Fla.) at 6:30 p.m. ET on The CW.
Other notable Big Ten games on Saturday include No. 3 Notre Dame playing at Purdue on Peacock at 2 p.m. ET, UCLA visiting Maryland on Big Ten Network at 1:30 p.m. ET, Wisconsin playing at No. 13 Penn State on Peacock at 5 p.m. ET, and Nebraska at Michigan State on Big Ten Network at 5 p.m. ET.
The week also features Friday night action, headlined by Northwestern visiting No. 5 Indiana at 8 p.m. ET on FOX and Clemson playing at Cal at 10:30 p.m. ET on ESPN. Army plays at Temple at 4 p.m. ET on ESPN, Howard visits Rutgers at 7 p.m. ET on Big Ten Network, and Navy travels to UAB and Harvard visits Brown, both at 7 p.m. ET.
Thursday's schedule opened the week with Benedict at Tuskegee at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN2 and Liberty at Coastal Carolina at 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN, setting the stage for a weekend anchored by the top-20 matchup between the Hawkeyes and Wolverines in Michigan Stadium's home city.
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