The Big Ten Network carries a record eight football games, all involving conference teams on Saturday. Not all of them will be consecutive, five will be carried simultaneously at noon ET. Still, it’s a lot of work and eight announcing crews for Big Ten Network. We have the announcement and channel assignments for DirecTV, Dish, AT&T U-Verse, Verizon Fios and plus how to find the game in your local area.
Big Ten Network to Air Eight Football Games on Saturday‘GameFinder’ helps fans obtain local channel informationCHICAGO – The Big Ten Network will televise eight Big Ten football games on Saturday. Iowa, Michigan State, Northwestern, Purdue and Wisconsin play at noon ET, Penn State at 3:30 PM ET and Indiana and Minnesota kick off in prime time. Because cable channels vary by market, fans looking to identify the game they want to watch should go to www.BigTenNetwork.com/GameFinder and enter their zip code to get their channel number.The network makes all of its games available to its cable, satellite and telco affiliates so they may air as many games as they wish. In addition to a game on their main Big Ten Network channel, many affiliates carry the other Big Ten Network games on Extra Football Game Channels. It is the local affiliate’s decision whether to offer these extra channels.The channel assignments for some affiliates are consistent nationally, and they are listed below:Austin Peay at Wisconsin (Noon ET):DIRECTV: 610 SD and HDDish Network: 439 SD / 9500 HDAT&T U-Verse: 650 SD / 1650 HDVerizon FiOS: 85 SD / 585 HDCable companies: GameFinderBall State at Iowa (Noon ET):DIRECTV: 609 SD and HDDish Network: 5440 SD / 9501 HDAT&T U-Verse: 691 SD / 1691 HDVerizon FiOS: 330 SDCable companies: GameFinderNorthern Colorado at Michigan State (Noon ET):DIRECTV: 611 SD and HDDish Network: 5441 SD / 9502 HDAT&T U-Verse: 692 SD / 1692 HDVerizon FiOS: 331 SDCable companies: GameFinderCentral Michigan at Northwestern (Noon ET):DIRECTV: 612 SD and HDDish Network: 5442 SD / 9503 HDAT&T U-Verse: 693 SD / 1693 HDVerizon FiOS: 332 SDCable companies: GameFinderToledo at Purdue (Noon ET):DIRECTV: 615 SD and HDDish Network: 5443 SD / 9504 HDAT&T U-Verse: 694 SD / 1694 HDVerizon FiOS: 333 SDCable companies: GameFinderTemple at Penn State (3:30 PM ET):DIRECTV: 610 SD and HDDish Network: 439 SD / 9500 HDAT&T U-Verse: 650 SD / 1650 HDVerizon FiOS: 85 SD / 585 HDCable companies: GameFinderAkron at Indiana (7 PM ET):DIRECTV: 610 SD and HDDish Network: 439 SD / 9500 HDAT&T U-Verse: 650 SD / 1650 HDVerizon FiOS: 85 SD / 585 HDCable companies: GameFinderNorthern Illinois at Minnesota (8:30 PM ET):DIRECTV: 609 SD and HDDish Network: 5400 SD / 9501 HDAT&T U-Verse: 691 SD / 1691 HDVerizon FiOS: 330 SDCable companies: GameFinder
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