BIG TEN ANNOUNCES 2015 AND 2016 CONFERENCE FOOTBALL SCHEDULES

Park Ridge, Ill. - The Big Ten office announced the conference schedules for the
2015 and 2016 football seasons today, as approved by administrators during the Big
Ten Joint Group Meetings last week in Chicago. Both the 2015 and 2016 schedules will
feature all 12 teams in action the opening weekend and the last two Saturdays of Big
Ten competition, while two teams will have byes during each of the other six
weekends. Both seasons will conclude with the annual Big Ten Football Championship
Game, with the winner earning the Big Ten Championship.

The 2015 Big Ten season begins on Oct. 3 with six division games, including Legends
Division matchups between Iowa and Northwestern, Michigan and Michigan State and
Minnesota and Nebraska, and Leaders Division contests between Illinois and Penn
State, Indiana and Wisconsin and Ohio State and Purdue. The regular season concludes
on Nov. 28 with four division games (Iowa-Nebraska and Michigan State-Minnesota in
the Legends Division and Indiana-Purdue and Penn State-Wisconsin in the Leaders
Division) and two cross-division games (Illinois-Northwestern and Michigan-Ohio
State).

The 2016 Big Ten campaign also begins with six division games on Oct. 1, including
Legends Division tilts between Iowa and Minnesota, Michigan and Michigan State and
Nebraska and Northwestern, and Leaders Division matchups between Illinois and Penn
State, Indiana and Wisconsin and Ohio State and Purdue. The regular season concludes
on Nov. 26 with the same matchups as the final weekend of 2015, four division games
and two cross-division contests with the 2015 road teams serving as the hosts.

The 2015 campaign will culminate with the fifth annual Big Ten Football Championship
Game, to be held Dec. 5 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, which is set to host
the first five title contests. The 2016 season will conclude with the sixth annual
Big Ten Football Championship Game, to be held Dec. 3 at a site to be determined.
FOX will serve as the official broadcast partner of the Big Ten Football
Championship Games through 2016. The full 2015 and 2016 Big Ten schedules are
attached as PDFs.

The Big Ten football division alignments include the Legends Division featuring
Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Nebraska and Northwestern, and the
Leaders Division featuring Illinois, Indiana, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue and
Wisconsin. Each school will play the other five schools within its division and will
also face three teams from the other division, including one cross-division matchup
guaranteed on an annual basis. The guaranteed cross-division matchups are
Iowa-Purdue, Michigan-Ohio State, Michigan State-Indiana, Minnesota-Wisconsin,
Nebraska-Penn State and Northwestern-Illinois.

The Big Ten will hold the 2012 Football Media Days and 41st annual Kickoff Luncheon
on Thursday and Friday, July 26 and 27, at the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place and
McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago, featuring all 12 head coaches and some
of the nation's top returning players. The 117th season of Big Ten football kicks
off Thursday, August 30, when Minnesota plays at UNLV, before Michigan State hosts
Boise State on Friday, August 31. The conference's other 10 teams open action on
Saturday, Sept. 1.