The Wildcats will kick off their 2020 season under the Ryan Field lights, as the Big Ten announced the conference’s Week 1 and marquee game times Monday morning.
Northwestern’s first matchup of the shortened, conference-only 2020 season will take place October 24 at 6:30 p.m. CT at Ryan Field as the primetime matchup on Big Ten Network.
The conference will begin its season that Friday with an evening matchup between No. 16 Wisconsin and Illinois. On Saturday, Rutgers plays Michigan State while Nebraska and No. 6 Ohio State (lol) will face off at 11 a.