A few days ago the team announced their full schedule for the 2016-2017 campaign. The schedule features two Big Ten teams, Northwestern University and University of Illinois, and many prime time games. Western opens the season in Evanston, Illinois where they will play Northwestern of the Big Ten Conference on ESPNU.
After that road trip they will come home to face North Carolina Central University for their home opener. After a quick home stand they travel back out to Illinois when they travel to Champaign to face the University Illinois Fighting Illini, another Big Ten foe. This game will also be televised on ESPN News.