The defending national champions, Ohio State, will be a cornerstone of the Big Ten's prime-time coverage on ESPN in 2015. The conference's other biggest blue-blood program, Michigan, is hardly found on the prime-time schedule, however.
The conference announced seven games would be viewed in prime time on ESPN this year, the dates and times of which can be viewed below, per Kevin McGuire at CollegeFootballTalk.com:
September 3 (Thursday): Minnesota vs. TCU, 9 p.m., ESPN
September 12: Michigan State vs. Oregon, 8 p.m., ABC, ESPN or ESPN2
October 17: Ohio State vs.