Ohio State is among six teams in the Big Ten who will not play a Friday night game on FOX this fall.

The network released its weeknight schedule on Wednesday that features a slate including nine conference games between September and November.

Twelve of the teams in the league, which is to expand to 18 members this summer with the additions of Oregon, Southern California, UCLA and Washington, will have games moved to Friday, the traditional night of the week for high school football.

The Buckeyes last played on Friday in 2019 when they visited Northwestern in a game that aired on the Big Ten Network. Their conference openers at Minnesota in 2021 and at Indiana in 2017 were also held on Thursday nights.

The other Big Ten teams who will not be included in FOX’s expanded Friday night slate this year includes Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Penn State and Wisconsin.

Joey Kaufman covers Ohio State football for The Columbus Dispatch and can be reached at jkaufman@dispatch.com.

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This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: No Friday night Big Ten game on FOX for Ohio State football in 2024