Welcome to the 2016 Big Ten Football Schedule Grid for all Big Ten schools for the 2016 football season. 2016 marks the first year of the new Big Ten nine game conference schedule. Find the dates and matchups for each team for each fall weekend on this one page Big Ten football schedule. Each school plays twelve games and has one open date during the regular season. The Big Ten Championship Game will be played on December 4, 2016 at a stadium to be determined.
Big Ten Football Schedules – 2015 | 2016 | 2017
| 2016 Big Ten Schedule | Tickets | Sept3 | Sept10 | Sept17 | Sept24 | Oct1 | Oct8 | Oct15 | Oct22 | Oct29 | Nov5 | Nov12 | Nov19 | Nov26 |
| Illinois Fighting Illini | UI Tickets |
MurraySt | UNC | WMU | OPEN | @NEB | PUR | @RUT | @MICH | MINN | MSU | @WISC | IOWA | @NW |
| Indiana Hoosiers | IU Tickets | FIU | BallSt | OPEN | WakeF | MSU | @OSU | NEB | @NW | MARY | @RUT | PSU | @MICH | PUR |
| Iowa Hawkeyes | IowaTickets | MiamiO | IowaSt | NDakSt | @RUT | NW | @MINN | @PUR | WISC | OPEN | @PSU | MICH | @ILL | NEB |
| Maryland Terrapins | UMDTickets | Howard | FIU | UCF | OPEN | PUR | @PSU | MINN | MSU | @IND | @MICH | OSU | @NEB | RUT |
| Michigan Wolverines | MichTickets | Hawaii | UCF | Colorado | PSU | WISC | @RUT | OPEN | ILL | @MSU | MARY | @IOWA | IND | @OSU |
| Michigan St Spartans | MSUTickets | Furman | OPEN | @NDame | WISC | @IND | BYU | NW | @MARY | MICH | @ILL | RUT | OSU | @PSU |
| Minnesota Gophers | MinnTickets | OregonSt | IndianaSt | OPEN | ColoSt | @PSU | IOWA | @MARY | RUT | @ILL | PUR | @NEB | NW | @WISC |
| Nebraska Cornhuskers | Neb Tickets | Fresno | Wyoming | Oregon | @NW | ILL | OPEN | @IND | PUR | @WISC | @OSU | MINN | MARY | @IOWA |
| Northwestern Wildcats | NW Tickets |
WMU | IllinoisSt | Duke | NEB | @IOWA | OPEN | @MSU | IND | @OSU | WISC | @PUR | @MINN | ILL |
| Ohio State Buckeyes | OSUTickets | BGreen | Tulsa | @Oklahoma | OPEN | RUT | IND | @WISC | @PSU | NW | NEB | @MARY | @MSU | MICH |
| Penn St Nittany Lions | PSU Tickets | KentSt | @Pitt | Temple | @MICH | MINN | MARY | OPEN | OSU | @PUR | IOWA | @IND | RUT | MSU |
| Purdue Boilermakers | Pur Tickets | EKU | Cincy | OPEN | Nevada | @MARY | @ILL | IOWA | @NEB | PSU | @MINN | NW | WISC | @IND |
| Rutgers Knights | RUTickets | UWash | Howard | NewMexico | IOWA | @OSU | MICH | ILL | @MINN | OPEN | IND | @MSU | PSU | @MARY |
| Wisconsin Badgers | WiscTickets | LSU | Akron | GeorgiaSt | @MSU | @MICH | OPEN | OSU | @IOWA | NEB | @NW | ILL | @PUR | MINN |
