Michigan football players take the field before Michigan faces Purdue at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor on Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023.Jacob Hamilton | jhamilt3@mlive.com
Michigan football will return to prime time when it opens the 2024 season this fall.
The first game on the schedule, an Aug. 31 date against Fresno State, has been picked up by NBC and assigned a 7:30 p.m. Eastern kickoff time, the program announced Monday.
The Wolverines are set to host the Mountain West Conference school at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, the first of eight home games on the schedule for the defending national champions. It will be the first time Michigan and Fresno State, set to receive a $1.85 million payout, have played in football.
In a clue that this was coming, Michigan players recently took part in a promotional video for NBC promoting the network’s “Big Ten Saturday night” broadcasts that began last year. The Wolverines had three games in 2023 air on NBC, all in prime time, while their opener streamed exclusively on the network’s Peacock app.
We'll open the 2024 season under the lights!#GoBlue pic.twitter.com/399TslsNCj
So far, two Michigan games on the 2024 schedule have been assigned kickoff times. Its Week 2 showdown with Texas, set for Sept. 7 in Ann Arbor, will start at Noon ET and air on FOX.
Michigan’s 2024 schedule, with known kickoff times and TV assignments:
Aug. 31 vs. Fresno State — 7:30 p.m. ET, NBC
Sept. 7 vs. Texas — Noon ET, FOX
Sept. 14 vs. Arkansas State — TBD
Sept. 21 vs. Southern Cal — TBD
Sept. 28 vs. Minnesota — TBD
Oct. 5 at Washington — TBD
Oct. 12 BYE
Oct. 19 at Illinois — TBD
Oct. 26 vs. Michigan State — TBD
Nov. 2 vs. Oregon — TBD
Nov. 9 at Indiana — TBD
Nov. 16 BYE
Nov. 23 vs. Northwestern — TBD
Nov. 30 at Ohio State — TBD
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