Lincoln Journal Star – Jul 29, 2025 – Staff writers

The Nebraska volleyball program has had many of its matches chosen to be on TV this season.

The Big Ten Conference announced its volleyball TV schedule on Monday. The Huskers will make at least 19 regular-season national TV appearances, appearing on Big Ten Network, FOX, FS1, NBC, ABC and ESPN.

For comparison, Penn State is scheduled for 16 matches on TV, Minnesota has 11 and Illinois eight.

Nebraska’s TV matches include its first match of the season, on Aug. 22 against Pittsburgh at 6 p.m. on FOX.

Nebraska’s Lindsay Krause (22) celebrates a kill with Nebraska’s Lexi Rodriguez (8) and Nebraska’s Andi Jackson (15) during the third set of a college volleyball match against Penn State at the Devaney Center in Lincoln on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023. NIKOS FRAZIER THE WORLD-HERALD

Nebraska’s match against 2024 national champion Penn State on Oct. 3 also got a big-time TV slot on FOX on Friday night.

Twelve of Nebraska’s 20 Big Ten conference matches will be nationally televised, including nine of the final 11 down the stretch.

Additional matches selected for TV, including those on Nebraska Public Media, will be announced at a later date. Any home matches and Big Ten road matches not selected for television will be available on B1G+.

Overall, 79 matches featuring Big Ten teams will be televised nationally.

Nebraska volleyball schedule

Date; opponent; time; TV

Saturday, Aug. 9; Red-White Scrimmage; 2:30 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 16; Alumni match; 6 p.m.

Friday Aug. 22; Pittsburgh (Pinnacle Bank Arena); 6 p.m.; FOX

Sunday, Aug. 24; Stanford (Pinnacle Bank Arena); 2:30 p.m.; ESPN

Friday, Aug. 29; at Lipscomb; 6 p.m.

Sunday, Aug. 31; vs. Kentucky (Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena); 11 a.m.; ABC

Friday, Sept. 5; Wright State; 7 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 7; California; 1 p.m.; BTN

Friday, Sept, 12; Utah; 6 p.m.; FS1

Saturday, Sept. 13; Grand Canyon; 6 p.m.

Tuesday, Sept. 16; at Creighton (CHI Health Center); 6:30 p.m.; FS1

Saturday, Sept. 20; Arizona; TBA; BTN

Wednesday, Sept. 24; Michigan; 6 p.m.; BTN

Saturday, Sept. 27; Maryland; TBA

Friday, Oct. 3; at Penn State; 7 p.m.; FOX

Saturday, Oct. 4; at Rutgers; TBA

Friday, Oct. 10; Washington; 8 p.m.; BTN

Sunday, Oct. 12; at Purdue; TBA

Friday, Oct. 17; at Michigan State; TBA

Sunday, Oct. 19; at Michigan; TBA

Friday, Oct. 24; Northwestern; TBA

Saturday, Oct. 25; Michigan State; 7:30 p.m.; BTN

Friday, Oct. 31; at Wisconsin; 8 p.m.; BTN

Sunday, Nov. 2; Oregon; 1 p.m.; BTN

Thursday, Nov. 6; Illinois; 7 p.m.; FS1

Saturday, Nov. 8; at Minnesota; 2:30 p.m.; NBC

Friday, Nov. 14; at UCLA; TBA; BTN

Saturday, Nov. 15; at USC; TBA

Thursday, Nov. 20; Iowa; TBA; FS1

Saturday, Nov. 22; at Indiana; TBA

Friday, Nov. 28; Penn State; 5:30 p.m.; BTN

Saturday, Nov. 29; Ohio State; TBA; BTN