The Big Ten's Week 11 slate for Friday, Nov. 7, and Saturday, Nov. 8. No. 1 Ohio State faces off against Purdue and No. 2 Indiana goes on the road to play Penn State.

The Sooners and Vols have each suffered big losses in the trenches already. After his 71-yard scoop and score, Oklahoma defensive lineman R Mason Thomas entered the injury tent with a hamstring injury, according to the ABC broadcast. He did return for the next Tennessee possession, which resulted in a Max Gilbert field goal.

The Nittany Lions will have seven matches on the conference’s television network with four others streaming on Big Ten Plus.

While both are land-grant schools, the Buckeyes play in a major metro area; Penn State is smack in the middle of Pennsylvania. The Nittany Lions have a quilt of Eastern and Midwestern quasi-rivals—Maryland, Michigan State, Pittsburgh and others—while Ohio State only truly has one.

The Ohio State women's volleyball team (3-15, 0-10 B1G) fell in four sets (25-22, 23-25, 17-25, 18-25) No. 18 Penn State (13-7, 7-3 B1G) on Sunday afternoon

Penn State wrestling announced its 2025-2026 schedule in late September. At the time, the Nittany Lions said more information would be forthcoming regarding both when conference matches would start and also when head coach Cael Sanderson’s team would be on the Big Ten Network.