The Big Ten Conference announced game times and television information for Nebraska’s home football games against Southern Miss on Sept. 1 and Arkansas State on Sept.  15 Thursday afternoon.
 
Nebraska’s season opener with Southern Miss will kick off at 2:30 p.m. CT and will be televised on ABC. In television markets not receiving the game on their local ABC affiliate, the game can be seen on ESPN2.  Southern Miss won the Conference USA championship last season, finishing with a 12-2 record and No. 20 final ranking the in the Associated Press poll.
 
Nebraska’s Sept. 15 home contest against Arkansas State will kick at 11 a.m. CT, and will be televised on either ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU. The network designation will be made at a later date.
 
With the two game times and TV information, Nebraska has game times and TV information for six regular-season games. Home games against Wisconsin (Sept. 29) and Michigan (Oct. 27), as well as a road game at Ohio State (Oct. 6) are all set for 7 p.m. CT kickoffs. The Wisconsin game will be televised on ABC, with either ABC, ESPN or ESPN2 covering the Ohio State and Michigan games. Nebraska’s regular-season finale at Iowa on Friday, Nov. 23, will be televised nationally on ABC at 11 a.m. CT.
 
Nebraska should learn the game time and television information for its Sept. 8 game at UCLA in the next few weeks. Game times for the remainder of the games against Idaho State (Sept. 22), at Northwestern (Oct. 20), at Michigan State (Nov. 3), Penn State (Nov. 10) and Minnesota (Nov. 17) will be announced six to 12 days in advance of the contest.