Big Ten Network Announces 2025 College Football Broadcaster Lineup
July 23rd, 2025 by Jack McGonigal
CHICAGO, Ill. – With 44 game broadcasts complemented by extensive studio programming and a full slate of coverage across all three time zones, the Big Ten Network’s on-air lineup features a collection of experienced voices and new additions.
Game Broadcasts:
BTN’s rotation of game analysts for this season will include Jake Butt, a former All-American tight end at the University of Michigan, accomplished analyst Yogi Roth and former Iowa Hawkeye team captain Anthony Herron. Four-time Super Bowl Champion Matt Millen, NFL veteran Brock Vereen, four-time Pro Bowler Marcel Reece, All-Big Ten quarterback Tanner Morgan, and former Northwestern offensive lineman Jared Thomas will also make appearances on the network.
They will work alongside a veteran roster of play-by-play talent, including Jeff Levering, Guy Haberman, Mark Followill, Jason Horowitz, Jason Ross Jr., Joe Beninati, A.J. Kanell and Jack Kizer.
On-field reporters, including Brooke Fletcher, Rhett Lewis, Dannie Rogers, Sydney Supple, Melanie Ricks, Michella Chester, Drea Avent, Kylen Mills, Alyssa Charlston and Caroline Hendershot, will provide updates and analysis from the sidelines. Additional on-air talent for BTN’s 44 football games will be added at a later date.
Former NFL Vice President of Officiating Mike Pereira and veteran college official Steve Strimling will serve as rules analysts on Big Ten Network broadcasts.
Studio Programming:
Throughout the month of August, all 18 schools will be featured in Football Training Camp, one-hour episodes previewing each program directly from campus. Dave Revsine, Ashley Adamson, Gerry DiNardo, Howard Griffith, Butt and Roth will travel to all 18 campuses from coast-to-coast, providing expert analysis and interviews with coaches and student-athletes at each stop. The first training camp show debuts on Friday, Aug. 1, at 8 p.m. ET from Nebraska, followed by Minnesota (Aug. 2, Midnight ET), Maryland (Aug. 4, 8 p.m. ET), Penn State (Aug. 5, 9 p.m. ET), Rutgers (Aug. 6, 8 p.m. ET) and Ohio State (Aug. 7, 8 p.m. ET). A full schedule for every stop on the training camp tour can be found at bigten.org/btn/btn-tv-schedule.
B1G Tailgate is back for its ninth season with new on-site host Camryn Irwin alongside former Ohio State safety Tyvis Powell, who will travel to a different Big Ten campus each week for interviews with a rotation of guests and on-site analysis. Adamson and Vereen will join the duo from Chicago, with B1G Tailgate airing weekly at 10 a.m. ET on Saturday mornings.
B1G Tailgate’s on-site locations for the first three weeks of the season have been confirmed:
Saturday, Aug. 30 (Noon ET)
FAU at Maryland
Saturday, Sept. 6 (Noon ET)
FIU at Penn State
Saturday, Sept. 13 (Noon ET)
Central Michigan at Michigan
Following B1G Tailgate, Rick Pizzo and DiNardo will host B1G Countdown to Kickoff, a 30-minute pre-game show to prep fans for the Big Ten games of the day. Revsine, Griffith and Reece will appear on The Final Drive, recapping the weekend in action every Saturday night.
Mike Hall, Revsine, Pizzo, Adamson, Mills, Butt, Vereen, Roth, Reece, Herron, Ross Dellenger, the Senior College Football Reporter for Yahoo Sports, and long-time NFL and NCAA coach Dave Wannstedt will also appear across The B1G Show, B1G Today, B1G Live: Football Game Break, B1G Live: Football Postgame and The Final Drive.
Urban Analysis, featuring Urban Meyer and DiNardo, will also return this fall.
Big Ten Network Originals:
The Emmy-nominated franchise The Journey: Big Ten Football 2025 will debut its 14th season this fall. Additional Big Ten Network Originals programming will be announced at a later date.
Digital Coverage of Big Ten Football:
On B1G+, BTN’s subscription streaming service, fans can access condensed game replays of Big Ten football games along with on-demand, full-length commercial free replays of televised football games from Big Ten television partners. Fans can subscribe to B1G+ with an annual pass for $89.99 per year or a monthly pass for $12.99 per month.
Digital coverage of Big Ten Football will be available all season via the Big Ten Network’s X, Facebook, YouTube, Bluesky and Instagram platforms. Fans can also follow the @B1GFootball accounts on X, Instagram, Bluesky and YouTube. All television programming on BTN can be streamed via the web, smartphones, tablets and connected devices on the FOX Sports App.