My guesstimate on how next year's FOX/ABC 1st choices will go.

This is the current Big 10 2022 (and 2023-25) conference schedules. Some matchups will change (Michigan State will go to Michigan I assume). It's possible some dates will change.

https://bigten.org/documents/2018/8/29//...df?id=6057

Some relevant non conference home games:

Ohio State: Notre Dame Sept. 3
Iowa: Iowa State Sept. 10
Nebraska: Oklahoma Sept. 17

Games of the Week:

Sept. 24: Ohio State at Michigan State
Oct. 1: Ohio State at Penn State, Michigan at Iowa
Oct. 8: Penn State at Michigan, Iowa at Purdue, Wisconsin at Michigan State
Oct. 15: Iowa at Ohio State, Nebraska at Michigan, Illinois at Penn State (the rematch, could be switched to Illinois?)
Oct. 22: Michigan at Michigan State (switched to Michigan?)
Oct. 29: Michigan State at Penn State
Nov. 5: Nebraska at Wisconsin (Dud week, Michigan off, Ohio State vs. Northwestern, Penn State vs, Indiana)
Nov. 12: Wisconsin at Penn State
Nov. 19: Wisconsin at Iowa
Nov. 26: Michigan at Ohio State, Minnesota at Wisconsin

FOX: Nov. 26

ABC: Sept. 3

FOX: Oct. 1 (Penn State does have to go to Purdue Sept. 3 but is likely to still be good on Oct. 1).

ABC: If you trust MSU, you take Sept. 24. Oct. 8 would be PSU/UM with two decent backup options and if Penn State beats Ohio State you have a monster game but if Ohio State wins it hurts your rating. Oct. 22 is also UM/MSU (or MSU/UM).

FOX: One of Sept. 24, Oct. 8, Oct. 22

ABC: Same

Oct. 29 (MSU/PSU) and Sept. 17 (Okl/Neb) are "sleeper" picks. I'd prefer ABC not get MSU/PSU because it's World Series week. If Iowa wins the Big Ten, Oct. 15 (and Oct. 1 with UM/Iowa) will increase in value. FOX got the #2 pick on Oct. 30 this year and got the 2nd most watched game of the year. Having the 2nd pick on Oct. 1 will get you Michigan/Iowa, the rematch of this year's Big Ten Championship.

Right now I'd say Sept. 10 (unless Iowa State gets better) and Nov. 5 look to be the Big Ten dud weeks.

The new schedule:

https://csnbbs.com/thread-940053.html

Sept. 3: Notre Dame at Ohio State
Sept. 10: Dud. Iowa State at Iowa best of the bunch.
Sept. 17: Oklahoma at Nebraska (Penn State/Auburn goes to the SEC package)
Sept. 24: Ohio State at Wisconsin
Oct. 1: Michigan at Iowa
Oct. 8: Ohio State at Michigan State
Oct. 15: Penn State at Michigan, Wisconsin at Michigan State
Oct. 22: Iowa at Ohio State
Oct. 29: Ohio State at Penn State, Michigan State at Michigan
Nov. 5: Dud. Iowa at Purdue best of the bunch.
Nov. 12: Dud. Nebraska at Michigan best of the bunch.
Nov. 19: Dud. Wisconsin at Nebraska and that's assuming Nebraska is better than they were this year?
Nov. 26: Michigan at Ohio State, Michigan State at Penn State

#1: FOX - Nov. 26
#2: ABC - Sept. 3
#3: FOX - Oct. 29
#4: ABC - Oct. 15

After last season Michigan games will be worth more. Ohio State games will still be pretty high. Michigan State will be worth more too.