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Big Ten Women’s Soccer Schedule 2026: Every Match, Every Week

RallyFuel Team • August 20, 2026 • 11 min read

Eighteen teams across four time zones, a conference season with twelve matchdays and no byes, and kickoffs that run until eleven at night Eastern because half the league now plays on the Pacific. Here is the whole Big Ten women’s soccer season.

Times are Eastern. Conference matches are in bold. TBA means the window is not set yet. Predict links appear on televised matches.

Big Ten women’s soccer preseason poll 2026

The 18 head coaches picked Michigan State first, the program’s first ever No. 1 in the conference poll. UCLA is second, defending champion Washington third.

Rank	Team	Rank	Team
1	Michigan State	10	Iowa
2	UCLA	11	Michigan
3	Washington	12	Nebraska
4	Wisconsin	13	Purdue
5	Ohio State	14	Minnesota
6	Penn State	15	Rutgers
7	USC	16	Indiana
8	Northwestern	17	Maryland
9	Illinois	18	Oregon

Players to Watch

Three per school, picked by the coaches. Fifteen made All Big Ten last year and four made the All Freshman Team.

School	Players
Illinois	Izzy Lee (5th-Yr., GK), Cayla Jackson (Jr., F), Emma Yee (Jr., F)
Indiana	Emily Graham (So., F), Piper Coffield (R-Sr., D), Aleyna Quinn (R-Jr., F)
Iowa	Elle Wildman (So., MF), Sofia Bush (Sr., MF), Millie Greer (Sr., D)
Maryland	Mckinley Heaven (So., F), Faith Luckey (Sr., GK), Lisa McIntyre (Sr., MF)
Michigan	Ella Jablinskey (Jr., F), Campbell Jewell (Sr., D), Ellie Fife (Jr., D)
Michigan State	Kennedy Bell (Sr., F), Kayla Briggs (Sr., MF), Bella Najera (Sr., MF)
Minnesota	Sarah Martin (R-Jr., GK), Caroline Birdsell (R-Jr., F), Taylor Heimerl (Sr., D)
Nebraska	Ella Rudney (Sr., F), Kayma Carpenter (Sr., F/D), Ella Guyott (Sr., D)
Northwestern	Kennedy Roesch (Jr., F), Megan Norkett (Sr., F), Keira Kemmerley (So., MF)
Ohio State	Amanda Schlueter (Sr., MF), Ava Bramblett (Sr., D), Ava Greco (Jr., MF)
Oregon	Carly Cormack (Jr., MF), Ellie Felt (So., F), Lauren Kenny (Sr., D)
Penn State	Molly Martin (Sr., MF), Mackenzie Gress (Sr., GK), Aubrey Kulpa (Jr., F)
Purdue	Irene Campo (Sr., MF), Jaiden Anderson (Jr., F), Megan Santa Cruz (Sr., MF)
Rutgers	Gabriela Gil (R-Jr., MF), Olivia Bodmer (R-Sr., GK), Ashley Baran (Sr., F)
UCLA	Olivia Woodson (Sr., F), Leena Powell (So., F), Grace Shank (So., MF)
USC	Annabel Austen (Gr., GK), Mary Cochran (Gr., MF), Alyssa Parsons (Fr., F)
Washington	Alex Buck (Jr., F), Tanner Ijams (R-So., GK), Lucy Newlin (5th-Yr., MF)
Wisconsin	Hailey Baumann (Sr., D), Kiara Gilmore (So., D), Drew Stover (Sr., GK)

Opening week, August 12 to 16

Match	Date	Result
Northwestern at Virginia	Aug 12	Virginia 3-1
Nebraska at Louisville	Aug 12	Nebraska 3-1
Xavier at Michigan State	Aug 12	Michigan State 2-0
Hampton at Indiana	Aug 12	Indiana 2-1
Milwaukee at Iowa	Aug 12	Iowa 7-0
Duke at USC	Aug 12	Duke 3-1
BYU at UCLA	Aug 12	BYU 2-1
Portland at Washington	Aug 12	Washington 1-0
Evansville at Purdue	Aug 13	1-1
Rutgers at Tennessee	Aug 13	Tennessee 4-1
Georgia at Illinois	Aug 13	0-0
North Dakota at Minnesota	Aug 13	Minnesota 4-0
TCU at Wisconsin	Aug 13	TCU 1-0
Michigan at Utah Valley	Aug 13	1-1
Oregon at Portland State	Aug 13	Oregon 3-0
Loyola Chicago at Iowa	Aug 15	Iowa 5-0
Fordham at Maryland	Aug 16	Maryland 1-0
Penn State at Notre Dame	Aug 16	2-2
Ohio State at Clemson	Aug 16	0-0
Purdue Fort Wayne at Purdue	Aug 16	Purdue 7-1
Youngstown State at Indiana	Aug 16	Indiana 3-1
Georgia at Minnesota	Aug 16	1-1
South Dakota at Nebraska	Aug 16	1-1
USC at Pepperdine	Aug 16	1-1
Gonzaga at Oregon	Aug 16	Oregon 3-0
Michigan at Utah State	Aug 16	2-2
Duke at UCLA	Aug 16	1-1

Week 2, August 19 to 23

Match	Date	Time	Watch	Predict
Loyola Chicago at Michigan State	Wed Aug 19	7:30	B1G+	Pick →
BYU at Wisconsin	Wed Aug 19	8:00	B1G+	Pick →
Washington at San Diego State	Wed Aug 19	10:00	YouTube	Pick →
Kansas at Ohio State	Thu Aug 20	5:00		—
Iowa at Wake Forest	Thu Aug 20	5:00		—
Cincinnati at Illinois	Thu Aug 20	6:00	B1G+	Pick →
FDU at Maryland	Thu Aug 20	7:00	B1G+	Pick →
Chicago State at Purdue	Thu Aug 20	7:00	B1G+	Pick →
Penn State at West Virginia	Thu Aug 20	7:00	ESPN+	Pick →
Minnesota at North Dakota State	Thu Aug 20	7:00	Midco	Pick →
Rutgers at UConn	Thu Aug 20	7:30	UCONN+	Pick →
Syracuse at Northwestern	Thu Aug 20	8:00	B1G+	Pick →
Notre Dame at Nebraska	Thu Aug 20	8:05	BTN	Pick →
San Diego at UCLA	Thu Aug 20	10:00	B1G+	Pick →
Oregon at Santa Clara	Thu Aug 20	10:30	ESPN+	Pick →
Bellarmine at Indiana	Fri Aug 21	8:00	B1G+	Pick →
Xavier at Michigan	Sat Aug 22	5:00	B1G+	Pick →
USC at BYU	Sat Aug 22	9:00		—
Iowa at UNC Greensboro	Sun Aug 23	12:00		—
Michigan State at North Carolina	Sun Aug 23	1:00	ACCN	Pick →
Eastern Illinois at Purdue	Sun Aug 23	1:00	B1G+	Pick →
Alabama at Nebraska	Sun Aug 23	1:05	B1G+	Pick →
Rutgers at Fairfield	Sun Aug 23	2:00		—
Oregon at San Francisco	Sun Aug 23	3:00	ESPN+	Pick →
Montana at Washington	Sun Aug 23	5:00	B1G+	Pick →
Maryland at Virginia Tech	Sun Aug 23	6:00	ESPN+	Pick →
UIC at Illinois	Sun Aug 23	6:00	B1G+	Pick →
Marquette at Wisconsin	Sun Aug 23	6:00	B1G+	Pick →
Denver at Northwestern	Sun Aug 23	7:30	B1G+	Pick →

Week 3, August 26 to 30

Match	Date	Time	Watch	Predict
Indiana at Xavier	Wed Aug 26	6:30		—
Eastern Michigan at Michigan State	Thu Aug 27	5:00	B1G+	Pick →
Maryland at Navy	Thu Aug 27	7:00	ESPN+	Pick →
Boston College at Rutgers	Thu Aug 27	7:00		—
Ball State at Purdue	Thu Aug 27	7:00	B1G+	Pick →
Saint Louis at Illinois	Thu Aug 27	7:00	BTN	Pick →
Iowa at Iowa State	Thu Aug 27	7:00	ESPN+	Pick →
Notre Dame at Michigan	Thu Aug 27	7:00	B1G+	Pick →
Kentucky at Ohio State	Thu Aug 27	7:00		—
Bucknell at Penn State	Thu Aug 27	7:30	B1G+	Pick →
Illinois State at Northwestern	Thu Aug 27	7:30	B1G+	Pick →
Gonzaga at Washington	Thu Aug 27	8:00	B1G+	Pick →
New Mexico State at USC	Thu Aug 27	9:00	B1G+	Pick →
Minnesota at BYU	Thu Aug 27	9:00	ESPN+	Pick →
Oregon State at Oregon	Thu Aug 27	9:00	B1G+	Pick →
UCLA at Stanford	Thu Aug 27	10:30		—
Colorado at Michigan State	Sun Aug 30	11:00	BTN	Pick →
Brown at Penn State	Sun Aug 30	1:00	B1G+	Pick →
Northwestern at Butler	Sun Aug 30	1:00	ESPN+	Pick →
Saint Louis at Indiana	Sun Aug 30	1:00	B1G+	Pick →
Omaha at Nebraska	Sun Aug 30	2:00	B1G+	Pick →
Providence at Rutgers	Sun Aug 30	2:00	B1G+	Pick →
UIC at Wisconsin	Sun Aug 30	2:00	B1G+	Pick →
Purdue at Southern Indiana	Sun Aug 30	2:00	ESPN+	Pick →
Michigan at Bowling Green	Sun Aug 30	3:00		—
Washington at Oregon State	Sun Aug 30	4:00	YouTube	Pick →
UCLA at Santa Clara	Sun Aug 30	4:00	ESPN+	Pick →
Saint Mary’s at USC	Sun Aug 30	5:00	B1G+	Pick →
St. Thomas at Minnesota	Sun Aug 30	6:00	B1G+	Pick →
Nebraska at Kansas State	Sun Aug 30	7:30	ESPN+	Pick →

Week 4, September 3 to 6

Match	Date	Time	Watch	Predict
Old Dominion at Maryland	Thu Sep 3	7:00	B1G+	Pick →
Michigan State at Notre Dame	Thu Sep 3	7:00	ACCNX	Pick →
Illinois at Western Michigan	Thu Sep 3	7:00		—
Wisconsin at Milwaukee	Thu Sep 3	7:00	B1G+	Pick →
Georgia Southern at Michigan	Thu Sep 3	7:00	B1G+	Pick →
Princeton at Ohio State	Thu Sep 3	7:00		—
Virginia Tech at Penn State	Thu Sep 3	7:30		—
Loyola Chicago at Northwestern	Thu Sep 3	7:30	B1G+	Pick →
Purdue at Middle Tennessee	Thu Sep 3	8:00		—
Kansas State at Iowa	Thu Sep 3	8:00		—
Utah at Oregon	Thu Sep 3	9:00		—
USC at Stanford	Thu Sep 3	10:00	ACCNX	Pick →
Seattle U at Washington	Fri Sep 4	10:00	B1G+	Pick →
Pepperdine at UCLA	Fri Sep 4	10:00	B1G+	Pick →
Illinois at Virginia Tech	Sun Sep 6	12:00		—
Binghamton at Maryland	Sun Sep 6	12:00		—
Indiana at Ohio	Sun Sep 6	1:00		—
Wisconsin at Central Michigan	Sun Sep 6	1:00		—
Missouri State at Iowa	Sun Sep 6	2:00		—
Colorado College at Minnesota	Sun Sep 6	2:00	B1G+	Pick →
Northwestern at Tennessee	Sun Sep 6	2:00		—
Princeton at Rutgers	Sun Sep 6	5:00	B1G+	Pick →
Memphis at Ohio State	Sun Sep 6	7:00		—

Matchday 1, September 10

All eighteen teams play every matchday from here. No byes, twelve rounds, straight through to Halloween.

Match	Time	TV	Predict
Wisconsin at Illinois	7:00		—
Michigan at Northwestern	7:00		—
Penn State at Ohio State	7:00	BTN	Pick →
Indiana at Nebraska	8:00		—
Iowa at Minnesota	8:00		—
Michigan State at USC	9:00	BTN	Pick →
Rutgers at Oregon	9:00		—
Maryland at Washington	10:00	BTN	Pick →
Purdue at UCLA	10:00		—

Matchday 2, September 13

Match	Time	TV	Predict
Purdue at USC	1:00		—
Ohio State at Indiana	1:00		—
Minnesota at Penn State	1:00	BTN	Pick →
Northwestern at Wisconsin	2:00		—
Michigan at Illinois	2:00		—
Nebraska at Iowa	2:00	BTN	Pick →
Rutgers at Washington	4:00	BTN	Pick →
Michigan State at UCLA	4:00		—
Maryland at Oregon	4:00		—

Matchday 3, September 17 to 20

Match	Date	Time	Predict
Ohio State at UCLA	Thu Sep 17	10:00	—
Penn State at Maryland	Fri Sep 18	TBA	—
Oregon at USC	Fri Sep 18	TBA	—
Illinois at Iowa	Fri Sep 18	6:00	—
Purdue at Rutgers	Sun Sep 20	1:00	—
Michigan at Michigan State	Sun Sep 20	1:00	—
Northwestern at Minnesota	Sun Sep 20	2:00	—
Indiana at Wisconsin	Sun Sep 20	2:00	—
Washington at Nebraska	Sun Sep 20	2:05	—

Matchday 4, September 24

Match	Time	TV	Predict
Wisconsin at Maryland	7:00	BTN	Pick →
USC at Ohio State	7:00		—
UCLA at Rutgers	7:00	BTN	Pick →
Nebraska at Michigan State	7:00		—
Illinois at Purdue	7:00		—
Iowa at Penn State	7:00		—
Washington at Michigan	7:00		—
Minnesota at Indiana	7:30		—
Oregon at Northwestern	7:30		—

Matchday 5, September 27

Match	Time	Predict
UCLA at Maryland	12:00	—
Iowa at Ohio State	12:00	—
Washington at Michigan State	1:00	—
USC at Penn State	1:00	—
Wisconsin at Rutgers	1:00	—
Minnesota at Purdue	1:00	—
Indiana at Northwestern	1:00	—
Nebraska at Michigan	1:00	—
Oregon at Illinois	2:00	—

Matchday 6, October 2 to 4

Match	Date	Time	TV	Predict
Maryland at Minnesota	Fri Oct 2	8:00		—
UCLA at Oregon	Fri Oct 2	9:00		—
Northwestern at Ohio State	Sat Oct 3	5:00		—
Purdue at Penn State	Sat Oct 3	7:00		—
USC at Washington	Sat Oct 3	10:00		—
Michigan at Indiana	Sun Oct 4	12:00	BTN	Pick →
Wisconsin at Nebraska	Sun Oct 4	1:35		—
Michigan State at Illinois	Sun Oct 4	2:00		—
Rutgers at Iowa	Sun Oct 4	2:00		—

Matchday 7, October 8

Match	Time	TV	Predict
Northwestern at Rutgers	7:00		—
Minnesota at Michigan State	7:00		—
Michigan at Purdue	7:00		—
Ohio State at Wisconsin	8:00		—
Penn State at Oregon	9:00		—
Indiana at UCLA	10:00		—
Illinois at USC	TBA	BTN	Pick →
Nebraska at Maryland	TBA		—
Iowa at Washington	TBA		—

Matchday 8, October 11

Match	Time	Predict
Northwestern at Maryland	12:00	—
Nebraska at Rutgers	1:00	—
Michigan State at Purdue	1:00	—
Wisconsin at Michigan	1:00	—
Ohio State at Minnesota	2:00	—
Indiana at USC	4:00	—
Illinois at UCLA	4:00	—
Penn State at Washington	4:00	—
Iowa at Oregon	4:00	—

Matchday 9, October 16 to 18

Match	Date	Time	TV	Predict
Michigan State at Indiana	Fri Oct 16	7:30		—
Michigan at Oregon	Fri Oct 16	9:00	BTN	Pick →
Washington at UCLA	Fri Oct 16	11:00	BTN	Pick →
Iowa at Maryland	Fri Oct 16	TBA		—
USC at Northwestern	Sat Oct 17	2:00		—
Rutgers at Penn State	Sat Oct 17	4:00		—
Ohio State at Purdue	Sun Oct 18	1:00	BTN	Pick →
Minnesota at Wisconsin	Sun Oct 18	2:00		—
Illinois at Nebraska	Sun Oct 18	2:05		—

Matchday 10, October 22

Match	Time	TV	Predict
Penn State at Michigan State	6:00	BTN	Pick →
Rutgers at Ohio State	7:00		—
Purdue at Indiana	7:00		—
Maryland at Michigan	7:00		—
Northwestern at Illinois	7:00		—
UCLA at Iowa	8:00		—
Washington at Minnesota	8:00		—
Oregon at Wisconsin	8:00		—
USC at Nebraska	8:05		—

Matchday 11, October 25

Match	Time	TV	Predict
Illinois at Ohio State	12:00		—
Rutgers at Indiana	1:00		—
Maryland at Michigan State	1:00		—
Penn State at Michigan	1:00		—
USC at Iowa	2:00		—
Washington at Wisconsin	2:00		—
Oregon at Minnesota	2:00		—
UCLA at Nebraska	2:05		—
Purdue at Northwestern	6:00	BTN	Pick →

Matchday 12, October 30

Match	Time	TV	Predict
Maryland at Rutgers	7:00		—
Nebraska at Purdue	7:00		—
Indiana at Penn State	7:00		—
Minnesota at Illinois	7:00		—
Ohio State at Michigan	7:00		—
Michigan State at Northwestern	7:30		—
Wisconsin at Iowa	8:00		—
UCLA at USC	10:00	BTN	Pick →
Oregon at Washington	TBA		—

Big Ten Tournament, November 4 to 13

Quarterfinals are November 4 and 5 on B1G+. The semifinals are Sunday, November 8 on BTN, at 2:00 and 5:00 Eastern. The championship is Friday, November 13 on BTN, kickoff time to be announced.

Washington enters as defending champion, having taken last year’s final from Michigan State on penalties.

Big Ten women’s soccer TV schedule

Twenty one regular season matches are on the Big Ten Network, and every one of the eighteen schools appears at least once. The first was Duke at USC on August 12. The last is UCLA at USC on October 30.

Matches to circle in 2026

Michigan State at UCLA, September 13. The coaches’ top two, in week two of conference play.
Michigan at Michigan State, September 20. The rivalry, in East Lansing.
Washington at Michigan State, September 27. A rematch of last year’s Big Ten final, decided on penalties.
Ohio State at Wisconsin, October 8. Fourth against fifth in the poll.
Washington at UCLA, October 16. An 11:00 p.m. Eastern kickoff, the latest window the Big Ten runs in any sport.
Ohio State at Michigan and UCLA at USC, October 30. The regular season closes on rivalry night, seeding on the line in both.

Big Ten women’s soccer 2026 FAQ

When does the 2026 Big Ten women’s soccer season start? August 12, with eight Big Ten teams in action. Conference play opens September 10.

How many conference matches does each team play? Twelve. All 18 teams play on every matchday, with no byes, from September 10 through October 30.

Where can I watch? The Big Ten Network carries 21 regular season matches and every school appears at least once. The rest stream on B1G+, with some nonconference matches on ESPN+ and ACC Network.

Who is the favorite? The 18 head coaches picked Michigan State first. Washington won both the regular season and the tournament last year and was picked third.

Dig deeper

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Watch the movement. The Transfer Tracker follows who is entering and committing

Schedule and poll from the Big Ten Conference. Times Eastern and subject to change.

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