Iowa football schedule: Hawkeyes head to Penn State for prime time game on CBS
Update: Kickoff time for Iowa's game at Penn State has been moved from 7 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Sept. 23.
The Iowa Hawkeyes will travel to Happy Valley, Pennsylvania, this fall for a prime-time matchup on CBS against Penn State.
It's the first kickoff time to be announced for the Hawkeyes' 2023 schedule. Iowa opens the season at home on Sept. 2 against Utah State, followed by the Cy-Hawk game on Sept. 9 in Ames and another home game on Sept. 16 against Western Michigan.
Kickoff for Iowa-Penn State is 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 23, and it'll be a "white out" game for the home fans. This is the first season that CBS will be broadcasting Big Ten games.
The Hawkeyes are coming off an 8-5 season and have won their last two games against the Nittany Lions.
CBS deal with Big Ten football
CBS, starting in 2024, will replace the Southeastern Conference game of the week at 2:30 p.m. CST — that is moving to ABC — with a Big Ten game.
CBS will carry 14-15 Big Ten football games a season from 2024-29, including a Black Friday game. Unlike with its longtime SEC deal, CBS will not be guaranteed the first selection of football games each week with the Big Ten. Fox, CBS and NBC will hold a draft for games, allowing each network some opportunities for the first selection in a given week.
In 2023, CBS will carry seven Big Ten games while it still has the SEC on CBS at 2:30 p.m. Central. The network will continue to be the home of Big Ten men’s basketball, including the conference tournament semifinals and finals, and it will begin airing the women’s basketball tournament championship.
Iowa Hawkeyes 2023 football schedule
* Kickoff time and TV information TBA unless noted
- Sept. 2: Utah State at Iowa, 11 a.m. on FS1
- Sept. 9: Iowa at Iowa State, 2:30 p.m. on Fox
- Sept. 16: Western Michigan at Iowa, 2:30 p.m. on BTN
- Sept. 23: Iowa at Penn State, 6:30 p.m. on CBS
- Sept. 30: Michigan State at Iowa
- Oct. 7: Purdue at Iowa
- Oct. 14: Iowa at Wisconsin
- Oct. 21: Minnesota at Iowa
- Nov. 4: Iowa at Northwestern
- Nov. 11: Rutgers at Iowa
- Nov. 18: Illinois at Iowa
- Nov. 24: Iowa at Nebraska, 11 a.m. on CBS
Information from the Associated Press was used in this article.