While it was highly unlikely that the Ohio State at Illinois game next Saturday, November 14, would not be at 8 PM EST, both Buckeyes and Fighting Illini fans were curious as to whether "The Battle of Illibuck" would be played at 3:30 PM EST or 12 PM EST.

ESPN has the option to wait a little longer to figure out the TV schedule this time of year, but last night it was finally announced that the game would be a Noon EST kick-off.

The Ohio State game next week at Illinois will be a noon EST kick with ABC televising it nationally. — Jerry Emig (@BuckeyeNotes) November 8, 2015



With Champaign-Urbana in the central time zone, the actual kick of the game will be 11 AM local time, meaning fans traveling to the game need to keep that in mind.

The game will be played at Memorial Stadium and will be broadcasted on ABC.