Michigan football vs Washington start time, TV channel set for Week 8
For the third time in seven games in the 2025 season, Michigan football kickoff will kickoff in its classic noon slot.
The No. 15 Wolverines (4-1, 2-0 Big Ten) will face Washington (4-1, 1-1 Big Ten) as part of Fox Big Noon Kickoff, when the two meet on Saturday, Oct. 18 at Michigan Stadium, the Big Ten announced. It will be U-M’s second time on Fox in three weeks (Wisconsin in Week 5 was the same slot).
This is a tough ask for the Huskies, to be sure, not just having to play U-M on the road but doing so when their body clock will feel like it is 9 a.m.
The Wolverines are undefeated in games that kickoff before 3:30 this year, going a perfect 3-0 to start the season. It began with a 63-3 beatdown over Central Michigan, continued with a 30-27 road win over Nebraska in the mid-afternoon slot the following week, then on the heels of a bye most recently it was a 24-10 homecoming victory over Wisconsin.
That record will not be in jeopardy since U-M’s upcoming game against USC will be a 4:30 local kickoff in Los Angeles, which is 7:30 p.m. on the east coast.
Michigan and Washington have split their two matchups the past two seasons, though there’s no doubt U-M has the upperhand in those. U-M topped the Huskies 34-13 in the 2024 national championship game in Houston, before Washington got a modicum of revenge with a 27-17 victory in Seattle in Oct. 2024 to snap Michigan’s 27-game conference win streak.
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Tony Garcia is the Wolverines beat writer for the Detroit Free Press. Email him at [email protected] and follow him on X at @RealTonyGarcia.
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