ITHACA, N.Y. -- The Ivy League and ESPN have announced the 2025 six-game football package set to air on ESPN linear networks this upcoming fall with the Cornell road contest at Harvard on Oct. 10 set to air on ESPNU.
This is the 17th consecutive season that the Ivy League will feature a national football television package and for the seventh-straight season, include all eight programs.
The full Ivy League Schedule includes:
Friday, October 3 --- Columbia at Princeton (7:30 p.m. ET)
Friday, October 10 --- Cornell at Harvard (7 p.m. ET)
Friday, October 24 --- Columbia at Dartmouth (6 p.m. ET)
Friday, October 31 --- Brown at Penn (7 p.m. ET)
Friday, November 7 --- Harvard at Columbia (7 p.m. ET)
Saturday, November 22 --- Harvard at Yale (Time TBA)
In 2024, for the second year in a row, Cornell and Harvard had their ESPNU contest elevated to ESPN2. The Crimson, who took a 17-14 lead halfway through the second quarter never looked back, defeating the Big Red, 38-20 on Schoellkopf Field.
This season will mark the 89th meeting between Cornell and Harvard, with the Crimson leading the all-time series, 52-34-2. The Big Red feature a 17-30 record at Harvard Stadium and will be looking for their first win over Harvard since 2018 and first in Cambridge, Mass., since 2000.
The package includes six editions of Friday Night Lights for the Ivy League, beginning on Oct. 3 and culminating in 141st installment of The Game between Harvard and Yale on Nov. 22.
Harvard appears in three of the six televised games, while Columbia also appears in three games, including a matchup between the two schools on Nov. 7 in New York City.
All other Ivy home football games will air on ESPN+, while select games will also be available on a variety of regional sports networks.
The schedule is one of several parts to the league's comprehensive agreement with ESPN that was launched in 2018. The partnership airs over 1,400 events annually on ESPN+ and includes at least 24 events on ESPN linear networks.
Cornell football opens the season on the road when it travels to the state capital to take on UAlbany on Sep. 21 at 7 p.m. ET. The first home game of the season is set for Oct. 4 against Colgate.
