Kickoff time announced for Ohio State-UCLA game on NBC4

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Ohio State's first game against UCLA in 24 years now has a start time.

The top-ranked Buckeyes (8-0, 5-0) will welcome the Bruins (3-5, 3-2) to Ohio Stadium on Nov. 15 in the teams' first Big Ten meeting since the Bruins joined the conference in 2024.

Kickoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. and will be broadcast on NBC, according to the network.

This will be the second Buckeyes home game this season broadcast on NBC4. The first was Ohio State's 42-3 win over Minnesota on Oct. 4.

Before the Bruins board the long flight from Los Angeles to Columbus, it will host Nebraska this Saturday for a 9 p.m. kickoff. The Buckeyes will be on the road facing Purdue at 1 p.m. the same day.

This year's game between Ohio State and UCLA will be the 10th all-time and the first since the Bruins beat the Buckeyes 13-6 in a 2001 regular-season game at the Rose Bowl. Each team has won four times against each other and tied at Ohio Stadium in 1976. Ohio State last beat UCLA in 1999 in Columbus.

Remaining 2025 Ohio State football schedule

• Nov. 8: at Purdue, 1 p.m.
• Nov. 15: UCLA, 7:30 p.m. on NBC4
• Nov. 22: Rutgers
• Nov. 29: at Michigan, noon

UCLA had higher hopes entering 2025 with Tennessee transfer quarterback Nico Iamaleava becoming the new starter. The season started with losses to Utah, UNLV, New Mexico and Northwestern. After the third loss to New Mexico, coach DeShaun Foster was fired.

The season was revitalized on Oct. 4 when the Bruins shocked then-No. 7 Penn State 42-37 for their first win. Since then, they have gone 2-1 with wins over Michigan State and Maryland before losing 56-6 to Indiana.

Although this is the Bruins' first trip to central Ohio since 2001, it is the second time in less than a year its quarterback is coming to Columbus. Iamaleava will look for revenge after losing to the Buckeyes with Tennessee in the first round of last season's College Football Playoff.

NBC4's coverage of college football will continue for Week 11 with a primetime showdown Saturday between the Navy Midshipmen, led by Hilliard-native quarterback Blake Horvath, and No. 10 Notre Dame at 7:30 p.m.