ESPN released a new batch of kickoff times and TV information for 2012 games on its family of networks Thursday afternoon, including several September Big Ten contests. Here is that information:

Sept. 1

Ohio at Penn State, Noon, ESPN
Western Michigan at Illinois, Noon, ESPNU
Northwestern at Syracuse, Noon, ESPN2
Southern Mississippi at Nebraska, 3:30 p.m., ABC Regional/ESPN2
Iowa vs. Northern Illinois at Soldier Field, 3:30 p.m., ESPNU

Sept. 8

Central Florida at Ohio State, Noon, ESPN2
Air Force at Michigan, 3:30 p.m., ABC Regional/ESPN2
Michigan State at Central Michigan, 3:30 p.m. ESPNU
Indiana at UMass, 3:30 p.m., ESPN3

Sept. 15

California at Ohio State, Noon, ABC
Arkansas State at Nebraska, Noon, ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU
Navy at Penn State, 3:30 p.m., ABC Regional/ESPN2

The debuts of Bill O'Brien at Penn State and Tim Beckman at Illinois will help kick off the first Saturday afternoon of the regular season, which sets up as a pretty interesting one for the Big Ten. The Southern Miss-Nebraska and Iowa-Northern Illinois games will feature Big Ten clubs trying to avoid upsets against solid mid-major programs, while Northwestern-Syracuse could be a real battle. The Air Force-Michigan and Navy-Penn State matchups will pit service academies with unique offenses trying to pull off shockers; the Wolverines will be on high upset alert coming off their opener against Alabama. Urban Meyer's Ohio State Buckeyes get some national exposure in Weeks 2 and 3.

You can find a list of previously announced game times and TV information for ABC/ESPN games here.