Big Ten reveals games for 2024 college football schedule

Your look at the new Big Ten football schedule as the conference welcomes USC and UCLA in time for the 2024 college football season

It's official, as the Big Ten has announced its plan for the football schedule in the 2024 and 2025 seasons, the first two years in which USC and UCLA will play as members of the conference, and now we know what their schedules will look like. 

The league announced a football schedule that includes 11 protected historic matchups, keeps a nine-game conference slate, gets rid of divisions entirely, and creates a "two-play" system with schools playing every other Big Ten opponent at least twice in the next four seasons, once at home and once on the road.

Here's what to expect in the next two years on the Big Ten football front.

The protected games

• Ohio State vs. Michigan
• USC vs. UCLA
• Indiana vs. Purdue
• Minnesota vs. Wisconsin
• Michigan vs. Michigan State
• Iowa vs. Minnesota
• Illinois vs. Northwestern
• Iowa vs. Nebraska
• Rutgers vs. Maryland
• Iowa vs. Wisconsin
• Illinois vs. Purdue

2024 Big Ten football schedule

Conference opponents

USC: at Maryland, at Northwestern, at Penn State, at Purdue, at UCLA, vs. Illinois, vs. Iowa, vs. Michigan, vs. Wisconsin

Wisconsin: at Iowa, at Maryland, at Michigan, at Nebraska, at USC, vs. Indiana, vs. Minnesota, vs. Penn State, vs. Purdue

Rutgers: at Maryland, at Michigan State, at Minnesota, at Ohio State, vs. Illinois, vs. Iowa, vs. Michigan, vs. Penn State, vs. UCLA

Purdue: at Illinois, at Indiana, at Maryland, at Michigan State, at Wisconsin, vs. Nebraska, vs. Northwestern, vs. Penn State, vs. USC

Iowa: at Illinois, at Minnesota, at Ohio State, at Rutgers, at USC, vs. Maryland, vs. Nebraska, vs. UCLA, vs. Wisconsin

Maryland: at Illinois, at Indiana, at Iowa, vs. Michigan, vs. Michigan State, vs. Purdue, vs. Rutgers, vs. USC, vs. Wisconsin

Michigan State: at Maryland, at Michigan, at Nebraska, at Penn State, vs. Illinois, vs. Indiana, vs. Ohio State, vs. Purdue, vs. Rutgers

Minnesota: at Indiana, at Michigan, at Nebraska, at UCLA, at Wisconsin, vs. Iowa, vs. Northwestern, vs. Ohio State, vs. Rutgers

Nebraska: at Iowa, at Northwestern, at Penn State, at Purdue, at UCLA, vs. Indiana, vs. Michigan State, vs. Minnesota, vs. Wisconsin

UCLA: at Indiana, at Iowa, at Michigan, at Rutgers, vs. Minnesota, vs. Nebraska, vs. Northwestern, vs. Ohio State, vs. USC

Northwestern: at Minnesota, at Ohio State, at Penn State, at Purdue, at UCLA, vs. Illinois, vs. Indiana, vs. Nebraska, vs. USC

Illinois: at Michigan State, at Northwestern, at Ohio State, at Rutgers, at USC, vs. Iowa, vs. Maryland, vs. Michigan, vs. Purdue

Indiana: at Michigan State, at Nebraska, at Northwestern, at Wisconsin, vs. Maryland, vs. Minnesota, vs. Penn State, vs. Purdue, vs. UCLA

Penn State: at Indiana, at Purdue, at Rutgers, at Wisconsin, vs. Michigan State, vs. Nebraska, vs. Northwestern, vs. Ohio State, vs. USC

Michigan: at Illinois, at Ohio State, at Rutgers, at USC, vs. Maryland, vs. Michigan State, vs. Minnesota, vs. UCLA, vs. Wisconsin

Ohio State: at Michigan State, at Minnesota, at Penn State, at UCLA, vs. Illinois, vs. Iowa, vs. Michigan, vs. Northwestern, vs. Rutgers

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