
Weighing competitive balance, traditional rivalries, television ratings and some very long road trips, the Big Ten produced 262 versions of a football schedule to find the one that best fit its soon-to-be 18-team, bicoastal conference.
The Big Ten released five seasons’ worth of football opponents for each of its schools on Thursday. The conference adds Southern California, UCLA, Oregon and Washington next year to a league that had all its schools in the Eastern and Central time zones.