The Big Ten rolled out its football schedules from 2024–28 Thursday, a radical revision of the previous slate that came out in the summer due to the inclusion of Oregon and Washington. With four schools now on the West Coast and 18 total members, the conference is working an ambitious juggling act of travel demands, rivalry retention and competitive balance.
Among the four West Coast schools, the most difficult 2024 challenge from a geography standpoint falls to Washington. The Huskies will play five conference road games total, four of them off the West Coast, including Eastern time zone trips to Penn State and Rutgers. USC is playing five road games, but two of them are on the West Coast, against UCLA and Washington. Oregon and UCLA are playing four road games, three of them away from the West Coast. The Trojans and Bruins also are making two trips to play in the Eastern time zone.
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