Big Ten announces 2024 and 2025 football opponents

LINCOLN, Neb. -- The Big Ten announced conference opponents for the 2024 and 2025 football seasons on Thursday, the first two seasons which include new conference members UCLA and USC.

Officials said the 2024 season will be the first season with 16 teams and no divisional format.

Nebraska will play four Big Ten home games and travel five times during the 2024 season. The opponents that the Huskers will face at Memorial Stadium in 2024 will include Indiana, Michigan State, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. Nebraska will travel to Iowa, Northwestern, Penn State, Purdue, and UCLA.

Game dates for the 2024 football schedule will be announced later this year.

Officials said each school will continue to play nine conference games per season, and teams will play every other conference opponent at least twice once home and once away—in a four-year period.

Nebraska’s one guaranteed annual protected matchup will be against Iowa. The Huskers and Hawkeyes have concluded the regular season against each other on Black Friday since Nebraska joined the conference in 2011.

In 2025, Nebraska will play Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Rutgers, and UCLA at home. The Huskers will travel to play Maryland, Minnesota, Ohio State, and USC.