The Big Ten will eliminate divisions next year, making for an interesting alignment of home and away games for Rutgers football.
With the Big Ten Network announcement on Thursday afternoon that the divisional format will fold up at the end of the 2023 season, Rutgers football is set to test the new look to the conference. With UCLA and USC joining the Big Ten in 2024, the conference is getting deeper in football and is the first Power Five conference to truly go coast-to-coast.
UCLA comes to Rutgers in 2024 and USC will be in New Jersey in 2025. The constants in the schedule? Maryland and Penn State, the two programs closest to Rutgers in terms of geographic proximity.
Here is a look at the opponents for Rutgers football in conference play over the next two seasons:
2024 Big Ten Opponents
- Home: Illinois
- Home: Iowa
- Home: Michigan
- Home: Penn State
- Home: UCLA
- Away: Maryland
- Away: Michigan State
- Away: Minnesota
- Away: Ohio State
2025 Big Ten Opponents
- Home: Maryland
- Home: Purdue
- Home: USC
- Home: Wisconsin
- Away: Indiana
- Away: Nebraska
- Away: Northwestern
- Away: Penn State
- Away: UCLA
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