After much discussion from the Big Ten’s power brokers and plenty of speculation from the rest of us, college football fans finally know what the 2024 and 2025 Big Ten schedules look like.
The Big Ten officially announced its “Flex Protect Plus” scheduling model. There was quite the reaction from Hawkeye fans, too.
Under this new scheduling format, Big Ten teams have protected opponents. Well, everyone does but Penn State anyways. There’s interesting news on that front as it pertains to the Iowa Hawkeyes.
From a scheduling standpoint, there was plenty to sort out with the arrivals of UCLA and USC for the 2024 Big Ten seasons and beyond. While there’s no satisfying everybody, it seems like the Big Ten’s Flex Protect Plus model has gotten mostly positive reviews.
Of course, what matters most to us is how it played out for the Hawkeyes. Let’s take a look below at Iowa’s 2024 and 2025 Big Ten schedules and then deep dive some of the finer details.