Big Ten football schedule: Distance each team will travel in 2024 season when USC, UCLA join conference
When the Big Ten unveiled its new scheduling format for the 2024 and 2025 seasons earlier this week, which eliminates divisions and protects specific rivalries upon the impending arrival of USC and UCLA, it created a grueling dynamic:
No other conference in major college football requires certain members to make true cross-country road trips like the ones the Bruins and Trojans will embark upon in their debut seasons.
UCLA and USC will each travel more than 15,000 miles roundtrip in conference play during their inaugural Big Ten season.
In 2024 alone, the Bruins will travel to Rutgers, which is more than 4,800 miles roundtrip, while USC travels to Maryland and Penn State, each of which are more than 4,400 miles roundtrip.
The team who travels the most in Big Ten play behind the Southern California schools is Nebraska -- and USC and UCLA are traveling over 225% more than Nebraska's 7,022 mile roundtrip conference schedule.
UCLA also has trips to Hawaii and LSU booked on the 2024 schedule. So, in total, the Bruins will travel over 25,000 miles roundtrip.
The SEC will also look different starting in the 2024 season with the arrival of Texas and Oklahoma.
Here is how far each Big Ten school will have to travel for their conference games in the 2024 season.
1. USC
Total miles traveled for Big Ten away games: 16,134
Notable games of distance: Maryland (4,596 miles roundtrip) , Penn State, Purdue
2. UCLA
Total miles traveled for Big Ten away games: 15,412
Longest trips: Rutgers (4,846), Michigan, Indiana
3. Nebraska
Total miles traveled for Big Ten away games: 7,022
Longest trips: UCLA (2,532), Penn State, Purdue
4. Iowa
Total miles traveled for Big Ten away games: 6,682
Longest trips: USC (3,082), Rutgers, Ohio State
5. Ohio State
Total miles traveled for Big Ten away games: 6,496
Longest trips: UCLA (3,946), Michigan State, Penn State
6. Northwestern
Total miles traveled for Big Ten away games: 6,470
Longest trips: UCLA (3,494), Penn State, Purdue
7. Wisconsin
Total miles traveled for Big Ten away games: 6,436
Longest trips: USC (3,336), Maryland, Nebraska
8. Minnesota
Total miles traveled for Big Ten away games: 6,258
Longest trips: UCLA (3,042), Indiana, Michigan
9. Illinois
Total miles traveled for Big Ten away games: 6,204
Longest trips: USC (3,394), Rutgers, Ohio State
10. Michigan
Total miles traveled for Big Ten away games: 5,762
Longest trips: USC (3,886), Rutgers, Illinois
11. Maryland
Total miles traveled for Big Ten away games: 4,462
Longest trips: Iowa (1,578), Indiana, Illinois
12. Rutgers
Total miles traveled for Big Ten away games: 4,322
Longest trips: Minnesota (2,002), Michigan State, Ohio State
13. Penn State
Total miles traveled for Big Ten away games: 3,478
Longest trips: Wisconsin (1,224), Purdue, Indiana
14. Michigan State
Total miles traveled for Big Ten away games: 3,058
Longest trips: Nebraska (1,284), Maryland, Penn State
15. Indiana
Total miles traveled for Big Ten away games: 2,668
Longest trips: Nebraska (1,098), Wisconsin, Michigan State
16. Purdue
Total miles traveled for Big Ten away games: 2,436
Longest trips: Maryland (1,260), Wisconsin, Michigan State
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