With the Big Ten expanding and adding four new teams — Oregon, UCLA, USC, and Washington — the Big Ten has shifted away from divisions and created a new scheduling format. Washington, as one of the new teams, has to adjust to a totally new format and road travel.
How does this expansion change the Washington Huskies schedule?
Washington 2024 Football Schedule
A full list of the Huskies inaugural Big Ten schedule can be found below:
- vs. Weber State Wildcats
Saturday, August 31, 2024 - vs. Eastern Michigan Eagles
Saturday, September 7, 2024 - vs. Washington State Cougars (in Seattle)
Saturday, September 14, 2024 - vs. Northwestern Wildcats
Saturday, September 21, 2024 - at Rutgers Scarlet Knights
Saturday, September 28, 2024 - vs. Michigan Wolverines
Saturday, October 5, 2024 - at Iowa Hawkeyes
Saturday, October 12, 2024 - OFF
Saturday, October 19, 2024 - at Indiana Hoosiers
Saturday, October 26, 2024 - vs. USC Trojans
Saturday, November 2, 2024 - at Penn State Nittany Lions
Saturday, November 9, 2024 - vs. UCLA Bruins
Saturday, November 16, 2024 - OFF
Saturday, November 23, 2024 - at Oregon Ducks
Saturday, November 30, 2024
The 2024 Big Ten football season will feature a combination of protected opponents and rotating opponents for each university. Each member institution will continue to play nine intraconference games per season, and teams will play every other conference opponent at least twice – once home and once away – and will play rotating opponents no more than three times in five years.
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Conference schedules will include 12 protected matchups that will continue to be played annually and feature a combination of historic and geographic rivalries, as well as trophy games. These matchups were finalized in conjunction with all 18 member institutions to ensure the traditions of the Big Ten Conference remain strong as the conference evolves.
Washington will play all three of its fellow former Pac-12 opponents that are joining the Big Ten with them this season and drew two of them, the USC Trojans and UCLA Bruins, at home. The Huskies avoid playing Ohio State this season, but get Michigan at home and will have to travel to Happy Valley to take on the Penn State Nittany Lions, drawing several marquee matchups in their Big Ten debut.