Breaking news: USC football to play at Penn State, host Michigan in 2024, per report
The Big Ten will announce its 2024 football schedule format on Thursday at 1:30 PST as well as the list of conference opponents for each school.
Ahead of the release, The Action Network's Brett McMurphy has reported that USC will play at Penn State and host Michigan, Iowa and Wisconsin in 2024.
The expectation for Thursday's announcement is that the Big Ten is set implement the flex protect scheduling model for 2024 when USC and UCLA join the conference. That format, according to The Athletic, is "where each team has one, two or three protected opponents. This model allows schedule-makers the most flexibility in terms of competitive balance, home-and-away rotations and the specific challenges around West Coast travel for teams playing USC or UCLA."
There will be no more divisions in the conference for football and each team will play nine conference games. Expect one of USC's protected opponents to be UCLA.
In the non conference in 2024, USC is scheduled to play LSU in Las Vegas and then San Jose State to open the season. The Trojans will also play Notre Dame at home later in the year.
USC and UCLA will officially join the Big Ten from the Pac-12 in August of 2024.
