The Big Ten will abandon its football divisional alignment when UCLA and Southern California join the conference next year, the league announced Thursday as it revealed teams’ opponents for the 2024 and ’25 seasons. Michigan, Northwestern and Illinois are the only teams Ohio State will play in both seasons, and the Buckeyes won’t play USC until 2025. That game will be in Columbus. Ohio State will play UCLA in the Rose Bowl in 2024. Ryan Day’s Ohio State Buckeyes won’t play new Big Ten addition USC until 2025 and won’t play Penn State that year. As a designated protected opponent, Ohio State will play Michigan every year. The archrivals have met every season since 1918 except for the COVID-caused cancellation in 2020. The dates of the games will be announced in the fall. The Buckeyes will play at Penn State next year but won’t play the Nittany Lions in 2025.…
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