The near future of the Big Ten is set, and the Illinois football team has a couple of new faces on the schedule.
Just this past year, it was announced that the Big Ten would be adding two teams from the PAC-12. The USC Trojans and UCLA Bruins would be saying goodbye to their long partner on the west coast and would be competing against some of the best Midwest teams in the country. This also meant that the Illini would have a couple of new teams to play each season.
USC and UCLA would be joining the Big Ten in 2024, so on Thursday afternoon, the conference released the opponents for each team for the 2024 and 2025 seasons.