While we are still nearly two weeks away from the return of Hawkeye football, the Big Ten conference is set to kick off the 2024 season in a little more than a week. There are no week zero matchups in the conference, but Rutgers, Minnesota and Illinois will all kick off the year with Thursday night matchups in week 1 with Michigan State and Wisconsin playing under the Friday night lights a day later.
It will mark the beginning of a new era in Big Ten football as the conference welcomes in former Pac-12 members Oregon, UCLA, USC and Washington.