The Big Ten Conference will end divisional play in football when USC and UCLA join the league in 2024. The conference released a schedule that finds Iowa visiting USC and Ohio State and hosting UCLA. The flex schedule finds Iowa playing every other league team over two years while preserving traditional rivalries with Minnesota, Wisconsin and Nebraska.

That’s Big Ten Commissioner Tony Petitti on the BTN show releasing the schedule.The new schedule included 11 protected rivalries. Iowa has three of them.

The new schedule has been set for two years but Petitti believes the flex schedule format will continue down the road.

In 2024 the Hawkeyes will also host Maryland, Nebraska and Wisconsin while playing at Minnesota, Illinois and Rutgers.