While the 2023 season still has plenty left to sort out, the Big Ten announced the full 2024 schedule with USC, UCLA, Oregon and Washington officially joining the conference beginning next fall.
After opening the season against UConn on Aug. 31, Maryland will open Big Ten play on September 7 against Michigan State, marking the earliest date that Maryland has ever played a Big Ten game. Maryland will then travel to Virginia and host Villanova before resuming its nine-game conference slate at Indiana on September 28.
Maryland's first matchup against USC is set for October 19, while the Terps will travel to Eugene in the first-ever matchup between the Nike and Under Armour schools.
Maryland closes the 2024 season with a road trip at Penn State, but 2024 marks the first season that head coach Mike Locksley avoids matchups against both Michigan and Ohio State.
Full 2024 schedule
Aug 31: UConn
Sept. 7.: Michigan State
Sept. 14: at Virginia
Sept. 21: Villanova
Sept. 28: at Indiana
Oct. 12: Northwestern
Oct. 19: USC
Oct. 26: at Minnesota
Nov. 9: at Oregon
Nov. 16: Rutgers
Nov. 23: Iowa
Nov. 30: at Penn State
Previously announced future schedule 2025
Home: Indiana, Michigan, Nebraska, Washington
Away: Illinois, Michigan State, Rutgers, UCLA, Wisconsin
2026
Home: Illinois, Penn State, Rutgers, UCLA, Wisconsin
Away: Nebraska, Ohio State, Purdue, USC
2027
Home: Minnesota, Oregon, Purdue, USC
Away: Iowa, Northwestern, Penn State, Rutgers, Washington
2028
Home: Michigan State, Northwestern, Ohio State, Rutgers, Washington
Away: Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, UCLA
More importantly, 2024 will also mark the first season without divisions in the Big Ten as Maryland looks to capitalize in the new-look Big Ten.
“I’ve always been a proponent of getting rid of the divisions. From the day I got in this league, I just thought it was a little lopsided and it didn’t allow us as a conference to put our best foot forward or have our best teams always represented because we knocked each other out on certain sides," head coach Mike Locksley said last month. "Obviously the east side of it has done a good job in terms of winning championships. So I think removing those creates maybe a little more parity in the league, which allows more opportunities for people to kind of pop up. As far as the new teams in the league, I’m never a big guy when it comes to scheduling. I’m play who shows up when they show up and where they show up. They don’t ask us our opinion. I think all I want is to make sure we’re getting the same treatment that everybody else in our league gets and just glad to see we didn’t have all four of the new teams and three trips out west, which kind of has typically been how the new kids on the block has been treated since we’ve joined the league.”
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