https://bigten.org/news/2023/6/8/big-ten-conference-announces-exciting-future-football-schedule-formats-for-2024-and-2025.aspx

Michigan in 2024...yikes:

Texas (nc)
@USC
UCLA
WISC
@OSU

those are all potential top 10 teams, and 3 legit NC contenders

the model is confusing but the teams you expect to play every year will play every year, and is structured in a way that keeps someone like Purdue from having to play UM/PSU/OSU/WISC/IOWA/USC in a single season. BUT they will play everyone on that every 2-3 years.

this is fine i guess. id rather play USC in the conference than not at all.

WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE