Bruins get 2024 Big Ten schedule

UCLA football has its 2024 Big Ten Conference schedule set after dates were announced Thursday.

The schedule features the three other Pac-12 schools joining UCLA in the Big Ten. The Bruins will host Oregon and USC and travel to Washington.

The Big Ten worked diligently on the schedule to keep the Bruins on the West Coast for the final four weeks of the season, helping alleviate the travel concerns that surfaced after UCLA announced its move to the conference in June 2022.

The Bruins are also clear of playing back-to-back road games on the East Coast.

UCLA will have an early bye week after opening the season against Hawai'i in nonconference play. The second bye week comes at the end of October in between road games against Rutgers and Nebraska.

The Bruins will host Iowa at the Rose Bowl on Nov. 9 before traveling to Washington on Nov. 16. USC and Fresno State will travel to play UCLA to finish the regular season.

Indiana will travel to Pasadena for the conference opener Sept. 14 in the first meeting between the programs.

LSU will host UCLA in a nonconference showdown Sept. 21 to finish out a home-and-home series. The Bruins beat LSU 38-27 at the Rose Bowl in September 2021. The LSU game could be the beginning of a tough three-week stretch that will feature games against Oregon and Penn State.

UCLA won't have Cal and Stanford on the schedule together for the first time since 1945.

UCLA'S 2024 SCHEDULE Aug. 31: at Hawaii Sept. 7: BYE

Sept. 14: vs. Indiana Sept. 21: at LSU

Sept. 28: vs. Oregon Oct. 5: at Penn State Oct. 12: vs. Minnesota Oct. 19: at Rutgers Oct. 26: BYE

Nov. 2: at Nebraska Nov. 9: vs. Iowa

Nov. 16: at Washington Nov. 23: vs. USC

Nov. 30: vs. Fresno State