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Iowa football learns Big Ten opponents for 2024 through 2028

Iowa football learns Big Ten opponents for 2024 through 2028
TAILGATE YOU’RE HERE TONS OF STORIES WALK AROUND A TAILGATE AT KINNICK AND YOU MIGHT STUMBLE UPON ONE THAT’S A CENTURY YEAR OLD. CENTURY OLD. EXCUSE ME, THE RACKER FAMILY TAILGATE HAS SEEN IT ALL. AND YESTERDAY THEIR TAILGATE TURNED 100 YEARS OLD. IT STARTED WHEN A M RACKER, A DENTAL STUDENT, WENT TO THE IOWA FOOTBALL GAMES ALL THE WAY BACK IN 1924. AND FROM THEN ON OUT, THE TRADITION HAS LIVED ON. THE FAMILY HAS HAD SEASON TICKETS FOR 98 OF THE LAST 100 YEARS. THE TWO THEY MISSED AM WAS SERVING IN THE ARMY DURING WORLD WAR TWO. IT’S A FAMILY AFFAIR YOU’LL ONLY FIND IN A COLLEGE FOOTBALL TAILGATE AND HOPEFULLY IT GOES ON FOR ANOTHER HUNDRED YEARS AS IT’S REALLY HARD TO CAPTURE. BUT IT’S BEEN ABOUT TRADITION AND LEGACY AND FAMILY MEMORIES AND IT’S SO MUCH BIGGER THAN FOOTBALL. IT’S TRADITION AND MEMORIES AND TO HAVE A NEPHEW HERE AND OUR CHILDREN AND MULTIPLE GENERATIONS AND NOW OUR FIFTH GENERATION COMING INTO THE STADIUM AND SO MANY HAPPY MEMORIES OF GREAT DAYS TAILGATING, LET ALONE GREAT FOOTBALL GAMES. I THINK WE’VE GOT A REALLY GOOD START BECAUSE I THINK ABOUT LITTLE SOPHIA HERE JUST A YEAR AND A FEW MONTHS OLD, AND KINNICK STADIUM. AND WHAT WILL IT BE LIKE WHEN SHE’S 50 AND 60 AND 70 AND BRINGING HER CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN? SO I DON’T KNOW. WHAT DO YOU THINK WE REFLECT ON THE PASSAGE OF TIME. I REMEMBER SKINNING MY KNEE IN THIS PARKING LOT, DIVING FOR PASSES THAT WERE THROWN BY MY COUSIN EMILY OR MY COUSIN MAX. NOW I’M GROWN. I HAVE A KID HERE THESE SEVEN SATURDAYS A YEAR, OUR DAYS THAT WE CHERISH SPENDING TIME WITH FAMILY. INCREDIBLE H
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Iowa football learns Big Ten opponents for 2024 through 2028
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The Iowa football team will face some new opponents in the coming years after conference realignment changed the landscape of college football.Starting next year, the Big Ten adds four teams from the Pac-12 — UCLA, USC, Oregon and Washington — and gets rid of the two divisions the conference has had since 2014.Video above: Iowa family celebrates 100 years of Hawkeye tailgatingIowa found out Thursday its conference opponents for the next five seasons.Iowa's first games vs. Oregon, UCLA, USC and WashingtonWithin the next five years, Iowa will play a home game and away game vs. each of the four Big Ten newcomers. Here's how soon the Hawkeyes will begin their new conference rivalries. Oregon: Home in 2025, away in 2027 UCLA: Away in 2024, home in 2027USC: Away in 2025, home in 2027Washington: Home in 2024, away in 2026Iowa football future Big Ten opponentsDates have not yet been announced, but the league did announce which games will be home and which will be away.Iowa will play Nebraska, Minnesota and Wisconsin every year as part of the league's "guaranteed annual protected matchups." Iowa's opponents are below. The full announcement and schedules for every team can be found here.2024 Iowa football Big Ten scheduleHome:NebraskaNorthwesternWashingtonWisconsinAway:MarylandMichigan StateMinnesotaOhio StateUCLA2025 Iowa football Big Ten scheduleHome:IndianaMichigan StateMinnesotaOregonPenn StateAway:NebraskaRutgersUSCWisconsin2026 Iowa football Big Ten scheduleHome:NebraskaOhio StatePurdueWisconsinAway:IllinoisMichiganMinnesotaNorthwesternWashington 2027 Iowa football Big Ten scheduleHome:MarylandMichiganMinnesotaUCLAUSCAway:IndianaNebraskaOregonWisconsin2028 Iowa football Big Ten scheduleHome:IllinoisNebraskaRutgersWisconsinAway:Michigan StateMinnesotaPenn StatePurdueUSC

The Iowa football team will face some new opponents in the coming years after conference realignment changed the landscape of college football.

Starting next year, the Big Ten adds four teams from the Pac-12 — UCLA, USC, Oregon and Washington — and gets rid of the two divisions the conference has had since 2014.

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Video above: Iowa family celebrates 100 years of Hawkeye tailgating

Iowa found out Thursday its conference opponents for the next five seasons.

Iowa's first games vs. Oregon, UCLA, USC and Washington

Within the next five years, Iowa will play a home game and away game vs. each of the four Big Ten newcomers. Here's how soon the Hawkeyes will begin their new conference rivalries.

Oregon: Home in 2025, away in 2027

UCLA: Away in 2024, home in 2027

USC: Away in 2025, home in 2027

Washington: Home in 2024, away in 2026

Iowa football future Big Ten opponents

Dates have not yet been announced, but the league did announce which games will be home and which will be away.

Iowa will play Nebraska, Minnesota and Wisconsin every year as part of the league's "guaranteed annual protected matchups."

Iowa's opponents are below. The full announcement and schedules for every team can be found .

2024 Iowa football Big Ten schedule

Home:

  • Nebraska
  • Northwestern
  • Washington
  • Wisconsin

Away:

  • Maryland
  • Michigan State
  • Minnesota
  • Ohio State
  • UCLA

2025 Iowa football Big Ten schedule

Home:

  • Indiana
  • Michigan State
  • Minnesota
  • Oregon
  • Penn State

Away:

  • Nebraska
  • Rutgers
  • USC
  • Wisconsin

2026 Iowa football Big Ten schedule

Home:

  • Nebraska
  • Ohio State
  • Purdue
  • Wisconsin

Away:

  • Illinois
  • Michigan
  • Minnesota
  • Northwestern
  • Washington

2027 Iowa football Big Ten schedule

Home:

  • Maryland
  • Michigan
  • Minnesota
  • UCLA
  • USC

Away:

  • Indiana
  • Nebraska
  • Oregon
  • Wisconsin

2028 Iowa football Big Ten schedule

Home:

  • Illinois
  • Nebraska
  • Rutgers
  • Wisconsin

Away:

  • Michigan State
  • Minnesota
  • Penn State
  • Purdue
  • USC