The 2024 college football season will be the first season of the newly expanded Big Ten Conference. The league has added Oregon, UCLA, USC, and Washington to bring their total number of teams to 18.
With the addition of four West Coast schools, the conference will see a dramatic increase in the number of miles teams will travel in 2024. Recent data shows that the four new teams will have the most ground to cover.
UCLA will travel over 22,000 miles for the 2024 Big Ten football season, with an average round trip of 3,764 miles. The Bruins will also cross over 26 different time zones.
Indiana will cover the least ground, traveling only 4,894 miles and eight different time zones. How many miles will Nebraska travel this season, and where do they rank in the Big Ten?
Scroll below to find out for yourself.
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Indiana Hoosiers
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Miles: 4,894.88
Avg. Round Trip: 1,223.72
Time Zones: Eight
17
Purdue Boilermakers

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Miles: 5,140.66
Avg. Round Trip: 1,285.17
Time Zones: Ten
16
Michigan Wolverines

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Miles: 5,193.88
Avg. Round Trip: 1,298.47
Time Zones: Eight
15
Ohio State Buckeyes

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Miles: 5,633.0
Avg. Round Trip: 1,408.47
Time Zones: Eight
14
Northwestern Wildcats

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Miles: 5,696.28
Avg. Round Trip: 1,139
Time Zones: Ten
13
Wisconsin Badgers

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Miles: 6,245.9
Avg. Round Trip: 1,249.18
Time Zones: Six
12
Illinois Fighting Illini

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Miles: 6,628.54
Avg. Round Trip: 1,657.14
Time Zones: Six
11
Nebraska Cornhuskers

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Miles: 6,658.88
Avg. Round Trip: 1,331.78
Time Zones: Ten
10
Michigan State Spartans

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Miles: 6,770.94
Avg. Round Trip: 1,354.19
Time Zones: Eight
9
Iowa Hawkeyes

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Miles: 6,793.36
Avg. Round Trip: 1,358.67
Time Zones: Ten
8
Minnesota Golden Gophers

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Miles: 7,249.5
Avg. Round Trip: 1,469.9
Time Zones: Eight
7
Maryland Terrapins

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Miles: 8,132.36
Avg. Round Trip: 1,626.47
Time Zones: Eight
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Penn State Nittany Lions

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Miles: 8,602.46
Avg. Round Trip: 1,720.49
Time Zones: Ten
5
Rutgers Scarlett Knights

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Miles: 9,278.22
Avg. Round Trip: 1,875.64
Time Zones: Eight
4
Oregon Ducks

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Miles: 12,520.86
Avg. Round Trip: 2,504.72
Time Zones: 16
3
USC Trojans
Miles: 12,710.62
Avg. Round Trip: 2,504.72
Time Zones: 16
2
Washington Huskies

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Miles: 17,522.32
Avg. Round Trip: 2,920.39
Time Zones: 22
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UCLA Bruins

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Miles: 22,048.0
Avg. Round Trip: 3,764.67
Time Zones: 26