NJDuck Moderator No. 1 Share Posted June 10, 2023 A few teams in the Big Ten Conference will be racking up airline miles when the league expands in the 2024 season UCLA and USC will each travel more than 15,000 miles roundtrip in conference play during their inaugural Big Ten season. In 2024 alone, the Bruins will travel to Rutgers, which is more than 4,800 miles roundtrip, while USC travels to Maryland and Penn State, each of which are more than 4,400 miles roundtrip. The team who travels the most in Big Ten play behind the Southern California schools is Nebraska -- and USC and UCLA are traveling over 225% more than Nebraska's 7,022 mile roundtrip conference schedule. Purdue and Indiana travel the least in the conference next fall, and the new schools will travel 618% more miles than its conference foes. UCLA also has trips to Hawaii and LSU booked on the 2024 schedule. So, in total, the Bruins will travel over 25,000 miles roundtrip. UCLA's shortest conference road trip is to Iowa, which is 3,082 miles roundtrip. 1. USC Total miles traveled for Big Ten away games: 16,134 Notable games of distance: Maryland (4,596 miles roundtrip) , Penn State, Purdue What it means: USC has a brutal travel schedule, having to go visit the East Coast twice for matchups with Penn State and Maryland. The Trojans only have to travel 34 total miles down the road for the annual matchup with rival UCLA at the Rose Bowl, though. 2. UCLA Total miles traveled for Big Ten away games: 15,412 Longest trips: Rutgers (4,846), Michigan, Indiana If having to adjust to a cross-country schedule for conference play wasn't bad enough, UCLA also plays nonconference road games at Hawaii and LSU. UCLA players and coaches will be racking up the airline miles. Big Ten football schedule: Distance each team will travel in 2024 season when USC, UCLA join conference - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM A few teams in the Big Ten Conference will be racking up airline miles when the league expands in the 2024 season 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Marsh No. 2 Share Posted June 10, 2023 Next piece of info we need... What's the monitary cost of this? Because it's going to be expensive for all that travel... And then add in the other sports. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
