Thanks to the additions of Maryland and Rutgers, the Big Ten announced confirmed earlier this year that the conference would be going to a nine-game schedule in 2016. Thursday morning, the slates for the first two seasons of the B1G were released.
Below are the complete nine-game schedules for the first two seasons such a format will be in effect:
2016
2017
East Division
Indiana
Maryland
Michigan
Michigan State
Ohio State
Penn State
Rutgers
West Division
Illinois
Iowa
Minnesota
Nebraska
Northwestern
Purdue
Wisconsin
See full story: Big Ten releases first set of nine-game schedules (NBC Sports)
