ILL and NU FB schedules for 2011-12

In addition to revealing the division setups, the Big Ten released the league's conference schedule for the next two years.

Illinois AD Ron Guenther indicated Tuesday that Big Ten scheduling guru Mark Rudner and "consultants" were holed up for a couple of weeks to figure out the logistics. Guenther also said the league tried its best to keep each school's home and road weekends the same as they were for the original 11-team schedules.

Holy cow: Illinois opens with five home games in 2011 and Northwestern has four in a row in Sept. 2012.

ILLINOIS 2011
Sept. 3: Arkansas State
Sept. 10: South Dakota State
Sept. 17: Arizona State
Sept. 24: Western Michigan
Oct. 1: Northwestern
Oct. 8: at Indiana
Oct. 15: Ohio State
Oct. 22: at Purdue
Oct. 29: at Penn State
Nov. 5: BYE
Nov. 12: Michigan
Nov. 19: Wisconsin
Nov. 26: at Minnesota

NORTHWESTERN 2011
Sept. 3: at Boston College
Sept. 10: Eastern Illinois
Sept. 17: at Army
Sept. 24: BYE
Oct. 1: at Illinois
Oct. 8: Michigan
Oct. 15: at Iowa
Oct. 22: Penn State
Oct. 29: at Indiana
Nov. 5: at Nebraska
Nov. 12: BYE
Nov. 19: Minnesota
Nov. 26: Michigan State
NOTE: Northwestern was scheduled to host Rice on Nov. 26. The Owls are slated to play at Baylor on Sept. 24, so something must give.

ILLINOIS 2012
Sept. 29: Penn State
Oct. 6: at Wisconsin
Oct. 13: at Michigan
Oct. 20: BYE
Oct. 27: Indiana
Nov. 3: at Ohio State
Nov. 10: Minnesota
Nov. 17: Purdue
Nov. 24: at Northwestern

NORTHWESTERN 2012
Sept. 1: at Syracuse
Sept. 8: Vanderbilt
Sept. 15: Boston College
Sept. 22: South Dakota
Sept. 29: Indiana
Oct. 6: at Penn State
Oct. 13: at Minnesota
Oct. 20: Nebraska
Oct. 27: Iowa
Nov. 3: BYE
Nov. 10: at Michigan
Nov. 17: at Michigan State
Nov. 24: Illinois