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Rutgers football coach Kyle Flood is expected to see his team open the 2014 season against Washington State in Seattle under a two-game deal the schools are working on. The Pac-12 school would return the trip to Piscataway in 2015.

(Patti Sapone/The Star-Ledger)

The final piece to Rutgers' football schedules for 2014 and 2015 will be finalized in the next day or two when the school announces a home and home series with Washington State of the Pac-12, according to someone familiar with the situation.

That person requested anonymity because Rutgers wants to make an official announcement either Tuesday or Wednesday.

The arrangement calls for Rutgers to play Washington State in Seattle — not the Cougars' home stadium in Pullman, Wash. — next season, likely as the season opener.

Washington State would then return the visit to Piscataway in 2015.

The schools have never met.

So here's how Rutgers' 2014 schedule — the school's first season in the Big Ten — shakes out:

Date / Opponent

TBA at Washington State (Seattle)

Sept. 6 HOWARD

Sept. 13 PENN STATE*

Sept. 20 at Navy

Sept. 27 TULANE

Oct. 4 MICHIGAN*

Oct. 18 at Ohio State*

Oct. 25 at Nebraska*

Nov. 1 WISCONSIN*

Nov. 15 INDIANA*

Nov. 22 at Michigan State*

Nov. 29 at Maryland*

Dec. 6 Big Ten championship game (Indianapolis)

* Big Ten game

Home games in CAPS

In 2015, Rutgers' non-conference schedule will consist of Norfolk State, Kansas, Washington State and Army at Yankee Stadium.

The Scarlet Knights' Big Ten home schedule that season will be comprised of Michigan State, Ohio State, Nebraska and Maryland.

The conference road schedule in 2015 calls for trips to Penn State, Indiana, Wisconsin and Michigan.