Kansas, TCU, and West Virginia have been rumored as possible additions to other conferences. While they plan to be on the offensive, they also have to ensure their current programs aren’t poached. Thus, the Big 12 appears the most likely to cause additional realignment news in the near future. They want to push the SEC and Big Ten for a Power Three. The conference isn’t waiting around to be left in the dust. Chief among them were Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado, and Utah. Last week, reports about the conference having back-channel conversations with various schools ran rampant. Still, the Big 12 is currently sitting at 12 members once Texas and Oklahoma officially move, leaving them four teams behind the SEC and Big Ten. To recoup their losses, the conference nabbed BYU and snuck into the AAC’s back door, leaving with three of their top schools: Houston, UCF, and Cincinnati. It’s alive! Following the departure of Texas and Oklahoma, many overexaggerated the demise of the Big 12. For now, like the SEC, the Big Ten is in a bit of a holding pattern. And if the Big Ten did persuade ND to give up their independence, they would need to acquire another school along with them.
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The issue is that the Fighting Irish’s TV deal with NBC isn’t up until 2025, placing time and leverage into their hands. That label reportedly belongs to Notre Dame. But neither seems to be the Big Ten’s No. There are rumblings of the Big Ten adding Oregon and Washington, effectively securing the top four football programs from the Pac-12.
They are the reigning “Power Two” conferences, sporting some of the richest schools in the nation - both financially and historically. The Big Ten is in a similar position as the SEC. Unless the Big Ten grows its empire, the SEC seems content with its 16-team product and keeping college football intact. Which remaining schools fall in the same line? The top ACC programs (Clemson, Florida State, North Carolina, and Miami) are sure to be in the SEC’s crosshairs, but nothing has come to fruition. Texas and Oklahoma met the SEC’s criteria for admission last year: blueblood programs, big media draws, and excellent on-the-field play.
Both conferences are at 16 teams, and they aren’t going to add schools just to do so. So what’s next? With the Big Ten taking over Los Angeles and snatching the Trojans and Bruins, many predict the SEC expanding even further. Nevertheless, their additions raise the SEC’s number of schools to 16. However, the two programs are trying to expedite the move, seeking passage in 2023 or 2024. When SEC chairmen unanimously voted to allow Texas and Oklahoma to join the conference, the official date of the transition was 2025. How Power Five conferences could look after college football realignment SEC
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