While most sports at Notre Dame align with the Atlantic Coast Conference, Fighting Irish football acts independently. Although the Big Ten does not have immediate plans for expansion, Notre Dame could become the key to enticing the conference to make space. Many people eye the University of Notre Dame as a team that could be a complementary addition to the Big Ten if they choose to keep competing with the rapid development of the SEC. While the Big Ten and SEC clearly sit at the top, what does this mean for the teams left behind? More importantly, what does this mean for conferences such as the Big 12 and Pac-12? As the Big Ten’s new additions make headlines, so does the notion of a complete realignment of college sports. Last Wednesday, the news from UCLA and USC left a devastated Pac-12 scrambling to look for future ways to expand their conference, while the Big Ten gained two teams with name recognition, a Los Angeles television market ranked second in the nation and a college football monopoly.Ī monumental and geographically relevant shift, the move mirrors the Southeastern Conference’s news that the University of Oklahoma and University of Texas at Austin - which formerly belonged to the Big 12 - would be joining their ranks to propel the SEC forward as a college football powerhouse.
Waking up on the opposite side of the country from most of their new conference’s teams, the University of California Los Angeles and the University of Southern California announced that they would be joining the Big Ten in 2024.
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