Will the Big Ten change its name?

Starting Aug. 2, 2024, Oregon, UCLA, USC, and Washington will join Wisconsin and the 13 current Big Ten schools to unofficially become the Big 18. But–don't worry–the conference still plans to keep its historic name.

What will Big 10 look like in 2024?

The 2024 season will be the first with no divisions and will feature 18 teams across the conference. Because there will no longer be divisions, the Big Ten championship game will feature the top two teams in the standings at the end of the regular season.

What is happening to the Big 10?

With the additions of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), University of Oregon, University of Southern California (USC) and the University of Washington into the conference, 2024 will be the first season with 18 teams and no divisional format.

Is the Big 12 going to be renamed?

“The Big 12 is a good brand. We're not going to re-name it,” Kansas State athletic director Gene Taylor said. “We might re-brand it, but I think everybody feels pretty good about what the Big 12 means. “The Big 12 still has a lot of cachet to it, particularly the last couple of years.

Why is it called the Big 10 if there are 14 teams?

Founded as the Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representatives in 1896, it predates the founding of its regulating organization, the NCAA. It is based in the Chicago area in Rosemont, Illinois. For many decades the conference consisted of 10 prominent universities, which accounts for its name.

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What will the Big Ten be called?

Starting Aug. 2, 2024, Oregon, UCLA, USC, and Washington will join Wisconsin and the 13 current Big Ten schools to unofficially become the Big 18. But–don't worry–the conference still plans to keep its historic name.

How will Big 10 be divided?

With the addition of USC and UCLA in 2024, the Big Ten will feature 16 teams and no divisions. The first- and second-place teams will qualify for the league championship game.

What will Big 12 look like in 2024?

The Big 12 will compete as a 16-team conference for the first time in 2024. Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado and Utah will become members in the summer of 2024 joining Baylor, BYU, UCF, Cincinnati, Houston, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, TCU, Texas Tech and West Virginia.

What will happen to Big 12 in 2025?

Next season, 2024-25, the Big 12 will have a different look. OU and Texas will be off to the SEC, and the four new Pac-12 schools will be in. The full list: Arizona, Arizona State, Baylor, BYU, UCF, Cincinnati, Colorado, Houston, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, TCU, Texas Tech, Utah and West Virginia.

Will Big 12 expand to 16 teams?

A new era began in the Big 12 on Wednesday with the unveiling of the 2024-2027 conference football matchups for its 16 teams. Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado and Utah arrive in the wake of the Pac-12's demise, joining 2023 arrivals BYU, UCF, Cincinnati and Houston.

Is the Pac-12 going away?

On Saturday night, Cal and UCLA will face off in the final regular-season football game for the Pac-12 as we know it. Going forward, the conference will only have two schools and no media deal. Beginning in 2024, Oregon State and Washington State will be the only remaining members.

Why doesn t Big Ten want Stanford?

Stanford's wide swath of sports currently compete in five different conferences. But there are reasons Stanford wasn't carried forward to the ACC or Big Ten. The latter did not consider the Bay Area market as a relevant-enough media market. That led both schools to scramble, geographical absurdities be damned.

Why is the Pac-12 falling apart?

Arguably the main reason the conference fell apart—why 10 of its 12 schools fled, even at a reduced share of revenue—was because it couldn't agree on a new media rights deal.

Will Big Ten still have East and West?

Starting in 2024, the Big Ten will scrap its East and West divisions. In past years, the winner of each division met in the conference championship game. Going forward, the title game will feature the top two teams in the overall conference standings.

Who will be left in the Pac-12 next year?

With five more Pac-12 schools joining the list of universities leaving for other power conferences (there are now eight in total) beginning in 2024, only Stanford, California, Oregon State and Washington State are left in the 108-year old conference.

Who has the toughest college football schedule in 2024?

Why is Texas leaving the Big 12?

Texas and Oklahoma not only preferred to avoid playing the new Big 12 members, they wanted to join the SEC for Year 1 of its new TV deal with ESPN. The Big 12 eyed the substantial exit fee to supplement the new six-year media rights deal it negotiated with Fox and ESPN in October 2022.

Is OU Texas leaving the Big 12?

The universities of Texas and Oklahoma, two of the most powerful brands in college sports, will leave the Big 12 Conference for the SEC in nine months but will suffer a much lesser financial impact from the move than the $160 million that was originally expected, the USA TODAY Network has learned.

How much did Texas pay to leave Big 12?

The Big 12 could have withheld over $160 million from Oklahoma and Texas for departing for the SEC in 2024-25 but instead landed on an estimated reduced amount of $100 million, according to a USA Today report detailing the financial nuances of leaving the Big 12 a year early.

Will Big 12 go to divisions?

Here are the highlights of the scheduling plan: The Big 12 will not have divisions or pod scheduling. Each team will continue to play nine regular-season conference games. Every Big 12 team will play each other at least once home and away over the four-year schedule.

Where are Pac-12 teams going in 2024?

Now 10 of the 12 teams will begin the 2024 season elsewhere. USC, UCLA, Oregon and Washington are headed to the Big Ten, Colorado, Arizona, Arizona State and Utah jumped to the Big 12, and Stanford and Cal will join the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Is Oregon going to the Big Ten?

The Ducks will officially join the Big Ten Conference in August 2024 and will play five league games at Autzen Stadium in their inaugural season. Oregon will host Illinois, Maryland, Michigan State, Ohio State and Washington in 2024, and will go on the road to Michigan, Purdue, UCLA and Wisconsin.

Is Washington joining the Big 10?

When do Washington, Oregon move to the Big Ten? Washington and Oregon will officially join the Big Ten on Aug. 2, 2024 and will begin playing football in the conference in the 2024 season.

Why did Michigan leave the Big Ten in 1907?

In the spring of 1907, Michigan boldly announced that it would follow the conference rules in the five permissible conference games. But it intended to schedule then-non-conference Ohio State and Michigan State and to abide by different regulations in those games. This was an explicit violation of the Big Ten rules.