Big Ten Football: Options for expansion to 16, 18, 20, or 24 teams
By Ryan Kay
Adding these three schools would expand the Big Ten from the East to the West coast.
UCLA from the PAC 12 Conference
team. 836. . . . Bruins . 17
AAU Member: Yes
Top 30 Revenue School: No (#56)
Top 100 National University: Yes (#20)
Top 20 tv/streaming market: Yes (#2)
Criteria Score Card: 3/4
Washington from the PAC 12 Conference
818. . . . Huskies . 16. team
AAU Member: Yes
Top 30 Revenue School: Yes (#13)
Top 100 National University: Yes (#58)
Top 20 tv/streaming market: Yes (#12)
Criteria Score Card: 4/4
USC from the PAC 12 Conference
15. team. 808. . . . Trojans
AAU Member: Yes
Top 30 Revenue School: No (#33)
Top 100 National University: Yes (#24)
Top 20 tv/streaming market: Yes (#2)
Criteria Score Card: 3/4
All three West Coast schools from the PAC-12 would be great additions to the Big Ten and all are very well respected academic institutions. Adding them would allow the Big Ten to challenge the SEC not for football supremacy but for conference supremacy. The Big Ten extending to the West Coast from Seattle to Los Angeles would allow it to maintain the title of the most profitable conference in the nation.
Now let’s talk about how the Big Ten would look with adding new schools to their conference.