College Football’s Conference Realignment And What The Future Of College Football Looks Like
College football is going to look a little different in 2024. Over the last two years, college sports has seen dramatic changes with conference realignment.
The AAC, Conference USA and Big 12 will see changes in 2023 (and for the Big 12, once again in 2024), while the Big Ten and SEC will see big changes in 2024 – which will also be the first season of a 12-team College Football Playoff.
Here are the additions by conference, starting with this past 2022 season:
FBS Conference Additions – By Year
Big 12——Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado, Utah 2024
SEC———Texas, Oklahoma 2024
Big Ten—–UCLA, USC, Oregon, Washington 2024
Big 12——-BYU, UCF, Cincinnati, Houston 2023
AAC———Charlotte, FAU, North Texas, Rice, UAB, UTSA 2023
Conference USA—Jacksonville State, Liberty, New Mexico State, Sam Houston 2023
Sun Belt—–James Madison, Marshall, Old Dominion, Southern Miss 2022
Pac-12 None —
ACC None —
MAC None —
Mountain West None
What does conference realignment mean for the Power 5 Conferences?
SEC(16teams)
Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Georgia,
Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State, Missouri, Ole Miss,
Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Texas
A&M, Vanderbilt
Big 12(16teams)
Arizona, Arizona State, Baylor, BYU, Cincinnati,
Colorado, Houston, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State,
Oklahoma State, TCU, Texas Tech, UCF, Utah, West
Virginia
Big Ten(18teams)
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan
State, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, Ohio State,
Penn State, Purdue, Rutgers, Wisconsin, UCLA, USC,
Oregon, Washington
ACC(14teams)
Boston College, Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Georgia
Tech, Louisville, Miami, NC State, North Carolina,
Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake
Forest
Pac-12(4 teams)
California, Oregon State, Stanford, Washington State
Pac-12 Fun Fact
Several of the other departing programs have also made an impact in very recent Pac-12 history. With Oregon, Utah & Washington also exiting, there is only one school remaining who has won the Pac-12 title game since it’s inception in 2011, Stanford.
All of this will be discussed all next week on Shemon and Sheppard, 2-6pm.