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USC, UCLA voted in to join Big Ten in 2024, creating 16-team super conference

The Big Ten may soon stretch from coast-to-coast.

Sources confirm to the Free Press that USC and UCLA have been told their applications to join the Big Ten in 2023 has been accepted by the league's college presidents.

This comes one year after Texas and Oklahoma announced they would be leaving the Big 12 for the SEC in 2025.

The move is for all sports for USC and UCLA, which have 21 and 20 varsity sports, respectively.

A source tells the Free Press that the presidents of the Big Ten schools met Wednesday night to agree to the deal in principle.