For the past year, the term conference realignment has defined college athletics. It started with Texas and Oklahoma deciding to leave the Big 12 in favor of the SEC back in late 2022, but it has since spread to each Power 5 conference and many more Group of 5 conferences.
As is custom for many discussions about NCAA sports, football stood at the center of these realignment negotiations. With sports talk shows speculating how Washington, Oregon, USC and UCLA will fare against the already stacked Big Ten football lineup, many people have forgotten that sports other than football exist.