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Ohio State’s football and basketball history with new Big Ten members UCLA and USC

Source: USC and UCLA are planning to leave for the Big Ten as early as 2024. Move *has not been finalized* at the highest levels of power.

— Jon Wilner (@wilnerhotline) June 30, 2022

11 months after the SEC shocked college athletics when it was revealed that Texas and Oklahoma intended to join the conference starting in 2025, the Big Ten fired back by adding USC and UCLA, with the Trojans and Bruins poised to join the conference in 2024. It’s likely that the Big Ten isn’t done adding teams either, as Oregon, Washington, and a number of other schools will likely want to follow the Pac-12’s marquee schools to the Big Ten.