Conference Realignment: Assessing the most popular rumors

Let’s talk conference realignment, shall we?

By now most of you reading this are likely aware of USC and UCLA’s decision to flip the college football world upside down by leaving the Pac 12 for the Big 10 starting in 2024. For the last few weeks, fans and media personalities alike have been theorizing and/or suggesting potential solutions as to what the future of the sport might look like.

Some say the SEC and Big 10 are taking over the college football landscape in a dictator-like fashion, hoarding all the major brands, blue-chip recruits, and most importantly in modern-day football: money.

While this of course is the extreme option, others are still optimistic that the Pac 12 won’t cease to…