First … Big Ten Schools – (All except Nebraska that was when it joined the conference)
Here is a list of all FBS college football programs that are AAU accredited. Instead, it’s a starting point to see what might be a little more plausible than not when talking about a mutual agreement between the conference and schools looking to get in on what the Big Ten offers.
It doesn’t mean the Big Ten would consider all of them, or that even the majority would entertain the idea. We decided to put together a list of FBS schools that are AAU members to see what population we’re talking about. The Big Ten sang this same tune the last time the music played in this game of conference musical chairs. That said and if you believe it, then the list of teams dwindles quite a bit should any sort of further expansion talks continue to gain traction. They are schools that are “on the leading edge of innovation, scholarship and solutions that contribute to scientific progress, economic development, security and well-being.” The Big Ten may not really want to entertain many more teams that could be looking to be airlifted out of danger.ĮSPN’s Adam Rittenberg reported and confirmed what we’ve all thought all along - that many inside the Big Ten believe the conference will only look at programs that are members of the American Association of Universities (AAU), an accreditation that comes with higher academic standards. It would seem the Big Ten could get nearly any team it wanted from the lot if any more conversations heated up about expanding since it’s the conference that makes the most revenue, but there seems to be one problem with that.
One thing is for certain, you can bet there are conversations going on behind the scenes as the remaining Big 12, ACC, and Pac-12 members look to potentially get off of a sinking ship and into another conference. So far, we’ve had a lot of rumors and speculation that even we’ve gotten into the act on, but nobody really knows how this will play out. That has since been met with even more conference realignment shenanigans with recent news of USC and UCLA’s pending move to the Big Ten. With Oklahoma and Texas a done deal, everything has been put into a state of wait-and-see, especially with expanding the College Football Playoff. The college football world was seemingly thrown into more chaos than a Jim Harbaugh press conference when two blue bloods of the sport broke the news of the desired exit from the Big 12 to the SEC.
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