Paul Finebaum thinks that the Big Ten, and not the SEC, is the likely landing spot for Notre Dame should they join a conference.
The college football expansion war is likely to come down to which conference lands Notre Dame. The Fighting Irish, because of their national fan base, are a huge draw and bring strong ratings.
(Which is why they want $75 million, reportedly, to stay independent).
The Big Ten and the SEC would be considered the favorites to land Notre Dame but the ACC would also likely be in the mix.
But it is the Big Ten and the SEC that are likely to pull in Notre Dame, given the strength of their media rights package.
An ESPN analyst and the most-connected reporter in the SEC, Finebaum recently joined Greg McElroy to discuss conference expansion. Finebaum went all-in on the rise of the Big Ten and the SEC as superpowers.
But he wasn’t as sold on the future of the ACC.
Check out what Paul Finebaum had to say about the Big Ten, the SEC, Notre Dame and conference expansion in his conversation with Greg McElroy!