The 2023 season may not be completely wrapped up just yet, with an entire bowl season left to go before we can crown a champion, but that doesn’t mean that it’s too early to start getting a lay of the land for what’s to come.
Looking ahead to the 2024 season, we certainly are in for something quite entertaining.
Thanks to conference realignment, the entire landscape will look drastically different a year from now, and it will culminate in the first-ever 12-team College Football Playoff at the end of the year. What we’re focused on is the Big Ten, where the group of Oregon, Washington, USC, and UCLA will head east and join a new conference.
So how do those four former Pac-12 teams fit in with their new compatriots? It’s hard to predict exactly, because we will are in the midst of the transfer portal, learning which players teams are adding or subtracting each and every day. However, based on past performance, expected departures, and additions via recruiting cycles and the portal, we can at least set up a framework for how to view the balance of power in the Big Ten going forward.
Here’s our first official Big Ten Power Ranking for the 2024 season: