One summer ago, right after USC and UCLA left the Pac-12 for the Big Ten, the talk about superconferences began. If we define a superconference as a league with 20 or more teams, the discussion became finely focused once USC and UCLA changed the equation.
“What is notable here: Even though the ACC has a grant of rights, which means any departing school has to give its TV money to the ACC, you are still seeing ACC schools being mentioned as Big Ten or SEC expansion candidates. This obviously points to the two conferences seeking 20 or more members.
“No one thinks the SEC or Big Ten will stop at 16 or 18 teams. They’re going to get to at least 20. It might not happen in the next 12 months, but it will happen at some point.”
Ducks Wire helped us think through the latest and most significant encounter with the possibility of 20-team conferences in the near future: