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Conference expansion: Five bold predictions for the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12 and the SEC

A look at how conference re-alignment could play out in 2024.

For the college football world in 2024, only one thing is certain: There will be more change. And that means for the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12 and the SEC, that conference re-alignment is likely not slowing down.

Oh yea, and Notre Dame. Can’t forget Notre Dame.

Now, with the ACC likely to change substantially due to Florida State’s lawsuit (one way or another, something is going to break), there is likely to be another domino effect in place in the college sports landscape. The ACC won’t fall part (more on that later) but will likely have to shift and morph in the next few months to keep up.

What will that look like? And how will the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12 and SEC respond?

Scroll down and find out five bold predictions for conference re-alignment in 2024! 

Stanford and Cal to the ACC? Five (not-so) bold conference expansion predictions

A look at five predictions for conference expansion for the Big Ten, ACC and SEC.

This has certainly been a crazy month for college conference expansion, headlined by Oregon and Washington heading to the Big Ten.

That, along with the Big 12 making four new additions from the old Pac-12, as well as the ACC, potentially making a move out west, means that conference expansion is unlikely to die down anytime soon.

With the Big Ten now at 18 programs, it looks likely that two more schools will be added at some point, with the conference potentially going to divisions to help streamline travel and logistics.

The Big Ten likely will want to add more assets now while the getting is good with the hopes of preemptively heading off their other Power Five competition to nab the best real estate available.

Scroll down and check out five predictions and projections for how conference expansion is going to play out!