There it is. Oregon and Washington are reportedly headed to the Big Ten, ending the Pac-12 as we know it, as first reported by Action Network’s Brett McMurphy.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!BREAKING: Oregon & Washington joining Big Ten, becoming latest schools to leave Pac-12; putting Pac-12 future in doubt, sources told @ActionNetworkHQ 👀👀👀https://t.co/FtVKNdjHuD
— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) August 4, 2023
A formal vote is expected to come tonight, according to ESPN’s Pete Thamel. The two schools would join in 2024.
Sources: Big Ten expected to move ahead with formal offer letters for Oregon and Washington. A Big Ten vote is expected to take place later today to formalize their admission, barring any last-minute snags.
— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) August 4, 2023
It is a little bit surprising that these two schools made the jump before Arizona State, Arizona or Utah moved to the Big 12, but now it’s only a matter of time before these schools do too.
According to 247 Sports’ Jason Scheer, ASU President Michael Crow was hesitant to make the first move, but now it’s likely ASU and Arizona follow suit to the Big 12 with Utah right around the corner.
The Big Ten held a meeting this morning about Oregon and Washington after the Pac-12 had a failed meeting to get its Grant of Rights signed.
Then, everything materialized very quickly to get the two to join, as they had already been vetted and approved by the conference almost a year ago.
The two schools will not get full revenue shares in the Big Ten, but it would still be more than they would make in the Pac-12, according to McMurphy.
The Big Ten will now be the largest conference ever when Oregon, Washington, USC and UCLA come over from the Pac-12 next year.
Arizona/ASU/Utah avoided having to defect until the last moment possible.
Oregon needed last-second convincing to join the freaking Big Ten.
George K had 13 months to deliver a TV deal that, if even slightly better, keeps the conference together.
A failure of epic proportions.
— Stewart Mandel (@slmandel) August 4, 2023
See all of the news on how this transpired here:
Tracker of Pac-12, Big 12 and Big Ten realignment news (August 4)
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Brendan Mau is a college sports insider and general assignment reporter for Burn City Sports. You can follow him on Twitter via @Brendan_Mau
