“Twenty or more teams in the Big Ten, 20 or more teams in the SEC. One Big Ten coach has an idea of how those things will settle. The market will dictate where things should settle.” It will become crystal clear as far as what is the right fit. “Think of how much more we know today than we did a year ago. “That is a question that remains to be seen,” Warren said. So, if the Pac-12 were no longer a power league, a key question immediately jumps out: Could the Rose Bowl actually pivot in the future to a Big Ten-Big 12 matchup?Īs for Warren’s “five-year transformation period,” he’s unsure how many power conferences will remain. Ironically, both Warren and Yormark’s leagues could take teams from the Pac-12. Warren said he has developed a close relationship with new Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark. If the Big Ten adds more Pac-12 teams, the Big 12 could pursue Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado and Utah from the Pac-12, sources said. How many are there? How many are not there? The structure will become clear.” I think over the next couple of years, it will settle down - the movement between conferences. “Just because these are some of the moves on the front end of the transformation, we won’t really know that until we get toward a conclusion. “We’re in a five-year period of transformation,” Warren said. The “historic alliance” announced between the Big Ten, Pac-12 and ACC didn’t even last a year before the Big Ten raided the Pac-12 for USC and UCLA. Warren said his office is scheduling a call for him with Kliavkoff after Friday’s Pac-12 media day. Since the announcement of USC and UCLA to the Big Ten on June 30, Warren said he has not spoken with Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff. And I’m one of those individuals that when change occurs, I get excited about it.” There are two types of people in the world: that they look at change as it’s a problem, or they look at change as an opportunity. It will add additional value to our conference, and it will provide a platform to even have our student-athletes be put on a larger platform so they can build their careers but also that they have an opportunity to grow and learn from an education and from an athletic standpoint. “It may include future expansion, but it will be done for the right reasons at the right time with our student-athletes, academic and athletic empowerment at the center of any and all decisions that we will make regarding any further expansions. “Regarding expansion, I get asked every single day, ‘What’s next?’” Warren said. In his opening statement to the media Tuesday, Warren was not shy about the Big Ten’s future plans. “There could be an odd number, and there are not any specific number of teams.” “It could be two months to two years,” another source said. “University presidents, athletic directors, senior women administrators, you name it.”Īs far as a timetable and number of teams the Big Ten will add, that is unknown. “Literally every Power Five conference school not in the SEC has reached out to the Big Ten,” a source said about schools wanting to join the conference. Warren said he was proud that USC and UCLA are AAU (Association of American University) members but also said being an AAU member is not a requirement for a potential future member. There are a handful of schools that potentially could add value to us, but I’m so focused right now that we welcome USC and UCLA to our conference in 2024 with open arms.” “A fit has to be there academically, has to be there athletically. “When I say add value: value is important, but I just look at the fit,” Warren told Action Network Tuesday at Big Ten Media Days. Warren would not comment on specific schools as potential members. The schools being considered by the Big Ten, sources told Action Network, are Notre Dame, Oregon, Washington, Stanford, Cal, Miami and Florida State. INDIANAPOLIS - Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren told Action Network there are “a handful of schools” besides Notre Dame that would add value as future Big Ten members.

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