With USC and UCLA set to join the conference, discussions have swirled about additional potential additions to the Big Ten. Some say that the conference should stand pat at 16 members, but I say those people are wrong. So, let’s talk some additional members, and see how weird we can get.
Option 1 - The Obvious Ones
Let’s start with some fairly obvious teams that the B1G could add:
Notre Dame is the first, and likely most important domino that will have to fall. Assuming the Irish are in, let’s consider some of the more typical schools that the B1G typically considers: schools that are members of the AAU, and are contiguous to the current Big Ten footprint (yes, I know USC and UCLA aren’t contiguous, shush).