Just over one week ago, as reported by FanRag Sports, the Big Ten coaches voted in favor of expanding to a 20-game conference slate. This change is expected to be implemented in the 2018-19 season.
The Big Ten is not the first to vote for an extension of conference play. In July of 2016, the ACC voted in the same fashion at the idea of a 20-game conference schedule.
Efforts by major conferences to play more conference games will only hurt mid-major schools that are eager to earn at-large bids to the NCAA Tournament.
“Moving to 20 league games is going to change the entire model,” one Big Ten athletic director told FanRag Sports.